The Irish News - Thursday March 18 2010:
AIB All-Ireland Club Senior Football Championship final: St Gall’s (Antrim) 0-13 Kilmurry-Ibrickane (Clare) 1-5
Arise St Gall’s – Champions of Ireland.
It may take some time for the enormity of what the Belfast club has achieved to sink in.
As team captain Colin Brady noted in his acceptance speech, yesterday’s success has been a long time in coming.
Referring to the fact that the club is celebrating its centenary year, he said: “This isn’t the result of one year’s work, this has taken 100 years.”
And St Gall’s deserve to enjoy the fruits of their victory because they have tasted the dark side of a St Patrick’s Day decider.
Paying tribute to the fallen losers, Brady told them: “We know how you feel.”
The ghosts of that 2006 defeat to Salthill/Knocknacarra were firmly laid to rest yesterday.
The only real surprise was the ease with which the Antrim champions secured this win.
Apart from their demolition of Loup in the Ulster final, this was probably the easiest game of a campaign that started with an extra-time victory over Cavan Gaels.
And when St Gall’s have time to reflect on their momentous season, they might well conclude that they already had one hand on the Andy Merrigan Cup after they beat Corofin in the extra-time thriller in Parnell Park.
St Gall’s:Ronan Gallagher; P Veronica, A McClean, C Brady (capt); M Kelly, S Kelly, A Healy (0-1; S Burke (0-1), A Gallagher (0-1); T O’Neill (0-1), Kieran McGourty (0-1), Kevin McGourty (0-2); CJ McGourty (0-3, 0-1 ‘45, 0-1 free), K Niblock (0-2), Rory Gallagher (0-1).
Subs:K Stewart for T O’Neill (46); S Burns for S Burke (54); S Kennedy for P Veronica (57).
Yellow cards:K Niblock (20).
Kilmurry-Ibrickane: D O’Brien; D Hickey, M Killeen, M McMahon; S Hickey, E Coughlan (capt), D Callinan; P O’Connor, P O’Dwyer; M Hogan,IMcInerney (0-1 free), S Moloney (1-2); M O’Dwyer, J Daly (0-1 free), N Downes.
Subs:E Talty for M Hogan (12);OO’Dwyer (0-1) for E Talty (31); M McCarthy for P O’Connor (41); B Moloney for M Killeen (50); P O’Dwyer for N Downes (52).
Yellow cards:S Hickey (57).
Referee:D Fahy (Longford)
Attendance:34,357
SPORT BIRTHDAYS-
Ron Atkinson
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former Manchester United and Aston Villa manager, born 1939.
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David Lloyd
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Paul Elliott
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Temuri Ketsbaia
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Fabian Cancellara
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Timo Glock
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Ross McCrorie
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Diogo Dalot
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Manchester United full-back, born 1999.
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Snooker player Alex Higgins was born. The Northern Irishman was world champion in 1972 and 1982 but his career was overshadowed by controversy, including head-butting a referee at the UK Championship in 1986. A heavy drinker and smoker, Higgins was plagued by ill health for many years and died in July 2010 at the age of 61.
- 2001
Henrik Larsson scored a hat-trick as Celtic beat Kilmarnock 3-0 in the CIS Insurance Cup final despite having Chris Sutton sent off.
- 2003
Liverpool striker El Hadji Diouf escaped with a two-match ban after spitting at Celtic spectators. He later faced legal action.
- 2005
Sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were cleared by the Greek Athletics Federation of deliberately missing drug tests on the eve of the 2004 Olympic Games.
- 2006
France's 21-16 win over Wales at the Millennium Stadium proved enough for Les Bleus to win the Six Nations title.
- 2007
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer - a former England batsman - died after being found unconscious in his hotel room in Jamaica at the Cricket World Cup.
- 2008
Darrell Hair was reinstated as a Test umpire by the ICC, nearly two years after he officiated in the controversial Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval.
- 2012
With Fabrice Muamba in intensive care after suffering cardiac arrest in Bolton's game with Tottenham at White Hart Lane, their upcoming match at Aston Villa was postponed.
- 2017
England's world record run of 18 victories came to an end with a 13-9 loss to Ireland in Dublin, with their first defeat under coach Eddie Jones ending their bid for a second straight Grand Slam in the Six Nations.
- 2018
Juan Martin Del Potro ended Roger Federer's perfect record in 2018 and clinched his first ATP Masters title at Indian Wells.
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MAKING THE NEWS HEADLINESThe Irish News - Thursday March 18 2010
- LANDMARKS all over the world went green yesterday to mark St Patrick’s Day.
- Sydney Opera House, above, kicked things off as the iconic building turned a shade of green for the first time in honour of the Irish saint as the sun set over Sydney Harbour.
- The green wave then continued around the world as Munich Victory Gate, the London Eye, Toronto’s CN Tower and the Empire State Building also displayed an eye-catching green hue.
- The ‘greening’ initiative was organised by Tourism Ireland as the biggest ever global promotional programme to showcase Ireland.
- Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, said the aim of the scheme was to let people throughout the world know that there has never been a better time to come to Ireland.
- “We are using every opportunity to capitalise on Ireland’s heightened profile during St Patrick’s week to showcase the uniqueness of a holiday here – the diversity of our culture and heritage and the friendliness of our people,” he said.
- 978: Edward the Martyr, King of England from 975, was murdered at Corfe Castle, Dorset, apparently at the instigation of half-brother Ethelred, who wanted the crown for himself.
- 1584: Death of Ivan the Terrible, the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of Tsar.
- 1858: Rudolf Diesel, German engineer who invented the diesel engine, was born in Paris.
- 1967: The oil tanker Torrey Canyon ran on to rocks near Land's End, spilling 120,000 gallons of crude oil into the sea.
- 1975: The British Cabinet decided by 16 votes to seven to advise the nation to vote in the forthcoming referendum to keep Britain in the Common Market.
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