Donegal SHC final: Setanta goals sink St Eunan's

September 02, 2019

Setanta's Declan Coulter in action for Armagh. ©INPHO/Presseye/Lorcan Doherty.

Setanta 3-13

St Eunan's 0-13

Two goals from Mark Devine and another from former Armagh star Declan Coulter propelled Setanta to a Donegal SHC final victory over St Eunan's in Letterkenny on Saturday.

Conor O'Donnell opened the scoring for St Eunan's who led by 0-5 to 0-3 at the end of the opening quarter. But Devine's first green flag helped turn the tide in Setanta's favour as they took a 1-10 to 0-9 lead into the break.

Two more goals from Devine and Coulter in the third quarter secured the Munster Cup for Setanta who now go on to represent Donegal in the Ulster club IHC.

Setanta - C Bellew; M Callaghan, S McMenamin, D Rowan; S McBride, M Bonner, N Cleary; R Kee, M Donoghue; B Lafferty (0-1), D Cullen (0-1), G Gilmore (0-1); M Devine (2-1), D Coulter (1-2, 0-1f), K Campbell (0-5f). Subs: D Flynn (0-2) for S McMenamin, J McBride for R Kee, G McGettigan for G Gilmore, S Anderson for N Cleary.

St Eunan's - C Hennessy; B McIntyre, J Matthews, C Parke; R Hilferty (0-1), S Doherty, C O'Grady (0-3f); C Flood, C Finn; S Halvey, S McVeigh (0-1), C O'Donnell (0-3); J Hartnett (0-2), E Organ (0-1), K Kealy (0-2). Subs: C Kelly for S Halvey, T Hartnett for E Organ, PJ McBrearty for C Finn, N O'Donnell for J Hartnett, C Randles for K Kealy.

Referee - H Wallace.


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