Feis na nGleann 2025
Under 16 B Hurling Final
St Olcan’s 4-18 Glenarm 3-11
St Olcan’s won their first ever Feis trophy at Glenariffe on Saturday, the Tir na nÓg-Creggan-Naomh Comgall’s combination beating Glenarm in a highly entertaining Under 16 B hurling final.
When Glenram’s top marksman Kian McGarel brought his team level with a goal in the 21st minute it looked like we were in for a real ‘ding-dong’ battle but driven on by their excellent midfielder Ronan Colgan, St Olcans came back with three goals in the next four minutes, and with Colgan adding a point the south west Antrim side opened a ten point gap, one which was going to take a lot of bridging. McGarel, who was the real heartbeat of the Glenarm team, got two quick goals early in the second half to close the gap to five, and suddenly it seemed possible for the boys from Feystown, but St Olcan’s shut up shop, and with Colgan picking off the points they pulled away again to win by ten in the end.
Colgan opened the scoring for his side in the first minute and after McGarel brought Glenarm level a strong run from full forward Oisin Mooney set up a goal for corner forward Oisin Devlin. Three points from Colgan were answered by McGarel and Aaron Maguire to keep Glenarm in touch and when McGarel sprinted through from midfield so score a brilliant goal the sides were level.
Unfortunately for Glenarm they didn’t get any time to build on McGarel’s major as the next four minutes saw St Olcan’s hit the net three times, two of them from Michael Sloan and on from Colgan and by half time they were they had stretched their lead to 4-09 to 1-07, Colgan hitting four of their five points, and Sloan the other.
Two points by McGarel early in the second half gave Glenarm a bit of hope but McKay and Colgan hit back with two of their own to restore that ten point gap. When McGarel came back with goals in the 41st and 42nd minutes there was renewed hope for the Shane O’Neill side, but that was as close as they would get and the south west side steadied the ship to wrap up the silverware and collect their first Feis trophy.
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