A marvellous display of marksmanship by Kerry senior player and All-Star Paul Galvin gave Fingue their first All-Ireland Junior football championship title at O’Moore Park with a 1-14 to 0-06 win over Stewartstown Harps in Portlaoise today.
On a team which contained four Galvin’s, it was Paul who proved the ultimate star, giving an exhibition of scoring and finishing with a tally of 1-7.
Fingue were quickest out off the blocks and led by 0-3 to 0-0 early on with two of those points coming from Paul Galvin.
Peter Armour kept the Tyrone side in touch with a point but Fingue were marshalling their defence well and continued to add scores.
At the break the score stood at 0-6 to 0-4 in favour of the Kerry and Munster champions and they continued their dominance early into the second half with Paul Galvin shooting two early points.
Stewartstown were unable to get on top of their opponents despite the best efforts of Peter Armour, who narrowed the gap to three with his fourth minute point.
After 10 minutes Fingue led by double scores and when Paul Galvin sent a thunderous shot to the back the title was destined for the Kingdom.
FINUGE: John Coleman; Mike Quilter, Trevor McKenna, Pat Corridan; Paudie Lyons (0-1), Eamonn Fitzmaurice (0-1), Mike Cronin; Maurice Corridan (0-2), Conor Galvin (0-1 free); Enda Galvin (0-2), Paul Galvin (1-7, 0-4 frees), Jack Corridan; John Griffin, Mike Conway, Raymond Galvin. Subs: Cillian Fitzmaurice for Mike Conway (37 mins), Riobaird Thornton for Jack Corridan (47 mins), Fergus Fitzmaurice for Raymond Galvin (50 mins), Ger Galvin for John Griffin (54 mins), Chris Allen for Mike Quilter (55 mins)
STEWARTSTOWN HARPS: Johnny Campbell; Wayne Conlon, Paddy Donnelly, Paul Gahan; Nickey Park, Adrian Devlin, Colm Patrick Devlin; John Devlin (0-1), Kevin Park; Gareth Devlin, Peter Armour (0-3, 0-2 frees), Owen Coyle (0-1); Mickey Mulgrew, Brendan Kelly, Edward Laverty. Subs: Paul Dillion for Brendan Kealy (33 mins), Feargal Logan for Kevin Park (40 mins), Anton Coyle (0-1) for Edward Laverty (51 mins).
Referee: Martin Duffy (Sligo)
