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05 Sept 2025

Late Ciaran Diver goal seals win for Moville against Naomh Colmcille

Moville won for the second week in succession the Donegal Junior A Football Championship, this time against Naomh Colmcille

Late Ciaran Diver goal seals win for Moville against Naomh Colmcille

Nigel McMonagle of Moville puts pressure on Hugh O’Donnell of Naomh Colmcille in the Junior A Championship on Sunday

Ciaran Diver and Padhraic  Skelly scored  the goals for Moville in their four-point win over Naomh Colmcille on Sunday afternoon at the Carrick Field.

Moville 2-12
Naomh Colmcille 1-11

In what was a close encounter throughout, Moville led 1-7 to 0-6 after a brave fight back by Naomh Colmcille in the second half had cut the locals' lead to a point before Moville clinched the result with a late goal.

David McNamee capped a good performance with six points for Naomh Colmcille with Paul Friel netting a goal and chipping in with a point.    

It was Skelly who scored the first half goal for the home side and then late on Diver made sure of Moville’s second win from two with a decisive goal. Moville had opened their campaign with a win at Pettigo while Naomh Colmcille were beaten for the second week in succession following on from the loss at Letterkenny Gaels.

Moville scorers: Ciaran Diver 1-1; Danny Murphy and Nigel McMonagle 0-3 each; Padhraic Skelly 1-0; Jamie McCormack 0-2; Jamie Henry, Tony McClenaghan and Ciaran Moore 0-1.
Naomh Colmcille scorers:  David McNamee 0-6; Paul Friel 1-1; Stephen Gallagher 0-3; Shane Monaghan 0-1.  

Moville: Dillon Doherty; Brendan McCleneghan, Mark Browne, James Henry; Michael Leech, Tony McCleneghan, Eunan Hegarty; Malachy McDermott, Padhraic  Skelly;  Jamie McCormack, Josh Lafferty, Ciaran Diver; Danny Murphy, Nigel McMonagle, Ronan Farren. Sub: Ciaran Moore. 

Naomh Colmcille: Matthew Whoriskey; Jason Fizpatrick, Michael Friel, Anthony Grant; John Fullerton, Hugh O’Donnell, Ciaran Kennedy; Jacob McDaid, Stephen Gallagher,Sean Bond, Jordan Gallagher; David McNamee, Shane Monaghan, Paul Friel. 

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