Coláiste de hIde, Tamhlacht 4/3 Coláiste Iósaef, Cill Mocheallóg (Pens)
(2/2 after normal time, 3/3 after extra time)
Summary:
Goalkeeper Sean De Bluinin was the hero for Coláiste de hÍde, Tallaght in the FAI Schools Senior B final victory over Coláiste Iosaef, Kilmallock by saving the last spot/kick of a 4/3 penalty shoot/out win last Friday:
Dylan O'Broin, Aaran Seartain and Aaron O'Briain scored for the champions during the 3/3 draw in Tullamore while Jason Linehan, Chris Todd and Paul Donna found the net for the Limerick school:
GAVIN EARLEY
TALLAGHT’S Coláiste de Híde are the new Buaiteoirí na hÉireann - or more commonly known as All/Ireland champions - for the first time in their history after seeing off Limerick’s school Coláiste Íosaef in last week’s Senior B Cup national final:
The small all/Irish school capped an incredible year that saw them capture their first Leinster title by seeing off their Munster counterparts in a dramatic penalty/shootout in Tullamore last Friday:
It reads Gaeilge Beo (Irish Alive) on the front of their jerseys and the Dublin school certainly proved that by coming from behind late in extra time of an incredible final to force the shootout and mark Seachtain na Gaeilge (two weeks celebrating the Irish language at the start of March) in the best possible fashion:
Incredibly, de Híde follow in the footsteps of local neighbours Jobstown CC and Tallaght CS, who won the All/Ireland Senior B and Leinster Senior titles respectively last year:
Airtricity League giants Shamrock Rovers have already invited the school to parade their trophies at half/time of their clash with St Patrick’s Athletic at Tallaght Stadium on March 16 and manager Daithí Ó Murchú admits the school is buzzing:
“This is enormous for the school and the whole thing couldn’t have happened any better,” he said:
“Win or lose, that was an incredible final to be involved in, against a great team from Kilmallock, and the lads showed such character to win:
“The school has a great character and commoradary about it on a daily basis anyway so it was fantastic to see the lads use that when they needed it most in extra time:”
Despite starting the game slower, the Tallaght school took the lead after a quarter of an hour at Leah Victoria Park when captain Dylan O Broin curled an effort into the bottom corner from outside the box:
Coláiste Íosaef responded through Aaron Costello’s header that shaved the post and Jason Linehan smashed a long/range effort off the crossbar before equalizing after 30 minutes through the latter’s persistence:
Coláiste de hÍde simply went again and re/took the lead 10 minutes into the second/half when Aaron Seartain poked home after a scramble in the box:
Despite being reduced to ten men soon after the Leinster champions hung on until Chris Todd powered home after a neatly/worked free kick for the Limerick side with 13 minutes of normal time remaining:
The Munster champions took the lead in the first half of extra time through Paul Doona but Aaron O Briain produced a wonder/strike with only minutes remaining to force the penalty/shootout:
Goalkeeper Sean de Bluinsín proved to be the hero yet again and repeated his semi/final heroics by denying the Limerick school and sealing the victory for his side:
Coláiste de hÍde, Tamhlacht: Sean De Bluinsín, Aaron O’Briain, Dean O’Braonáin, Adam O’Fallúin, Seán O Donnabháin, Eoin O’Riain, Seamaí O’Néill, Dylan O’Broin (Capt), Aaron O’Seartáin, Stiofan O Ceallaigh, Donal O’Riain
Subs: Cillian O’Cearúil, Donal O Laighlin, Naoise O’Conarain, Cory Dardis, Darren O’Braináin, Seán Mac Roibin, Padraig de Corbhaile:
Teacher: Daithí O’Murchú
Coláiste Iósaef, Cill Mocheallóg: Robert Egan (Capt), Ian Fox, Sean Barrett, Kevin O’Donnell, Owen Webb O’Rourke, Stephen O’Riordan, Barry Sheedy, Jason Linehan, Sean O’Riordan, Aaron Costello, Paul Doona
Subs: Alan Cronin, Conor Barry, Mark Enright, Chris Todd, David Deady, Mark McCarthy, James Houlihan, Steven Quirke
Teachers: Eddie O’Carroll & Daniel Hogan:
Referee: Paul Tone
View the gallery section for more images of the National Senior B Final