McCann’s the man
ST PATRICKS DUNDALK GAELS 2-9 1-4
AIDAN McCann fired in two goals to help inspire St Patricks to victory over Dundalk Gaels in Group C of the Paddy Sheelan Cup on Sunday morning.
The game at The Ramparts saw the visitors take the early initiative and McCann opened the scoring with a goal after just seven minutes.
Points from Jodie Keenan and Joseph Connor helped the Pats remain in charge as they went into the break with a healthy 1-6 to 0-4 advantage.
The home side were unable to mount any serious challenge to the Pats lead in the second half as the visitors remained in control thanks to scores from Aaron Mills and Cathal Grogan before
McCann put the game beyond any doubt with his second goal five minutes from the end.
The Gaels struggled to make any impression in front of the posts and their only score of the half came from a Dylan McKeown goal three minutes from the end.
ST PATRICKS: Martin McEneaney; Daniel Rice, Eoghan Lafferty, Jason Woods; Ciaran Murphy, Darren O’Hanlon, Conor Grogan; Thomas McCann, Jack Murphy; Tadhg O’Connor, Cathal Grogan 0-3, Aidan McCann 2-2; Joseph Connor 0-1, Martin Breen, Jodie Keenan 0-2. Subs: Aaron Mills 0-1, Barry Dunne, Stefan Breen, Eoghan O’Connor, James Savage.
DUNDALK GAELS: Micheal Lambert; James Lynch, Gary Shevlin, Eamon Kenny; David McComish, David Moloney, Andrew Curley; Sean Murray, Errol Boyle; Luke Murray, Jason Clarke, Paul McCrave; Gerard McSorley, Eanna McArdle, Dylan McKeown (1-0).