Mullingar progress

WESTMEATH SFC/Mullingar Shamrocks 3-7 St Loman’s, Mullingar 1-10 : MULLINGAR QUALIFIED for a third consecutive final clash against…

WESTMEATH SFC/Mullingar Shamrocks 3-7 St Loman's, Mullingar 1-10: MULLINGAR QUALIFIED for a third consecutive final clash against this years All-Ireland finalists, Garrycastle with a deserved win over their local rivals in a niggly semi-final encounter in Cusack Park, Mullingar yesterday.

Wind-assisted St Lomans dominated the opening quarter but a great individual goal by Ciarán Curley put Shamrocks 1-6 to 0-7 at the break.

Scrambled goals by Paddy Joyce and Conor Twomey in the 33rd and 44th minutes respectively put the winners firmly in control.

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