Tyrone defy the odds

The juniors of Tyrone upset a highly-fancied Dublin side at Parnell Park yesterday. And like the Division One final which followed, it was all but over by the half-time break.

Caroline Kelly maintained the early run of scores with a confident goal on 14 minutes and in between Lynette Hughes and especially Eilish Gormley increased the lead so that they were 1-9 to 0-5 up after the half hour.

Dublin momentarily lifted themselves with an early goal from Julie Kavanagh after the restart but that was there only real highlight.

TYRONE: E McElroy; S McGarvey, M Kelly, A McCluskey; N McCartan, C Donnelly (0-1), L Donnelly; N Scott, L McGirr (0-1); E Kelly (1- 1), L Hughes (0-1, one free), S McGirr (0-2); C Kelly (1-3), E Gormley (0-6), J Poyntz. Subs: B Daly (0-10) for Scott (46 mins), M Grogan for McGirr (55 mins).

DUBLIN: G Ruane; O Smith, J Cantwell, S Farrelly; J McInerney, P Murphy, M Kavanagh; A McNally (1-2, two frees), F Ruane; M Breheny (0-1), L Kelly (0-1), U Hannon; J Kavanagh (1-1), C McGinty, S Cotter. Subs: T Allen for McInerney (17 mins), M Nevin (0-1) for Hannon (40 mins), M Gallagher for Cotter (55 mins).

Referee: P Molyneaux (Limerick).