Carlow beat Longford to lift Humphrey Kelleher Cup

Carlow 3-8 Longford 2-9 

Carlow under 15s won the Football Academy intercounty final when they carved out a narrow victory over Longford in Abbotstown on Saturday.

Scoring two goals in the first half, Carlow were tied with Longford at 2-2 to 0-8 at the interval. The second half remained as tight but the Barrowsiders fought hard and deserved their two point success.

Carlow scorers: A Doyle 1-2 (2fs), F Nolan 1-0, A Joyce 1-0, M Redmond 0-2, E Treacy 0-1, R Dooley 0-1 (0-1f), D Byrne 0-1, L McGrath 0-1.

CARLOW: Cathal Kennedy (Éire Óg); Brandon Nolan (Kildavin-Clonegal), Darragh Casey (Éire Óg), Padraic Corcoran (Rathvilly); Enda Byrne (Rathvilly), Conor Stanley (Michael Davitts), Eoghan Treacy (Kildavin-Clonegal); Brian Louw (Éire Óg), Kyle Byrne (Rathvilly); Finnán Nolan (Michael Davitts), Ronan Dooley (Éire Óg), Adam Joyce (Mount Leinster Rangers); Alex Doyle (Bagenalstown Gaels), Michael Redmond (Kildavin-Clonegal), Paul Kehoe (Rathvilly), Callum Boland (Rathvilly), Daniel Byrne (Tinryland), Oisin Byrne (Tinryland), Tadhg Hennessy (Grange), Dylan Kearney (Michael Davitts), Alex Mazur (Éire Óg), Evan McGrath (Éire Óg), Luke McGrath (Clonmore), Tawana Mudawapi (St Patricks), John O’Neill (Palatine), Axel O’Rock (Asca), Conor Phelan (Michael Davitts), Callum Swayne (O’Hanrahans).