2019 Electric Ireland GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship Semi-Final – Galway 0-14 Kerry 0-13

Galway defeated Kerry by 0-14 to 0-13 in the Electric Ireland GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship Semi-Final on Sunday August 11th at Croke Park.

Match Highlights

Watch all the Full-Time highlights from Kerry v Galway in the Electric Ireland Minor Football Semi-Final here on GAANOW. pic.twitter.com/4FkBYrHIyS

— The GAA (@officialgaa) August 11, 2019

An All-Ireland final awaits for @Galway_GAA, who brought @Kerry_Official's minor reign to an end with a one-point victory in this afternoon's @ElectricIreland All-Ireland MFC semi-final at @CrokePark.

— The GAA (@officialgaa) August 11, 2019

Galway bring to an end Kerry minor reign

Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship semi-final:

GALWAY 0-14 KERRY 0-13

Report By Paul Keane at Croke Park for GAA.ie

Kerry’s five-year reign as Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor football champions is finally over but it took an almighty effort from Galway to dislodge them.

In what was a repeat of the 2018 final, Donal O Fatharta’s outfit returned to haunt the Kingdom at the semi-final stage with a lion-heart display.

Tomo Culhane, part of that 2018 group, led the line superbly for Galway with six points though it was a strong defensive effort that ultimately got them over the line and into the September 1 final.

Kerry threw the kitchen sink at the young Tribesmen late on but were simply unable to conjure the scores to at least rescue a draw.

It means that after 34 wins in a row, a run that stretched back to the 2013 All-Ireland quarter-final against Tyrone, Kerry have finally been defeated at the minor grade.

As for Galway, they’ll be back at Croke Park early next month for a final date with Cork, a side that ironically lost twice to Kerry in the Munster championship.

It was August 4, 2013, to be exact, when a Kerry minor side had previously lost a game and Galway fell foul of the Kingdom on two occasions during that run, in the 2016 and 2018 All-Ireland deciders.

Goalkeeper Donie Halleran and corner-forward Daniel Cox were the two Galway players in action today that also lined out in last year’s final with Culhane coming on last year.

As for Kerry, Dylan Geaney was the only player who lined out in both games though Jack O’Connor, who started in attack this time, came on in their four-point 2018 final win.

Kerry clung to that record for dear life through the first-half as they racked up the wides and lagged behind the Connacht runners-up for the most part.

It wasn’t that Kerry didn’t have the chances but six first-half wides and three more efforts that dropped into the Galway goalkeeper’s arms undermined their efforts.

Galway led 0-7 to 0-5 at the interval with Culhane scoring two of those points.

Kerry restarted with gusto and reeled over four points in just over two minutes to turn the game on its head. Colin Crowley, Darragh Lynch, Geaney and O’Connor all split the posts and suddenly it was Kerry that led by two, 0-9 to 0-7.

But they didn’t kick on from there as anticipated and missed chances – they hit 13 wides in total – will torment James Costello and his group of Kerry players.

Galway got back to level terms on three occasions before moving two points ahead late on through Culhane and Kennedy points. Geaney clawed one back for Kerry to leave the minimum in it but Galway held on for a memorable win.

Galway scorers: Tomo Culhane 0-6 (0-5f), Dylan Brady 0-2, Warren Seoige 0-2, Nathan Grainger 0-1, Daniel Cox 0-1, Cian Hernon 0-1, Darragh Kennedy 0-1.

Kerry scorers: Dylan Geaney 0-3, Darragh Lynch 0-3, Emmet O’Shea 0-3, Jack O’Connor 0-2, Sean O’Brien 0-1, Colin Crowley 0-1.

GALWAY: Donie Halleran; Ruairi King, Jonathan McGrath, Liam Tevan; Cian Hernon, Ethan Fiorentini, Kyle O’Neill; James McLaughlin, Daniel O’Flaherty; Evan Nolan, Warren Seoige, Dylan Brady; Nathan Grainger, Tomo Culhane, Daniel Cox
Subs: Conall Gallagher for O’Flaherty (39), Niall Cunningham for Grainger (48), James Webb for O’Neill (51), Darragh Kennedy for Brady (57).

KERRY: Devon Burns; Kieran O’Sullivan, Alan Dineen, Luke Chester; Eoghan O’Sullivan, Adam Curran, Sean O’Brien; Cathal O Beaglaoich, Ronan Collins; Gearoid Hassett, Colin Crowley, Darragh Lynch; Emmet O’Shea, Dylan Geaney, Jack O’Connor
Subs: Dylan O’Callaghan for Crowley (39), Jospeh Linehan for Lynch (45), Kevin Goulding for O’Shea (55), Tomas O Hainifein for Collins (58), Ryan O’Grady for Geaney (63).

Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan).

Fixture Details

11.08.2019 (Sun)
Electric Ireland GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship Semi-Final
Páirc an Chrócaigh 13:30
Ciarraí v Gaillimh
Referee: Martin McNally (Muineachán)
(E.T. if Necessary & Winner on the Day)

Team News

Minor Team @Galway_GAA

1-Donie Halleran
2-Jonathan McGrath
3-Ruairí King
4-Liam Tevnan
5-Cian Hernon
6-Ethan Fiorentini
7-Kyle O’Neill
8-James McLaughlin
9-Daniel O’Flaherty
10-Evan Nolan
11-Warren Seoige
12-Dylan Brady
13-Nathan Grainger
14-Tomo Culhane
15-Daniel Cox

— Kerry GAA (@Kerry_Official) August 10, 2019