Thursday, 27th February, 2025

Donegal minors lose to Tyrone

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Donegal minors lose to Tyrone

There was disappointment for Donegal in Sunday's Ulster minor football championship quarter-final in Ballybofey as they lost out to Tyrone by 08 to -7.

Ruairi Canavan , son of Peter, scored five of Tyrone's points in a closely-contested match.

Donegal led by 0-4 to 0-3 but Tyrone produced a strong second half-hour to edge by home by one.

They will meet Derry in the Ulster minor semi-final after the Oak Leaf minors beat Armagh by two points in Owenbeg.

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Fermanagh were 0-10 to 1-4 winners against Down in Enniskillen to set up a semi-final meeting with Monaghan.

The Farney county beat Antrim by 15 points in Corrigan Park in Belfast.

Sunday's Ulster MFC quarter-final results:
Donegal 0-7 Tyrone 0-8
Derry 1-7 Armagh 0-8
Fermanagh 0-10 Down 1-4
Antrim 0-8 Monaghan 2-17.

Semi-final pairings (Jan 2/3)
Tyrone v Derry
Fermanagh v Monaghan.

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