St Kevins vs Pres Carlow

 Leinster PPS 2025-2026 South Leinster Senior Football C K/O Quarter Final

St Kevins Dunlavin 4-5

Presentation College Carlow 0-8

Dunlavin GAA Club

Eoin Horkan 

A lightning start from St Kevins  was the catalyst for sending them to the Leinster semi final.

In what was a perfect start for the home side led by captain Tom Doyle, he managed to raise the first green flag of the day. Within two minutes the net had been rattled again this time from midfielder Liam McDonnell who buried the ball into the net the day before his eighteenth birthday. The final goal of this three star performance was a delightful finish from Eoin Miley all inside ten minutes.

After this perfect start the visitors did battle back in but couldn't get the better of the strong Dunlavin defence. Just before the twenty, McDonnell added a minor before Aaronn Geoghegan found his range from a free out wide. The visitors did manage to narrow the gap with two forty-fives and an effort from play from the boot of midfielder Lorcan O’Connor. The final two scores of the half were from Ruairí Kavanagh Flood before Miley added a second to ensure his  side would go in at the break in a comfortable position.

Early in the second half the gap was narrowed as wing back John O’Neill found himself in the right position for the Carlow side to fire between the posts. It was then the turn of Doyle again who grabbed his second goal of the day with just under ten minutes gone in the half. 

The so called championship quarter belonged to the Carlow side as they battled back into the tie with an outrageous two pointer from Jack Keating before O’Connor and Keating put two more over before heading into the final ten minutes.

Then both sides started to run their benches as legs were getting tired in the underfoot conditions starting to worsen.

The final white flag of the game ensured  that every one of the Kevins boys would score from play when Pauidi Daly split the posts with a cultured effort.

St Kevins Dunlavin:Jamie Dillon;Josh Byrne,Jamie Burke,Eoin Craigie;Josh Warren,Chris Kehoe,Peadar O’Toole;Liam McDonnell(1-1),Sean Corrigan;Aaronn Geoghegan(0-1f),Eoin Miley(1-1),Ruairi Kavanagh  Flood(0-1)Paudi Daly(0-1),Stephen Anderson,Tom Doyle (2-0) ©

Subs Used:Cian Bruce for Stephen Anderson,Danny Farell for Jamie Burke,Cillian Wright for Aaron Kavanagh,Darragh Hussey for Ruairí Kavanagh  Flood, Jer Moore for Josh Warren

Presentation College  Carlow:Tommy Cooney;Kyle Maher,Ronan Kelly,Callum Martin;John O’Neill(0-1),Luke Haughey,Gael O’Rock;

Conor Buggy,Lorcan O’Connor(0-4 2 45 1f);Eoghan Houghrey,Jack Keating(0-3),TJ Brennan;Dylan Farrell,Peter Lynch,Conor McDaid.

Subs Used: Kevin Nolan  for Conor McDaid,Cathal Flynn for John O’Neill.

Referee Lar Murphy