Sunday June 15th 2025 - Mens Senior Football - Donegal Boston vs Kerry Boston

Donegal Boston vs Kerry Boston

Sunday, June 15th 4pm

Donegal 3-17 | Kerry 1-15

Donegal and Kerry rounded off Sunday’s action in the Senior Football Championship, and it was Donegal who claimed the victory.

Donegal got off the mark straight from the throw-in, turning over possession from Kerry and working the ball upfield for the opening point of the game. Cory Gallagher claimed the resulting kickout and fed Stephen O’Brien, who pointed from play. Shane Carthy added another soon after from a free and made it 0-3 to no score.

Kerry’s first response came from goalkeeper Nevin O’Donnell who stepped up and slotted a two-pointer to open their account. Donegal, however, pushed on with points from Carthy, Michael O’Rowe, and O’Brien to extend their advantage to six.

Kerry kept within touching distance with points from Darragh Fleming, sub Eoghan Power, and a Joe Cooper free. A good solo run from Neil Mulcahy yielded another point for Donegal, but Kerry finished the half well with scores from Rob Stack and O’Donnell, closing the gap to 2 points.

Half time: Donegal 0-9 | Kerry 0-7

Donegal restarted with a pointed free and another from Carthy to push their lead to four. Kerry came storming back—Cooper and Stack fired over, including a two-pointer from Cooper, and Stack then levelled it with another. When Kerry added two more, they found themselves in front for the first time, 0-13 to 0-11.

Donegal responded immediately. Conor Cush knocked over a point, followed by another to level it. Then came a turning point—Jordan Morrissey powered through the defence and buried the first goal of the game to restore Donegal’s lead, 1-13 to 0-13.

Michael O’Rowe added a point before Kerry pulled one back through Stack. But Donegal struck again—another strong run and quick one-two in front of goal saw Morrissey net his second. 

Shortly later, Donegal were awarded a penalty, and Gallagher buried it into the net. Cush added two more to his tally before Kerry’s Niall O’Connor was shown red, reducing them to 12 men. Sub Paul Moran added a point to bring Kerry to 0-15, but Donegal had the last say—Cush pointed from a free.

In the dying moments, Kerry were awarded a penalty, and Rob Stack made no mistake in finishing it.

Full time: Donegal 3-17 | Kerry 1-15

Teams & Scorers:

Donegal Boston:

Hugh Boyle, Cian Lynch (0-1), Aidan Sullivan, Jack O’Brien, Neil Mulcahy, Sean Winston, Jordan Morrissey (2-0), Shane Carthy (0-3), Ciarán McDevitt, Stephen O’Brien (0-3), Cory Gallagher (1-0), Conor Cush (0-5), Michael O’Rowe (0-2)

Kerry Boston:

Nevin O’Donnell (0-3, x1 2-pointer), Darragh Fleming (0-1), Matthew Nee, Jack O’Neill, John Cooper, Walter Hally, George Kealy, Rob Stack (1-3), Noah Kearney, Niall O’Connor, Jim Lynch, Joe Cooper (0-5, x1 2-pointer), Mattie Farrell

Subs: Eoghan Power (0-1), Paul Moran (0-1)

Referee: Eoin Gorman