Derry side take crown

Féile Peil na nÓg : Derry side O'Donovan Rossa captured the Féile Peil na nÓg Division One title yesterday, defeating Raheny…

Féile Peil na nÓg: Derry side O'Donovan Rossa captured the Féile Peil na nÓg Division One title yesterday, defeating Raheny of Dublin in the final by three points - 2-6 to 2-3 - at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in Carrick-on-Shannon.

On Saturday in Boyle, O'Donovan Rossa defeated Barna of Galway 2-4 to 0-3, while Raheny made the final after defeating Kilcummin of Kerry 6-3 to 1-1. Clane of Kildare won the Division Two title, defeating Roscommon's Pádraig Pearses in the final by a single point - 1-8 to 2-4.

And it was a Kerry v Dublin line-up in the girls' Division One final, with South Gaels defeating Ballyboden St Enda's 0-6 to 0-2.

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