![\"Kildare's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5079129_4_articleinline_94734_2955548.jpg\" "\\"Kildare's")
Kildare’s Liam Kelly and Aodh\u00e1n Quinn of Tyrone in action. Pic: \u00a9INPHO\/Laszlo Geczo<\/p>\nTyrone took another huge step in their mission to maintain their dominance of U20 football with All-Ireland semi-final victory over Kildare at Kingspan Breffni.<\/p>\n
The Red Hands are back in another decider, just 60 minutes away from claiming a successive title and a fourth in five years.<\/p>\n
It was looking good for wind-assisted Kildare when Jimmy Lynch landed a two-pointer after three minutes, but they struggled to break down a well organised Tyrone resistance thereafter.<\/p>\n
Despite dominating possession for lengthy stretches, the Lilywhites lacked penetration and finishing power and soon found themselves trailing as Adrian McGurren slotted over a couple of scores.<\/p>\n
Pressing the Tyrone kick-out, Evan Boyle and Daniel Colbert kept Kildare on the front foot, but time and again they were turned over.<\/p>\n
Luke Neeson, Brian Gallagher and Michael McDermott stepped in with timely challenges as the Ulster men turned over possession to add to their opponents\u2019 mounting frustration.<\/p>\n
Euan Cowzer brought Kildare level, but Tyrone stepped up the tempo in the second quarter, pushing clear through Aodhan Quinn and Leo Hughes.<\/p>\n
Kildare’s Liam Kelly and Aodh\u00e1n Quinn of Tyrone in action. Pic: \u00a9INPHO\/Laszlo Geczo<\/p>\n
The Leinster champions had their own defensive stalwarts in Liam Kelly and Senan Gallagher, but the clever movement of the Tyrone attack stretched them wide, leaving gaps through the middle.<\/p>\n
And a moment of magic from Shea McDermott saw their top-scorer blast home a brilliant 29th minute goal off the underside of the crossbar.<\/p>\n
Cowzer\u2019s second point made little impact, as Conor O\u2019Neill shot the champion s into a five-points interval lead, 1-6 to 0-4.<\/p>\n
Kildare registered three quick-fire scores at the start of the second half through Lynch, Colbert and Ronan Kelly as the moved the ball through the hands to find openings.<\/p>\n
Colbert provided an effective link from defence to attack, and suddenly the Lilywhites had belief and a measure of cohesion they were unable to find in the opening period.<\/p>\n
Lynch drilled a \u201945 between the posts with the wind gusting in his face and added a free to bring his side level in the 43rd minute.<\/p>\n
The holders were clinging on to a slender one-point lead going into the final quarter, thanks to a Conor O\u2019Neill two-pointer.<\/p>\n
But substitute Darragh Donaghy made a stunning impact with his first touch, intercepting a kick-out to fire in his side\u2019s second goal on 49 minutes.<\/p>\n
Enda Donaghy restored the five-point lead, and the holders had regained their composure, although there were anxious moments at the back, goalkeeper Oisin Watson denying Harry Redmond with a double save.<\/p>\n
Scorers for Tyrone: S McDermott, D Donaghy 1-0 each, C O\u2019Neill 0-3 (1tp), A Quinn, A McGurren, P Colton 0-2 each, L Hughes, E Donaghy, D Devlin 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Kildare: J Lynch 0-6 (1tp, 1 \u201945, 1f), R Kelly 0-3 (1f), E Cowzer 0-2, D Colbert, R Murray 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n Tyrone: O Watson; S Broderick, L Neeson, M McNamee; A Quinn, C Devlin, B Gallagher; E Donaghy, C O\u2019Neill; C Sheehy, L Hughes, T Muldoon; A McGurren, P Colton, S McDermott.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: D Donaghy for Muldoon (46), D Devlin for McGurren (52), R McCullagh for Hughes (57), A Colton for Sheehy (65).<\/p>\n
\n Kildare: C Carroll; C McKevitt, L Kelly, S Gallagher; C Keaveny, F Dowling, B Ryan; E Boyle, R Lawlor; D Colbert, L Kenny, J Lynch; E Cowzer, C Moran, R Kelly.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: R Murray for McKevitt (50), C Keaveny for Cowzer (50), A Donegan for Kenny (55), H Redmond for Keaveny (55).<\/p>\n
\n Referee: B Tiernan (Dublin).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyrone took another huge step in their mission to maintain their dominance of U20 football with All-Ireland semi-final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1965,1128,61,60,43,850],"class_list":["post-447348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-hurling","tag-football","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}