The League of Ireland<\/a> in 2026 is supposed to be about the Brexit-induced rise of teenage talent like Victor Ozhianvuna. <\/p>\n On this night, a 35-year-old former international left-back snatched all three points at the death to put Shamrock Rovers<\/a> five points clear of St Patrick\u2019s Athletic<\/a> and six ahead of Bohs. <\/p>\n It all started as an indirect duel between the uncapped Dawson Devoy and Ed McGinty. It ended with Stevens heading Dylan Watts late cross into the Bohs net.<\/p>\n Both McGinty and Devoy were called up to the Republic of Ireland squad this week. Devoy controlled the game for long periods but it was McGinty\u2019s shot stopping that should earn him a cap against Qatar on Thursday or against Canada in Montreal on June 6th. <\/p>\n For a split second, the sight of Troy Parrott in the Jodi Stand had tongues wagging about how many Oasis shirts Bohemians sold last year. Turns out, Parrott, Jayson Molumby and Jake O\u2019Brien appeared in the sunshine to support their new international team-mates.<\/p>\n Rare times at Dalymount. <\/p>\n \u201cHe just showed up and we said we\u2019d play him,\u201d smiled Stephen Bradley when queried about McGinty\u2019s surprise inclusion in the Shamrock Rovers goal in advance of Thursday\u2019s friendly against Qatar at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n The Ireland coaches, Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson and John O\u2019Shea, were also present as McGinty twice denied Devoy from distance in the first-half. The pair won\u2019t train together in Abbotstown this week as the Bohs skipper is not joining the national camp until after Friday\u2019s game in Sligo. <\/p>\n Hallgr\u00edmsson also wanted another look at Ozhianvuna, having rerouted the Arsenal-bound midfielder to the Ireland under-21s for summer games in Croatia instead of fast-tracking him into the senior team.<\/p>\n With good reason. The three teenagers selected by Ireland \u2013 Rovers winger Adam Brennan, Mason Melia and Jaden Umeh \u2013 are a year older than Ozhianvuna.<\/p>\n Clearly, the 17-year-old has the technique to cope when he arrives at the Premier League champions training ground in January. But the swarming Bohemians midfield never let him settle as Bradley made a rare decision to put Jack Byrne and Graham Burke in the same attack behind veteran striker Aaron Greene.<\/p>\n Talent-wise, there are few players who can live with Burke and Byrne. But it prompted Bohs manager Alan Reynolds to flood the middle third. Ozhianvuna was replaced early in the second-half by Watts.<\/p>\n By then, Bohs led 1-0 thanks to a Ross Tierney finish that McGinty almost denied with a miracle save.<\/p>\n The best statistic to emphasise Bohs dominance in the first-half was a return of 12 shots to just one from the champions. Devoy hit three of them. McGinty parried two while the third cleared the crossbar.<\/p>\n Bohs refused to let Rovers pass through them with Dayle Rooney and Connor Parsons hungry for work while Patrick Hickey\u2019s arrival from Galway United has proved to be an inspirational signing. The big American is unflappable on the ground and unbeatable in the air.<\/p>\n When Burke did manage to turn and let fly in the 57th minute, Kacper Chor\u0105\u017cka made a brilliant save, diving low to his right.<\/p>\n Bohs never let up. Seconds after Burke\u2019s chance, Devoy popped a ball over the Rovers defence for Tierney to rattle the side netting.<\/p>\n Rooney should have guaranteed all three points when an error by Danny Grant invited him to beat McGinty with an angled shot. He curled it wide just as Douglas James-Taylor arrived at the back post. <\/p>\n What looked like a coaching masterclass from Reynolds could be explained away as the Hoops will always struggle without Pico Lopes, who has linked up with Cape Verde for the World Cup.<\/p>\n But Bradley was far from done. Seconds after John McGovern\u2019s introduction, the former Down footballer buried a header from Tunmise Sobowale\u2019s whipped cross. <\/p>\n Tierney had a glorious chance before the end to give Bohs a return on all their chances. He tried to place the ball beyond McGinty but Bohs 23rd shot of the night was no chance at all. <\/p>\n Cue the last gasp delivery by Watts for Stevens. <\/p>\n Bohemians: Chorazka; Power, Byrne, Hickey, Flores (Todd 62); Rooney, Devoy, Diallo (McDonnell 80), Parsons (Vaughan 71); Tierney; Whelan (James-Taylor 62)<\/p>\n Shamrock Rovers: McGinty; Sobowale, Grace, Stevens; Mulraney, Healy, Ozhianvuna (Watts 47), Grant; Byrne (O\u2019Sullivan 81), Burke; Greene (McGovern 72)<\/p>\n Referee: Kevin O\u2019Sullivan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"League of Ireland: Bohemians 1 (Tierney 21) Shamrock Rovers 2 (McGovern 72, Stevens 95) Pandemonium and despair go…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3407,615,61,60,2539,11113,112,136434],"class_list":["post-466942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bohemians","tag-dublin","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-league-of-ireland","tag-shamrock-rovers","tag-sports","tag-st-patrick-s-athletic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466942","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=466942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Tempers](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CI6QAUOSYTMZ4476FBE6FAHDDA.jpg\")
Tempers flared between both sides after the final whistle. Photograph: Tom Maher\/Inpho <\/p>\n![\"Ross](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WTKBELREUCM7L2WEOXTUUMUMLE.jpg\")
Ross Tierney of Bohemians is challenged by Matthew Healy of Shamrock Rovers in Dalymount Park on Monday. Photograph: Tom Maher\/Inpho <\/p>\n