10/01/2026
Omagh CBS 5-10 St.Pats Armagh 0-13
Omagh CBS avenged their opening group game defeat at the hands of St.Pats Armagh when an avalanche of early goals sent them on their way to the last four of this season’s MacRory Cup underlights at Fintona on Friday night.
The Tyrone school were in fine form and they had the damage done in the opening quarter when they raised a green flag on four occassions. Armagh tried to stay in contention but throughout the field Omagh won the individual battles and in the end it was as comfortable as the inal scoreline would suggest.
In the 4th minute the opening goal arrived when Eoghan Donnelly flicked the ball to the net after a searching long ball from the impressive Thomas Meenan. Cathair Hughes and Danny McGurgan replied with points for Armagh but then the crucial spell of tghe game arrived. Diarmaid Martin, Cathal Cunninghan and Meenan all found the net by the 16th minute and there was noway back for Armagh. Matthew Daly landed a two point fre with centre half forward Caomh Agnew kicking an outstanding score from outside the arc with the outside of his boot but points from Meenan and superb Captain Michael McNamee left Omagh leading 4-4 to 0-9 at halftime.
Armagh badly needed a goal to ignite any chance of a comeback but it never looked like coming against an Omagh defence that gave precious little away. Martin and Peter Colton both tagged on points on their home soil before the latter rattled in goal number five of the contest. Daly landed another two point free on a night when the Eglish clubman and Moy’s Cathair Hughes weighed in with 0-4 each but it wasn’t enough as Omagh secured their place in thge last four of the competition.
Omagh scorers: P Colton 1-2 (1F), D Martin 1-2, T Meenan 1-2, E Donnelly 1-1, C Cunningham 1-0, M McNamee 0-1, C Farley 0-1, H Patton 0-1
Armagh scorers: C Hughes 0-4 (2F), M Daly 0-4 ( 2 x 2ptf),C Agnew 0-3 (1 x 2pt), A McGrane 0-1, D McGurgan 0-1
Tyrone GAA
Ulster Schools GAA