![\"Michael](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4809144_2_articleinlinemobile_IMG_2106_5b1_5d.jpg\" "\\"Michael")
Michael Sheehan of Na Piarsaigh, who was the game’s top scorer.<\/p>\n\n Na Piarsaigh 1-19\n <\/p>\n
\n Douglas 1-17\n <\/p>\n
Na Piarsaigh have booked their place in the decider of the AOS Security Seand\u00fan Junior A Hurling Championship as they saw off the challenge of Douglas at Ballinlough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Na Piarsaigh are through to their first decider since they last won the title in 1997, where they will meet defending champions Whitechurch.<\/p>\n
With time running out, the scores were tied at 1-16 each. Michael Sheehan gave Na Piarsaigh the lead with two pointed frees, before Fion\u00e1n Barry replied for Douglas to leave a single point between the sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shane O\u2019Connell-Aherne tagged on a point from play, six minutes into stoppage time, to leave two points between the sides at the finish.<\/p>\n
This closely contested game was dictated by the wind as Douglas held the upper hand for most of the opening half, while Na Piarsaigh\u2019s goal on the stroke of half-time left the minimum between the sides at the break.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Na Piarsaigh had the elements in their favour for the second half, as they outscored Douglas by 0-11 to 0-8.<\/p>\n
Michael Sheehan of Na Piarsaigh, who was the game’s top scorer.<\/p>\n
Na Piarsaigh raced into a three-point lead with points from Alan Keating and Peter Lehane. Michael Sheehan also converted a free, before Stephen St Leger replied with two points for Douglas.<\/p>\n
Na Piarsaigh had Douglas pinned back as Aherne-O\u2019Connell tagged on a point from play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sheehan pointed his second free and Keating converted a sideline cut.<\/p>\n
Douglas responded when Dylan Murphy pointed a sideline cut. Sheehan replied with his third pointed free.<\/p>\n
Douglas began to seize the initiative as St Leger added a further two points.<\/p>\n
Luke McGrath set up Barry for a goal for Douglas in the 25th minute, to give Douglas a lead of 1-6 to 0-7.<\/p>\n
Jamie Morrissey reduced the deficit with a point from play for Na Piarsaigh.<\/p>\n
Douglas were awarded a penalty, from which Dylan Murphy was credited with a point, as his shot was deflected over the crossbar in the 28th minute.<\/p>\n
Dylan Murphy tagged on a further two points including a free.\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connell-Aherne got a goal for Na Piarsaigh on the rebound of a save by Douglas net-minder Brian Boyle. This left Douglas leading 1-9 to 1-8 at the break.<\/p>\n
Dylan Murphy got six points, including three frees for Douglas after the interval.<\/p>\n
Na Piarsaigh had Douglas pinned back for most of the third quarter as Ian McDonnell and Dayne Lee each added points from play.<\/p>\n
McDonnell, Lee and Sheehan also added points from play in the final quarter, to set the scene for a dramatic finish.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Na Piarsaigh: M Sheehan 0-8 (0-7f); S O\u2019Connell-Aherne 1-2; A Keating 0-2 (0-1 s\/l); P Lehane, D Lee, I McDonnell 0-2 each; J Morrissey 0-1.<\/p>\n
\n Douglas: D Murphy 0-11 (0-5f, 0-1 pen, 0-1 s\/l); S St Leger 0-4; F Barry 1-1; D Burke 0-1.<\/p>\n
\n Na Piarsaigh: S Fitzgerald; L Murphy, A Higgins, K Galvin; J Scanlon, P Cunningham, P Lehane; SP Cooke, D Scanlon; S Galgey, J Morrissey, D Lee; A Keating, M Sheehan, S O\u2019Connell-Aherne.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: I McDonnell for Galgey (41, inj), S Downey for Scanlon (48).<\/p>\n
\n Douglas: B Boyle; L McGrath, P Clarke, M O\u2019Callaghan; S Henry-Squires, C Lucey, S O\u2019Leary; S O\u2019Donoghue, M Harrington; J O\u2019Brien, S Moylan, D Murphy; F Barry, D Burke, S St Leger.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: N Hartnett for O\u2019Brien (41), S Powter for O\u2019Donoghue, L Kelleher for St Leger, D O\u2019Callaghan for Clarke (all 48), M O\u2019Connor for Henry-Squires (55)<\/p>\n
\n Referee: Colm Lyons (Nemo Rangers).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Na Piarsaigh 1-19 Douglas 1-17 Na Piarsaigh have booked their place in the decider of the AOS Security…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-104989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-gaa","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}