Five goals against Tyrone give Ulster County a second successive Irish Under-20 title

Tyrone have reclaimed the Dalata Hotel Group Irish Under-20 Football Championship title with a comfortable win over Louth in the final in Armagh.

Having a two-point lead with 20 minutes remaining, the home side scored 3-7 in the closing stages of the game while Louth could only manage 0-4.

Although the 14-point difference may have been somewhat deceptive, there was no denying that the stronger team had won.

Forward Noah Grimes was awarded Man of the Match after recording an impressive 2-6, while team-mate Eoin McElholm, who scored 0-7 in last year's final against Kerry, also did well with 2-4.

A highlight late in the match was the introduction of substitute Shea McDermott, who helped Tyrone secure their eighth title in this category.

Despite three great opportunities, Louth failed to score a single goal, and eight goals conceded and a number of missed chances resulted in major losses for the team.

The young county side that had beaten Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final looked unable to stop the tide turning in Tyrone's favour.

Scorers for Tyrone: N Grimes 2-6; A McElholm 2-4; S McDermott 1-1; R McCullagh 0-2 (1 free); J Clarke, K O'Neill, K Donnelly 0-1 each.

Scorers for Louth: J Maguire 0-4 (1 free); S Callaghan (1 free), Tadhg McDonnell (1 free) 0-3 each; Tony McDonnell 0-2 (1 f); K McCriosta, D Dorian, S Lennon, A Gillespie (1 free), D Shevlin 0-1 each.

Tyrone: S McGarvey; B Hughes, J Clarke, Conor Devlin; K Donnelly, K Daly, F Nelis; Conan Devlin, K O'Neill; K Sheehy, L Og Mossey, M Quinn; N Grimes, R McCullagh, E McElholme.

Subs: A Donaghy for Sheehy (53); D Donaghy for Mossey (55); S McDermott for Conan Devlin (58); L Lawn for McCullagh (60).

Louth: T. Markey; K. Martin, P. Tinnelly, M. Reid; Tadhg McDonnell, K. McKeon, K. McGinty; S. Callaghan, J. Maguire; S. Lennon, K. McCriosta, P. Grimes Murphy; A. Gillespie, Tony McDonnell, D. Dorian.

Subs: B. McKeown for Reed (43); J. McGlew for McGinty and D. Shevlin for Dorian (50).

Referee: N. Mooney (Kavan).

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