The Leitrim senior gaelic football team to play Derry in Saturday’s Allianz League Division 4 final at Croke Park shows a number of personnel and positional changes from the side which beat Waterford by eight points last Saturday.
Aidan Quinn, Shane Quinn, Dean McGovern and Darragh Rooney all come back into starting fifteen with Conor Reynolds, Oisín Madden, Conor Cullen and Pearce Dolan the men to lose out.
Cathal McCrann keeps his place in goal, ahead of the impressive Diarmuid McKiernan who played in five of Leitrim’s seven league matches to date.
Aughawillan’s Mark Plunkett is named at midfield (where he plays for his club) even through he has spent the entire league campaign operating from centre half-back.
The Leitrim team in full is:
- Cathal McCraan (Gortletteragh)
- Aidan Flynn (Leitrim Gaels)
- Micheal McWeeney Capt (St Mary’s Kiltoghert)
- Paddy Maguire (St Brigid’s Dublin)
- Sean McWeeney (Aughnasheelin)
- Shane Quinn (Mohill)
- Raymond Mulvey (Sean O’Heslin’s)
- Mark Plunkett (Sean O’Heslin’s)
- Shane Moran (Melvin Gaels)
- Dean McGovern (Mohill)
- Emlyn Mulligan (Melvin Gaels)
- Domhnaill Flynn (Mohill)
- Darragh Rooney (Melvin Gaels)
- Evan Sweeney (Glencar/Manorhamilton)
- Ryan O’Rourke (Fenagh St/Cailins).
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The Final Whistle broadcasts live tonight (Thursday 28th) from Biddy’s Bar in Manorhamilton from 8-9pm with a special one-hour league final preview programme.
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