Caolan O’Neill on form for Buncrana in Carndonagh win  

Caolan O’Neill was the stand-out star as he hit 3-7 for Buncrana in their league win over Carndonagh on Friday night.

The sides were evenly matched for most of the opening half with Buncrana leading by 2-3 to 1-2 at the break.

Carn got an early lead with an Altan McDermott goal after just five minutes and after a few wides, O’Neill and David Carey replied for Buncrana.

Cathal Doherty pointed a free for Carn before the in-form O’Neill struck for a brilliant goal and a point in a two-minute spell.

That put Buncrana into a 2-3 to 1-1 lead with Dara McCormick getting the last score of the half for Carn.

Buncrana tightened the screw on the resumption with four points in a row from O’Neill and David Carey, Cathal Doherty pointed for Carn before O’Neill and Kevin O’Rourke responded for Buncrana.

McCormick, Dara Tully and Doherty (free) were on target for Carn before O’Neill rounded off a great display with another goal to seal the deal.

Carndonagh scorers: Altan McDermott 1-0; Cathal Doherty 0-3; Dara McCormick 0-2; Dara Tully 0-1.

Buncrana scorers: Caolan O’Neill 3-7,5f; David Carey 0-1; Dylan Duffy 0-1; Peter Grant.

Carndonagh: Paddy Monagle; Conor Lafferty, Ryan Davenport, Emmett Lafferty; Sean McCreanor, Danny Monagle, Ben McDaid; Dara Tully, Conor Fagan; Altan McDermott, Dara McCormick, Matthew Porter; Cathal Doherty, Michael Noone, Ben Harkin. 

Subs: used; Paul Kelly, Michael McCarron.

Buncrana: Tom Clare; Kieran Doherty, Declan McCarron, Rory Scott; Cathal Óg Wilson, Conor Grant, Martin Óg Shields; James Doherty, Peter Grant; Dylan Duffy, David Carey, Caolan O’Neill; Kevin O’Rourke, Ciaran McLaughlin, Ruairi Doherty. 

Subs used: Paul Tourish, Luke McClafferty and Conor O’Donnell.