Simonstown  0—9 (0-3) Donaghmore /Ashbourne 1—10 (0—3).

       The light rain that  started to fall some 30 minutes before throw-in led to a very cautious ..dont conceed scores ---first  half of the 2024 Feis Cup Final played in Simonstown on Wednesday night.

    Eight minutes were on the clock before Sean Tobin converted a 45 for the hosts. Aaron Farrelly after some nice footwork sent over to put Simons  0—2 to 0—0 at the end of first quarter. Darragh O Sullivan split the posts for Ashbourne with a long range point. Kevin Fenton added another and the teams were level 0—2 each after twenty two minutes. Ashboune then took the lead when Conor Carton drove from midfield and scored again from long range. Simonstowns Aaron Farrelly on the stroke of half time levelled matters with his second point from distance to have the teams level 0—3  to 0—3.  Packed defences were limiting scoring opportunites from close range and goal chances were  non existant. Even at this stage it looked as if who ever got the goal by  good play or good fortune would win the game.

           Tobin again sent over a free from distance and Zak Thornton converted for  O Moores men. Shane McEnery point a free for the Navan men while Sean Curran replied with  a great score on the run to leave the sides level at 0--5 to 0--5 ten minutes into second half.  Simonstown went two in front through Aaron Farrelly and Padraig McKeever free at the end of third quarter. James Redmond  amd goalkeeper  Andy Colgan with a free  again saw the teams level at 0—7  each  with twenty two gone in sceond half.

   The Navan went ahead again when a ball lofted  into the square was met with Mark Devlins fist and just went over the bar---a few inches lower and would have been a goal  to them 0—8 to 0—7 up.  The goal came at the other end  as an effort for a point dropped short in the conditions  as Robbie Bulingham saved but a rebound  was steered to the net by Andrew Tormey  to put Ashbourne two up.  Scoreboard now read Ash  1—7    Simons 0—8.  Padraig McKeever sent over to leave a point between them. Simonstown  were pilling pressure in search of  a  leveller but were hit with counter attacks and points from Bryan Menton an Andrew Colgan free and Sean Tyrell. These late Ashbourne scores left the Feis Cup  and first silverware of 2024  heading to Ashboune. Eight years ago in  early September  2016 Ashbourne also beat us in Feis Cup Final in Dunganny after extra time.--Ten weeks later we beat Donaghmore /Ashbourne  1—14 to 0—8 ​ in County Final to claim our first ever Keegan Cup.  A great achievement  and expierence for this   particular young team to reach to a Final. Well done to manager Gordon Ward,Eanna Donoghue,Joe Lyons and Keith Brady.  Hope we can repeat the feat and  bring the Keegan Cup back to North Navan again this year.    

Simonstown; Robbie Burlingham,.. Mark Devlin (0—1), Stephen Moran, Aaron Chinchilla...Brain McGrath, Josh Carolan, David McKeever,...Briain Conlon, Tadgh Hanrahan,...Jimmy Heaney, Sean Tobin (0—2)1f,45. Shane McEnery(0—1)f,...Luke Caffrey, Padraig McKeever (0—2)1f, Aaron Farrelly (0—3)...​

Subs;  Shane Barry/ T.Hanrahan.. Eoghan Gough/ L.Caffrey..Michael Gavin/D.McKeever..Ben Hoey/S.McEnery...David Kavanagh/ J.Heaney.  Ruairi Brady/S.Tobin 

  Extended Panel;  Shane D.Gallagher..Peter Duffy..Liam Purvis..Brian Neary.. Darragh Dooner..Cody Chinchilla..

Ashbourne;  Andy Colgan (0--2)2fs...Aaron McLoughlin, Evan Quinn, Luke Barrett....James Redmond(0—1), Conor Carton(0—1), Darragh McGovern...Sean Curran (0—1), Bryan Menton(0—1),.... Darragh O Sullivan(0—1), Zac Thornton (0--2)2fs, James Cumlish....Josh Lancaster, Kevin Fenton (0—1), Michael Sullivan ...​

Subs; Shane Melia/J.Lancaster, ..Seaan Tyrell (0—1)/ D.McGovern,  ​