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Christmas comes early for heroic Offaly as they reach Leinster Final Reporter: ');  '); CHRISTMAS came early for a heroic Offaly when they booked a place in the Leinster Minor Football Championship final with a superb win over Kildare in Newbridge today. Offaly 2-10 Kildare 2-7 Playing with tremendous heart and character, it was Offaly's best win at this level in years. They had to work so hard for the result but they answered everything that Kildare threw at them and there was absolutely no disputing the merit of the win. Only three points separated the sides at the end of an engrossing hi...

Offaly rally well to secure semi-final berth Reporter: ');  '); IT was far from as simple or straightforward as the final scoreline might suggest but Offaly still did really well to advance to a semi-final meeting with Kildare when they got the better of Wicklow in the Leinster Minor Football Championship in Bord na Mona O'Connor Park. Leinster Minor Football Championship quarter-final Offaly 2-9 Wicklow 0-9 In an engrossing, compelling game of football between two very honest sides, Offaly rallied superbly in the closing quarter to wrestle back the initiative in a match that looked to be s...