Kilkenny rivals Evergreen and Freebooters separated by the odd goal in cup final
Published 30th May 2026, 20:51 BST
Evergreen 2, Freebooters 1
Evergreen secured their 18th McCalmont Cup title and their first since 2022 with a hard earned win against rivals Freebooters.
Gary Maher’s team won five consecutive McCalmont Cups from 2017 to 2022 but have had to watch on from the sidelines over the past three seasons as Freebooters and Bridge United x2 took a grip of the title.
A goal in either half decided the showpiece final as Diarmuid Behan (23 min) and Dara Keane (51 min) cancelled out Bill Trehy’s opener for ‘Booters.
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