Joy for St Kieran's Kilkenny in Leinster Senior Schools Championship

Winners St Kieran's College, Kilkenny: L-R Team Manager Anne Wemyss, Patrick O'Shea, Sean Minogue, Michael O'Shaughnessy, Ned Kirwan, Shane Whelan and James Everard at the Leinster Schools Senior Championship Finals at Newbridge Golf Club, Co.Kildare. Image by Jenny Matthews /Pat Cashman Photography

Kilkenny kingpins St Kieran's College beat Malahide Community College 4-1 to win the Leinster Finals of the 2018 Irish Schools Senior Championship at Newbridge Golf Club.

Beaten 4-1 by Blackrock College in the 2017 final, St Kieran's enjoyed a sweet victory this time around and go on now to represent Leinster in the National Finals at Monkstown Golf Club in Cork from April 24-25.

Winners from St Kieran's College Kilkenny, Ned Kirwan, Michael O'Shaughnessy, Sean Minogue, James Everard, Shane Whelan, Team Manager Anne Wemyss, Chairman of Leinster Golf, John Ferriter and Patrick O'Shea at the Leinster Schools Senior Championship Finals at Newbridge Golf Club, Co.Kildare. Image by Jenny Matthews/Pat Cashman Photography

Runners-up Malahide Community College: Sean Guiden, Josh McCabe, Jack Keogh, Shane O'Neill, Ben Gaynor, Luke Dalglish, Liam Cully, Team Manager Michael O'Sullivan, Chairman of Leinster Golf, John Ferriter and Gavin Glennon at the Leinster Schools Senior Championship Finals at Newbridge Golf Club, Co.Kildare. Image by Jenny Matthews/Pat Cashman Photography