Tyrone's Clogher through to All-Ireland Junior final

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Ciaran Bogue struck both of Clogher's goals on Saturday

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Clogher moved through to the All-Ireland Club Junior Football Championship final with a 2-13 to 0-9 win over Kiltimagh in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Ciaran Bogue struck a goal in each half to finish as top-scorer with 2-4, while Ryan McCaughey chipped in with five points including four from play as the Ulster champions took over after an even start.

The Tyrone side will now meet Ballymacelligott in the final at Croke Park on Sunday, 11 January [13:30 GMT] with the Kerry side defeating Grangenolvin in the other semi-final.

It was an even start to this semi-final with Clogher goalkeeper Rory McElroy's 45 cancelled out by Oisín Mulderrig.

The sides traded again in an even start before Ryan McCaughey and McElroy opened a two-point gap for the Tyrone men.

That margin remained in the 23rd minute when Bogue burst through to finish low to the net and after Thomas Keegan hit back with a free for the Mayo men, points from Bogue and Vincent Lowry helped Clogher into a 1-7 to 0-4 advantage at the break.

A point from Kiltimagh's Conor Mallee shortly after the restart hinted at a rally from the Connacht champions, but Ryan McCaughey and Bogue reasserted Clogher's dominance.

Paul Kelly's two-pointer rallied Kiltimagh briefly, but the game was put to bed with 10 minutes to play as Bogue cracked home his second goal with Clogher finishing with a flourish as McCaughey and Conor Shields added scores to seal their side's passage into the final.