All-square between Kilmihil and O’Curry’s

Kilmihil 0-10
O’Curry’s 1-7

Paul Reidy converted a free in the final minute of normal time for Kilmihil to tie up this intermediate championship first-round football tie with O’Curry’s at Doonbeg on Saturday.

In the end, a share of the spoils was a fair result in a game that both sides were guilty of missed chances. O’Curry’s will probably feel the more disappointed as they were guilty of the greater number of misses but they were fortunate to be just a point adrift at the mid-point.
The peninsula outfit made the better start and took the lead with a point from Eoin Troy before Mark O’Connell and Timmy Ryan had Kilmihil points.
Ger Quinlan and Troy replied for O’Curry’s but four in a row from Martin O’Leary, Mark O’Connell, David Ryan and Paul Reidy had Kilmihil 0-6 to 0-3 ahead as half-time approached.
A Ger Quinlan effort was deflected into the path of Damian Carmody, who found the net for the game’s only goal, which tied up the game but Kilmihil had the final say of the half when Timmy Ryan pointed to leave the half-time score at 0-7 to 1-3.
On the resumption, Eoin Troy equalised for O’Curry’s but Kilmihil went back in front with points from Shane Egan and Martin O’Leary as the end of the third quarter approached.
Two Ger Quinlan efforts tied up the game again before Brian Troy put O’Curry’s in front with six minutes remaining.
Troy then picked up a second yellow card, which led to his dismissal with three minutes to go. Two minutes later, they were level for the final time when Paul Reidy slotted the equaliser from a free.
Kilmihil: Keith Considine; Shane O’Leary, Derek O’Connell, Johnny O’Sullivan; Allyn Dalton, Lawrence Murray, Alan McGuane; Mark Coughlan, David Ryan; Niall Pender, Paul Reidy, Mark O’Connell; Martin O’Leary, Timmy Ryan, Shane Egan.
Sub: Enda O’Halloran for Egan.
O’Curry’s: PJ Greene; Ollie Quinlan, Michael O’Shea, Declan Walsh; Brian Troy, Seán Haugh, Tom Downes; Derek Troy, Ger Quinlan; Damien Carmody, Eoin Brew, Michael Foran; Michael Carmody, Eoin Troy, Damien Clohessy. 
Subs: James Troy for Foran (injured); Paul Roche for Walsh; Jack Scanlan for Michael Carmody.

 

Kildysart 1-10
Corofin 1-7

AN eight-point half-time lead propelled Kildysart to victory over Corofin in Miltown on Saturday. Full-forward Keith Murphy scored the Kildysart goal while top scorer Ger Kelly kicked four of his six points in that period.
Corofin’s Jamie Malone goaled for his side in the second half to give them renewed hope but Ger Kelly, Damien Murtagh and substitute Alan Ralph added vital points for Kildysart.
Kildysart will play O’Curry’s in their next game while Corofin take on Kilmihil.
Kildysart: John Murtagh; Brian Eyers, Shane McNeilis, Thomas Eustace; Damian Hill, Neil O’Connor, Michael Eustace; Keith O’Connor, John Clancy; Christy Clancy (0-1), Brian O’Sullivan, Niall Guinnane (0-1); Ger Kelly (0-5), Keith Murphy (1-0), Damian Murtagh (0-2).
Subs: Alan Ralph (0-1) for Hill (injured), Terry Murphy for Damien Murtagh and Brian Moloney for Christy Clancy.
Corofin: Kieran Carkill; Matthew Shannon, Keith O’Loughlin, Ollie O’Loughlin; Brendan Keane, Eamon Malone, Jack Campbell; John Keane, Damien Ryan; Jamie Malone, Fionn Clancy, Fergal Neylon; Brian Halpin, Haulie Vaughan, Gearóid Kelly.

Kilmurry-Ibrickane 1-10
O’Callaghan’s Mills 0-4

LAST year’s beaten intermediate finalists got their campaign off to a winning start with a nine-point win over O’Callaghan’s Mills in Ennis on Monday.
Kilmurry led 1-3 to 0-0 at half-time, with the Mills failing to score in their opening 30 minutes of 2012 championship football.
Colm Donnellan scored the goal in the opening minute, with Thomas Greene and ­Seamus Murrihy adding points.
Brian Donnellan scored all four of O’Callaghan’s Mills points in the second half while Greene, Colm Donnellan and Thomas O’Connor added Kilmurry’s second-half points.
Kilmurry-Ibrickane: Darragh Pender; Pádraig Lynch, John Willie Sexton, Eamon Dunne; Ciaran Morrissey, Pat Sexton, Mark Moloney; Gary Donnellan, Seamus Murrihy; John McNamara, Martin O’Connor, Thomas Greene; Aaron Murrihy, Colm Donnellan, Thomas O’Connor.
O’Callaghan’s Mills: Paul Murphy; Gary Neville, Niall Donovan, Gerry Cooney; Michael McGrath, Pat Donnellan, John Cooney; Bryan Donnellan, Jonathon Lyons; Eoin McGrath, Noel Nash, Sean O’Gorman; Padraig Hickey, Paul Lynch, Ian Donnellan.
Subs: Brian Donovan for Paul Lynch; Ger Kennedy for Ian Donnellan.

Kilfenora 2-5
Meelick 1-6

Goals from full-forward Aidan Malone were the key scores in Kilfenora’s narrow win over Meelick in the opening round of the Intermediate Football Championship in Gurteen. The teams were tied at 0-3 each at half-time. Pat Finucane scored all three of Meelick’s points while Killian and Aidan Malone, along with Matthew Egan, scored for Kilfenora.
Killian Malone received a double yellow card, which was a huge blow to Kilfenora. However, Kilfenora held their nerve and those goals emerged as the match-winning scores.
Brian O’Neill scored from the penalty spot for a very competitive Meelick team in the closing minutes.
Kilfenora: Liam Keane; Jack O’Dea, Diarmuid Nagle, MJ Malone; James Keane, Paudie Ireland, Cathal Nagle; Pat Connole, Daniel Egan; Jason Connole, Paul Reddan, Killian Malone; Austin Kelly, Aidan Malone, Matthew Egan.
Meelick: Jonathan Murphy; Michael Kelly, Philip Lavin, Gary Kennedy; Stephen Hayes, Niall Mullen, Eanna Mulvihill; Kevin Hartnett, Barry Hartnett; Andy Whyte, Patrick Finucane, James Long; Pádraig O’Connor, Brian O’Neill, Seán Lyons.
Subs: Darragh Yelerton for Michael Kelly, Gary Callinan for Andy Whyte.