Ballyea earn first league points

Ballyea 3-21   Smith O’Briens 0-15

Fresh from their great U-21A championship win, Ballyea produced an impressive performance on Sunday evening when recording their first win of the Division 1B campaign.

They struggled to get control of the tie and trained by four points, 0-6 to 0-10, at half time. In the opening minutes of the second half they dominated the exchanges and goals from Eanna McInerney (2) and Gearóid O’Connell saw them take control on a day when Tony Kelly contributed 0-10.

 

The switch of James Murphy and Gearóid O’Connell from the full forward line to midfield in the second half played a big part in this victory on a day when Murphy (3) Jack Browne (2) Niall Keane (2) Francie Nealon (2) Brian Murphy and Gearóid O’Connell (1 each) added points.

In fairness to the Killaloe side, it has to be said that their play was disrupted by injuries to key players. They lost half-backs Seamus Gleeson and Micheál Ryan early in the game and this had an unsettling effect on the team while Keith Stritch picked up an injury in the final minute at a time when they had used their full complement of substitutes.

Ballyea: Shane Harkin; David Sheehan, Paul Flanagan, Frankie Griffin; Jack Browne, Paddy O’Connell, Barry Coffey; Tony Kelly, Brian Murphy; Alan Hehir, Niall Keane, Francie Neylon; Eanna McInerney, James Murphy, Gearóid O’Connell;
Subs: Francie Reilly for A Hehir; Donal Chambers for B Murphy; Joe Neylon for F Griffin; Aaron Nugent for Browne.
Smith O’Briens: Mark McInerney; Brian McInerney, Paul McKeogh, Kevin McEvoy; David Gough, Seamus Gleeson, Micheal Ryan; Trevor Howard, Pa Vaughan; Shane O’Brien, Dean Sinnott, Kevin Walsh; Anthony Sullivan, Keith Stritch, Liam Walsh.
Subs: Joe Furlong for Gleeson inj; Cian Moloney for Ryan (inj); Eoghan Ryan for Sullivan; Jonathon Hayes for K Walsh; Niall McInerney for L Walsh.

Broadford 0-21   St Joseph’s 2-5

Broadford kept up their challenge for a place in the plays-offs with this impressive win over St Joseph’s on Sunday.

Cathal Chaplin continued his impressive form at midfield for the winners and he finished as their top scorer with 0-7. Padraic Hickey chipped in with 0-4 on an evening when all of their forwards got on the scoresheet.
St Joseph’s, who had Damian Kennedy in their line up for the first time this season, struggled in most areas and remain in the relegation zone with just three rounds of the competition remaining.

Broadford: Kevin Ryan; Aidan O’Brien, Alan Kilcoyne, Brian Taylor; James gunning, Aonghus O’Brien, Stephen Gunning; Cathal Chaplin, Caolan Cox; Niall Moloney, Mark Moloney, Padraic Taylor; Padraic Hickey, Shane Taylor, Diarmuid Moloney.
Subs: Ciaran Corcoran for S Taylor; Declan Teefy for D Moloney; John Corcoran for Aidan O’Brien; Seanie Casey for M Moloney.
St Joseph’s: Paul Madden; Brian Collins, Marty O’Regan, Eamonn Clohessy; Conor Lyons, Alan O’Neill, Brian Clancy; Darragh O’Driscoll, Gary Hassett; Greg Lyons, Alan Duggan, Kevin Dilleen; Jarlath Colleran, Ken Kennedy, Damian Kennedy.
Subs: Enda Lyons for Colleran (inj); Donal O’Halloran for Hassett.

Tubber 3-19   Wolfe Tones 0-9

A blistering start that yielded goals from Clive Earley, Patrick O’Connor and Eamonn Taffee laid the foundations for this convincing victory for Tubber over Wolfe Tones on Sunday.

The winners were well on their way to the points when they led 3-10 to 0-5 at half time. Blain Earley scored nine points as the North Clare outfit proved too strong for their Shannon opponents.

Tubber: Ronan Taaffe; John O’Connor, Mark Earley, Eoin Ruane; Francis O’Grady, Conor Earley, Fergal McCormack; Patrick O’Connor, Cyril Cunningham; Clive Earley, Shane O’Connor, Justin McMahon; Blain Earley, Eamonn Taaffe, Dara O’Connor.
Subs: Mark Waters for M. Earley; Ger Brohan for S O’Connor, Evan O’Donoghue for Taaffe.
Wolfe Tones: Paul Hogan; Barry Loughnane, Brendan Hughes, Joe McGauley; Bobby McPhillips, Gary O’Connell, Shane Chambers; Brian O’Connell, Kevin McCafferty; David Reidy, Alan Hehir, Mark Regan; Johnnie Bridges, Gareth McPhillips, Eamonn O’Neill.
Subs: Aaron Cunningham for A Hehir; Sean Reidy for Regan.

Éire Óg 3-9   Feakle 0-12

Éire Óg raced into a ten-point lead in the first quarter of this tie played at Feakle on Sunday but after this they struggled to get scores.

David O’Halloran (2) and Niall McMahon were their goalscorers in the opening period as they opened a 3-4 to 0-2 lead before the end of the first quarter.

Feakle did much better after this but they struggled against the Éire Óg defence and failed to get through for a goal that they needed to get back into contention.

Éire Óg: Philly Walsh; Ronan Cooney, Cormac O’Regan, Ciaran Hanna; Tadhg McNamara, Aaron Fitzgerald, Kevin Moynihan; Mark Fitzgerald, Conor Stack; Ronan Keane, Danny Russell, Niall McMahon; David O’Halloran, Brian Dolan, David Durack.
Subs: John Lawlor for Russell; Kevin Hally for McMahon; Marc O’Donnell for Stack.
Feakle: Eibhear Quilligan; James Noonan, Alan Hogan, Francis O’Grady; Eoin Tuohy, Tomas Moroney, Ger Hanrahan; Gary Guilfoyle, Shane McGrath; Raymond Bane, Kenneth Collins, Cillian Bane; Justin Nelson, Cathal Collins, Oisin Donnellan.
Subs: Donal O’Grady for K Collins; Sean O’Grady for C Bane; Robert Bebbington for Donnellan.

O’Callaghan’s Mills 2-21   Kilmaley 2-17

In a high scoring game at Kilkishen on Sunday evening, the home side inflicted a first defeat of the campaign on leaders Kilmaley.

The win puts the Mills very much into contention for a place in the play-offs as they have now moved up to joint second place on the table, a point behind leaders Éire Óg.

The winners laid the foundations for this win in the opening half when they dominated and led at the break on a score of 1-15 to 0-6.

Kilmaley fought back strongly in the second half helped by an excellent goal from Conor Neylon who also contributed some impressive points. Diarmuid McMahon was their other goalscorer while the winners had their goals from Cathal McKeogh and Gary Neville.

O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Michael McGrath, Adrian Donovan, Ger Frost; Kevin O’Callaghan, Pat Donnellan, Aidan Fawl; Niall Donovan, Jonathon Lyons; Sean O’Gorman, Conor Cooney, Conor Cooney (Ermhill); Cathal McKeogh, Adrian Flaherty, Gary Neville.
Subs: James McMahon for C Cooney (Ermhill), inj; Gerry Coney for O’Callaghan; Aidan O’Gorman for S O’Gorman.
Kilmaley: Kieran Dillon; Martin O’Connor, Anthony Cahill, Sean Talty; Colin Lynch, Noel Casey, John Clohessy; Enda Finnucane, Eoin O’Malley; Michael O’Neill, Diarmuid McMahon, John Cabey; Killian McNamara, Conor Neylon, Eoin Enright.
Subs: Brian McMahon for McNamara; Kevin McNamara for Enright.