Clondegad earn bragging rights

Clondegad 3-10   Lissycasey 1-13

ACCOUNTING for 2-9 of their final tally, Gary Brennan and Paudge McMahon played leading roles in Clondegad’s victory over Lissycasey in their entertaining contest at Lissycasey on Saturday evening.

 

Level at 0-3 each at the end of the opening quarter, the winners had their first goal in the 17th minute when McMahon applied the finish after Brennan had provided the pass.

Lissycasey closed the gap to a point but then McMahon struck again for goal number two. Lissycasey finished the half strongly and Oisín Talty rattled the net at the end of a great move to leave the half-time score at 2-5 to 1-6 in Clondegad’s favour.

The winners scored 1-3 without reply in the opening five minutes of the second half and this, effectively, decided the game. Lissycasey, to their credit, battled back and were unlucky to see another Talty piledriver rebound off the upright.

They were camped in the Clondegad goalmouth in the closing minutes but they just could not get through for the goal they needed to earn a share of the spoils.
In addition to Brennan and McMahon, the winners had good performances from Conor Gavin, James Murphy and Shane Brennan, while Lissycasey’s best on the day were Alan and Dermot Nagle, Oisín Talty and Gerry Moran.

Clondegad: Declan O’Loughlin; Brian Murphy, Paddy O’Connell, Flan Enright; Conor Gavin, Ciarán Browne, Francie Neylon; Shane Brennan, James Murphy; Pat Coffey, Francie Reilly, Kenneth Kelly; Paudge McMahon, Paddy Breen, Gary Brennan.
Subs: Eoin Donlon for Kelly and Kevin Donnelly for Coffey.
Scorers: Paudge McMahon (2-3), Gary Brennan (0-6), Francie Reilly (1-0) and Shane Brennan (0-1).
Lissycasey: Joe Hayes; Gerry Moran, Matt Kilroy, Martin Moran; Alan Nagle, Michael Melican, Dermot Nagle; Danny Lynch, Daniel Clohessy; Dereck McMahon, David Considine, Paul Nagle; Oisín Talty, Francis Hayes, Niall Kelly.
Subs: Enda Finnucane for McMahon, Martin O’Connor for Lynch, Cathal Hill for P Nagle and Sean Hayes for Clohessy.
Scorers: Oisín Talty (1-2), Niall Kelly (0-3), David Considine, Francie Hayes (0-2) each, Martin Moran, Dermot Nagle, Daniel Clohessy and Enda Finnucane (0-1) each.

St Senan’s 1-12   O’Curry’s 0-9

ST Senan’s, Kilkee collected their first points of this season’s league when they accounted for neighbours O’Curry’s at Doonaha on Saturday evening.

The win keeps their slender hopes of survival in Division 2 alive. A win didn’t appear likely in Saturday’s outing when they trailed by a point at half time, 0-5 to 0-6.

However, they upped their performance on the resumption and with inter-county men, Michael O’Shea and David Russell, dominating at midfield they took control.

A goal from Chris Williamson saw them take the lead and they dominated for the remainder of the game on a day when the O’Curry’s attack rarely threatened.

St Senan’s: Kevin Harte; Darren Clarke, Darragh Kelly, Thomas Galvin; Gavin Melican, Brendan Smith, Darren Owens; Michael O’Shea, Chris Williamson; Stephen McGuire, Barry Harte, Brian Harte; Thomas McGrath, David Russell, Micheal Keane.
Subs: Ronan Browne for McGuire.
O’Curry’s: PJ Greene; Tom Roche, Brian Troy, Paul Roche; Eoin Brew, Sean Haugh, Colm Lynch; Derek Troy, Ger Quinlan; Joe Downes, Michael Foran, Damian Carmody; Eoin Troy, Michael Carmody, Damian Clohessy.
Subs: Michael O’Shea for D Clohessy, Mark Roche for Downes and Jack Scanlan for D Carmody.

Cooraclare 0-13   Cratloe 1-10

A SUPERB point from Rory Donnelly in the final minute earned Cooraclare a share of the spoils at Cooraclare on Saturday.

Moments earlier, the inter-county forward looked to be through for a goal but his rasping shot rebounded off the crossbar.

This was a well contested tie but the visitors looked to be on the way to victory when they edged ahead with time running out. The result means Cratloe are clear of the relegation area but Cooraclare are still in danger of dropping and much will depend on the result of their final group game against Clondegad.
Sean Hynan scored the game’s only goal.

Cooraclare: Declan Keane; Michael Chambers, Conor Marrinan, Sean Garry; Declan McMahon, Thomas Donnellan, Colm Carroll; Andrew O’Neill, Sean Maguire; Fergal Lillis, Joe Downes, John Looney; Rory Donnelly, Gearóid Looney, Cathal Lillis.
Subs: Kieran Hassett for D McMahon (inj) and Joe Considine for Maguire.
Cratloe: Andrew Hogan; Sean Chaplin, Barry Duggan, Thomas O’Connor; Enda Boyce, Michael Hawes, David O’Gorman; Conor Ryan, Kevin Browne; Robert Conlon, Paudge Collins, Sean Hynan; Padraig Chaplin, Conor McGrath, Liam Markham.
Sub: Shane Gleeson for Markham.

Liscannor 1-10   St Breckan’s 0-11

LISCANNOR maintained their place at the top of the table when they accounted for St Breckan’s in a North Clare derby on Saturday.

Alan Flaherty scored the game’s only goal midway through the first half and this proved to be a decisive score.

St Breckan’s fought back to level but failed in their bid to get in front.

Brian Considine was in excellent form for the winners at midfield and he kicked some great points.

Liscannor: Noel Kilmartin; Kieran Roche, Shane Canavan, Alan Canavan; Ronan Slattery, Michael Foley, Alan McDonagh; Brian Considine, Ray O’Brien; Gerard Considine, Niall Considine, Robert Lucas; Dara Blake, Alan Flaherty, Padraig Haugh.
Subs: Johnnie Considine for G Considine.
St Breckan’s: John McDonagh; Daniel Carey, Conor Crowley, Michael Reddan; Raphael Considine, Denis O’Driscoll, Stephen Tierney; Michael Keating, Neil Hawes; John Carey, Sean Cormican, Pat Nagle; John Stack, Eric Murrihy, Dale Masterson.
Subs: Noel McDonagh for Hawes (inj) and Conor Cormican for Murrihy.