Clondegad enjoy comfortable win

Clondegad     2-13       Kilmurry-Ibrickane    0-4

Clondegad cruised to a comfortable win over Kilmurry-Ibrickane their Garry Cup tie played at Ballynacally on Sunday.

They had points on the board from Paudge McMahon and Kenneth Kelly and a goal from McMahon after a good move before Kilmurry-Ibrickane opened their account with a point from David Callinan.

Further points from Eoin Griffin, Colm Quinlivan, McMahon and Shane Brennan left the score at 1-8 to 0-1 at the interval.

Kilmurry had the opening score of the second half through Seamus Lynch but the home side hit back with points from Griffin, Kieran Browne and Shane Brennan.

They continued to dominate to the finish and extended their lead further with a Shane Brennan goal shortly before the final whistle

Clondegad: Declan O’Loughlin; Flan Enright, Paddy Breen, Brian Murphy; Francie Nealon, Paddy O’Connell, Conor Gavin; Shane Brennan, James Murphy; Kieran Browne, Eoin Griffin, Francie O’Reilly; Paudge McMahon, Colm Quinlivan, Kenneth Kelly;
Subs: Eoin Donnellan for Quinlivan; Cormac Ryan for Enright; Stephen Enright for Browne; Kevin Donnelly for Nealon; Ian Carigg for O’Reilly;
Kilmurry-Ibrickane: Dara Pender; Brendan O’Neill, Pat Sexton, Conor O’Doherty; Eamonn Dunne, Thomas Lernihan, Mark Moloney; John McNamara, Gary Donnellan; Kevin Sexton, Martin Frawley, David Downes; Patrick Hogan, Seamus Lynch, David Callinan
Subs: Ian Sexton for Downes; John Talty for Donnellan; Niall McGannon for Callinan

Kildysart    1-13     St Breckan’s     0-5
Kildysart recorded their second win of the Garry Cup campaign when they proved too strong for St Breckan’s at Kildysart on Saturday evening. The winners were six points ahead at half time when the score was 0-8 to 0-2 and they went on to dominate the second half when Keith Murphy scored the game’s only goal.

Damian Murtagh and Gerry Kelly each kicked five points o n a day when they winners finished with 14 men after Damian Hill picked up a red card.

Kildysart: Liam Griffin; Michael Eustace, Shane McNeilis, Kieran Ayers; John Guinnane, Brian Ayers, John Clancy; Neil O’Connor, Keith O’Connor; Damian Hill, Brian O’Sullivan, Ian Slobody; Ger Kelly, Keith Murphy, Damian Murtagh;
Subs: Brendan McMahon for Slobody; Cian Cleary for Clancy; Terry Murphy for Murtagh;
St Breckan’s: Aidan McMahon; Donal Howley, Tony McGann, Liam Tierney; Stephen Nagle, Declan Stack, Maccon Byrne; Michael Hogan, Michael Keating; Conor Cormican, John Stack, Dale Masterson; Aidan Davidson, Conor Howley, Cian Flaherty.
Subs: John Carey for Nagle; Mark O’Donnell for McMahon.

Kilrush Shamrocks    0-9     O’Curry’s    0-8
Kilrush made it two wins from two with a narrow victory last Saturday evening. Kilrush went into the game without the injured Cathal Lyons and the suspended John Hayes but welcomed back Chris Dixon for his first club game of the year.

O’Curry’s had the aid of a strong cross-field breeze in the opening half and were 0-6 to 0-4 to the good at half-time. Jim Young, Stephen Sweeney, Ruaidhri O’Connor and Calum Bond all scored for the Shams in that half. Ger Quinlan (0-3), Eoin Troy (0-2) and Jack Scanlan replied for the Westeners.

On the changeover, a couple of quick-fire Ruaidhri O’Connor points had Kilrush level. Padjoe McGrath, Darragh Bolton and Jim Young all kicked points in the second half.

A double save from Tony Burke with five minutes remaining, first from Eoin Troy’s shot and then from Jack Scanlan’s follow-up, was the turning point in securing a win for Kilrush.

Niall Gilbride, Cian Murray and Matthew Moloney excelled in defence while up front Darragh Bolton’s and Con O’Brien’s workrate was commendable. Inside, Jim Young and Ruaidhri O’Connor’s telepathic reading of each other’s game worked to good effect again.

Kilrush: Tony Burke; Niall Brennan, Chris Dixon, Niall Gilbride; Niall Clancy, Cian Murray, Matthew Moloney; Daniel Lynch, Sean Madigan; Con O’Brien, Calum Bond, Stephen Sweeney; Ruaidhri O’Connor, Jim Young, Darragh Bolton.
Sub: Padjoe McGrath for Calum Bond.
O’Curry’s: PJ Greene; Paul Roche, Michael O’Shea, Declan Walsh; Damien Carmody, Seán Haugh, Tom Downes; Ger Quinlan, Ollie Quinlan; Eoin Brew, Eoin Troy, Seán Murphy; James Troy, Damien Clohessy, Jack Scanlan.
Sub: Jim Downes for James Troy.
Referee: Michael Talty (Kilmurry-Ibrickane).

Shannon Gaels    1-10        Cratloe    1-7
Shannon Gaels scored their first Garry Cup win of 2013 in Labasheeda last Saturday evening. The home team made a good start, with early points from Nigel Hehir and Shane Tubridy, who kicked a free. By the 20th minute, further pointed frees from Tubridy and a point from David Neylon extended the Gaels’ lead to 0-5 to 0-1.

However, Cratloe centre-forward Fergal Carroll then struck for 1-1 from play, late in the half. A point from Barry Gleeson helped Cratloe into a 1-3 to 0-5 lead at half-time.

Just two minutes into the second half, a high delivery from Noel Kennedy was dropped into the net by Cratloe goalkeeper, Pearse Deloughrey.

That score steadied the Gaels, who added further scores from Michael O’Donoghue, Mark Bohannon, Shane Tubridy and Brian O’Shea. Cratloe free-taker Pádraig Chaplin responded with a brace of frees but the Gaels held on to pick up both points.

Shannon Gaels: Keith Ryan; Eugene ­Flanagan, John Neylon, Brian Bermingham; Mark Bohannon, John Bermingham, Cathal O’Neill; Noel Kennedy, Michael O’Donoghue; Shane Tubridy, David Neylon, Diarmuid Lorigan; Nigel Hehir, Martin Tubridy, Micheál Lorigan.
Subs: Brian O’Shea for Martin Tubridy and Michael Coughlan for Brian Bermingham (inj).
Cratloe: Pearse Deloughrey; Joe Conroy, Barry Duggan, David Ryan; Óige Murphy, Enda Boyce, Seán Chaplin; Michael Hawes, Conor Early; Seán Hynan, Fergal Carroll, Damien Browne; Barry Gleeson, Pádraig Chaplin, Gearóid Ryan.
Subs: David Collins for Barry Gleeson, Jack McCourt for Damien Browne, Thomas O’Connor for Joe Conroy, Barry Gleeson for Fergal Carroll and Damien Browne for Seán Hynan.