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Colleges title for Mary Immaculate

Mary Immaculate, Lisdoonvarna 0-14   Kilrush CS 1-5

Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna won the Clare colleges senior schools cup last Friday in Quilty when they overcame a determined Kilrush Community College outfit.

 

Playing with the aid of the breeze in the first half, it was Kilrush who started the brighter and converted a penalty early on. Scores were hard to come by in a tight first half at the end of which the winners had one point to spare, 0-5 to 1-1

The game turned on a crucial save at the start of the second half, where Kilrush were denied a certain goal by a great stop.

The Lisdoonvarna outfit showed more composure in front of goal thereafter and kicked the scores late on to seal a great win for the school, their first time winning this title since 2008.

Mary Immaculate, Lisdoonvarna panel: Stephen Nagle (captain), Andrew McMahon, Ronan Gardiner, Declan Stack, Stephen Nagle, Dale Masterson, Maccon Byrne, Liam Tierney, Aidan Davidson, Mark O’Donnell, Cian O’Flaherty, Stephen Crowe, Paraic Lacey, Shane O’Brien, Conor Burke (St Breckan’s) David McNamara Cathal Murrihy, Kevin Theasby, Paul Carkill, Diarmuid O’Donoghue, (Kilfenora)
Philip Queally (Ballyvaughan) and Robbie Cassidy (Michael Cusacks).
Kilrush CS: Thomas Moloney (Kilrush); Keelan Cunningham (Killimer), James Burke (Cooraclare), Colm Pyne  (Killimer); Kevin Looney (Cooraclare), Dylan O’Connell (Kilrush), Alan Behan (Shannon Gaels); Cian Murray (Kilrush, capt), Cathal Carigg (Kilrush); Michael Shannon (Kilrush), Conor Downes (Kilrush), Conor Madigan (Kilrush); Darragh O’Dea (Cooraclare), Tadhg Lillis (Cooraclare), Liam Madigan (Kilrush).
Subs: Pierce Lillis (Cooraclare) for C Madigan; Davy Downes (Kilrush) for C Carigg; David Bunyan (Killimer) for Michael Shannon.

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