Comfortable wins for Kildysart and Corofin

Kildysart 1-11   Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-4

Kildysart bounced back into contention for a place in the knock out stage of the intermediate football championship when they defeated Kilmurry-Ibrickane’s second string at Cooraclare on Sunday.

The winners led from start to finish and will go into their final group game in the knowledge that a win over Clarecastle will see them well in the hunt to progress.

Having won their opening game, Kilmurry had to make changes for last week’s match having lost Mark Killeen and John Sexton to their senior team on the previous day. They struggled with numbers and following an injury to full back Dermot O’Brien they did not have a replacement and played the final quarter a man short.

Kildysart got off to a dream start with Keith Murphy scoring what was to be the game’s only goal, in the first minute when he flicked a Brian O’Sullivan delivery to the Kilmurry net.

They went on to lead at the break on a score of 1-4 to 0-1. They had wind advantage in the second half and dominated the exchanges hitting seven points without reply on their way to a comfortable and merited win.

Kildysart: Liam Griffin; Michael Eustace, Shane McNelis, Kieran Eyres (0-1); John Guinnane, Brian Eyres, Damien Hill; Neil O’Connor, Keith O’Connor; Damien Murtagh (0-1), Ger Kelly (0-6 3f), Ian Slobody; Brian O’Sullivan (0-2), Keith Murphy (1-1), Brian Moloney.
Subs: Christy Clancy for Slobody, Niall Guinnane for Murtagh, John Murtagh for Hill, Alan Ralph for Moloney.
Kilmurry Ibrickane: David Talty; Shane Kavanagh, Dermot O’Brien (0-1, ‘45), Brendan O’Neill; Eamon Dunne, Gary Donnellan, Diarmuid Downes; John McNamara, Vinnie Talty; Niall McGannon, Paul O’Dwyer (0-1), Darragh Pender; Ciaran Morrissey (0-1), Thomas Greene, Barry Lynch (0-1f).
Referee: Damien Fox (Clooney-Quin).

Corofin 2-11   Kilfenora 0-7

Corofin got their intermediate football championship campaign off to a winning start when they overcame Kilfenora at Miltown on Sunday.

A Damian Ryan penalty goal helped the winners to a half time lead of eight points, 1-8 to 0-3, and while Kilfenora tried hard to get back into contention after the break, Corofin sealed victory with a Gearóid Kelly goal.

Corofin hit the crossbar and the post four times in the first half and Kilfenora were fortunate not to have been further behind at half time.

Kilfenora got the first two points of the second half but Corofin hit back with a Gearóid Kelly goal and from here on they were in control.

Corofin: Kieran Carkill; Keith O’Loughlin, Eamonn Malone, Eoin Clancy; Brendan Keane, John Keane, Manus Malone; Damian Ryan, Kevin Heagney; Jack Campbell, Jason Tierney, Neil Killeen; Stephen Heagney, Gearóid Kelly, Jamie Malone.
Subs: Colm Rice for Clancy; Darren Malone for Campbell; Haulie Vaughan for M. Malone; David Corbett for K Heagney; Colm Turner for S Heagney.
Kilfenora: Liam Keane; Paul Carkill, James Keane, Daniel Egan; Cian O’Dea, Jack O’Dea, Paul Reddan; Pat Connole, Sean O’Gorman; Jason Connole, Austin Kelly, Killian Malone; Michael J Malone, Micheal Duffy, Matthew Egan.
Subs: David McNamara for O’Gorman; Diarmuid Nagle for J Connole; James Brody for Kelly.
Referee: Barry Kelly, Miltown.

Meelick 1-12   Naomh Eoin 1-10

In their bid to get back to intermediate ranks, Meelick made a winning start when they defeated Naomh Eoin in this first round tie at Lissycasey on Saturday.

Playing with the aid of the breeze in the first half, Naomh Eoin were slow to settle and found themselves two points behind in the early minutes. The West Clare side stepped up a gear and when the half time whistle sounded they were four clear, 0-6 to 0-2.

With the aid of the wind in the second half, it didn’t take the South East Clare club long to get back on terms and they went on to capture the spoils.

Meelick: Kieran McCarthy; Peter Daly, Sean Cooney, Gary Kennedy; Oisin Hickey, Niall Mullen, Eanna Mulvihill; Ger Finnucane, Stephen Hayes; Andrew White, Damian Moloney, David Mc Gleenon; Lee Ryan, Tommy Finnucane, Brian O’Neill.
Naomh Eoin: John Keating; Declan Keniry, Kieran Keating, Seamus Considine; John Walsh, Martin Haugh, Pat Foley; Dermot Keating, Gavin Magner; Michael Liddane, Lorcan Lynch, Niall Bonfil; David O’Gorman, Gearóid Lynch, Martin Liddane.