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Shane Daniels kicked a point for Éire Óg in the fifth minute of injury time to earn his side a draw with Lissycasey in this round two game played at the Éire Óg grounds on Saturday evening. The draw also gave the Ennis men their first point in the league campaign.
The visitors started well and had early points from David Considine and Oisín Talty before the Townies opened their account through Stephen Hickey.
Francis Hayes restored Lissycasey’s two-point advantage with an excellent score before Éire Óg had their first goal through Eoin Glynn. Lissycasey should have been awarded a free as goalkeeper Killian Normoyle had the ball pulled from his grasp after fielding a high delivery.
David Considine (free) and Conor Brennan swapped points before Eoin Glynn converted an Éire Óg penalty in the second minute of injury to send the town side to the break leading on a 2-2 to 0-4 scoreline.
The home side got a dream start to the second half when poor defence from Lissycasey led to another Éire Óg goal, with Darren O’Neill getting the final touch.
Lissycasey dominated from here to the finish and by the three-quarter stage had the margin back to the minimum. Points from Francis Hayes (45’) Niall Kelly (free) and Oisín Talty were followed by a Conor Finnucane goal when he finished an excellent move.
Ten minutes from time, Danny Clohessy levelled but Éire Óg were back in front a minute later through an Eoin Glynn free.
Niall Kelley converted a free with five minutes remaining to tie the game up again. Éire Óg were then reduced to 14 men when Dean Ryan picked up a straight red card and the points looked to be heading Lissycasey’s way when Sean Hayes broke through to put them ahead in the second minute of injury time.
Three minutes later, Shane Daniels, with the last kick of the game, levelled the tie just after Lissycasey’s Enda Finnucane had picked up a second yellow.
Lissycasey: Killian Normoyle; Martin Moran, Gerry Moran, Martin O’Connor; Alan Nagle, Cyril Sheehan, Dermot Nagle; Enda Finnucane, Sean Hayes (0-1); Danny Clohessy (0-1), Francis Hayes (0-2), Oisin Talty (0-2); David Considine (0-2), Niall Kelly (0-2), Conor Finnucane (1-0).
Subs: Cathal Doohan for D Nagle (inj) and Seamus Collins for A Nagle.
Éire Óg: Colin Burke; Brian Dolan, Dean Ryan, Conor Brennan (0-1); Sean Corry, David Russell, Conor Dolan; Brian Frawley, Sean Crotty; Liam Corry, Shane Daniels (0-1), Sean O’Meara; Eoin Glynn (2-1), Stephen Hickey (0-1), Darren O’Neill (1-0).
Subs: David Monaghan for O’Meara and Graham Glynn for Crotty.
Referee: Jim Hickey, Cratloe.
