Division 6 League title for Kilmurry Ibrickane

Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-9   O’Curry’s 1-5

AT half-time, it looked as if Kilmurry Ibrickane would have no problem capturing the 2013 Division 6 Football League title. At that stage, they led 0-7 to 0-0, with O’Curry’s not clicking in front of goal. Ironically, the county’s second most-westerly club kicked eight first-half wides, which indicates that they weren’t completely outplayed; they just couldn’t score.
At the other end of the Kilmihil pitch, Senan McCarthy, Michael Frawley, Keith Sexton and Martin Cahill shot Kilmurry into a convincing lead.

The sizeable Kilmurry Ibrickane attendance in the crowd sat back and waited for their team to obliterate O’Curry’s on the resumption.

Michael Frawley stretched their lead to 0-8 to 0-0 a minute into the second half but that was their second-last score. The winners didn’t score again until the 25th minute, when Keith Sexton kicked his second point from play.

In the interim, O’Curry’s got going, albeit with 14 men. Michael Carmody was sent off, 16 minutes from time, on a second yellow card. The O’Curry’s veteran was dismissed following a tussle with Kilmurry’s Michael O’Doherty.

At that stage, the winners led 0-8 to 0-2, with Damien Carmody and James Troy scoring for O’Curry’s early in the second half.

Troy added a further brace, with Seán Murphy also pointing for O’Curry’s, leaving three points in it, 10 minutes from full-time. Sexton’s 25th minute point extended Kilmurry’s advantage to four points. As it turned out, they needed that cushion. Ryan McMahon goaled for O’Curry’s in injury time, following a quickly taken free from Colin Lynch.

However, Kilmurry had enough of an advantage to secure the win and claim the title.

Kilmurry Ibrickane: John O’Neill; Michael O’Doherty, Conor O’Doherty, Michael Walshe; Ciarán O’Neill, Thomas O’Doherty, Paul Lynch; Stephen Downes, Keith Sexton; Paul Murphy, Martin Cahill, Aiden Moloney; Michael Frawley, Patrick Hogan, Senan McCarthy.
Subs: Thomas Power, Patrick Darcy and Nigel Donnellan.
Scorers: Michael Frawley (0-4, 0-2f), Keith Sexton (0-2), Senan McCarthy, Martin Cahill and Aiden Moloney (0-1 each).
Wides: 7; frees won: 22.
Yellow cards: Aiden Moloney and Conor O’Doherty.
O’Curry’s: Ronan Clohessy; David Kelly, Declan Griffin, Martin Daly; Shane Keane, Damien Carmody, Seán Murphy; Declan Walsh, Thomas Roche (captain); Stephen Daly, Bernard Mahony, Ryan McMahon; Ian Roche, Michael Carmody, James Troy.
Subs: Colin Lynch and Jack Lardner.
Wides: 13; frees won: 28.
Yellow card: Michael Carmody.
Red card: Michael Carmody.
Referee: Michael Fitzgerald (Clondegad).