Ennistymon sneak a win in tempestuous derby

Ennistymon 0-12   Liscannor 0-11

Ennistymon recovered from their loss to Lissycasey a week earlier, with a narrow win over Liscannor in Moher last Saturday evening.

Passions boiled over a few times, culminating in the dismissals of Alan Flaherty (Liscannor) and Ciaran Devitt (Ennistymon) in the opening half.

The teams were tied at 0-6 each at half time while the second half was equally tight. Corner-forward Danny Rouine kicked six of Ennistymon’s points while corner-forward Joe Dowling added four. County man Alan Clohessy kicked six scores for Liscannor, including five frees and a line ball.

Ennistymon have six points from four games, while this was Liscannor’s fourth loss of the Cusack Cup campaign.

Ennistymon: David McInerney; Gerry Coote, Oisin Vaughan, Michael A Devitt; Enda Ralph, Michael Houlihan, Micheál O’Loughlin; Ciarán Devitt, Brian McDonagh; Alan Horan, Laurence Healy, Willie Murphy, Danny Rouine; John McInerney, Joe Dowling.
Subs: Michael O’Dwyer for Gerry Coote, Brian Conway for John McInerney, Kieran Monaghan for Brian Conway.
Liscannor: Aaron Greene; Alan Canavan, Davy McDonagh, James Considine; Kieran Roche, Ronan Slattery, Shane Canavan; Brian Considine, Alan Flaherty; Raymond O’Brien, Alan McDonagh, Denis Murphy; Robbie Lucas, Alan Clohessy, Niall Considine.
Subs: Padraig Haugh for Raymond O’Brien, Kieran Considine for Kieran Roche.
Referee: Rory Hickey (Éire Óg).

Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-11   Lissycasey 0-10

The meeting of the top two in this season’s Cusack Cup resulted in an entertaining game of football at Quilty on Friday evening.

The visitors looked to be on the road to victory when they led by two points inside the last ten minutes but the experience of the home side saw them edge it in the end.

With four wins from four outings, the champions sit comfortable on top of the table and are odds-on favourites for a place in the play-offs.

Both sides went into the tie short a number of regulars and throughout the opening quarter it looked like the winners, who are the competition titleholders, would record a comfortable win as they raced into a five-point lead.

Mark McCarthy (3), Seamus Lynch and Darren Hickey had points for the winners before the visitors had their opening point, from wing-back Derek McMahon, at the midpoint of the half.

This score sparked off a good spell for Lissycasey and they added points from Derek McMahon, Francis Hayes, David Considine and Sean Hayes. Kilmurry had one from Seamus Lynch which helped them to lead by the minimum margin at the break, 0-6 to 0-5.

Kilmurry made some changes for the second half that saw Ian McInerney move to midfield with the experienced Aidan Moloney Jnr coming into the attack.

Lissycasey had gone two points clear, 0-9 to 0-7, after some impressive points from Matt O’Shea, Sean Hayes, David Considine and Conor Finnucane.

Kilmurry fought back to level before a Sean Hayes effort put the visitors ahead again with a minute remaining.

The champions were not to be denied, however, and Mark McCarthy kicked the equalising score from a free after the ball had been moved forward when Lissycasey were penalised for dissenting with referee Barry Kelly’s original decision.

Lissycasey: Joe Hayes, Martin Moran. Martin O’Connor, Dermot Nagle, Cyril Sheehan, Francis Hayes (0-1), Derek McMahon (0-2), Matt O’Shea (0-1), Sean Hayes (0-3), Oisin Talty, Danny Clohessy, Conor Finucane (0-1), David Considine (0-2), Niall Kelly, Barry Lynch.
Sub: Oisin Hanrahan for Dermot Nagle.
Kilmurry Ibrickane: Peter O’Dwyer, John Sexton, Darren Hickey (0-1), Martin McMahon (0-1), Evan Talty, Paul O’Connor, Thomas Lernihan, Keith King, Seamus Murrihy, Ian McInerney, Niall Hickey, Mark McCarthy (0-6); John McNamara, Michael O’Dwyer, Seamus Lynch (0-2).
Subs: Colm Donnellan for King; Thomas O’Connor for Murrihy; Aidan Moloney Junior (0-1) for McNamara.

Miltown 0-10   St Joseph’s 0-5

Miltown St Joseph’s got their first win in this season’s Cusack Cup when they accounted for St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield at Hennessy park on Saturday evening.

The winners were full value for their victory, scoring 0-7 from play to St Joseph’s 0-3.

The home side started with the benefit of the difficult breeze but it was St Joseph’s who were first on the scoreboard when Christy O’Brien pointed from play in the fourth minute.

The second score for the visitors was in the 26th minute when Johnny O’Brien pointed. In the interim, Miltown registered 0-4 through Dessie Molohan and Eoin Curtin who had 0-2 each. Molohan added his third point in the 30th minute to leave Miltown ahead, 0-5 to 0-2 at the interval.

The visitors lost Christy O’Brien and Kevin Dilleen to injury that proved to be a blow to their hopes. Playing with the wind St Joseph’s reduced the lead to a single point by the three-quarter stage thanks to a Davy O’Brien free and a line ball by Ivor Whyte.

From there to the end Miltown, inspired by superb play and scores from Kevin Keavey, who set up Molohan and Eoin Curtin for points. The final score came from centre-back Graham Kelly in third minute of injury time.

Miltown: Niall Quinn; Enda Malone, Colin McGuane, Brendan O’Brien; Ian Sexton, Graham Kelly, Seanie Malone; Darragh McDonagh, Kevin Keavey; Micheal Malone, Joe Curtin, Dessi Mollohan; Shane Curtin, Eoin Curtin, Enda Fox.
Subs: John Meade for J Curtin; David Talty for Mollohan; David Cleary for Keavey.
Scorers: Desi Mollohan (0-4); Eoin Curtin (0-3); Kevin Keavey (0-2); Graham Kelly (0-1).
St Joseph’s: Declan O’Keeffe, Peter Dilleen, Declan Malone, Martin Brooks, Eamonn Clohessy, Steven Collins, Don Barron, Mark Hallinan, Ivor Whyte, Paul Dullaghan, Christy O’Brien, Davy O’Brien, Cathal Duggan, Frank Sheridan, Johnny O’Brien.
Subs: Kevin Frehill for C O’Brien, C Browne for Dilleen; M O’Ceallaigh for J O’Brien.
Scorers: C O’Brien, J O’Brien, D O’Brien, I Whyte, K Frehill (0-1) each.

Doonbeg 1-11   Éire Óg 0-11

Doonbeg bounced back from a six-point defeat (3-9 to 0-12) to St Joseph’s 48-hours earlier when they defeated Éire Óg at the Ennis club’s grounds on Saturday evening.

The game’s only goal, which proved to be a crucial score, came in the fourth minute of the second half through Colm Dillon.

The Magpies led 0-6 to 0-5 at half time on an evening when David Tubridy kicked 0-7 and proved to be a key player in their victory.

The Magpies created a couple of goal opportunities in the second period but they were denied by Éire Óg goalkeeper Colin Burke, who produced two excellent saves.

On another occasion Frank O’Dea looked set to find the net when he was clear on goal but his effort rebounded off the crossbar.

Doonbeg: Eamonn Tubridy, Cian Clancy, Padraig Gallagher, Sean O’Dea, Paraic Aherne (0-1), Brian Dillon, Brian Egan (0-1), Frank O’Dea (0-2), Conor Whelan, Cian O’Mahoney, Colm Dillon (1-0), Paul Dillon (0-2), Shane Ryan, Jamie Whelan, David Tubridy (0-5).
Subs: Joe Blake for S O’Dea; Jim Bob Griffin for C O’Mahoney.
Éire Óg: Colin Burke, Conor Dolan, Dean Ryan, Brian Dolan, David Russell, Shane Daniels, Liam Corry (0-1), Brian Frawley, Sean Crotty, Sean O’Meara (0-7, 6f), Stephen Hickey (0-1), Conor Brennan, Graham Glynn (0-1), Darren O’Neill (0-1), Eoin Glynn.
Subs: Darren O’Meara for Crotty, Daryl Eade for Graham Glynn, David Monaghan for Russell.

Division 4
Ballyvaughan 2-13   Shannon Gaels 2-7

Ballyvaughan cotinued their winning ways in Division 4 when they overcame Shannon Gaels last Sunday on home grounds.

The wind swept conditions made it difficult for both teams. Ballyvaughan were first to score and by the 21st minute they had 2-3 on the scoreboard without reply for the Gaels. When the half time whistle sounded it was 2-3 to 0-4 for the winners.

The Gaels made a bright start to the second half and within five minutes they had drawn level. To their credit, Ballyvaughan stormed back and added ten points to seal a good win.

Ballyvaughan: Trevor Fahy, John Linnane, Kieran Casey, Mark O’Loughlin; Phelim Coyne, Sean McNamara, Lorcan Mahon; Jamie Hynes, Kevin Carrucan; Ronan Fahy, Adrian Nilan, Philip Queally; Donnacha Mahon, Damien McNamara, Stevie Hynes.
Subs: Martin Howard for Ronan Fahy; Killian Mahon for Damien McNamara.
Shannon Gaels: David Foley, Diarmuid Lorigan, Eugene Flanagan, Liam O’Neill, Eoin Galvin, Eugene O’Neill, Damien O’Connell, Martin Turbridy, Fergal O’Neill, Colin Stewart Kieran Kennedy, Thomas Kenny, Brian O’Shea, Declan Power, Caimin McMahon.

In the only other game in this group, Ennistymon came from behind to overcome the challenge of Lissycasey. The final score was 2-5 to 0-9.