Feakle produce another strong performance

 

Feakle 3-8 Cratloe 0-16

UNLUCKY not to take at least a point from their opening tie against Clonlara a few weeks ago, Feakle showed that performance wasn’t a flash in the pan when they defeated a fancied Cratloe outfit on Sunday.
To add to the losers’ woes, they finished with 14 men after John O’Gorman was dismissed shortly before the full-time whistle.
Cratloe were without a number of regulars, including Barry Duggan and Conor Ryan, who were on duty with the Clare footballers in Wicklow, while Sean Chaplin and Ogie Murphy are currently sidelined due to injury.
That said, they failed to get the upperhand on a committed Feakle outfit. The sides were level at half-time when the score was 1-7 to 0-10 and while the visitors won’t be too happy with the manner in which they conceded second-half goals, Feakle deserve credit for their play on a day when their goals came from Gary Guilfoyle, Donal O’Grady and Henry Hayes.

Feakle: Eibhear Quilligan; Peter Collins, Francis O’Grady, Patrick Daly; Alan Hogan, Colm Naughton, Padraic Hogan; Shane McGrath, Henry Hayes; Raymond Bane, Colin Nelson, Cillian Bane; Stevie Moloney, Gary Guilfoyle,  Kenneth Collins.
Subs: Ger Hanrahan for S Moloney, Donal O’Grady for K Collins and Sean O’Grady for McGrath (inj).
Cratloe: Sean Hayes; Philip Gleeson, Paul Conroy, David Ryan; John O’Gorman, Michael Hawes, Kevin Browne; Aidan Browne, Sean Collins; Padraig Chaplin, James Enright, Damian Browne; Cathal McInerney, Gearóid Ryan, Padraig Collins.
Subs: Conor McGrath for Enright and Liam Markham for Chaplin.

Tubber 1-16 Corofin 3-7

TUBBER had their first win in this season’s league campaign when they accounted for Corofin at Tubber on Sunday.
A point separated the teams at half-time but Tubber pressed ahead in the second period and were stronger in the final quarter.
Barry O’Connor was the winners’ goalscorer, while Corofin’s goals came from Stephen Heagney (two) and Killian Neylon.
Darragh Shannon, who is currently based in Germany, was in the Corofin line-out as he was back home for the weekend, while inter-county panellist Gerry Quinn was also available and he lined out at centre-back.

Tubber: Ronan Taaffe; Eoin Ruane, Justin McMahon, John O’Connor; Mark Earley, Conor Earley, Fergal O’Grady; Patrick O’Connor, Clive Earley; David O’Donoghue, Shane O’Connor, Tommy Lee; Mark Waters, Barry O’Connor, Ger Brohan.
Corofin: Patrick Burke; Killian O’Loughlin, Donnacda Kelleher, Martin Tierney; Darragh Shannon, Gerry Quinn, Luke O’Loughlin; Matthew Shannon, Fionn Clancy; Kevin Heagney, Declan Lee, Neil Killeen; Stephen Heagney, Killian Neylon, Killian Malone.
Subs: Pa Ryan, Eamonn Dunne, Darren Malone, Kieran Carkill and Declan Stack.

Scariff 1-13 St Joseph’s 1-11

SCARIFF got their first points of the 2011 Clare Champion Cup campaign when they defeated St Joseph’s at Scariff on Sunday evening.
Despite being without the injured Barry Murphy, they deservedly overcame a fancied Doora-Barefield outfit. In fairness, the visitors were short a number of players due to injury and this weakened their challenge.
The winners led by two points at half-time, when the score was 1-6 to 0-7 with Jim Minogue getting their goal.
Eamonn Clohessy was the St Joseph’s goal scorer in the second half.

Scariff: Shane Mulvihill; Barry McNamara, Darragh Kelly, Shane McMahon; Padraig Brody, Cathal Nash, Patrick Minogue; Shane Corry, Jim Minogue; Ross Horan, Conor McNamara, Alphie Rodgers; Kenny McNamara, Michael Moroney, Mark Mulvihill.
Subs: Alan Corbett for K McNamara (inj) and Brian Harte for P Minogue (inj).
St Joseph’s: Paul Madden; Gary Hassett, Marty O’Regan, Eamonn  Clohessy; Darragh O’Driscoll, Kenneth Kennedy, Colm Hayes; Kevin Dilleen, Mark Hallinan; Leo Duggan, Noel Brodie, Ivor White; Emmet Whelan, Cathal O’Sullivan, Michael Cullinan.
Subs: Damian Kennedy for Clohessy and Clohessy for Cullinan.

Smith O’Brien’s 2-12 Ballyea 2-10

SMITH O’Brien’s had to battle hard to hold on for victory over Ballyea in their cup tie played at Killaloe on Sunday.
The home side played with the wind in the first half and led 0-7 to 0-2 at half-time. Within the first minute of the second half, Shane Tuohy broke through for a great goal for the home side but Ballyea fought back, helped by a goal from Francie O’Reilly and good points from Tony Griffin.
The winners had their second goal from Willie Neary and they led by five points with time almost up. A 20m free yielded a goal from goalkeeper Shane O’Neill for the visitors but time ran out and Smith O’Brien’s held on for a merited win.

Smith O’Brien’s: Jonathon Hayes; Brian McInerney, Seamus Gleeson, Aidan McKeogh; Mark Stritch, Trevor Howard, Micheal Ryan; Shane Tuohy, Pat Vaughan; Liam Walsh, Willie Neary, Dean Sinnott; Mark O’Halloran, John Cusack, Kevin Walsh.
Subs: Anthony O’Sullivan for Sinnott, Kevin McEvoy for Ryan, Dwane Sheedy for Neary and Mark McInerney for O’Halloran.
Ballyea: Shane O’Neill; Eamon Griffin, Kevin Sheehan, Frankie Griffin; Niall Keane, Paddy O’Connell, James Murphy; Francie O’Reilly, Brian Murphy; Francie Neylon, Alan Carrigg, Tony Griffin; Declan Keane, Rory Longe, Jeremiah Brady.
Subs: Paul Flanagan for Rory Longe, Niall Deasy for Jeremiah Brady and Donal Chambers for Declan Keane.

 

First-half goals claim points for Ruan

Division 2B

Ruan 2-10 Bodyke 0-11

RUAN recorded their second win of the Division 2B campaign when they defeated Bodyke on Saturday evening in a game that both sides were paying special attention to as they meet in the opening round of the championship in early May.
Two first-half goals paved the way for Ruan’s win. The first came when Aidan Lynch won possession and beat a number of defenders before passing to Killian Ryan, who scored. The second goal came from Lynch, who converted a 20m free.
Niall O’Connor, Jonathon Clohessy and Dara Roughan were always prominent in the winners’ defence, while Tadhg Hanrahan and Killian Roughan held the upperhand at midfield.

Ruan: Pakie Roughan; Damian Brohan, Niall O’Connor, Leon Quirke; Gary Bell, Jonathon Clohessy, Dara Roughan; Tadhg Hanrahan, Killian Ryan; Aidan Lynch, Eoin Hanrahan, Caimin Howard; Patrick Keegan, John Punch, Brendan Lyons.
Subs: Michael Vaughan for Howard, Karl O’Mahoney for Bell and Colin O’Donoghue for Lyons.
Bodyke: Seamus Ryan; Gavin Moroney, Fergus Slattery, Shane Walsh; Colin Molloy, Colm Madden, Oisin Molloy; Manus McGuire, Paul Boland; Ian Molloy, John Fitzgerald, Keith Quigley; Danny McGuire, Ciaran Walshe, Barry O Brien.
Subs: Keith O’Donnell for Oisin Molloy (inj), Sean McGrath for Gavin Moroney, Sean Doyle for John Fitzgerald, PJ Kelleher for Manus McGuire and Ian Walsh for Sean McGrath (blood sub).

Kilmaley 2-24 Parteen 0-14

KILMALEY remain hot favourites to win promotion back to Division 2A after their second successive win.
The home side, playing with the aid of the breeze in the first half, put it up to their more fancied opponents and only two points separated the teams at half-time, when the score was 1-9 to 0-10, with the goal coming from Niall McGuane. Parteen had a number of wides in the first half, which proved costly.
Kilmaley stepped up a gear in the second half and extended their lead, helped by a Dara Keane goal and some excellent points from Diarmuid McMahon.

Kilmaley: Kieran Dillon; Sean Talty, Anthony Cahill, Martin O’Connor; Colin McGuane, Alan Markham, Conor McMahon; Colin Lynch, Eoin O’Malley; Dara Keane, Declan Clancy, Michael O’Neill; Niall McGuane, Diarmuid McMahon, John Cabey.
Subs: Eoin Enright for McGuane, Padraig Talty for O’Neill, John Clohessy for Clancy, Seamus Hurley for Cabey and Gerry Commane for C McMahon.
Parteen: Alan Murnane; Mark Cunningham, Paul O’Dwyer, Jason Smith; Martin Moroney, Colm Quinn, Colm O’Connell; Joe O’Connor, Ronan Conlon; Padraic O’Connor, James Long, Pa Campion; Ivan Conway, Mark Boland, Noel Bridgeman.
Subs: David Small, Cillian Conlon and David O’Sullivan.

Killanena 1-9 Sixmilebridge 1-9

SIXMILEBRIDGE’S intermediate side picked up their first points of the year when they drew with Killanena on Sunday. The ‘Bridge led at the break, 1-4 to 0-4, with the goal coming from Cyril Crowe but the home side fought back in the second half to secure a share of the spoils.
Colin McNamara goaled for the home side midway through the second half and they then edged a point in front. A draw was a fair result on the day.

Sixmilebridge: Sean Chaplin; David O’Meara, Wayne Kennedy, Cathal Walsh; Seanie Stack, Eoin Quinn, Jonathan Downes; Christy Griffin, Mark Culbert; Mike O’Halloran, Stiofán Fitzpatrick, Adrian Chaplin; Cyril Crowe, Rory Liddane, Paul Corbett.
Subs: Errol Touhy for Liddane, Donald Devanney for Stack, Jamie Keogh for O’Halloran and Darragh O’Connor for Crowe.
Killanena: David Noone; Alan McNamara, Joe Clancy, Pat Noone; Martin Glynn, John O’Mara, Barry Noone; Gerry McNamara, Michael Noone; Mark Flaherty, Noel Sheedy, Enda Collins; Colin McNamara, Fintan McNamara, Declan Noonan.

Éire Óg 2-20 Ogonnelloe 0-9

ÉIRE Óg were comfortable winners over Ogonnelloe in their rehearsal for the upcoming intermediate championship, when the sides will clash in the opening round.
The winners were well on their way to the points when they led 1-11 to 0-4 at half-time. Niall O’Connor scored both goals for the Ennis side, while Danny Russell accounted for 0-10. Kieran Forde was Ogonnelloe’s top scorer with seven of his side’s points.

Éire Óg: Kevin Brennan; Cathal Whelan, Marc O’Donnell, Kevin Hally; Tadhg McNamara, Fergus Flynn, Kevin Moynihan; John Lawlor, Noel Whelan; Danny Russell, Adrian Walsh, Rory Gallagher; Niall O’Connor, Barry Nugent, David O’Halloran.
Subs: David Ryan for Lawlor and Graham Glynn for A Walsh.
Ogonnelloe: Tomás McKenna; Joseph Mooney, Michael Costelloe, Eoin Collins; John O’Brien, Barry Kiely, Ollie McGarr; Thomas Condon, Michael N Bugler; Ozer McMahon, Kieran Forde, Paul Healy; Peter English, Patrick Barton, Patrick Mooney.
Subs: Robert Dreelin for P Mooney, Pascal Sheedy for O McMahon, Michael Mooney for Bugler and Jamie Cunnane for P Healy.