First-half display wins it for Liscannor

GARRY CUP

Liscannor 2-9   Cooraclare 1-6

A excellent first-half display laid the foundation for Liscannor’s six-point defeat of Cooraclare in Moher on Monday.

Liscannor 2-9   Cooraclare 1-6

A excellent first-half display laid the foundation for Liscannor’s six-point defeat of Cooraclare in Moher on Monday.
Niall Considine netted Liscannor’s first-half goal following a long ball in towards the Cooraclare square, which they didn’t effectively deal with.
Cooraclare improved in the second half with John Looney scoring their goal while the full-forward also kicked a number of points. However, Alan Flaherty’s goal sealed the result for Liscannor. He fisted to the net following a delivery from Johnny Considine.
Alan Clohessy and Kieran Considine added the Liscannor points, while Michael Kelly and John Francis Killeen scored points for Cooraclare.

Liscannor: Noel Kilmartin; Alan Canavan, David McDonagh, Shane Canavan; Dara Blake, Michael Foley, Ronan Slattery; Brian Considine, Niall Considine; Gerry Considine, Johnny Considine, Robert Lucas; Alan Clohessy, Alan Flaherty, Kierán Considine.
Sub used: Padraig Haugh.
Cooraclare: Declan Keane; Colm Carroll, Conor Marrinan, Michael Chambers; John Francis Killeen, Thomas Donnellan, Thomas Downes; Andrew O’Neill, Gearóid Looney; Seán Maguire, Michael Kelly, Robert Ryan; Declan McMahon, John Looney, Joey Martyn.
Subs: Tadhg Lillis, James Burke.

St Breckan’s 1-10   Cratloe 1-6

St Breckan’s picked up an opening win in the Garry Cup when they defeated the home club in Cratloe on Bank Holiday Monday. A first-half goal from Gearóid Ryan got Cratloe off to a good start but St Breckan’s settled to lead 0-6 to 1-2 at half-time.
With the Cormican twins playing well and Stephen Tierney dominating at midfield, the North Clare men dominated much of the second half. Tierney netted the winners’ goal, netting after completing an impressive overlap. The same player scored 0-3 from wing-back for the Clare U-21s against Limerick in the opening round of the Munster championship.
Although Cratloe were without a number of first-choice players, St Breckan’s deserved their win and will now look to build up some momentum in the games ahead.

 

St Breckan’s: John Stack; Daniel Carey, Conor Howley, Declan Stack; Michael Reddan, Rafael Considine, Cathal Blood; Stephen Tierney, Mikey Keating; Denis O’Driscoll, Seán Cormican, Neil Hawes; Donal Howley, Pat Nagle, Conor Cormican.
Sub: John Paul Keating for Neil Hawes.
Cratloe: Pierce de Loughrey; Seán Chaplin, Michael Carey, David Ryan; Oige Murphy, Michael Hayes, Pat O’Gorman; Conor Ryan, Kevin Browne; Damien Browne, Fergal Carroll, Robert Conlon; Podge Collins, Padraig Chaplin, Gearóid Ryan.
Subs used: Liam Markham, Enda Boyce, Dean de Loughrey, Aidan Browne, David Collins.

Lissycasey 0-10   St Senan’s 0-3

Failure to avail of a strong wind advantage in the opening half proved costly for St Senan’s Kilkee when they played Lissycasey in this first-round tie on Monday.
They led by 0-3 to 0-2 at the interval thanks to scores from Diarmuid Keane (0-2f) and Conor Murray to which Niall Kelly had responded for the home side with two converted frees.
In the second half, Lissycasey dictated matters with Kelly adding three more points, while Martin O’Connor, Matt O’Shea, Enda Finnucane and Francis Hayes also got on the scoresheet.

Lissycasey: Joe Hayes; Cyril Sheehan, Gerry Moran, Daniel Clohessy; Martin Moran, Martin O’Connor, Alan Nagle; Francis Hayes, Matt O’Shea; Enda Finnucane, David Considine, Paul Nagle; Sean Hayes, Niall Kelly, Matt Gilroy.
Subs: Oisín Talty for P Nagle (inj); Michael Melican for M Moran (inj) Dermot Nagle for S Hayes; Fergal Talty for Considine; Kevin Hanrahan for Gilroy.
St Senan’s: Kevin Harte; Darren Clarke, Darragh Kelly, Ronan Browne; Gavin Melican, Micheal Keane, Darren Owens; Chris Williamson, Stephen McGuire; Christy Kirwan, Barry Harte, Keith Downes; Diarmuid Keane, David Russell, Conor Murray.

Clondegad 3-10   O’Curry’s 3-6

Clondegad got their cup campaign off to a winning start at Ballynacally on Sunday but only after they beat off a strong O’Curry’s second-half showing.
Leading 2-6 to 0-1 at half-time, Clondegad scored a third goal in the first minute of the second half and looked to be on the way to a runaway win. From here on, however, O’Curry’s dictated matters and fought back to within two points of the winners at one stage.
Paudge McMahon scored two first-half goals for the winners and Paddy Breen found the net in the first minute of the second half following good work by Gary Brennan.
Eoon Troy, who finished with 2-6 for the visitors, sparked off a great fight back by the Doonaha outfit when he scored a stunning goal early in the second half. Substitute Michael Carmody had their second before Troy struck for his second and his team’s third.
However, time was not on their side and Clondegad held on for victory.

Clondegad: Declan O’Loughlin; Cormac Ryan, Paddy O’Connell, Flan Enright; Kieran Browne, Conor Gavin, Francie Nealon; Eoin Griffin, Shane Brennan; Francie O’Reilly, Pat Coffey, Kenneth Kelly; Paudge McMahon, Gary Brennan, Paddy Breen.
Subs: Brian Murphy for Nealon (inj); James Murphy for Coffey; Eoin Donnellan for Breen.
O’Currys: Eoin Clohessy; Ryan McMahon, Ollie Quinlan, Brian Troy; Eoin Brew, Michael O’Shea, Tom Roche; Michael Foran, Ger Quinlan; Jim Downes, Derek Troy, Damian Carmody; Sean Haugh, Eoin Troy, Declan Walsh.
Subs: Michael Carmody for D Troy; Conal Lynch for R McMahon; Damian Clohessy for Roche; Jim Troy for D Troy; Shane Keane for J Downes.