First win for Ballyea after tough encounter

 

Ballyea 2-11
Killmaley 1-9

BALLYEA recorded their first win of this year’s Clare Cup campaign by defeating near neighbours Kilmaley in a close, tough and hard-fought tie in Ballyea on Sunday evening. There was very little between the sides in the opening half, which saw the game exploding into life midway through the first period in a two-minute spell when three goals were scored.
The first came from the stick of Gearóid O’Connell after a great pass from Francie O’Reilly. The Kilmaley men replied from the puck-out with Diarmuid McMahon catching the ball and unleashing an unstoppable shot to the top corner of the Ballyea net. A minute later Tony Griffin broke through the Kilmaley defence to put the men in black and amber back in the driving seat. An incident in the 23rd minute ended in Kilmaley’s Conor Clancy and Ballyea’s Paddy O’Connell receiving straight red cards from referee Tom Stackpoole. The home side led at the interval by 2-4 to 1-4.
In the second half the visitors fought hard to reduce the deficit but the Ballyea defence held firm to maintain their lead and outscored their opponents by 0-7 to 0-5 and in the process record their first win at senior level over Kilmaley.

Ballyea: Shane O’Neill; David Sheehan, Paddy O’Connell, Eamonn Griffin; Kevin Sheehan, Niall Keane, Francie O’Reilly; Alan Carrigg, Alan Marrinan; Gearóid O’Connell, ((1-2), Cathal Doohan, Brian Murphy; Donal Chambers, Tony Griffin,(1-9), Declan Keane.
Subs: Don Flannery for Eamonn Griffin; Barry Coffey for Brian Murphy.
Kilmaley: Kieran Dillon; Martin O’Connor, Anthony Cahill, Seán Talty; Eoin O’Malley, Colin McGuane, Stephen McNamara; Pádraig Talty, Gerry Commane; Declan Clancy, Diarmuid McMahon, Enda Finnucane; Kenneth Kennedy, Conor Clancy, Dara Keane.
Subs: Gerard O’Sullivan for Finnucane; John Clohessy for Commane; Seamus Hurley for O’Sullivan.

Scariff 2-13
Tubber 1-10

A STORMING finish saw Scariff score their first win of the campaign when they accounted for a hitherto unbeaten Tubber in a lively contest at Tubber on Saturday.
The East Clare men scored 1-3 in less than three minutes at the end of the tie to snatch their first points of the campaign.
Tubber had marginally the best of the first half and, helped by a goal from Eamonn Taaffe, led at half-time on a score of 1-5 to 0-5. Scariff’s goal in the closing stages came from substitute Austin Madden.

Scariff: Mark Mulvihill; Cathal Nash, Darragh Kelly, Jim Minogue; Diarmuid Nash, Enda Murphy, Conor McNamara; Shane Corry, Michael Scanlan; Ross Horan, Michael Moroney, Shane Mulvihill; Barry Murphy, Kenny McNamara, Alphie Rodgers.
Subs: Austin Madden for S Mulvihill.
Tubber: Ronan Taaffe; Eoin Ruane, Conor Earley, Paul Fogarty; Mark Earley, Patrick O’Connor, Shane McMahon; Dara O’Connor, Kevin Conroy; Barry O’Connor, Shane O’ Connor, Gerard O’Connor; Eamonn Taaffe, Clive Earley, Cyril Cunningham.
Subs: Fergal O’Grady for Cunningham; Ger Brohan for Conroy.

Éire Óg 2-10
O’Callaghan’s Mills 1-13

O’CALLAGHAN’S MILLS looked to be on their way to another brace of league points when they held a five-point lead with time ticking away in this tie.
In the space of a minute the Ennis men struck for goals from Fergal Brennan and Niall Daly to jump into a one-point lead and it took an equaliser from former Éire Óg player Adrian Flaherty to earn the Mills a share of the spoils.
Flaherty was his side’s top scorer, with 1-8 to his credit.

Éire Óg: Jamie Denieffe; Kevin Hally, Cormac O’Regan, Colm Duffy; Mark Fitzgerald, Marc O’Donnell, Cathal Whelan; Kevin Moynihan, Noel Murphy; Niall  Daly, Brian Dolan, Tom Downes; Barry Nugent, Graham Glynn, Ronan Keane.
O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Ger Frost, James Shanahan, Gerry Cooney; Pat Donnellan, Diarmuid Hehir, Bryan Donnellan; Alan Duggan, Brendan Hannon; Adrian Flaherty, Conor Cooney, Jonathon Lyons; James McMahon, Padraic McKeogh, Fergus Donovan.
Subs: Cathal McKeogh for F Donovan; Conor Cooney (Ermhill) for B Hannon; Rory Neville for McMahon; K McMahon for A Duggan.

St Joseph’s 1-23
Corofin 1-8

A STRONG second-half display saw St Joseph’s score a comfortable win over Corofin at Gurteen on Saturday.
Corofin, helped by a goal from Eamonn Malone, led at the break on a score of 1-6 to 0-7 but it was all St Joseph’s in the second half when the visitors weren’t helped by the loss of Damian Ryan, who was sent off shortly after the break.
Paul Dullaghan was the goalscorer for the winners.

St Joseph’s: Paul Madden; Marty O’Regan, Ken Kennedy, Cathal O’Sullivan; Gary Hassett, Mark Hallinan, Darragh O’Driscoll; Michael Cullinan, Kevin Dilleen; Seán Flynn, Shane O’Connor, Ivor White; Paul Dullaghan, Declan Malone, Mike McNamara.
Subs: Ian Lyons, Eamonn Clohessy, Leo Duggan, Colm Hayes.
Corofin: John Williams; Ollie O’Loughlin, Luke O’Loughlin, Donnacda Kelleher; Pat Ryan, Dara Clancy, Darragh Shannon; Eamonn Dunne, Martin Tierney; Fionn Clancy, Declan Lewe, Damian Ryan; Kevin Heagney, Eamonn Malone, Stephen Heagney.
Subs: Darren Malone; Kieran Carkill, Killian Malone.

Broadford 0-14
Wolfe Tones 1-8

BROADFORD continued their impressive form in the cup with this victory over Wolfe Tones on Saturday. A strong second-half performance proved decisive for the East Clare men, who trailed by the minimum margin at half-time when the score was 0-5 to 0-4 in favour of Wolfe Tones.
The sending off of Gary O’Gonnell, 10 minutes into the second half, weakened the Shannon side’s challenge considerably and after this Broadford pulled away. Andrew Moloney scored the game’s only goal.

Broadford: Kevin Ryan; Dara Corcoran, Ciaran Corcoran, Stephen Gunning; Cathal Chaplin, Aidan O’Brien, James Gunning; Craig Chaplin, Mark Moloney; Padraic Hickey, Aonghus O’Brien, Alan Kilcoyne; Padraic Taylor, Niall Moloney, Kieran O’Connell.
Wolfe Tones: Ray Carley; Mick O’Connell, John Coen, Frank Lohan; Seán Cahill, Bobby McPhillips, Jamie Roughan; Gary O’Connell, Barry Loughnane; David Reidy, Gareth McPhillips, Johnnie Bridges; Daithi O’Connell, Daniel Gallery, Gary Leahy.
Subs: John Guilfoyle, Andrew Moloney.