Gaels and Kilrush through to final (Senior B)

Shannon Gaels  1-10

Ennistymon   1-6

WHILE neither team wanted to play in the Senior B Championship and would ideally have much preferred to have been playing championship quarter-final football last Saturday, they served up a competitive hour’s football in Quilty.

Following this four-point win, Shannon Gaels will play Kilrush in the final on Sunday week.
Brian Cunningham, John Paul O’Neill and Noel Kennedy kicked early Gaels points before Michael Houlihan and Seán McGonigle, with a well-worked goal, replied for Ennistymon.
However, Shannon Gaels added a brace of points to take a one-point, interval lead, 0-5 to 1-1.
John Paul O’Neill netted the crucial score of the second half, when he goaled 15 minutes from time.

Shannon Gaels: Keith Ryan; Brian Bermingham, John Neylon, Fergal Kenny; Michael Coughlan, Frank Cleary, Tomás Cleary; Michael O’Donoghue, Noel Kennedy; Fergal O’Neill, Brian Cunningham, John Bermingham; Brian O’Shea, John Paul O’Neill, David Neylon.
Subs: Seán Reynolds for Fergal O’Neill and Fergal O’Neill for Brian O’Shea.
Ennistymon: Noel Sexton; Michael Devitt, Laurence Healy, Oisín Vaughan; Wayne Griffin, Seán O’Driscoll, Kevin Scales; Michael Houlihan, Michael McDonagh; Joey Rouine, Danny Rouine, Willie Murphy; Seán McGonigley, David McInerney, Shane Keane.
Subs: Ronan Keane for Joey Rouine and Michael Hoey for Oisín Vaughan.

Kilrush  0-9

St Breckan’s  0-7

KILRUSH booked their place in the Senior B final after a win over St Breckan’s in Miltown last Saturday.
Points from Cathal Lyons, Jim Young and Ruaidhrí O’Connor helped Kilrush into a narrow 0-5 to 0-4 half-time lead.
Pat Nagle, from three frees, and Conor Cormican scored St Breckan’s four first-half points.
Both Ruaidhrí O’Connor and Seán Cormican could have goaled for either side but further points from Jim Young and Padjoe McGrath secured the win for Kilrush.

Kilrush: Tony Burke; Seamus Bolton, James Hehir, Niall Gilbride; Niall Clancy, John Hayes, Matthew Moloney; Jim Young, Martin Griffin; Padjoe McGrath, Cathal Lyons, Stephen Sweeney; Peadar McMahon, Eoin Tarrant, Ruaidhrí O’Connor.
Sub: Donal Madigan for Martin Griffin.
St Breckan’s: Craig Flanagan; Donal Howley, Daniel Carey, Cathal Blood; Mikey Keating, Greg O’Leary, Stephen Tierney; Seán Cormican, Shane O’Connor; Denis O’Driscoll, Eric Murrihy, Conor Cormican; Neil Hawes, Conor Howley, Pat Nagle.
Subs: Michael Reddan for Conor Howley, John McDonagh for Shane O’Connor and Declan Curtin for Eric Murrihy.