Goals decisive for Kilmurry-Ibrickane

Kilmurry-Ibrickane   3-9
Clondegad   0-11

Kilmurry-Ibrickane proved too strong for Clondegad in Junior A Championship game played on Monday at Labasheeda. Their ability to score goals proved key to their victory, with Paul Murphy, Martin Cahill and Andrew Clancy all finding the net during the course of the tie.

Two of the goals came in the opening half and helped the winners to a seven-point lead at the break, when the score was 2-5 to 0-4. Clondegad fought back strongly on the resumption and cut the deficit to two points but Kilmurry struck for their third goal to seal victory.

Kilmurry-Ibrickane: David Galvin; Michael O’Doherty, Conor O’Doherty, Michael Walsh; Kieran O’Neill, Thomas O’Doherty, Paul Lynch; Sean Downes, Nigel Dillon; Aidan Moloney, Martin Cahill, Paul Murphy; Andrew Clancy, Michael Frawley, Patrick Hogan;
Subs: Patrick Darcy, Darragh Callinan.

Clondegad: Declan Flynn; Kevin Donnelly, Paddy Breen, Emmet Smithwick; Frankie Griffin, Barry Coffey, Ian Carigg; Shane O’Neill, Eamon Griffin; Stephen Enright, Rory Long, David Brassil; David Sheehan, Niall Deasy, Eoghan Glynn.
Subs: Pat Coffey, Jimmy Conlon.

Lissycasey 3-14
Doonbeg  0-5
Two first-half goals from Aaron Talty sent Lissycasey on the road to a comfortable win over Doonbeg at Labasheeda on Sunday. The goals helped them to an 11-point lead at half-time, when the score was 2-7 to 0-2. Any hope of a Doonbeg fight-back was killed off when Paudie Carmody scored a goal for the winners in the second half.

Lissycasey: Killian Normoyle; Kevin Moran, Michael Nagle, Seamus Collins; Levi Howard, Derek McMahon, Dan Meaney; Noel Finucane, Danny Lynch; Tom Collins, Paudie Carmody, David McMahon; Ciarán Doohan, Aaron Talty, Niall Meere.
Subs: Eoghan O’Leary for Tom Collins; Conor Talty for Dan Meaney; Paddy Griffin for Danny Lynch; Kieran Clancy for David McMahon; Dylan Cahill for Niall Meere.
Doonbeg: Eamon O’Dea; Liam Hanrahan, Eoin Conway, Kevin Healy; James Griffin, Nathan Capon, Darragh Haugh; Kevin McInerney, Cillian Blake; Diarmuid Ryan; Kevin Prendergast, Pierce McAuley; John Paul Flanagan, Cathal O’Keeffe, Eoin Prendergast.

Ballyvaughan   3-7
Michael Cusack’s  1-8
Ballyvaughan/Fanore travelled to Carron last Sunday morning to take on local rivals, Michael Cusack’s in the first round game.

The game was played at 10am because the wedding of Ballyvaughan captain James Hynes was later that day.
A more determined Ballyvaughan side emerged victorious on a day when they were 1-5 to 0-4 ahead at the interval. They went on to dominate the final period and emerged with a merited win.

Ballyvaughan: James Callinan, Adam Walsh, Damien Martyn, Mark O’Loughlin John Linnane, Kieran Casey (capt), Phelim Kyne, Raymond Casey, Kevin Carrucan, Adrian Nilan, Cian Walsh, Philip Queally; Lorcan Mahon, Donnacha Mahon, Cillian Mahon.
Michael Cusack’s: Eoin Farrell; Clinton Tempeny, Paddy Connors, Justin Linnane; Cameron Fahy, Niall Hehir, Sean Brosnan; Ollie Conway, Rowan Rafferty; Patrick Hynes, Robbie Cassidy, Eoin Kelly; Donal McMahon, Fintan Conway, Micheál Jordan.
Subs: Kevin Fawl for Linnane; James Droney for Jordan.

In the remaining first round games, there were wins for Miltown, Éire Óg, Cooraclare and Coolmeen over Clonlara, Kilrush, St Joseph’s and Ennistymon.