Hermitage A hatch half a dozen goals

The victory certainly gives the Ennis outfit the proverbial shot in the arm and if they can build on this result, their Premiership survival won’t be an issue. The same cannot be said though of Rhine Rovers and Burren United as both these sides’ poor form sees them propping up the table with just one point each secured to date.

Their losses on Sunday to Avenue United and Ennis Town Rock respectively did very little to help their causes and unless there is a marked improvement in their performances, relegation could be an issue at the season’s end. Lifford had a well-deserved 3-0 win at Cassidy Park over visitors Tulla United. The feature here was a spectacular goal in the 52nd minute from a 25 yard shot from the home side’s Liam Keane for his side’s third goal.

The final game in the top division saw defending champions Newmarket Celtic take over top spot in the Division with a 3 – 1 home win against Connolly Celtic.

Mountshannon 0   Hermitage A 6

HERMITAGE A scored six as they proved too strong for Mountshannon Celtic at Scariff on Sunday. Three goals in each half saw the Ennis side take the points with one of their best displays for some time.

They had goals from Adrian Power (2) and Paul Dullahan, Richie Fitzgerald, John Ferns and Matthew Kearney. Fitzgerald failed to score from the penalty spot.

Rhys Philips and Tola Crowe were praised by club official Sinéad Moloney for their role in the win and also credit was given to C team goalkeeper Abdul following his second clean sheet of the day, having already played for the Hermitage second string team earlier.

Mountshannon Celtic: Colm Kavanagh; Joe Underwood, Martin McNamara, Pádraig Brody, Raymond Cahill, Michael Barrett, Paul Dooley, John O’Brien, Michael Dooley, Cathal Moloney, Keelan McNamara.
Subs: Michael Scanlan, Paul O’Rourke, Martin Cunningham.
Hermitage A: Abdul Anwwar; John Maher, Liam Meaney, Tola Crowe, Rhys Phillips, Paul Dullaghan, Eoin Ryan, Ritchie Fitzgerald, Adrian Power, Ritchie O’Grady, Johnnie Ferns.
Subs: Matthew Kearney, Pa Mannion.

Avenue United A 2   Rhine Rovers 0

BOTH goals came in the last 20 minutes in this tie. Scott Hennessy broke the deadlock at the start of the final quarter after good work by Barry Nugent before Colin Smith sealed the issue with a tremendous goal from 25 yards.

Avenue United: John Healy; David Herlihy, Eamonn O’Reilly, Mattie Nugent, Pa Sherlock, Alan Roche, Colin Smith, David McCarthy, Mikey Mahoney, Scott Hennessy, Barry Nugent.
Subs: David Smith for Mahoney; Nicki Twumasai for McCarthy; Dean D’Auria for Herlihy.
Rhine Rovers: Aiden O’Connor; Kevin Johnston, Paul Johnston, Gary Hogan, Brendan Quinn; Davy O’Brien, Christy O’Brien, Ed Manley, Martin McInerney; Johnnie O’Brien, Conor Hanrahan.
Subs: Jamie Ivors, Martin Leahy, Barry Ryan.

Ennis Town Rock A 4   Burren United 2

ENNIS Town Rock A were deserving winners over Burren United in this tie played at Lees Road. Stephen Hickey scored a hat-trick for the winners, while Francis Daniels was their other goalscorer.

The winners opened the scoring but Burren were level at 1-1 at half-time after Evan Talty converted from the penalty spot.

Ennis Town Rock went back in front early in the second half but another successful penalty from Talty levelled the tie for a second time. However, the winners enjoyed the better of matters in the final period and scored twice to seal the points.

Ennis Town Rock A: Sean Kennedy; Michael Dinan, Ronan Judge, Jacko White, Shane Daniels, Eoin Glynn, Francis Daniels, Dean Gardiner, Daryl Eade, Gary Collins, Stephen Hickey.
Subs: Adrian Walsh, Joe Collins and Stephen Loftus.
Burren United: Darragh Pender; John Stack, Barry O’Grady, Daniel Carey, Michael Keating, Dale Matterson, Evan Talty, Cian Flaherty, Martin McDonagh, Jason Hillery, Eoin Dobbins.
Subs: John Carey, Gavin O’Loughlin, Pat Darcy.

Lifford A 3   Tulla United A 0

LIAM Keane scored twice as Lifford recorded a merited win over Tulla United A at Cassidy Park on Sunday. The winners led 1-0 at the interval on a day when one of Keane’s goals came from the penalty spot, while the other was a powerful strike from 25 yards.

The winners’ third goal came from Darren O’Neill who headed home from a TJ Ajisomo cross.

Lifford A: Paudie Hickey; TJ Ajisomo, Hamad Kuku, Michael J Sullivan, Eoghan Judge; Lunga Balman, Pat Darcy, Anthony White, Ruairí Norrby, Darren O’Neill, Liam Keane.
Subs: Sean McDonald for Keane; Roberto Pinto for O’Neill; Ramon Zequiri for Balman.
Tulla United A: Darragh Kelly; Niall Whelan, Mark Healy; Denis Murphy, Padraic O’Malley; Shane Mason, Donnacda McNamara, Killian Bane, Tommy McKeown, Trevor Corbett, Colin Nelson.
Subs: John Brigdale for Bane; Brian McInerney for Healy; Sunny Jay for Corbett.

Newmarket Celtic A 3   Connolly Celtic A 6

TITLE holders Newmarket Celtic moved to the top of the Premier League with this win over Connolly Celtic at McDonogh Park on Sunday.

The winners led by a goal at half-time after Eoin O’Brien scored. Diarmuid Nash doubled their advantage early in the second half before Connolly pulled one back through Ken Kennedy. Alan Brigdale scored the third for the winners.

Newmarket Celtic A: Patrick McCoy, Seamus Lawlor, Colm Treacy, David O’Grady, Paudie Hayes, Mike Devitt, Eoin Hayes, Neil Ryan, Eoin O’Brien, Diarmuid Nash, Alan Brigdale.
Sub: Michael Crosby.
Connolly Celtic: Niall Quinn; Greg Howard, Ian Hassett, Killian McNamara, John Kelly; Ronnie Meere, Brian Connellan, Alan Markham, Brendan Dillon, Ken Kennedy, Kieran Dillon.
Subs: Bernard Field for Howard; John P Healy for K Dillon.