Miltown 0-8
Doora-Barefield 1-5

ST Joseph’s Miltown remain top of the Cusack Cup table following their draw away to Doora-Barefield in Gurteen last Saturday afternoon.

Playing with a strong breeze, Miltown led 0-6 to 0-1 at half-time with Dessie Molohan, Eoin Curtin and Graham Kelly doing their scoring.
Luke Brannock scored the only first-half point for the home club, who were without U-21 hurlers Cathal Duggan, Alan O’Neill and Jarlath Colleran, while Greg and Enda Lyons were also unavailable.
Doora-Barefield needed a goal to get back into the game and Ivor Whyte provided it halfway through the second half. Cathal O’Sullivan and David O’Brien added the points that secured a point for the 2011 county finalists.
Dessie Molohan scored Miltown’s second-half points.
St Joseph’s, Miltown: Niall Quinn; Brendan O’Brien, Kevin Burke, Enda O’Gorman; Conor McKenna, Gordon Kelly, Seánie Malone; John Meade, Micheál Malone; Graham Kelly, Gary Egan, Brian Curtin; Joe Curtin, Dessie Molohan, Eoin Curtin.
Subs: Gearóid Curtin for Conor McKenna, Kevin Keavey for Joe Curtin.
St Joseph’s, Doora-Barefield: Declan O’Keeffe; Paudie Nugent, Seán Flynn, Declan Malone; Ger Fannin, Ivor White (1-0), Damien Kennedy; Mark Hallinan, Kevin Dilleen; David O’Brien (0-1), Cathal O’Sullivan (0-3), Paul Dullaghan; Christy O’Brien, Luke Brannock (0-1), Jamie Collins.
Sub: Donal Doherty for Jamie Collins.

Éire Óg  0-8
Doonbeg  0-8

DOONBEG looked as if they were heading for their third successive Cusack Cup defeat last weekend, until a late fight-back helped them to secure a valuable draw. Playing at home, Doonbeg welcomed back Padraic Aherne from Australia, who played his first game of 2012 for The Magpies.
Éire Óg led 0-4 to 0-3 at half-time, although they had played with the wind. Eoin Glynn, Stephen Hickey and Darren O’Meara scored their first-half points, while David Tubridy scored all three of Doonbeg’s first-half points.
The visitors played good football for much of the second half and led by four points with the last 10 minutes approaching. Glynn and Stephen Hickey were again on target for the Ennis club during this period.
Doonbeg fought back manfully, though, with Paul Dillon, Tubridy and Frank O’Dea pointing before Tubridy equalised in the last minute.
Éire Óg: Shane O’Connell; Alan Malone, Saran Butler, Francie Keane; Shane Browne, Shane Daniels, David Russell; Darren O’Neill, Seán Crotty; Dylan Blake, Danny Russell, Seán O’Meara, Eoin Glynn, Stephen Hickey, Darren O’Meara.
Subs: Graham Glynn for Darren O’Meara, Colin Smyth for Dylan Blake.
Doonbeg: Eamon Tubridy; Cian Clancy, Pádraig Gallagher, Richie Vaughan; Enda Doyle, Brian Dillon, Padraic Aherne; Frank O’Dea, Brian Egan; Colm Dillon, Kevin Nugent, Paul Dillon; Shane Ryan, David Tubridy, Conor Downes.
Sub: Cian O’Mahony for Conor Downes.

Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-12
Kilrush 0-5

AIDAN Moloney’s insight into his native Kilmurry-Ibrickane wasn’t enough to inspire Kilrush for their trip to Quilty in the Cusack Cup last Saturday. Having shocked Doonbeg in their previous game, Kilrush never troubled Kilmurry who had lost to Éire Óg in their last outing.
Although Kilmurry led 0-4 to 0-0 at one point, Kilrush rallied to tie the game at 0-4 each at half-time. Johnny Daly and Thomas Lernihan were on target for the winners in the first half.
However, Kilrush only managed a single point in the second half when David O’Shea pointed.
Kilmurry stretched their lead with top scorer Johnny Daly, Michael O’Dwyer, Peter O’Dwyer and Noel Downes pointing.
Kilmurry Ibrickane: David Talty; Shane Hickey, Darren Hickey, Pat Sexton; Thomas Lernihan, Enda Coughlan, Ciarán Morrissey; Seamus Murrihy, Peter O’Dwyer; Noel Downes, Michael O’Dwyer, Colm Donnellan; Johnny Daly, Odran O’Dwyer, Aaron Murrihy.
Subs: Paul O’Connor for Aaron Murrihy, Niall Hickey for Odran O’Dwyer, Thomas O’Connor Ciaran Morrissey, Vincent Talty for James Murrihy, John Willie Sexton for Thomas Lernihan.
Kilrush: Fergal Maguire; Cathal Lyons, Niall Gilbride, Seamus Bolton; John Hayes, Matthew Moloney, Niall Brennan; Calum Bond, Jim Young; Darragh Bolton, Paul Heaslip, Niall Clancy; Jamie Gilligan; David O’Shea, Ruaidhrí O’Connor.
Subs: Martin Griffin for Seamus Bolton, Cathal Carrig for Jamie Gilligan.

 

Ennistymon 2-6
Shannon Gaels 1-7

ALTHOUGH Ennistymon only scored one goal in the second half, they did enough to win their first Cusack Cup of the 2012 season. First-half goals from Seán McConigley were the key scores, with the first coming from the penalty spot. Come half-time, the home team led 2-5 to 1-1, with Shane Tubridy scoring the Gaels’ first-half total. Joe Dowling, Laurence Healy and Seán O’Driscoll scored the winners’ first-half points.
Aided by the breeze, Shannon Gaels fought back well during the second half, with Michael Coughlan kicking four points, three from frees.
Robert McDonagh scored Ennistymon’s sole second-half point.
Ennistymon: Pádraig Brennan; James Murphy, Enda Ralph, Micheál O’Loughlin; Brian McDonagh, Laurence Healy, Liam O’Driscoll; Ronan Linnane, Ciaran Devitt; Seán O’Driscoll, Joey Rouine, Robert McDonagh; Seán McConigley, John McInerney, Joe Dowling.
Shannon Gaels: Liam O’Neill; Micheál Lorigan, John Neylon, Frank Cleary; Tomás Cleary, Brian Bermingham, Cathal O’Neill; Pádraig Neylon, Michael O’Donoghue; Shane Tubridy, Nigel Hehir, Mark Bohannon; Michael Coughlan, David Neylon, Brian Cunningham.
Subs: John Paul O’Neill for Nigel Hehir, Fergal O’Neill for Mark Bohannon, Michael McMahon for Cathal O’Neill, Nigel Hehir for Brian Cunningham.

 

Liscannor stretch their unbeaten run in Garry Cup

Liscannor 1-8
Clondegad 0-9

LISCANNOR maintained their 100% record in the Garry Cup when scoring their fourth win from four games on Saturday.
A strong performance from midfielder Brian Considine played a major part in this victory over Clondegad at the North Clare club’s venue.
The visitors were without influential Clare player Gary Brennan, along with members of the Ballyea U-21 team ahead of their county final.
They had the better of the first-half exchanges and would not have been flattered had they more of a lead at half-time. At the break, they were just a point ahead, 0-4 to 1-0, the winners’ goal coming from Clare captain, Alan Clohessy.
Clondegad had a goal chance in the opening minute but Pat Coffey was wide of the target after being put through by Shane Brennan. Their first-half points came from Paudge McMahon (2) Francis O’Reilly and Eoin Griffin.
McMahon stretched their lead at the beginning of the second half but soon after this, Brian Considine took control at midfield. He scored a point before substitute Ciarán and Niall Considine added like scores.
Paudge McMahon kept the visitors in contention but the home side kept their noses in front and Dara Blake sealed victory when he shot the final point of the day. 
Liscannor: Noel Kilmartin; Shane Canavan, Davy McDonagh, Alan Canavan; Kieran Roche, Michael Foley, Alan McDonagh; Brian Considine, Joe Considine; Alan Clohessy, Johnnie Considine, Niall Considine; Robert Lucas, Raymond O’Brien, Darragh Blake.
Sub: Ciarán Considine for O’Brien.
Clondegad: Declan O’Loughlin Kevin Donnelly, Paddy O’Connell, Flan Enright; Francie Nealon, Kieran Browne, Conor Gavin; Shane Brennan, Eoin Griffin; Kenneth Kelly, Francis O’Reilly, Conor McNeilis; Paddy Breen, Pat Coffey, Paudge McMahon.
Sub: Cormac Ryan for Donnelly.

 

Lissycasey 3-11
St Breckan’s 1-6

LISSYCASEY returned to winning ways in the Garry Cup when they overcame St Breckan’s at Lisdoonvarna on Saturday evening.
Playing with the aid of the breeze in the first half, the winners looked to be in trouble when they went to the break leading by just four points. However, they stepped up a gear after the break and played their best football to emerge as deserving winners.
Francis Hayes and Niall Kelly (2) were the goalscorers on the day. St Breckan’s had their goal from Raphael Considine.
Lissycasey: Joe Hayes; Cyril Sheehan, Gerry Moran, Michael Melican; Martin Moran, Matt Kilroy, Dermot Nagle; Danny Clohessy, Matt O’Shea; Alan Nagle, David Considine, Oisín Talty; Paul Nagle, Francis Hayes, Niall Kelly.
Subs: Cathal Hill for Talty; Danny Lynch for O’Shea; Sean Hayes for M Moran; Enda Finnucane for Considine; Martin O’Connor for P Nagle.
St Breckan’s: Craig Flanagan; Declan Stack, Daniel Carey, Graham O’Neill; Denis O’Driscoll, Raphael Considine, Sean Howley; Michael Keating, Stephen Tierney; Sean Cormican, Conor Cormican, Dale Masterson; John Carey, John Stack, John P Keating.
Subs: Neil Hawes for Keating.

 

O’Curry’s 0-13
Cooraclare 0-12

TRAILING by six points at half-time, things didn’t look good for O’Curry’s in this league tie against Cooraclare on Saturday. However, with the assistance of the wind in the second half, they fought their way back and Michael Foran kicked the winning point shortly before the full-time whistle.
Cooraclare had the better of the first half exchanges and were full value for their half time lead of 0-10 to 0-4.
With centre back Sean Haugh coming forward at every opportunity and with Tom Roche, Michael Carmody and Derek Troy in impressive form, the Doonaha based outfit got the upperhand in the second half and gradually picked off the points.
Ger Quinlan (3) Derek and Eoin Troy, Michael Carmody and Michael Foran (2) each, Damian Carmody and Jim Downes scored for the winners. John Looney, with 0-7 was the game’s top scorer while Cooraclare’s other points came from teenager Joe Downes, who had an impressive outing, Thomas Donnellan, Michael Kelly and Rory Donnelly.
O’Curry’s: Eoin Clohessy; Paul Roche, Brian Troy, Tom Roche; Eoin Brew, Sean Haugh, Colin Lynch; Ger Quinlan, Derek Troy; Damian Carmody, Eoin Troy, Michael Foran; Jim Downes, Declan Walsh, Michael Carmody.
Subs: Ryan McMahon for B Troy (inj) Mark Roche for Walsh (inj).
Cooraclare: Declan Keane; Colm Carroll, Conor Marrinan, Michael Chambers; Thomas Downes, Thomas Donnellan, Kieran Hasset; Joe Downes, John Looney; Michael Kelly, Rory Donnelly, Michael McMahon; Joe Martyn, Gearóid Looney, Kevin Clohessy.

 

Cratloe 0-11
St Senan’s, Kilkee 0-7

CRATLOE travelled to Kilkee on Friday evening and defeated the home side in round four of the Garry Cup.
A feature of the game was the contribution of Cratloe wing-back Enda Boyce who scored 0-5, three frees and one 45’.
The seasiders played with the aid of the breeze in the first half and led by two points at half-time when the score was 0-6 to 0-4.
Cratloe got the upperhand after the break and went on to score a merited victory.
Cratloe: Pierce De Loughrey; Sean Chaplin, Barry Duggan, John O’Gorman; Wes De Loughrey, Michael Hawes, Enda Boyce, Kevin Browne Conor Ryan; Dean De Loughrey, Paudge Collins, Robert Conlon; Gearoid Ryan, Pádraig Chaplin, Damian Browne.
Subs: Aidan Browne for K Browne; Robert Foskin for W De Loughrey (inj).
St Senan’s: Kevin Harte; Darren Clarke, Darragh Kelly, Alan Russell; Gavin Melican, David Russell, Darren Owens; Micheál Keane, Thomas Galvin; Ronan Browne, Barry Harte, Brian Harte; Conor Murray, Thomas McGrath, Diarmuid Keane.
Subs: Denis Russell for M Keane; Kevin Grant for Browne.