Injury-time point beats St Flannan’s footballers

ST Flannan’s College, Ennis suffered a heartbreaking one-point defeat in the opening round of the Corn Ui Mhuiri, Munster Colleges Football Championship at Glin.
The winning score came from a 13m free in injury time after St Flannan’s had dominated much of the tie.
The teams were level at half-time, 0-6 to 1-3, and the Ennis college then opened a four-point gap when play resumed, with a Martin O’Leary point followed by a Conor O’Gorman goal.
Midway through the half, Coláiste na Sceilge struck for two goals in a matter of minutes, the second following a defensive mistake on the part of Flannan’s.
To their credit, the Blues fought back and levelled but with the game in injury time, the Kerry side won a 13m free, which led to the winning score.
St Flannan’s will now play Clonmel High School at the end of November and the winners of this tie will qualify for the quarter-finals of the competition. Coláiste na Sceilge beat Clonmel in the opening round and they have now topped the group and are through to the play-offs in January. In this week’s outing, Martin O’Leary, Conor Cleary, Cathal Doohan, Alan O’Neill and Manus Malone stood out for the Ennis side.

St Flannan’s: Joe Nealon (Clondegad); Gearóid Ryan (Clarecastle), Jarlath Colleran (Doora-Barefield), Manus Malone (Corofin); Eoin Enright (Kilmaley), Gearóid O’Connell (Ballyea), Brian Clancy (Doora-Barefield); Alan O’Neill (Doora-Barefield), Cathal Doohan (Lissycasey); Tony Kelly (Ballyea), Jamie Malone (Corofin), Conor Cleary (Miltown); Martin O’Leary (Kilmihil), Conor O’Gorman (Clarecastle), Anthony Downes (Kilmihil).
Subs: Sean Corry (Éire Óg) for J Malone (half-time), Luke Brannock (Doora-Barefield) for Corry and Jack Browne (Kilmihil) for Clancy.
Scorers: Martin O’Leary (0-5, 2f), Conor O’Gorman (1-1), Tony Kelly (0-2), Alan O’Neill and Conor Cleary (0-1) each.

Opening game defeat for West Clare Colleges

WEST Clare Colleges were well beaten in their first ever Corn Uí Mhuirí game on Wednesday afternoon.
In a game played in excellent conditions in Rathkeale, West Clare Colleges were 2-6 to 0-1 down at half-time.
They played much better football in the second half and Cooraclare’s Tadhg Lillis scored their goal, while Kevin Donnellan, Darragh O’Dea and Jack Scanlon scored their points.
The West Clare team, who have players from the secondary schools in Kilrush, Kilmihil, Kildysart and Kilkee, play Killorglin Community School on Wednesday, November 24 in the second game in their group.
The Kerry team were beaten by their Macroom opponents in their first game, so whoever wins on that day will qualify for the quarter-final.

West Clare Colleges: Eamon O’Dea (Doonbeg); Stephen Coughlan (Kilmihil), Conor Gavin (Clondegad, captain), Cian O’Mahony (Doonbeg); Brian Moloney (Kildysart), Seán Garry (Cooraclare), Conor McNeilis (Clondegad); Alan Dalton (Kilmihil), Jack Scanlon (O’Curry’s); Diarmuid Lorigan (Shannon Gaels), Kevin Donnellan (Cooraclare), Mark Hoare (Doonbeg); Jim Downes (O’Curry’s), Mark Bohannon (Shannon Gaels), Darragh O’Dea (Cooraclare).
Subs: Tadhg Lillis, Joe Downes and Nathon Capon (Doonbeg) and Eoin O’Connor (Coolmeen).