Late win for St Joseph’s

St Joseph’s 1-11   Corofin 1-7
St Joseph’s had to battle hard for victory in their Division 2A tie played at Corofin on Monday.
While the Doora-Barefield outfit deserved to win, they missed a lot of chances and had to wait until the final minute to seal victory when Ivor White’s long-range free went all the way to the net. Stephen Heagney scored the Corofin goal on a day when both teams were short a number of regulars.

St Joseph’s: Paul Madden; Niall Hassett, Marty O’Regan, Sean Flynn; Liam Clohessy, Ken Kennedy, Darragh O’Driscoll; Damian Kennedy, Mark Hallinan; Ivor White, Noel Brody, Shane O’Grady; Shane O’Connor, Kevin Dilleen, Rory O’Connor.
Corofin: Pat Burke; Donnacda Kelleher, Luke O’Loughlin, Darren Malone; Damian Ryan, Matthew Shannon, Martin Tierney; John Keane, Stephen Heagney; Neil Killeen, Fionn Clancy, Kevin Heagney; Killian Malone, Eamonn Malone, Killian O’Loughlin.
Subs: Declan Lee for E Malone and Declan Stack for K Malone

Feakle 3-9   Ballyea 2-11
Feakle came out on top by the minimum margin when they entertained Ballyea at Feakle on Monday.
Both sides were short a number of regulars and Ballyea lined out with former county forward Tony Griffin at centre-back.
The winners had goals from Raymond Bane (2) and Cathal Collins, while the visitors’ goals came from Francie Neylon, who contributed 1-6, and Niall Keane.

Feakle: Stephen Moloney; Patrick Daly, Colm Naughton, Peter Collins; Sean O’Grady, Alan Hogan, Padraic Hogan; Ger Hanrahan, Henry Hayes; Tom Moroney, Colin Nelson, Cillian Bane; Donal O’Grady, Raymond Bane, Cathal Collins.
Subs: Francis O’Grady for P Hogan, Kenneth Collins for D O’Grady, Henry Purcell for A Hogan and Peter Conway for H Purcell.
Ballyea: Shane O’Neill; Eamon Griffin, Cathal Doohan, Frankie Griffin; Alan Carrig, Tony Griffin, Francie O’Reilly; Paddy O’Connell, James Murphy; Francie Neylon, Niall Keane, Donal Chambers; Darragh Crowe, Kevin Sheehan, Rory Long.

Smith O’Brien’s 1-13   O’Callaghan’s Mills 2-6
Smith O’Brien’s maintained their position near the top of the Division 2A table with the merited win over O’Callaghan’s Mills at Kilkishen on Monday.
The home side held a one-point advantage at half time when the score was 1-7 to 1-6, the Killaloe goal coming from John Cusack, while Niall Donovan had the home side’s goal.
The winners held the visitors to just one score in the second half, a goal from Aidan O’Gorman, as their defence dominated.

Smith O’Brien’s: Jonathon Hayes; Michael Culhane, Seamus Gleeson, Cian Moloney; Trevor Howard, Shane Tuohy, Brian McInerney; Mark O’Halloran, Pat Vaughan; John Cusack, Willie Neary, Seanie Conway; Anthony O’Sullivan, Shane O’Brien, Stephen McCarthy.
Subs: Micheal Ryan for McCarthy and David Gough for O’Brien.
O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Michael McGrath, Ger Frost, Gerry Cooney; Damian Noonan, James Shanahan, John McGrath; Jonathon Lyons, Gary Neville; Adrian Flaherty, Fergus Donovan, Aidan Fawl; Alan Duggan, Niall Donovan, Eoin Pewter.
Subs: Declan Donovan for F Donovan; Aidan O’Gorman for N Donovan; Conor Cooney Junior for D Noonan; Eoin McGrath for Lyons and Ian Donnellan for Flaherty.