Lifford notch up another win over Ennis Town Rock

Premier Division

Ennis Town Rock A 1   Lifford A 3

Lifford A repeated their recent cup win over Ennis Town Rock A when the sides clashed last week. The loss sees Ennis Town slide into the bottom half of the league table after challenging strongly for top spot earlier in the season.

 

 

Ennis Town Rock A 1   Lifford A 3

Lifford A repeated their recent cup win over Ennis Town Rock A when the sides clashed last week. The loss sees Ennis Town slide into the bottom half of the league table after challenging strongly for top spot earlier in the season.

Darren O’Neill opened the scoring when he punished some slack defending after Ennis Town had failed to capitalise on a couple of good chances.

When the half time whistle sounded the sides were level after Stephen Hickey had scored for Ennis Town after good work by Daryl Eade.

The home side were reduced to ten men when Michael Dinan was shown red and things got worse for them a few minutes later when O’Neill hit his second after good work by Ruairi Norrby.

The losers finished with nine after Adrian Walsh was dismissed.

Lifford sealed victory when Lunga Ballman scored after a Norrby cross shortly before the full time whistle.

Ennis Town Rock A: Ethan Kely; Adrian Walsh, Michael Dinan, Shane Daniels, Gary Walsh; Francis Daniels, Daryl Eade, Joe Colins, Gary Collins, Stephen Hickey, Niall McNevin.
Subs: Cody Fitzgerald for S Daniels; Declan Ensko for G Collins.
Lifford A: Liam Keane; Jack Arra, John Allen, TJ Ajisomo, Michael J Sullivan; Lunga Ballman, Rachman Zequiri, Eoghan Judge, Eoin Murphy; Ruairi Norrby, Darren O’Neil.
Sub: Emra Zequiri for Judge.

Hermitage A 2   Tulla United A 4

Tulla United A were deserving winers of this premier league tie at the Fairgreen on Sunday.

The home side got off to a good start with a goal from Ritchie O’Grady but when the half time whistle sounded, Tulla were 3-1 in front after goals from Niall Whelan from the penalty spot, John Brigdale and Tommy McKeown, whose shot took a deflection on the way to the net.

The ’Tage stepped up a gear in the second half and were right back in the game when Johnnie Ferns scored but Tulla had the final say and Tommy McKeown hit his second to seal their win.

Hermitage A: David Philips; Michael culigan, David Moloney, Rhys Philips, Tola Crowe; Ger Dulaghan, Paul Dulaghan, John Meagher, Eoin Ryan, Matthew Kearney, Ritchie O’Grady.
Sub: Johnnie Ferns for Moloney.
Tulla United A: Donnacda McNamara; Shane Mason, Paraic O’Malley, Niall Whelan, Denis Murphy; Cilian Bane, John Brigdale, Tommy McKeown, Colin Nelson, Sunny Jay, Keith Walsh.
Subs: Brian McInerney for Brigdale; Dermot O’Keeffe for Nelson.

Burren United 1   Mountshannon Celtic 5

Burren United will play in the first division next year after their latest defeat sealed their fate. Mountshannon Celtic were comfortable winners in Lisdoonvarna and are now second on the league table.

The visitors took the lead through John Scanlan but Burren fought back and levelled through Dale Masterson, leaving the half time score at 1-1.

Mountshannon dominated the second half and added goals through Michael Barrett, John Scanlan, Michael Dooley and William Glass.

Mountshannnon Celtic: Colm Kavanagh; John O’Brien, Martin McNamara, Raymond Cahill, John Moloney, Michael Barrett, Paul Dooley, Keelan McNamara, Niall Deere; Cathal Moloney, John Scanlan.
Subs: Michael Dooley, Martin Cunningham, William Glass.
Burren United: Darragh Pender; Cian O’Flaherty, Daniel Carey, Michael Keating, Maccon Byrne; John Carey, Dale Masterson, Jason Hillery, Chris Mroczek; Gihat Marine, Dan O’Leary.
Subs: John McDonagh, Murty Keating, Adrian Linnane.

Rhine Rovers 1   Connolly Celtic A 2

Connolly Celtic emerged victorious when they played Rhine Rovers in this premier league tie on Sunday.
Rhine took the lead through Christy O’Brien and this goal separated the teams at half time. Connolly stepped up a gear in the second half and they leveled through Kieran Dillon before Mickey Byrnes hit the equaliser.

Rhine Rovers: Aidan O’Connor; Enda Malone, Paul Johnston, Gary Hogan, Conor Hanrahan, Joe Brigdale, Mark Hanrahan, Kevin Johnston, Hamed, Mahmodi; Christy O’Brien, Johnnie O’Brien.
Sub: Brendan Quinn for Brigdale; Ed Manley for Mahmodi.
Connolly Celtic A: Christy O’Loughlin; Bernard Field, Luke Coote, Ian Hassett, Alan Markham; John P Healy, Kieran Dillon, Brian Connellan, Brendan Dillon; Mickey Byrnes, Yan Feck.
Sub: Seamus Murphy for Field.