Football Leagues Round-up

DIVISION 3

St Breckan’s 1-7
Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-7

St Breckan’s will be playing Garry Cup Division 2 football next year following their Division 3 semi-final win over Kilmurry Ibrickane last weekend.
Ironically the decisive goal was scored by Quilty native Eric Murrihy, who netted for St Breckan’s in the sixth minute. That score was the opening score of the game.
St Breckan’s led 1-6 to 0-2 at half-time with Pat Nagle (three frees), Conor Cormican, Dinny O’Driscoll and Murrihy completing their six-point scoring tally in the first half.
Seamus Lynch and Odran O’Dwyer scored first-half frees for Kilmurry. Five minutes into the second half a Pat Nagle free put St Breckan’s 1-7 to 0-2 up. That, however, was the intermediate champions last score.
Lynch and O’Dwyer put over two frees apiece, while Thomas Lernihan also pointed for Kilmurry.   
St Breckan’s held on though to gain promotion and a place in the final against either Kilmihil or Cratloe. 
St Breckan’s: Craig Flanagan; Donal Howley, Conor Howley, Michael Reddan; Raphael Considine, Greg O’Leary, Cathal Blood; Shane O’Connor, Michael Keating; Dinny O’Driscoll, Pat Nagle, Darragh Curtin; John Stack, Conor Cornican, Eric Murrihy.
Subs: John McDonagh for Conor Howley.
Kilmurry Ibrickane: David Talty; Andrew Darcy, John Willie Sexton, Eamon Dunne; Thomas Lernihan, Pat Sexton, Mark Moloney; Thomas O’Connor, Gary Donnellan; Colm Donnellan, Seamus Lynch, John McNamara; Senan McCarthy, Odran O’Dwyer, Aidan Moloney Jnr.
Subs: Darren Sexton for Colm ­Donnellan (injured) and Thomas Greene for Senan McCarthy (injured).
Referee: Vivian Killeen, Doonbeg.

 

DIVISION 4

Coolmeen and Meelick move up

Coolmeen and Meelick will play their league football in Division 3 next season following their Division 4 semi-final wins over Doonbeg and Cooraclare at the weekend.

Coolmeen  0-11 
Doonbeg  0-6
A strong first-half showing when they played with the aid of the breeze laid the foundations for Coolmeen’s victory over Doonbeg, home club of the Coolmeen coach Tommy Tubridy. Weather conditions were particularly difficult on the day.
The winners went to the break leading on a 0-9 to 0-0 scoreline and while Doonbeg battled back strongly in the second half, they found it difficult to break down a strong Coolmeen defence.
Inter-county player Cathal O’Connor emerged as the game’s top scorer with 0-6 while David Neenan kicked three points from play.
Coolmeen: Pa McMahon; Kevin McMahon, Kevin (Val) McMahon, Noel McMahon; Michael Kirrane, Noel Meaney (capt), Brian Markham; Sean McMahon, Cathal O’Connor; Shane McMahon, Micheal Brooks, Martin McMahon; Enda Haugh, Donal Houlihan, David Neenan.
Subs: Kevin Corry for Haugh; Ciaran Neenan for M McMahon; Owen O’Connor for S McMahon and Dermot McMahon for Kirrane.
Doonbeg: Raymond McAuley; Sean O’Dea, Patrick Neenan, Eoin Conway; Nathan Capon, Philip Smith, Paudie Nugent; Daryl Tubridy, Colm Killeen; Tom Honan, Brian Shanahan, Eamonn Tubridy; Cian O’Mahoney, Kevin Pender, Jamie Russell.
Subs: Diarmuid Ryan for Shanahan(inj); Kevin Healy for O’Mahoney and Cathal O’Keeffe for K Pender.

Meelick 2-12
Cooraclare 1-6
A goal in each half from Brian O’Neill and Patrick Finnucane steered Meelick to victory in this semi-final played at Gurteen on Saturday evening.
The South-East Clare side had two early points but Cooraclare took control and opened up a six-point lead, helped by a goal from Don Garry.
Just before the break, Finnucane goaled for the winners and they went in trailing by just three points.
They started the second half as they finished the first and O’Neill goaled to level the game and from here on, Meelick grew in confidence.
Meelick: Shane Daly; Peter Reidy, Mickey Kelly, Gary Kennedy; Brian Barrett, Niall Mullen, Willie O’Shaughnessy; Stephen Hayes, Kevin Hartnett; Gary Callinan, Brian O’Neill, Andy White; Darragh Quinn, Patrick Finnucane, Jamie O’Sullivan.
Subs: Damian Moloney for Kennedy and Gary Moloney for Callinan.
Cooraclare: Joe Killeen; Michael Chambers, Sean Garry, Michael Horan; Robert Ryan, Gearóid Looney, Kevin Clohessy; Michael Considine, Kieran Tubridy; James Burke, Colin Kelly, Thomas O’Connor; Anthony Lillis, Declan Keane, Don Garry.
Subs: John F Killeen for Ryan; Darragh O’Dea for Lillis and David O’Looney for Burke.

 

DIVISION 5

Mills and Kilrush in decider

O’Callaghan’s Mills 2-7
Ennistymon 2-6
In a closely fought Division 5 semi-final  at Éire Óg on Sunday evening, O’Callaghan’s Mills came out on top against Ennistymon. The winners led from an early stage but the result was in doubt right to the end.
A goal from Noel Nash helped the winners to lead by three points at half-time when the score was 1-5 to 1-2. Their second half goal came from substitute Pádraig Hickey.
In the final, the Mills will play Kilrush.
O’Callaghan’s Mills: Enda McNamara; Eoin Pewter, Niall Donovan, Flan McMahon; Gerry Cooney, John Cooney, Gary Neville; Conor Cooney, Conor Cooney (Ermhill); Fergus Donovan, Bryan Donnellan, Steve Donnellan; Paul Lynch, Noel Nash, James McMahon.
Subs: Jonathon Lyons, Declan Donovan and Pádraig Hickey.
Ennistymon: Robert McInerney; Liam O’Driscoll, Enda Ralph, Michael O’Dwyer; Kieran Monaghan, Michael Houlihan, Ger Arthur; Michael Rouine, Francie O’Loughlin; Cathal Malone, Eoin Brennan, Brian Houlihan; Cathal McConigley, Ciaran Devitt, Patrick O’Dwyer.
Subs: Alan Horan, Tommy Hogan, Aidan Slattery and Michael Hohey.

Kilrush 0-11
Shannon Gaels 0-7
A superb display of free taking from wing-forward John Kelly was instrumental in securing a place for Kilrush in the Division 5 league final. Kilrush led 0-7 to 0-2 at half-time having played with the aid of a very strong wind in Cooraclare on Sunday evening.
Other Kilrush forwards to find the target were Jamie Gilligan and David Walsh, who kicked some nice points from play. Shannon Gaels made a good battle of it in the second half as Mike O’Shea, Ruairí Norrby and Brian O’Shea pointed. However, Kelly kicked another couple of important scores to secure the win for Kilrush and a place in Division 4 next year.
Kilrush: Ger Griffin; Ross Cullinan, Martin Griffin, Shane Carey; Donal Madigan, Ger O’Brien, David Shannon; Matt Fitzpatrick, Calum Bond; Seán Madigan, Paul Cahill, John Kelly; Jamie Gilligan, Brian Clohessy, David Walsh.
Subs: David O’Shea for Matt Fitzpatrick, Seán Naughton for Brian Clohessy and Paul O’Sullivan for Shane Carey.
Shannon Gaels: David Foley; Michael McMahon, Declan Pyne, Micheál Lorigan; Kieran Kennedy, Brian O’Shea, Damien O’Connell; Declan Power, Martin Tubridy; Brendan Cleary, Liam O’Neill, Mark Bohannon; Ruairí Norrby, Mike O’Shea, Dermot Kelly.
Sub: Brian Grogan for Dermot Kelly.

DIVISION 6

St Senan’s and St Joseph’s reach final

St Senan’s Kilkee and St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield will contest the Division 6 football league final after the clubs accounted for St Breckan’s and Kilmurry-Ibrickane in the weekend’s semi-finals. Both will play in Division 5 next week after their weekend victories.

St Senan’s  3-4 
St Breckan’s  0-8
Helped by a goal from Thomas McGrath, St Senan’s raced into an early five-point lead in this semi-final played at Quilty on Saturday evening. St Breckan’s fought back and when the half-time whistle sounded, the sides were on level terms, with the score at 1-3 to 0-6.
Second-half goals from Trevor Clancy and a penalty from Denis Russell sealed victory for the West Clare outfit.
St Senan’s: George Roche; Eoin O’Sullivan, Robert Daly, Alan Russell; Robert Browne, Robbie Fitzpatrick, Darren Clarke; John Hickey, Derek De Loughrey; Trevor Clancy, Brian Harte, Denis Russell; Gavin Melican, Brian Cummins, Thomas McGrath.
Subs: John Garvey for Cummins and Keith Downes for Melican.
St Breckan’s: Mark O’Donnell; Sean Considine, Declan Curtin, Gordon O’Neill; Fintan Crowe, Stephen Stack, John Carey; John Paul Keating, Peter Curtin; Sean Harrington, Owen Flaherty, Dale Masterson; Sean Neville, Declan Curtin, Adrian Linnane.
Subs: Murty Keating for Linnane and Brian Shannon for Crowe.

St Joseph’s 0-17
Kilmurry-Ibrickane 1-6
St Joseph’s laid the foundations for victory in this semi-final at Lissycasey on Sunday in the opening half when they played against the breeze. At the break, they were three points in front, 0-7 to 0-4, and with the advantage of a strong wind to come, they were hot favourites at this stage.
Eoin Kane contributed 0-7, three from frees, while Mark Hanrahan kicked 0-5. Michael Frawley scored 1-2 for Kilmurry.
St Joseph’s: Ger Dullaghan; Martin Brooks, Declan O’Halloran, Barry Galvin; Stephen Barron, Noel Nagle, Eamonn Clohessy; Pa Mannion, Conor O’Reilly; Mark Hanrahan, Jamie Collins, Shane McMahon; Eoin Kane, Brian Dilleen, Barry Millane.
Subs: Michael Millane, Rory Millane, Conor Lyons and Paudie Nugent.
Kilmurry-Ibrickane: Brian Cooney; Wayne Walsh, Michael Walsh, Michael O’Doherty; Jason Pender, Conor O’Doherty, Thomas Power; Thomas O’Doherty, Stephen Downes; Paul Murphy, Aidan Moloney (inj), Paul Lynch; Brendan McNamara, Michael Frawley, Martin O’Connor.
Sub: Michael O’Kelly for Thomas Power.

 

DIVISION 7

Clondegad to meet Corofin

Clondegad 1-6
Moy 0-7
Clondegad advanced to a Division 7 league final meeting with Corofin following a three point win over Moy in Doonbeg last Saturday. The game was dominated by an exceptionally strong wind.
Moy led 0-4 to 0-2 at half-time having played with the breeze. The game’s decisive score was netted by Dermot Gavin, who scored Clondegad’s goal from a free, which dropped under the crossbar.
Gavin also scored most of Clondegad’s points from frees.
Thomas Garrihy scored six of Moy’s seven points, with Alan Sexton scoring their remaining point.
Clondegad: Kenneth Breen; Mark Quinn, Rory Longe, Flan Enright; Joe Neylon, John G, Eamon Griffin; Shane O’Neill, Alan Carrig; Ray Flannery, Colm Gavin, Barry Coffey; Dermot Gavin, Colm Quinlivan, Charlie McCarthy.
Subs: Stephen Enright for Barry Coffey.
Moy: Eamon Moore; Patrick Hoey, Brian Curtin, Noel O’Brien; Michael Flanagan, Ger Frawley, Brendan Hayes; Damien Finnucane, Ray O’Brien; Peter Gunter, Pádraig Killeen, Alan Sexton; John Gunter, Thomas Garrihy, Carlsen Clooney.