Points shared at Kilkishen

O’Callaghan’s Mills 0-15  Ballyea 0-15

BALLYEA and O’Callaghan’s Mills played out a hard-fought draw in this well-contested tie in Kilkishen on Monday.
The home side got off to a great start, scoring five points without reply but the visitors gradually got into the game with Gearóid O’Connell prominent at midfield and he was also doing well from placed balls hitting 0-5 in the first half with two from play. Paul Flanagan scored two points and Niall Deasy chipped in with a point.
The Mills held a 0-10 to 0-8 lead at the interval with their scores coming from Gary Neville (4), Adrian Flaherty (3), Niall Donovan, Fergus Donovan and Alan Duggan.
The second half continued to be a very close-fought tie but Ballyea will be disappointed with their finishing, while the home side were making better use of the chances that came their way. Gearóid O’Connell continued to play very well for Ballyea in the middle of the field and added on another five points to his tally to leave the minimum between the sides with a few minutes left. With time almost up, O’Connell won a free on the 40m line and duly converted to help his side to a deserved draw. Gary Neville (2) and Adrian Flaherty (3) were the home side’s scorers in the second half.

O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Ger Frost, James Shanahan, Gerry Cooney; Bryan Donnellan, Conor Cooney, Sean O’Gorman; Gary Neville, Jonathon Lyons; Pat Donnellan, Declan Donovan, Fergus Donovan; Adrian Flaherty, Niall Donovan, Alan Duggan.
Subs: Damian Noonan for B Donnellan (inj), Kevin O’Callaghan for F Donovan; Enda McNamara for O’Callaghan (inj).
Ballyea: Shane O’Neill, Eanna McInerney, Kevin Sheehan, Eamon Griffin, Niall Keane, Paddy O’Connell, Paul Flanagan (0-2); Gearóid O’Connell (0-11), Frankie Griffin; Niall Deasy (0-1), Alan Carrigg (0-1), Tony Griffin, Brian Murphy, Donal Chambers, Francie Neylon.
Subs: David Sheehan for Paul Flanagan (inj), Niall Griffin for Frankie Griffin.

St Joseph’s 2-23  Feakle 1-4

ST Joseph’s recorded a convincing win over Feakle in this tie played at Gurteen on Monday. They laid the foundations for the win in the opening half when they built up an eight-point lead, 1-10 to 1-2 with the goal coming from an Ivor White free.
A goal early in the second half when Mark Hallinan’s effort ended up in the net via the hand of Eibhear Quilligan ensured that the Doora-Barefield men stayed in control.

St Joseph’s: Paul Madden; Cathal O’Sullivan, Marty O’Regan, Sean Flynn; Dara O’Driscoll, Kenneth Kennedy, Alan O’Neill; Damian Kennedy, Mark Hallinan; Ivor White, Noel Brody, Niall De Loughrey; Jarlath Colleran, Kevin Dilleen, Emmett Whelan.
Subs: Eamonn Clohessy, Michael Cullinan, Leo Duggan, Shane O’Grady, Paul Dullaghan.
Feakle: Eibhear Quilligan; Peter Collins, Colm Naughton, Donal O’Grady; Enda Murray, Alan Hogan Padraic Hogan; Ger Hanrahan, Shane McGrath; Cillian Bane, Raymond Bane, Stephen Moloney; Gary Guilfoyle, Cathal Collins, Tom Moroney.
Subs: Francis O’Grady, Patrick Daly, Colin Nelson, Mark Hogan, Ronan McGuinness.

Smith O’Brien’s 2-16  Corofin 1-14

SMITH O’Brien’s kept up their good form in this year’s league when they accounted for Corofin at Killaloe on Monday.
In fairness, it must be pointed out that the visitors went into this tie without the likes of Darragh Shannon, Gerry Quinn, Luke O’Loughlin, Pat Ryan and Donnacda Kelleher due to injury and their absence was a major blow to the team.
Helped by a goal from John Cusack, the home side were 1-7 to 1-4 ahead at half-time with Corofin’s goal coming from Declan Lee. With wind advantage to come, Smith O’Brien’s looked to be in a strong position but the visitors battled throughout the second half and made the home side fight to the end for victory. A goal from Mark O’Halloran, five minutes from the finish, helped seal this win for the South East Clare outfit.

Smith O’Brien’s: Jonathon Hayes; Mark McInerney Seamus Gleeson, Aidan McKeogh; Kevin McEvoy, Pat Vaughan, Micheál Ryan; Shane Tuohy Trevor Howard; Liam Walsh, Brian McInerney, Dwane Sheedy; Mark O’Halloran, John Cusack, Anthony O’Sullivan.
Subs: Michael Culhane for M McInerney; Mark Stritch for K McEvoy; Kevin Walsh for Sheedy; Seanie Conway for O’Sullivan.
Corofin: Patrick Burke; Keith O’Loughlin, Kevin Raftery, Martin Tierney; Darren Malone, Matthew Shannon, Declan Stack; Fionn Clancy, Neil Killeen Kevin Heagney, Declan Lee, Damian Ryan; Killian Neylon, Eamonn Malone Stephen Heagney.
Subs: Eamonn Dunne for Raftery (inj), Ian Corbett for K Heagney (inj).

Clonlara 5-13  Scariff 0-8

CLONLARA got a dream start to this tie on Monday with two goals inside the first 10 minutes and these scores separated the teams at half-time when the score was 2-6 to 0-6. A third goal inside the first minute of the second half rocked the visitors and when Clonlara added two more before the end of the third quarter, they were well on their way to retaining their 100% record in this season’s camaign.
Their goalscorers on the evening were Cathal O’Connell (2), Darach Honan, John Conlon and Donal Madden.
Ross Horan, Conor McNamara, Alphie Rodgers and Mark Mulvihill had points for a Scariff side that sorely missed the services of Barry Murphy and Kenny McNamara from their attack.

Clonlara: Ger O’Connell; Oisín O’Brien, Tomás O’Donovan, John Moloney; Conor O’Shea, Brian Woods, Cillian Fennessy; Colm Galvin, Nicky O’Connell; Cormac O’Donovan, Donal Madden, John Conlon; Tommy Lynch, Darach Honan, Cathal O’Connell.
Subs: Barry Moloney for Honan; Owen Meehan for N O’Connell; Ronan Carey for Conlon; Paul Collins for Fennessy; James Hastings for C O’Connell.
Scariff: Shane Mulvihill; Barry McNamara, Darragh Kelly, Jim Minogue; Diarmuid Nash, Conor McNamara, Cathal Nash; Pádraig Brody, Shane Corry; Ross Horan, Michael Moroney, Matthew Horan; Alphie Rodgers, Shane McMahon, Mark Mulvihill.
Subs: Cathal Madden Patrick Minogue, Sean O’Grady.