Second win on the trot for Miltown

St Joseph’s Miltown 0-13
Doonbeg 1-6

Miltown scored their second successive Cusack Cup win when they defeated Doonbeg away last Saturday evening.
Doonbeg only scored a single point in the second half, although they led 1-5 to 0-5 at half-time. Jamie Whelan scored the only goal of the first half.
Miltown midfielder Conor Cleary, who scored six points, pointed several second-half frees for the winners while Eoin Cleary, back from injury, Enda Fox and Dessie Molahan added valuable points for Miltown, who lined out without Gordon Kelly, Darragh McDonagh, Colin McGuane and Micheál Malone. Cork man Ronan Goode, who plays hurling with Newmarket-on-Fergus, made his debut for Doonbeg from the bench.
Miltown: Niall Quinn; Enda Malone, Shane Curtin, Ian Sexton; David Talty, Graham Kelly, Seanie Malone; John Meade, Conor Cleary; Gary Egan, Kevin Keavy, Dessie Molohan; Enda Fox, Eoin Cleary, Eoin Curtin.
Sub: Michael Barry for Enda Fox.
Doonbeg: Eamon Tubridy; Joe Blake, Padráig Gallagher, Cian Clancy; Shane Ryan, Brian Dillon, Paraic Aherne; Frank O’Dea, Conor Whelan; Paul Dillon, Colm Dillon, Cian O’Mahony; Jamie Whelan, Enda Doyle, David Tubridy.
Subs: Jim Bob Griffin for Paul Dillon, Richie Vaughan for Shane Ryan, Ronan Goode for Cian O’Mahony and Shane Ryan for Jamie Whelan.
Referee: Michael Fitzgerald (Clondegad).

Lissycasey 4-11
Liscannor 3-5

In a high-scoring game at ­Lissycasey on Saturday, the home side kept up their push for a place in the semi-final of the Cusack Cup when they accounted for Liscannor, who remain pointless after five rounds.
The visitors were first to score through Niall Considine but Lissycasey hit back with an equalising point from Daniel Clohessy before Conor Finnucane had their opening goal.
An Alan Clohessy point tied up the game for the second time before Liscannor punished some slack defending and Ronan Slattery found the net at the end of the first quarter.
Three goals between the 19th and 21st minutes turned the game in Lissycasey’s favour.
Some fine combination play created the opportunities and Conor Finnucane, Francis Hayes and Daniel Clohessy applied the finish to send the home side to the break leading 4-2 to 1-3.
Lissycasey dominated the third quarter and hit seven unanswered points, four coming from the boot of full-forward Niall Kelly in a three-minute spell.
Liscannor kept their hopes alive when substitute Ciarán Considine finished a Brian Considine delivery to the net. Their third goal came three minutes from time when Alan Clohessy converted from the penalty spot.
As a result of this victory, Lissycasey are now back in second spot on the league table. They play St Joseph’s in the penultimate round this Thursday evening at Lissycasey.
Best for Lissycasey on Saturday were Martin O’Connor, Cyril Sheehan, Cathal Doohan, Alan Nagle and Niall Kelly while Shane Canavan, Brian and Niall Considine and Alan Clohessy were best for the visitors.
Lissycasey: Joe Hayes; Martin O’Connor, Gerry Moran, Martin Moran; Cyril Sheehan, Cathal Doohan, Alan Nagle; Enda Finnucane (0-1), Sean Hayes; Oisín Talty (0-1) Danny Clohessy (1-2), Francis Hayes (1-0); David Considine, Niall Kelly (0-5) Conor Finnucane (2-1).
Subs: Paul Nagle for Considine, Cathal Hill (0-1) for A Nagle and Oisín Hanrahan for Talty.
Liscannor: Aaron Greene; James Considine, Davy McDonagh, Alan Canavan; Shane Canavan, Michael Foley, Alan McDonagh; Brian Considine, Denis Murphy; Ronan Slattery (1-0), Paul Guerin, Niall Considine (0-1); Pádraig Haugh, Alan Clohessy (1-4), Robert Lucas.
Subs: Ciarán Considine (1-0) for Murphy, Johnnie Considine for Guerin, Davy Commane for J Considine, Noel Kilmartin for A Greene and Greene for Haugh.
Referee: Jim Hickey (Cratloe)

Éire Óg 2-8
St Joseph’s Doora Barefield 0-10

A goal in each half from the unrelated Glynns, Eoin (from the penalty spot in the first half) and Graham, helped Éire Óg to this victory over their neighbours in a game that saw referee Fergal Gray produce a number of cards at Gurteen on Sunday.
There was one red card for St Joseph’s player Paul Dullaghan but a few others can feel fortunate to have finished the tie after a big brawl in the opening half.
At the end of a low-scoring first half, the winners, managed by St Joseph’s man James Hanrahan, led by two points, 1-2 to 0-3.
Early in the second half, the home side hit two points to draw level but Graham Glynn’s goal, midway through the half, put the visitors in a strong position and they held the lead to the finish.
Playing with 14 men proved costly for the home side in the closing quarter on a day when Ivor White kicked five excellent long-range points for the Doora-Barefield men.
Éire Óg: Colin Burke; Ciarán Russell, Brian Dolan, Conor Dolan; Conor Brennan, David Russell, Dean Ryan; Brian Frawley, Darren O’Neill; Liam Corry, Shane Daniels (0-3), Sean O’Meara; Eoin Glynn (1-2), Graham Glynn (1-0), Stephen Hickey (0-3).
Subs: David Monaghan for Graham Glynn, Sean Corry for Brian Frawley, Cian Darcy for Liam Corry and Daryl Eade for Brian Dolan.
St Joseph’s Doora Barefield: Declan O’Keeffe; Peter Dilleen, Declan Malone, Pádraig Nugent; Eamonn Clohessy, Steven Collins, Philip Ryan; Ivor Whyte (0-5), Cathal O’Sullivan (0-1); David O’Brien, Christy O’Brien (0-1), Sean Flynn; Finn O’Reilly, Cathal Duggan (0-3), Paul Dullagahan.
Subs: Ciarán Browne, Don Barron and Kevin Frehill for Declan Malone, Davy O’Brien (both injured) and Christy O’Brien.
Referee: Fergal Gray (Feakle).

Kilmurry-Ibrickane 1-12
Ennistymon 1-6

Kilmurry-Ibrickane cruised to an easy win away to Ennistymon in round five of the Cusack Cup last Saturday. Kilmurry are three points clear at the top of the table with two games remaining, including a tie away to Miltown on Saturday.
They achieved their latest win without the services of midfielder Peter O’Dwyer (honeymoon) and county panellists Peter O’Dwyer (goalkeeper), Declan Callinan and Enda Coughlan, all of whom are injured.
The winners led 0-7 to 0-1 at ­half-time, with Ian McInerney putting over four frees. Martin McMahon goaled early in the second half to put Kilmurry into a 1-9 to 0-2 lead.
Danny Rouine netted for ­Ennistymon to give them some hope of mounting a comeback but Kilmurry held on without undue difficulty.
Kilmurry-Ibrickane: Darragh Pender; Shane Hickey, Darren Hickey, John Willie Sexton; Thomas Lernihan, Paul O’Connor, Martin McMahon; Seamus Murrihy, Keith King; Ian McInerney, Michael O’Dwyer, Thomas O’Connor; Noel Downes, Niall Hickey, Mark McCarthy.
Sub: Seamus Lynch for Niall Hickey.
Scorers: Ian McInerney (0-6f), Mark McCarthy (0-4), Martin McMahon (1-0), Thomas Lernihan, Noel Downes (0-1 each).
Ennistymon: Padráig Brennan; Michael O’Dwyer, Enda Ralph, Michael Devitt; Micheál O’Loughlin, Michael Houlihan (0-1), Ciaran Monaghan; John McInerney (0-2), Brian McDonagh; Alan Horan, Laurence Healy, Willie Murphy (0-1); Danny Rouine (1-1), Cathal McConigley, Joe Dowling (0-1).
Subs: Gerry Coote for Ciarán Monaghan, Aidan Slattery for Michael O’Dwyer and Brian Conway for Cathal McConigley.
Referee: Pat Cosgrove (Corofin)..