Spoils shared in West Clare derby

Kilmurry Ibrickane 2-10   Miltown, St Joseph’s 3-7

WHEN Miltown, St Joseph’s went eight points clear early in the second half of the Cusack Cup tie at Quilty on Friday evening, everything pointed to them achieving victory over their neighbours, who have dominated Clare football in recent years.

 

Any meeting of these sides arouses interest and last week’s meeting was no different with a big crowd in attendance. The fact that both sides are coached by Kerrymen, John Kennedy with Kilmurry-Ibrickane and James Fleming with Miltown, added to the interest in the tie, which produced some good passages of football.

A blistering start, which saw them take the lead with a goal from Dessie Mollohan, helped Miltown to lead at the break on a scoreline of 1-5 to 0-3. They had second-half goals from Conor McKenna and Brian Curtin but Kilmurry fought back strongly and goals from Noel Downes and Michael O’Dwyer helped them to a deserved share of the spoils.

Given that they were without last year’s captain Peter O’Dwyer, Stephen Moloney, Michael Hogan, Mark McCarthy and Declan Callinan, Kilmurry will be pleased with the result.

Kilmurry-Ibrickane: Peter O’Dwyer; Shane Hickey, Darren Hickey, Pat Sexton; Thomas O’Connor, Enda Coughlan, Thomas Lernihan; Paul O’Connor, Vinnie Talty; Ian McInerney, Michael O’Dwyer, Colm Donnellan; Niall Hickey, Noel Downes, Johnnie Daly.
Subs: Odran O’Dwyer for Daly, Martin McMahon for Sexton, Evan Talty for Lernihan, Keith King for Donnellan and Seamus Murrihy for McInerney.
Miltown: Niall Quinn; Brendan O’Brien, Kevin Burke, Enda Malone; Gearóid Curtin, Gordon Kelly, Enda O’Gorman; Sean Malone, Sean Meade; Graham Kelly, Micheal Malone, Brian Curtin; Joe Curtin, Gary Egan, Dessie Mollohan.
Subs: David Cleary for O’Brien, Kevin Keavey for J Curtin (inj), Conor McKenna for Burke (inj) and John Meade for S Meade.

St Joseph’s, Doora Barefield 0-9   Kilrush 0-3

IN a disappointing contest at Gurteen on Saturday, the home side proved too strong for Kilrush, a result that consigns the Shamrocks to Division 2 for the coming season and keeps the Doora-Barefield men’s hopes of a place in the play-offs alive.

In a game dominated by defences, there were few scoring opportunities, as the scoreline indicates.

St Joseph’s: Declan O’Keeffe; Paudie Nugent, Kevin Dilleen, Stephen Collins; Eamonn Clohessy, Damian Kennedy, Ger Fannin; Greg Lyons, Cathal O’Sullivan; Paul Dullaghan, Christy O’Brien, Jarlath Colleran; Cathal Duggan, Enda Lyons, Donal O’Doherty.
Kilrush: Fergal Maguire; Niall Gilbride, Ross Cullinane, Cathal Lyons; Chris Dixon, John Hayes, Donal Madigan; Dara Bolton, Calum Bond; Ben Coady, Stephen Sweeney, Rory O’Connor; Jamie Gilligan, Jim Young, David Walsh.
Subs: Matthew Moloney for Cullinane (inj), Pajoe McGrath for Walsh and Cathal Carigg for Gilligan.

Ennistymon 3-7   Doonbeg 0-15

DANNY Rouine converted a 45’ in the final action of the game to seal victory for Ennistymon over Doonbeg in their tie on Saturday. The result keeps Ennistymon’s hopes of a place in the knock-out stages of the competition alive and ends Doonbeg’s chances of making it into the play-offs.

Doonbeg had the better of the first-half exchanges and they led at the break on a scoreline of 0-11 to 1-4.

The winners came storming back into contention in the second half on a day when they had goals from the Rouines, Joey and Danny and James Murphy.

David Tubridy was Doonbeg’s top scorer with 0-7 to his credit.

Ennistymon: Páidí Brennan; Michael Devitt, Brian McDonagh, Enda Ralph; James Murphy, Michael O’Loughlin, Sean O’Driscoll; Ronan Linnane, Ciarán Devitt; Michael McDonagh, Lawrence Healy, Robbie McDonagh; Sean McConigley, Joey Rouine, Danny Rouine.
Subs: Liam O’Driscoll for O’Loughlin (inj) and Brian Conway for McConigley.
Doonbeg: Eamonn Tubridy; Ritchie Vaughan, Conor Whelan, Padraic Ahern; Brian Dillon, Padraig Gallagher, Enda Doyle; Frank O’Dea, James McInerney; Conor Downes, David Tubridy, Brian Egan; Colm Dillon, Paul Dillon, Shane Ryan.
Subs: Kevin Nugent for Downes and Shane Killeen for P Dillon.

Éire Óg 1-11   Shannon Gaels 0-10

ÉIRE Óg maintained their push for a semi-final place with a win over Shannon Gaels at Labasheeda.
Darren O’Neill, playing at full-forward, scored the game’s only goal and he also added 0-2 on a day when Stephen Hickey and Sean O’Meara each scored 0-3, with Eoin Glynn hitting two points.

Éire Óg: Shane O’Connell; Alan Malone, Saren Butler, David Smith; David Russell, Shane Daniels, Shane Browne; Sean Crotty, Brian Frawley; Danny Russell, Stephen Hickey, Colin Smith; Eoin Glynn, Darren O’Neill, Sean O’Meara.
Subs: Paul Madden for Browne, James Sweeney for Danny Russell and Donie Lyne for C Smith.
Shannon Gaels: Keith Ryan; Micheál Lorigan, Frank Cleary, Declan Pyne; Shane Tubridy, John Bermingham, Stephen O’Shea; Noel Kennedy, Michael O’Donoghue; Brian Cunningham, John Paul O’Neill, Fergal O’Neill; Alan Behan, Nigel Hehir, Cathal O’Neill.
Subs: Martin Tubridy for John Bermingham (injured) and Brian O’Shea for Cathal O’Neill.