The Mills grab late equalising score

O’Callaghan’s Mills 1-10   Broadford 0-13

 

WHEN Broadford opened a six-point lead in the third quarter of this Division 1B League tie at O’Callaghan’s Mills on Saturday, everything pointed to them taking the spoils.
They were very much on top and would not have been flattered had they gone more than six points clear. Their failure to avail of a number of good chances proved costly in the end.
In the final 10 minutes, the home side fought their way back and the equalising score came in the last minute. It was an excellent score from centre-back, Bryan Donnellan, who beat a number of opponents before sending over a great effort from the touchline.
Broadford made the better start and opened a three-point lead, 0-4 to 0-1 but the home side fought their way back and when the half-time whistle sounded, the teams were level at 0-7 each.
The Mills had played with the aid of the wind in the first half but they found the visitors’ defence in excellent form.
Six unanswered points in the third quarter seemed to have put the visitors into a commanding lead but they faded in the final 10 minutes and Donnellan’s point, a score worthy of any game, ensured a share of the spoils on a day when the home team lined out without injured Clare captain Pat Donnellan and lost inter-county defender Conor Cooney to injury.
James Gunning, Alan Kilcoyne, Aonghus O’Brien and Cathal Chaplin were always prominent for Broadford, while the Mills had good displays from Adrian and Niall Donovan and Bryan Donnellan.

Broadford: Cian O’Brien; Brian Taylor, Alan Kilcoyne, James Gunning; Stephen Gunning, Aonghus O’Brien, Aidan O’Brien; Cathal Chaplin, Peter O’Brien; Padraic Taylor, Ciaran Corcoran, Caolan Cox; Diarmuid Moloney, Niall Moloney, Mark Moloney.
Sub: Pádraig Hickey for S Gunning.
Scorers: Padraic Taylor (0-7); Cathal Chaplin, Diarmuid Moloney (0-2 each); Caolan Cox, Niall Moloney (0-1 each).
O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Ger Frost, Adrian Donovan, Gerry Cooney; Kevin O’Callaghan, Bryan Donnellan, Niall Donovan; Jonathon Lyons, Michael McGrath; Gary Neville, Conor Cooney, Conor Cooney (Ermhill); James McMahon, Adrian Flaherty, Sean O’Gorman.
Subs: Aidan Fawl (18) for J McMahon; John McGrath for C Cooney (No 11).
Scorers: Conor Cooney (Ermhill) 1-1; Conor Cooney (0-3); Gary Neville, Sean O’Gorman, James McMahon, Adrian Flaherty, Jonathon Lyons, Bryan Donnellan (0-1 each).
Referee: Jim Hickey, Cratloe.

Kilmaley 1-20   Tubber 2-6

KILMALEY made it three wins from three when they travelled to Tubber on Saturday.
The home side had the better of the first-half exchanges and led by a point at half-time but Kilmaley got a grip on proceedings after the break and dominated the half.
U-21 players John Cabey and Niall McGuane were prominent, with Cabey hitting 0-7 and McGuane contributing 1-3.
Eamonn Taaffe and Blain Earley were the goal scorers for the home outfit but they struggled in the second half when they failed to raise a flag.

Kilmaley: Kieran Dillon; Sean Talty, Anthony Cahill, Colin McGuane;
Colin Lynch, Noel Casey John Clohessy; Kenneth Kennedy, Eoin O’Malley; John Cabey, Diarmuid McMahon, Eoin Enright; Niall McGuane, Conor Neylon, Padraig Talty.
Subs: Martin O’Connor for C McGuane; Michael O’Neill for Enright; Enda Finnucane for O’Malley; Paul Kennedy for P Talty; Killian McNamara for Cabey.
Tubber: Ronan Taaffe; Mark Waters, Mark Earley, John O’Connor; Conor Earley, Patrick O’Connor, Fergal O’Grady; Cyril Cunningham Adrian Nilan; Clive Earley, Justin McMahon, Tommy Lee; Blain Earley, Eamonn Taaffe, Dara O’Connor.
Subs: Evan O’Donoghue for Cunningham; Shaun Naughton for Nilan.

Wolfe Tones 0-21   Feakle 1-12

DESPITE being reduced to 14 men shortly before half-time, Wolfe Tones still proved too strong for Feakle at the East Clare club’s venue on Saturday.
The sides were level at 0-8 each at half-time but the Shannon men got the upperhand in the second half. Shortly before the half-time whistle, wing-forward Stephen McInerney was sent off and the visitors looked to be in difficulty.
Early in the final quarter, just a point separated the sides after Gary Guilfoyle scored the game’s only goal when he converted a penalty. He was the game’s top scorer with 1-9 to his credit.
In the final 10 minutes, however, the visitors hit some great points to seal a merited win and maintain their unbeaten run.

Wolfe Tones: Paul Hogan; Barry Loughnane, Brendan Hughes, Joe McGauley; Gary O’Connell, Brian O’Connell, Jamie Roughan; David Reidy, Kevin McCafferty; Aaron Cunningham, Bobby McPhillips, Stephen McInerney; Gareth McPhillips, Alan Hehir, Daithi O’Connell.
Subs: Gary Leahy for G McPhillips.
Feakle: Stephen Moloney; Donal O’Grady, Alan Hogan, Patrick Daly; Francis O’Grady, Colm Naughton, Sean O’Grady; Shane McGrath, Ger Hanrahan; Gary Guilfoyle, Raymond Bane, Killian Bane; Brian Moroney, Cathal Collins, Kenneth Collins.
Subs: Tom Moroney for B Moroney; T Collins for Naughton.

Éire Óg 1-17   Smith O’Brien’s 0-12

SMITH O’Brien’s left the pitch during the second half of this tie but after a discussion with referee, Ger Lyons, they returned to finish out the tie but were unable to prevent the home side from recording an impressive win.
The visitors enjoyed the better of the first-half exchanges and led by two points at half-time when the score was 0-8 to 0-6.
Early in the second half, Ronan Keane got through for the winners’ goal and from here on, they dominated play.
The visitors finished the game with 14 men after Micheál Ryan was dismissed in the second half.

Éire Óg: Philip Walsh; Aaron Fitzgerald, Cormac O’Regan, Ciaran Hanna; Marc O’Donnell, Fergus Flynn, Kevin Moynihan; Tadhg McNamara, Mark Fitzgerald; Ronan Keane, Danny Russell, Damian McMahon; Davy O’Halloran, Adrian Walsh, Ciarán Whelan.
Subs: Niall McMahon for D McMahon; Thomas Downes for Whelan.
Smith O’Brien’s: Mark McInerney; Kevin McEvoy, Seamus Gleeson, Brian McInerney; David Gough, Pa Vaughan, Trevor Howard; Mark O’Halloran, Micheal Ryan; Anthony O’Sullivan, Shane O’Brien, Liam Walsh; Kevin Walsh, Keith Stritch, Dean Sinnott.

St Joseph’s 1-13   Ballyea 1-8

ST Joseph’s picked up their first points of the campaign when they overcame Ballyea at Gurteen on Saturday.
Helped by a goal from Jarlath Colleran, they took the lead as the break approached. Almost immediately, Francie Nealon replied with a goal for Ballyea and the sides were deadlocked at 1-5 each when the half-time whistle sounded. Alan Duggan converted three first-half frees, while Darragh O’Driscoll and Ken Kennedy were the other point scorers in this period.
In the second half, Duggan added three more points, two from frees, while Alan O’Neill hit four in-a-row as the Doora-Barefield men pulled ahead to collect the points.

St Joseph’s: Mikey Roseingrave; Marty O’Regan, Mark Hallinan, Cathal O’Sullivan; Ivor White (0-1), Alan O’Neill (0-4), Conor Lyons; Gary Hassett, Sean Flynn;  Darragh O’Driscoll (0-1), Declan Malone, Kevin Dilleen; Jarlath Colleran (1-0), Ken Kennedy (0-1), Alan Duggan (0-6).
Subs: Shane O’Connor for O’Driscoll; Leo Duggan for Hassett.
Ballyea: Shane O’Neill; David Sheehan, Kevin Sheehan, Barry Coffey; Cathal Doohan, Paddy O’Connell, Jack Browne (0-2); Paul Flanagan (0-1), Stan Lineen; James Murphy, Niall Keane (0-2), Francie O’Reilly (0-1); Francie Nealon (1-1), Brian Murphy, Don Flannery.
Subs: Eanna McInerney (0-1) for Flannery; Gearóid O’Connell for Nealon; Mark Coughlan for Keane; Tony Kelly for Lineen.