Glenealy put Éire Óg away Laffan’s men in good nick

at Glenealy GAA Club all through.

Garry Hughes opened the scoring from a free after three minutes but Glenealy were slow enough to register further scores.

Points from Jamie Byrne, Jack Kavanagh, and Thomas Doyle had Glenealy leading by 0-4 to nil after 20 minutes.

Any chances Eire Og may have had were snuffed out by a very alert and dominant Glenealy fullback line.

Full-forward Enan Glynn was very prominent for the last ten minutes of the first half, adding three points in a row from play.

The game’s only goal came just before the break when substitute John O’Neill netted.

This brought the Glenealy tally to 1-7 with the visitors still to raise a flag.

The second half was all about the scoring exploits of Garry Hughes, both from frees and play. With the exception of a last minute point from a penalty by Danny Staunton, Hughes chalked up all of the Glenealy second half tally. E

Éire Óg had a little more success as the second half wore on. Andy Walsh, Sean Byrne (2), Mick Walsh and Peter Keane tacked on points in the final ten minutes to leave Glenealy comfortable winners on a scoreline of 1-15 to 0-5.

Former Wexford stalwarts Garry Laffan with Glenealy and Eamon Scallon with Greystones side were patrolling the line for this encounter.

There will be bigger challenges ahead for them both.

Scorers - Glenealy: Garry Hughes 0-8, Eanan Glynn 0-3, John O’Neill 1-0, James Byrne, Jack Kavanagh, Tommy Doyle and Danny Staunton 0-1 each

Éire Óg: Leon Browne 0-2, Andy Walsh, Mick Walsh and Peter Keane 0-1 each.

Glenealy: Keith Snell; Rory O’Neill, Warren Kavanagh, Lee Kavanagh; Garry Byrne, Daniel Staunton, Robert Byrne; Thomas Doyle, Jamie Byrne; Gavin Byrne, John Manley, Joey Driver; Jack Kavanagh, Enan Glynn, Garry Hughes; Sub: John O’Neill for Jack Kavanagh. Ronan Manley for Gary Byrne, Emmet Byrne for Gavin Byrne.

Éire Óg Greystones: Ger White; Sean Hughes, Dan O’Connell, Conall Deeney; Peter Keane, Billy Cuddihy, Kristin Flynn; Leon Browne, Michael Walsh; Shane Nolan, Gavin Parslow, Andrew Walsh; Shane Mulford, Declan Byrne, Martin Joyce. Subs: Daniel Salmon for Martin Joyce, Patrick Gaskin for Shane Nolan, Marcus Ruddy for Shane Mulford.

Referee: Jimmy Kelly (Knockananna)