Battling Gaels lower the Barr
DUNDALK GAELS 0-12 NAOMH FIONNBARRA 1-4
DUNDALK Gaels made it two wins from two in the Sheelan Cup when they turned in a strong second half display to record a five-point victory over Naomh Fionnbarra on Sunday morning.
The Gaels made the brighter start and got the first score but the half was nip and tuck as both teams traded points. The pick of the Finbarrs scores came from a well taken point by Conor Osborne while Pádraic Murphy was steady on the frees half as the half finished even 0-4 apiece.
The Gaels upped it a gear in the second half and tacked on a number of points with the help of Eanna McArdle, Chris Sweeney and Jason Clarke, as the Barrs were stuck in third gear. Paddy McGrane made two superb saves to keep the Togher men’s chances alive.
At the other end Jack Butterly goaled to reduce the deficit to three but the Dundalk men grabbed the last two points to run out convincing winners.
DUNDALK GAELS: John Burlingham; Da ire O’Callaghan, Jamie Faulkner, Conor Morgan; Oisin Murray, David McComish 0-1, Adrian Rafferty; Gerard Fee, Niall Hearty 0-1; Jason Clarke 0-2, Sean Murray 0-1, Emmet Lindsey 0-1; Eanna McArdle 0-2, Stephen Murphy , Chris Sweeney 0-2. Subs: Sean Fee 0-1, Errol Boyle, John Byrne 0-1, Liam Lynch.
NAOMH FIONNBARRA: Patrick McGrane; Hugh McGrane, Kieran Lenihan, Michael McGrane; Chris McGlynn, Óisín McGee, Bryan Sharkey; John Doyle, Nicholas Butterly; Pádraig Butterly, Conor Osborne 0-1, Michael McArdle; Caolán Leech, Jack Butterly 1-0, Pádraic Murphy 0-3. Subs: Martin O’Neill for C Leech, Gary Matthews for N Butterly, Ryan Woods for M McArdle, Matthew Monaghan for P Murphy, Michael McArdle for M McGrane.
NAOMH MAIRTIN 0-14 HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS 0-7
NH Mairtin picked up their first win of the Sheelan Cup when they proved too strong at home to Hunterstown Rovers on Friday night.
The result leaves the Hunterstown side bottom of Group C having lost both of their fixtures to date.
The home side got on top of this
game from the opening whistle and by the end of the first 30 minutes they had built up a 0-8 to 0-3 advantage with Brian Berrill and JP Rooney leading the way in terms of scoring.
Hunterstown battled throughout the half and registered their scores through Paul Carrie 2 and David Finn.
The second period followed a similar pattern and although Rovers pointed through Brendan Lennon Niall Carrie and Tony McKenna, they were never able to put any real pressure on a Mairtins team that held out for a comfortable win in the end.
HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS: Niall Carrie 0-1; Richie Cunningham, Richard Taaffe, Paddy Taaffe; Brian Matthews, Keith Brennan, Muiris O Suilleabhain; Tony McKenna 0-1, David Finn 0-1; Martin Lennon, Brendan Lennon 0-2, Paddy Matthews; Paddy Mooney, Paul Carrie 0-2, Alex Marrinan. Sub: Phelim McQuillan for Paddy Matthews.
NAOMH MAIRTIN: Jamie Mulholland; Eoin Wright 0-1, Thomas Sullivan, Alan Downey; Padraig McDonagh, Benny Reilly, Jack McCarville; Val Leddy 0-2, Joe McGrane; Mark McCullough, JP Rooney 0-3, Conor Healy 0-1; Conor Whelan 0-3, Brian Berrill 0-4, Paul Berrill. Subs: Subs: Luke Harrington for J McGrane, Benny Reilly for P Sullivan, Stephen Campbell for C Healy, Paul Campbell for J McCarville, James Martin for M McCullough, Eoin Lynch for A Downey.