Lennon lands late leveller for Kilkerley
KILKERLEY EMMETS 1-12 ST MOCHTAS 1-12
KILKERLEY rescued a draw at home to St Mochtas on Sunday morning with two injury time points.
Not for the first time it was Shane Lennon who proved to be the saviour for the Emmets as the landed a late free to deny the Mochtas.
The Louth Village men were making their first appearance of the season and in the opening stages they looked a little rusty as Kilkerley dominated the exchanges. That early pressure saw Sean Hand find the net as his side struck 1-4 without reply inside nine minutes.
However, the Mochtas responded in impressive fashion and a goal from Eamon O’Neill saw them take a 1-5 to 1-4 lead. The home side finished the half on top and went in leading by 1-7 to 1-6.
The second half continued to be a competitive affair although the scoring rate slowed down. It looked as if the visitors had done enough to claim the win when they held a two-point advantage. However, Kilkerley weren’t finished and snatched a draw thanks to Lennon’s late strike.
KILKERLEY: Cillian Quigley; Declan Curran, Micheal McGeown, Dylan Lynch; Connor Kirk, Andrew McGuill, Cormac Bellew; James Shields, Shaun McElroy; Conal McEneaney 0-2, Shane Lernnon 0-6, Sean Hand 1-2; Daniel McKeown 0-2, Darren Meehan, Rian Hand.
ST MOCHTAS: Fergus English; Tommy Kindlon, Liam Lawlor, Donal Gernon; Brendan Duffy 0-1, Andrew English, Cormac Callan 0-1; Gareth O’Reilly 0-1, Barry Mulholland; Ultan Larney, Conor Lynch, Stephen McCooey 0-1; Eamon O’Neill 1-1, Nigel Farrell 0-4, Gavin Breen 0-2. Subs: Declan Byrne, Martin McGahon 0-1, Danny Kindlon 0-1, Liam Kindlon and Emlyn Clerkin.
ST MARYS 2-21 NA PIARSAIGH 2-7
ST MARYS began their 2017 season with a comprehensive victory over Na Piarsaigh in Ardee on Sunday morning.
Despite making their first appearance of the year, the home side quickly found their feet and established an early grip on the game as they led by 0-5 to 0-1 inside 13 minutes.
By the time the half-time whistle had sounded, the Marys had stretched the lead to 1-12 to 1-3 with Mark Larkin hitting the net for Na Piarsaigh.
The same trend prevailed after the break and despite Larkin adding a second goal for the visitors, St Marys emerged winners by 14 points. John Bingham and Alan Kirk scored the goals for the winners.
ST MARYS: Peter Duffy; Brendan Matthews, Niall Carroll, Barry McCoy; Conor Keenan, Eimhin Keenan, John Bingham 1-4; Robert Leavy, Rónán Carroll 0-2; Daire McConnon 0-4, Paudy Clarke 0-1, Mark Fay; Alan Kirk 1-1, Jamie Rooney 0-5, Dean Matthews 0-1. Subs: Wayne Matthews for B McCoy, Kian Moran for M Fay, Cian Commins 0-2 for D Matthews, Darren Clarke 0-1 for P Clarke, Eamon Callaghan for R Leavy.
NA PIARSAIGH: Brendan Nash; David Yore, Stephen Arrowsmith, Fergal Mulholland; Joe Woods 0-1, Michael Woods 0-1, Stephen McGuinness; Alan McCartney, Chris Cotter; Damian McGeeney, David Boyle 0-1, Ciaran Murphy 0-1; Robert Murphy 0-2, Ronan McCartney, Mark Larkin 2-1 Subs: Peter Sweeney, Stephen Halpenny.