Louth GAA club | Division Three round-up

Lannleire 4-9 Na Piarsaigh Blackrock 2-14

Colin Murphy landed an injury-time point to see Lannleire snatch victory over Na Piarsaigh Blackrock in Dundalk on Sunday afternoon.

The home side looked to have earned their reward for an impressive comeback when they hit five points to draw level on 60 minutes. However, Lannleire had the final say as Murphy held his nerve to point from a free.

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The Dunleer men got off to a blistering start as Darragh Malone had the ball in the net on three minutes, with Ian Mulroy doing likewise in the 8th minute.

However, the Naps hit back with two two-pointers from Ciaran Murphy before Robert Murphy hit the net to see his side lead by 1-8 to 2-3 at the break.

Lannleire looked to have taken command of the game once again when they added further goals through Brendan Cassidy and Bob Murphy (penalty) in the third quarter to lead by six.

The Dundalk side gave themselves hope with Murphy’s second goal before three Robbie Murphy points and a two-pointer from Shane Roddy looked to have rescued a draw.

However, Murphy had other ideas as landed the match-winning score deep into injury time.

Lannleire: Conor Dunne; Laurence McEntee, Darragh Goodman, Jason Torris; Matthew Malone, Pierce Hawkins 0-2, Alex Carroll; Kyle van Rhyn, Caoimhin Maher; Colin Murphy 0-2, Brendan Cassidy 1-1, Darragh Malone 1-1; Killian Gregory 0-3, Bob Murphy 1-0, Ian Mulroy 1-0.

Subs: Caimin Kirwan for B Cassidy, Briain McGuinness for K van Rhyn.

Na Piarsaigh Blackrock; Jordy Mackin; Eoin Farrell, Shane Roddy 0-2 (2p), Stephen McGuinness; Fionn Tipping, Michael Woods, Calum Smith; Conall Myles, Darren McElhinney; James Mahoney, Ciaran Murphy 0-8 (3x2p), Jamie Fealy; Joe Woods, Robbie Murphy 2-4, Tommy Muckian.

Subs: John Galligan, Gerry Rice.

(John O'Neill Sand and Gravel Louth Division Three League table)

O’Connells 2-15 Cuchulainn Gaels 1-7

O’Connells bounced back from their defeat to Glyde Rangers with a victory over Cuchulainn Gaels on Sunday afternoon.

The visitors started the game strongly, with an early James Sharkey two-pointer giving them the lead, before Robert Quigley and Stuart Osborne's efforts tied up the score at 0-2 each.

Cuchulainn Gaels managed to hit back ahead with another free-kick before O’Connells kicked into gear, scoring 1-3 without reply, including a Niall Conlon goal as they moved 1-7 to 0-3 ahead.

Gaels got themselves back into contention with a Cian McDonald goal but the hosts hit back with an Evan Kearney two-pointer to lead by 1-10 to 1-6 at the break.

The second half started perfectly for the Bellingham side with Niall Conlon adding his second goal of the game to extend the O’Connell’s lead to seven before Evan Kearney added another point of his own.

The game seemed to see itself out from there, with one last Cuchulainn Gaels point from Aodhan O’Hanlon cancelled out by efforts from Niall Conlon and two from Jackie Agnew to see O’Connell’s finish the game as victors.

O’Connells: Johnny Brennan; Adam Flynn, Jack McGeough, Nathan Carragher; Alan McGovern, Stuart Osborne (0-1), James Walsh; Sean Cairns, Jackie Agnew (0-3); Cailum Woods, Robert Quigley (0-1), Emmet Byrne; Justin Cooney, Niall Conlon ( 2-6), Evan Kearney (0-4, 2 x 2p).

Subs: Cian Geeney for R. Quigley, David Hoey for C. Woods, Liam Kiernan for E. Byrne, T.J Conlon for E. Kearney, Leo Walsh for A. McGovern.

Cuchulainn Gaels: Shea Quigley; Luke McGovern, Sean Brennan, Euan McArdle; James Keenan, Philip McGovern, David Hynes; David Reilly, Micheal McCabe; Ramie Phillips 0-1, Seamus McCabe 0-1, Jamie Molloy; John Morgan, James Sharkey 0-4 (2p), Cian McDonald 1-0.

Subs: Paddy O’Hanlon for J Molloy, Eamonn Donnelly for J Morgan, Aodhan O’Hanlon 0-1 for C McDonald, Rory Watson for L McGovern.

(John O'Neill Sand and Gravel Louth Division Three League fixtures)

Glyde Rangers 0-12 Wolfe Tones 0-7

Glyde Rangers overtook their opponents Wolfe Tones on the Division Three table with a sterling performance away in Drogheda.

The visitors got off the perfect start ironically against the wind, both sides in fact played better against the elements. Olan Crosbie shot the Tallanstown men into a 0-7 to no-score lead at halftime.

In the second half, Garrett Cooney led the fightback for John Garvey’s side but Cormac Lundon was always on hand along with Crosbie struck big points to keep the hosts at bay. Glyde’s form is on the up, while Tones now drop to fourth.

Glyde Rangers: Oran Matthews; Darren McKeever, Jack McKeever, Shane Byrne; Tadhg Kellett 0-2, Gerard Bourton, Sean Devaney; Adam Sweeney 0-1, Ciaráin Sheridan 0-2; Killian Scott, Aaron Devlin, Olan Crosbie 0-5; Cormac Lundon 0-2, Lee Finnegan, Leigh Byrne.

Wolfe Tones: Johnny Lynch 0-1; Sean McMahon, Alan Fanning, Danny Byrne; Sean Flanagan, Emmet Judge, Dwayne Leavy; Taidgh Rock Sam Kelly; Mark Healy, Garrett Cooney 0-4, Niall Smith;  Rory Taaffe 0-1, Joe Comiskey, Darren Weldon.

John Mitchels 4-15 Annaghminnon Rovers 0-15

John Mitchels made it 10 wins in a row in Division Three on Sunday night in Stonetown with a 12-point win over Annaghminnom Rovers.

A tight first half with goals from Gareth Kane and a Mikey Nulty penalty saw the visitors edge ahead on a scoreline of 2-4 to 0-6.

A more dominant second half from the Mitchels saw further goals from Mikey Nulty and Andrew Bingham before some fine scores from Annaghminnon including two long-range two-pointers closed the gap to leave the final score 4-15 to 0-15.

John Mitchels: Mickey Quinn; Barry Kirk, Shane Crosson, Aaron Kane; Mikey Nulty (2-1), John Bingham (0-3), Ruairi McCann; Trevor Matthews (0-3), Aaron Keely (0-1); Adam Keenan, Andrew Bingham (1-3), James Sands; Tristan Knowles, Gareth Kane (1-3), Jamie Durnin (0-1).

Subs: Alan Mackin for J Sands, Anthony Coyle for B Kirk, Stephen Bingham for T Matthews, Liam Devitt for A Keely, Liam Gorman for A Keenan.