Louth GAA Round Up | Division 2

John O’Neill Sand & Gravel Louth Division 2 League

ST. JOSEPHS 3-10

YOUNG IRELANDS 0-6

St Josephs remain joint top with Hunterstown in Division 2 after seeing off the challenge of Young Irelands at home on Saturday night. It was the Joes who started brightly with points from Oisin McGuinness followed by an effort from Pearse Grimes Murphy.

The visitors found it difficult to break through a well organised Joes defence, but opened their scoring from a Jordan O’Donoghue 20m free before the end of the first quarter.

The sides then exchanged points with Ben Collier from play and a Jordan O’Donoghue free for the Young Irelanders. Conall McCaul then hit two brilliant long range scores to stretch the Joes lead to 0-5 to 0-2 on 25 minutes and the Joes finally unlocked the visitors defence on 27 minutes when a perfectly weighted ball over the top was flicked over the advancing keeper by Alan Quigley to raise the first green flag of the game.

In the closing minutes the sides exchanged long range points with Conall McCaul and Peter McStravick both on target with excellent points to leave the Joes ahead by 1-6 to 0-3 at the break.

In an end-to-end third quarter the Young Irelands from the throw in attacked down the right with Jack Watters firing over a fine score from wide right in the first minute. The Joes responded immediately when the heavily bandaged Killian McDonnell made his way forward to setup Pearse Grimes Murphy for another excellent score.

Jack Watters and Grimes Murphy exchanged scores at the start of the second half and on 34 minutes Gabriel Bell collected the ball deep in defence, as the space opened up Bell raced forward to find the net.

A long range Young Irelands free narrowed the margin before Pearse Grimes Murphy turned provider when his pass inside was confidently palmed to the net by Cormac Marmion to give the Joes a 3-7 to 0-5 lead at the end of the third quarter. The result was never in doubt after that score and the Joes went on to complete a 13-point win.

ST. JOSEPHS: Adam Cassidy; Rian Devlin, Michael Staunton, Cormac McKeown; Cian Sheridan, David Kieran, Killian McDonnell; Gabriel Bell (1-0), Alan McKenna; Alan Quigley (1-0), Craig Doherty, Conall McCaul (0-3); Pearse Grimes Murphy (0-3) Oisin McGuinness (0-1), Ben Collier (0-1).

SUBS: Cormac Marmion (1-1), Jack Mulligan (0-1), Aidan Kieran, Alan Lynch, Evan McEnteggart.

YOUNG IRELANDS: Fergal Sheekey; Lee O’Donoghue, Brendan Prendergast, Conn O’Donoghue; Jamie Browne, Jordan O’Donoghue 0-2, Sean Murphy; Ruairi Kelly 0-1, Peter McStravick 0-2; Cian O’Donoghue, Dean Maguire, Evan McArdle; Cian O Naraigh, Caolan McCabe, Jack Watters 0-1.

SUBS: Alan Hanks for C O Naraigh, Sean Hoey for C McCabe, Paddy O’Callaghan for Conn O’Donoghue, Jack McKenna for Cian O’Donoghue.

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS 0-14

ST. BRIDES 0-11

It was the table-toppers who took on the hosts, St Brides, at Knockbridge on Saturday evening in Division 2 in a match that was extremely competitive throughout. In the end it was the visitors who came out on top to remain top.

Hunterstown got their noses in front early in the first half, and it was in the second quarter when they dominated the game and outscored the hosts by 0-4 to 0-2. They eventually went in at the break with a four point advantage.

Brides went down to 13 men for a period of time in the second half with a player receiving two yellow cards and another receiving a black card, but they battled extremely hard in this period. Each team exchanged points throughout the second half, but the hosts could not close the four-point gap that the visitors built up prior to halftime.

Hunterstown were more clinical in front of goals, with the county man, Ryan Burns, kicking eight points. Jason Monaghan, Daithi Carroll and Euan Woodlock were also on target for the winners. Sean Marry led the charge for the Brides with six points while Jarleth Cassidy, Daniel McArdle and Nathan Kirk were also on target.

ST. BRIDES: James Costello, Evan Wynne, Darren Bailey, Brian Faul, Donal McArdle, Cillian Kirk, Kelvin Slowey, Paddy Reilly, Robert McCaughey, Jarleth Cassidy (0-1), Sean Marry (0-6), Daniel McArdle (0-1), Ronan Bailey, Padraig Rutledge (0-1), Ross Murnaghan (0-1).

SUBS: Kevin Hearty for P Rutledge, Andrew Smyth for J Cassidy, Nathan Kirk (0-1) for R Murnaghan, Morgan Tobin for Daniel McArdle.

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS: Donavan Sheridan, Euan Woodlock (0-1), Michael Reid, Cillian Taaffe, Daithí Carroll (0-1), David Finn, Ciaran Russell, Shane Halpenny (0-1), Jason Monaghan (0-1), Jamie O'Callaghan, Ryan Burns (0-8), Aaron Levins (0-1), James Rogers (0-1), Marc Ward, Glen Matthews.

STABANNON PARNELLS 2-11

LANNLEIRE 2-6

Sean Reynolds came off the bench to inspire a Stabannon comeback as they secured a five-point win over Lannleire in Dunleer. The Louth U-20 star bagged two goals as his side recovered from an eight point interval deficit to inflict a defeat that sees the hosts remain rock bottom of Division 2.

The Dunleer men were in fine form in the first half and found the net through a Paul Callan penalty and Darragh Malone, while Liam Callan and Jason Torris also got in on the scoring act. Parnells struggled to make any real impact and at the break the home side held a very healthy 2-6 to 0-4 advantage.

However, it all changed in the second half as the visitors took total control of proceedings. The brace from Reynolds was the inspiration for the revival, while Harry Butterly’s seven point haul was also instrumental. The Lannleire challenge faded dramatically after the restart and they were unable to add to their first half tally.

STABANNON PARNELLS: Podge Malone; Alan Reynolds, Mark Byrne, Ryan Halpenny; Daniel Clinton, Bobby Butterly, David Cluskey; Colm Giggins, Ryan Shevlin (0-1); Jake Corrigan, Jonny McGee, Shane Brady (0-1); Harry Butterly (0-7) Robbie Callaghan (0-1), Dylan Shevlin.

SUBS: Sean Reynolds (2-1) for M. Byrne, Shane Sweeney for B Butterly.

LANNLEIRE: Liam Callan 0-1; Jason Torris 0-1, Darragh Goodman, Alex Carroll; Darragh Malone 1-0, Briain McGuinness, Aaron McArdle; Kyle Van Rhyn 0-1, Caoimhin Maher; Ryan McArdle, Ian Mulroy, Mark Grogan; Paul Callan 1-2, Bob Murphy 0-1, Paul McGeough.

KILKERLEY EMMETS 1-12

CLAN NA GAEL 0-6

Kilkerley Emmets continued their pursuit of the top two in Division 2 thanks to this nine-point win away to Clan na Gael on Saturday. The visitors appeared to have the edge for much of the game and made their superiority count as the finished with a deserved victory. The only goal of the game from Michael Kirby helped them on their way.

The first was a competitive affair as the Emmets had points from Cormac Mallon and Ewan McEnteggart, along with Kirby’s goal. However, the Clans kept in touch and levelled at 1-2 to 0-5 on 20 minutes.

Although the Clans edged ahead, Kilkerley upped the pace and had scores from Brian Brady, Micheal Begley, Fionn Cumiskey and Cathal Bellew to lead by 1-6 to 0-6 at the short whistle.

The second period was a rather one-sided affair as the hosts failed to add to their tally, while Kilkerley extended the lead with scores from Tadhg McEnaney (3), Cumiskey (2) and Daniel McKeown.

KILKERLEY EMMETS: Ultan McEnaney; Ewan McEnteggart 0-1, Patrick Murtagh, Ronan Deery; Cormac Bellew, Cathal Bellew 0-1, Aaron Crawford; Kieran Murtagh, Conor Quigley; Cormac Mallon 0-1, Brian Brady 0-1, Michael Kirby 1-0; Tadhg McEnaney 0-3, Micheal Begley 0-1, Fionn Cumiskey 0-3.

SUBS: Conal Brady for C Quigley; Daniel McKeown 0-1 for M Begley; Conal McEnaney for C Mallon; Aidan Corrigan for M Kirby; Darren Geoghegan for K Murtagh; Michael McGeown for P Murtagh.

CLAN NA GAEL: Sean Smith; Brian McDonnell, Donal Boyle, Conor Smith; Paul Crewe, Conor Noonan, Mark Newell; Robbie Curran, Jack Callan; Aodhan Kirk, Gerard Curran, Conall McKeever; Farouq Ibrahim, Shane Carroll, Gavin Gaffey.

GLEN EMMETS 2-9

ST. KEVINS 0-13

St Kevins are still looking over their shoulders at the foot of the table after losing out to Glen Emmets in Division 2 on Saturday evening. The Tullyallen side made it three wins on the bounce with victory at Philpstown where two goals from Conor Grimes proved crucial.

Cian Callan opened the scoring for the hosts before Sam Kenny levelled matters. That was the pattern for much of the first half with Ian O’Reilly on target for the Emmets and Lee Crosbie replying at the other end.

However, the decisive score arrived in first half injury time when Grimes got through for the first goal to put his side 1-5 to 0-5 ahead at the break. The second goal followed nine minutes after the restart and at that stage the visitors looked on course for a comfortable win.

However, with Crosbie continuing to impress and further points coming from Cameron Maher and Patrick Clarke, the Kevins got right back into contention. A 59^th minute point from Diarmuid Cullen proved to be the winner as a the hosts just came up short.

GLEN EMMETS: Ian O’Reilly 0-3; Brien Maguire, Cathal Maguire, Keith Boylan; Tom Grimes, Evan English, Conor Kelly; Sam Kenny 0-1, Conor Grimes 2-1; Keefer Carolan, Keelan O’Neill 0-1, James Breen; Diarmuid Cullen 0-1, James Butler, Alex Carolan.

SUBS: Paddy McHugh 0-1 for K Carolan, Cian Talbot for J Breen, Jamie Gilkes for A Carolan, Andrew Mooney for K Boylan, Ronan Grufferty for B Maguire.

ST. KEVINS: Danny Crosbie; Sean Powderly, Dylan Maher, Aaron Khan; Darren McMullan, Cameron Maher (0-4), Ciaran Logue; Evan Maher, Seanie Crosbie; Patrick Clarke (0-2), Tom Matthews, Caolan McMullan; Lee Crosbie (0-6), Cian Callan (0-1), Brian Callaghan.

SUBS: Joe McArdle for E Maher, Jacob Finlay for T Matthews, Caoimhin Prout for A Khan.

O’RAGHALLAIGH’S 5-7
DUNDALK GAELS 0-15

O’Raghallaigh’s christened the reopening of the Gaelic Grounds pitch with a much needed win at the bottom of Division 2 over Dundalk Gaels. Gaels who have now lost three in a row since the split have dropped into the relegation play off position.

The win lifts the Drogheda men up a couple of places with two rounds to go. Kyle McElroy’s return helped Andrew Rogan’s side attack with a brace of goals complimented by John Horan, Danny Reilly and Barry Flanagan’s majors to push the game beyond Malachy O’Rourke’s men, despite Dylan McKeown’s best attempts.

O’RAGHALLAIGH’S: Joe Flanagan; Joe Meehan, Alan Doyle, James Morgan; Danny Morgan, Stephen Murphy, Danny Reilly 1-3; Ruairi Moore 0-1, Eoin Moore; Kyle McElroy 2-2, Ben Rogan, Ollie Clutterbuck; John Horan 1-1, Barry Flanagan 1-0, Olan Walsh.

SUBS: Pearse Rice for Ben Rogan, Euan Sweeney for John Horan.

DUNDALK GAELS: Adrian Rafferty; Pauraic Tinnelly, Oisin Murray, Shaun Duffy; Alan Jumbo, James O’Connell, David McComish 0-2; James Stewart, Seán Murray 0-1; Jordan Keating, Dylan McKeown 0-8, Sean Lambert; Tony McDonnell, Aaron Culligan, Jack Mullen 0-2.

John O’Neill Sand & Gravel Louth Division 2 League Table

John O’Neill Sand & Gravel Louth Division 2 League Fixtures

Wednesday, 7^th August – Round 15

Stabannon Parnells vs. St. Kevins – Stabannon Parnells – 8pm

Kilkerley Emmets vs. St. Brides – Páirc Chill Choirle – 8pm

Dundalk Young Irelands vs. Clan na nGael – Páirc Eire Og – 8pm

Hunterstown Rovers vs. St. Josephs – Páirc Baile Fiach – 8pm

Dundalk Gaels vs. Lann Léire – Dundalk Gaels – 8pm

Glen Emmets vs. O'Raghallaighs – Cusack Park – 8pm