Louth GAA round up | Division 1

John O’Neill Sand & Gravel Louth Division 1 League

ST MOCHTAS 3-13 COOLEY KICKHAMS 0-8

St Mochtas concluded a very impressive league season on Wednesday night with a routine victory over Cooley Kickhams at Fr McEvoy Park.

The result means that the Louth Village side ends the campaign on top of the table as they finish a point clear of St Marys, and the teams will meet on Sunday to decide the destination of the Cardinal O’Donnell Cup.

The visitors were in charge of the game from the outset and goals from Conor Garland and Shane Lennon saw them take a commanding 2-8 to 0-4 lead into the break.

Although Cooley added four points to their tally, a comeback was never on the cards as the Mochtas continued to dominate. A third goal from Ben Goss Kieran sealed the victory.

ST MOCHTAS: Eamonn O’Neill; Liam Lawlor, Ben Goss Kieran 1-1, Andrew English; Daniel Craven, Oisín Callan 1-0, Conor Garland 1-0; Darren McMahon, Gerry Garland; Sean Flynn 0-2, Cormac Smyth 0-3, Danny Kindlon 0-2; Phily Englishby, Decky Byrne 0-3, Shane Lennon 1-0.

Subs: David Lennon for D Craven, Dylan Farrell for D Byrne, Liam O’Flaherty for D Kindlon, Owen Lennon for L Lawlor, Ryan Cash for C Smyth.

COOLEY KICKHAMS: Niall Brady; Sean White, Dean McGreehan, Ian Arnold; MJ Hanlon, Fearghal Malone, Daire McDaid; Eddie Kirwan, Richie Brennan; Cormac Malone, Michael Carron, Peter Thornton 0-1; Brian Boyle 0-2, Enda O’Neill 0-5, Gerard Hanlon. 

Subs: Paul Brennan for MJ Hanlon, Gerard White for E Kirwan, Cian Connor for C Malone, Michael Rafferty for G Hanlon.

ST MARYS 2-16 NEWTOWN BLUES 0-15

St Marys made the trip to Drogheda on Wednesday night and claimed a victory that secured second place in Division 1 to qualify for the Cardinal O’Donnell Cup Final on Sunday.

In a high-scoring encounter, the visitors had to come from behind before a strong second-half display saw them win by a seven-point margin, with goals from Tom Jackson and Tadhg McDonnell proving decisive. It was the Blues who had the better of the first half and with Daire Nally among the scores, they led by 0-10 to 0-6 at the interval.

An early second-half goal gave the visitors hope and on a night when Kian Moran, TJ Doheny, Daire McConnor and Conor Gillespie added a brace of points each, they sealed victory with a second goal in the game. Also among the scores for the Blues on the night were Jamie Kelly, Conor Ni Criosta and Conor Moore.

ST MARYS: James McGillick; Noah Coyle, Karl Faulkner, Conor Keenan; Carl Gillespie 0-3, Eimhin Keenan, Tadhg McDonnell 1-1; Kian Moran 0-2, Sean Callaghan; TJ Doheny 0-2, Jonathan Commins 0-1, Andy Murphy; Ronan Carroll, Tom Jackson 1-3, Josh Taaffe.

Subs: Daire McConnon 0-2 for J Taaffe, Conor Gillespie 0-2 for R Carroll, Tiarnan Corrigan for C Keenan, Calum Noade for J Commins, Paudy Clarke for T Jackson.

NEWTOWN BLUES: Ronan Brown; Iollan Farrell, Emmet Carolan 0-1, Ian Connor; Alan Connor, Ciaran Cluskey Kelly, Jamie Kelly 0-2; Ryan Kelly, Brian Kermode; Conor Branigan 0-1, Daire Nally 0-5, Conor Ni Criosta 0-2; Aidan O’Brien, Conor Moore 0-2, Jack Healy 0-1.

Subs: Liam Branigan for C Branigan, Ross Nally 0-1 for B Kermode, Joe Harte for A O’Brien, Colm Judge for I Farrell, Thomas Costello for C Cluskey Kelly.

NH MAIRTIN 3-13 ST PATRICKS 0-4

Nh Mairtin completed their Division 1 league season with a comfortable win at home to St Patrick’s on Wednesday night. The game started on a positive note for the visitors when Danny O’Connor landed the first point of the game inside two minutes, but that was as good as it got for the Pats as the Mairtins began to dominate.

John Clutterbuck and Conor Whelan struck to put the hosts ahead before Sam Mulroy claimed the first goal of the game on seven minutes. Eoghan Callaghan also got in on the scoring act to help his side lead by 1-8 to 0-3 at the break, with Conor McGuinness and Brian Commons replying for the Pats.

Dara McDonnell found the net twice inside the opening seven minutes of the second half and his side cruised to victory with Tom Gray, Wayne Campbell and Darragh Dorian adding to the score. Sean Fearon scored the only point of the second period for the Pats.

NH MAIRTIN: Craig Lynch 0-1; Mick Fanning, Thomas Sullivan, Shane Morgan; John Clutterbuck 0-1, Sean Healy, Conor Morgan; Dara McDonnell 2-1, Adam Booth; Paul Berrill, Eoghan Callaghan 0-1, Wayne Campbell 0-1; Conor Whelan 0-3, Sam Mulroy 1-3, Tom Gray 0-1.

Subs: Cian Sands for M Fanning, Daragh Dorian 0-1 for S Mulroy, Conor Healy for S Healy, Stephen Campbell for P Berrill, Jack Lynch for T Gray.

ST PATRICKS: Conor McVeigh; Darren Connor, Rory Duffy, Cillian White; Joseph Connor, Conor Grogan, Daniel Rice; Kevin Toner, Matthew Pagni; Brian Commons 0-1, Danny O’Connor 0-1, Aidan McCann; Conor McGuinness 0-1, Tadhg O’Connor, Sean Fearon 0-1.

Subs: Alex Gregory for C McVeigh, Daniel Tumulty for C McGuinness, James Savage for T O’Connor.

John O’Neill Sand & Gravel Louth Division 1 League Table