Louth GAA club | Paddy Sheelan Cup round-up

GROUP A

GLEN EMMETS 3-14 OLIVER PLUNKETTS 0-6

Glen Emmets cruised to victory over Oliver Plunketts in this Paddy Sheelan Cup Group A encounter at Cusack Park on Thursday night.

In what proved to be a one-sided affair, the hosts were well in control at the break as they established a nine-point advantage before going on to stretch the margin to 17 at the final whistle.

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The Tullyallen side got on the front foot from the outset and points from Kealan O’Neill along with a Lorcan Lynch goal had them in a commanding 1-9 to 0-3 lead at the break.

The home side continued to dominate in the second half and their superiority was rewarded when Jacob Morgan came off the bench to score 2-1. The scoring on the night also featured a two-pointer from Keefer Carolan.

Glen Emmets: Ian O'Reilly; Jaime Farnan, Keith Boylan, Seamus Smyth; James Breen, Callum Wogan, Brien Maguire; Cian Talbot, Darragh Russell; Keefer Carolan 0-3 (1 2pt), Kealan O'Neill 0-6 (1 2pt), Diarmuid Cullen; Lorcan Lynch 1-1, Alex Carolan (0-1), Jack Mullen.

Subs: James Butler 0-2 for D. Cullen, Emmet Delaney for S. Smyth, Tom Grimes for J. Breen, Diarmuid McKeown for B. Maguire, Evan English for K. Carolan, Paddy McHugh for Cian Talbot, Jacob Morgan 2-1 for A. Carolan, David Bracken for Jamie Farnan, Ronan Grufferty for J. Mullen.

Oliver Plunketts: Colum Duffy; Barry Reynolds, David McTeggart, Jamie Byrne; Ricky Bateson, Conor Haggins, David Lambe; Dean Carolan, Sean Boyle; Niall Murtagh, Jack Taaffe, Sean Rice; Kristian Nolan, Sean Callaghan, Adam Smith.

Subs: Christopher Quinlan, Shane Lambe, Tristan Kierans, James Guinn, Alex Shields.

St. JOSEPHS 4-16 MATTOCK RANGERS 2-11

In a repeat of last year's decider St. Joseph’s captured Paddy Sheelan Cup revenge when they came out on top in their meeting with Mattock Rangers in Darver.

The Joes set the foundation for this win with an excellent first-half performance that saw them go in at halftime leading by 2-8 to 0-1. The Joes duo of Conall Smyth and Oisin McGuinness led the Joes scoring in the opening salvo.

McGuinness with a point in the first minute, quickly followed by a Smyth point. A further move saw McGuinness set up Smyth to palm the ball to the net early on.

Mattock Rangers found it difficult to break through a well organised Joes defence with turnovers from Michael O’Brien and Rian Devlin.

The Joes hit a second goal when McGuinness raced through to drive a low shot across the face of goal to the left corner of the net.

It was impressive Conall Smyth who finished the first half scoring to send the Joes in leading 2-8 to 0-1 at the break.

Alan Quigley crashed the ball to the net following a superbly weighted pass over the top from Gabriel Bell to seal the game.
Cathal Fleming kept the Mattock scoreboard ticking as he was unerring with three pointed frees.

Substitute Stephen Smith in the Mattock goal who made a number of fine saves, denying the Joes on numerous occasions.

In the final quarter, it was all Mattock, Fleming bagged a brace along with Karl Grimes to cut the gap to five but with the game's last touch, Gabriel Bell closed out the rout.

St. Josephs: Adam Cassidy; Ciaran Johnston, David Kieran, Rian Devlin; Michael O’Brien, Gabriel Bell 0-2, Conor Neary; Killian Staunton, Oisin McGuinness 1-2; Jack Mulligan 0-4, Ben Collier 1-2, Rory McLoughlin; Alan Quigley 1-1, Alan McKenna, Conall Smyth 1-3.

Subs: Cormac Marmion, Evan McEnteggart (0-1), Sean Allen, Aidan Kieran, Killian McDonnell (0-1), Cian Sheridan.

Mattock Rangers: Stephen Smith; Eoin McCloskey, Cillian Hickey, Tom Grimes; Daire Englishby, Shane Maguire, Ben Quaile; Adrian Reid, Jamie O’Halloran; Terry Donegan, Cathal Fleming 2-6, Adam Flynn; JP Watters, Alan Caraher, Karl Grimes 0-4.

Subs: Callum Wogan 0-1, Ben Markey, Craig Englishby, Aaron Smith, Ben Brennan.

(Powerscreen Paddy Sheelan Cup - Group A, Round 3 table)

GROUP B

ST. FECHINS 0-10 ROCHE EMMETS 1-5

St. Fechins recovered from a half-time deficit to claim victory at home to Roche Emmets in the Paddy Sheelan Cup clash on Sunday morning.

This Group B encounter was in the balance throughout the 60 minutes but in the end it was the hosts who shaded it with the help of eight points from Ryan Walsh.

It was the home side that opened proceedings with a pointed free from Ryan Walsh, only for Roche to hit back with a Mark Byrne goal, followed by a point from play.

The visitors added two further points before the interval but St Fechins remained very much in the game as scores from Walsh and Danny Burnell cut the gap to 1-3 to 0-5 at the break.

Both sides were guilty of a number of wides in the opening 10 minutes of the second half before Emmets pointed from a free through Barry O’Hare which he then followed up by another from a placed ball at the 15-minute mark.

Fechins had yet to score at this stage but with a number of substitutions they got off the mark with a point from sub Matthew Flanagan followed by three more from placed balls from Ryan Walsh to put them back in the lead. Walsh finished off his eight point tally with a final point from play with two minutes remaining.

St. Fechins: Cormac Dolan; Paddy Keane, Niall McCabe, Dylan Rice; Adam O’Neill, Ciaran McGinty, Garbhan O’Reilly; Eoin Hackett, Harry Haughney; John O’Connell, Ryan Walsh (0-8), Colm O’Neill; Danny Burnell (0-1), Colm Hackett, Evan McCluskey.

Subs: Kyle Meegan for C Dolan, Matthew Flanagan (0-1) for E McCluskey, Niall McCabe for D Rice, John Woods for J O’Connell, Mikey MacMahon for H Haughney, Dan Reilly for C O’Neill. 

Roche Emmets: Evin Quigley; Dermot Carthy, David Quigley, Marc Murphy; Taylor Ward, Aidan Grant, Gerry Browne; David O’Connell, Sean Dawe; James McDonnell 0-1, Liam Dawe, Cathal Corcoran; Barry O’Hare 0-3, Mark Byrne 1-0, Fionn Connolly.

Subs: Josh McGuinness, Matty McArdle, James Corcoran, Cathal Corcoran 0-1, Andy McArdle, Sean Conlon, Kevin Quigley.

NAOMH MAIRTIN 2-15 ST KEVINS 0-12

Naomh Mairtin remain unbeaten in the Paddy Sheelan Cup after recording a second successive victory, this time away to St. Kevins on Sunday morning.The Monasterboice men got off to a great start when Ben Callanan landed an early two-pointer.

Although the Kevins pulled a point back, the Jocks took control when Enda McDonnell added another point before Adam Callanan found the net on ten minutes.

It got even better just before the end of the first quarter when Ben Callanan added a second goal to make it 2-4 to 0-1.

The hosts enjoyed a better second quarter and added three points, but at the break found themselves trailing by 2-9 to 0-4. St. Kevins kicked the opening two points of the second half to give themselves some hope.

However, substitute Tom Gray came off the bench to score five points and with Eoghan Winters also adding a point, the Mairtins were comfortable winners in the end.

Nh Mairtin: Darren Morgan; Colm Egan, Shane Morgan, Daniel Creedon; Charlie Murphy, Jake Melia, Jack Murphy 0-2; Joe McGrane 0-2, Adam Booth; Karl Morgan, Josh Kirwan, Adam Callanan 1-0; Enda McDonnell 0-1, Ben Callanan 1-4, Craig Callanan.

Subs: Eoghan Winters 0-1, Eoghan Callanan, Paddy Usher, Tom Gray 0-5, Sam Murtagh, Paul Murphy, Joey O’Brien, Mark Whelan, Eoin Corry.

ST. PATRICKS 3-12 HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS 1-7

St. Patrick’s climbed off the bottom of Group B in the Paddy Sheelan Cup with a strong win away to Hunterstown Rovers. The result sees the peninsula men leapfrog their opponents.

Darren Connor struck first but when Ryan Ward at full forward for Rovers hit the net early it looked like it was going to be a home win. Conor Grogan quickly cancelled that effort and the visitors never looked back.

It was double scores at the break, Cian Matthews in goals could do nothing to stop Aidan McCann from making it 2-4 to 1-2. As the subs rolled on for the Lordship men they got even stronger.

Joe Connor wrapped things up in a fragmented second half with the Pats clinching goal. Dean Burns did chip in with a couple of scores but there would be no denying the green and white men.

Hunterstown Rovers: Ryan Ward 1-2, Dean Burns 0-2, David Finn 0-2, Jason Monaghan 0-1.St. Patricks: Brian Commons 0-4; Alex Gregory, Padraig Duffy, Ross Murphy; Conor Grogan 1-0, Darren O’Hanlon, Darren Connor 0-1; Tom McCann 0-1, Micheál O’Shaughnessy; Daniel Tumulty, Aidan McCann 1-0, James Savage; Joe Connor 1-1, Jack Murphy 0-3, Cian McKenna.

Subs: Conor McGuinness 0-2, Jack Elvin, Stephen Toner, Ben McGuinness, James O’Connor, Fionn Holmes, Sean Fearon, Stefan Breen, James McGeown, Sean Holland.

(Powerscreen Paddy Sheelan Cup - Group B, Round 3 table)

GROUP C

ST. MOCHTAS 2-13 DUNDALK YOUNG IRELANDS 3-7

St. Mochtas turned in a strong second half display as they got the better of Young Irelands in a tight contest in Louth Village on Sunday morning.

The hosts were trailing this Paddy Sheelan Cup Group D clash at the break by three points but upped their game in the second half as goals from Gerry Garland and Sean McLoughlin saw them over the line.

The visitors were quickly off the mark through Peter Nixon before Liam McStravick took centre stage. The full forward landed two points and a two-pointer before claiming the opening goal from the penalty spot on 15 minutes.

Soon after Jordan O’Donoghue found the net to put his side 2-3 to no score in front.The Mochtas finally came to life with a point from Declan Byrne on 18 minutes and a two-pointer from the same player helped cut the gap to 2-4 to 0-7 at half time.

McStravick added a second goal from a penalty on 37 minutes but a Gerry Garland goal on 39 minutes put the Louth Village side right back in the contest.

The result remained in the balance until the end but a 47th minute goal from McLoughlin proved the difference between the teams in the end.

St. Mochtas: Philip Englishby; Liam Lawlor, David Lennon, Andrew Lennon; Oisin Kerr 0-1, Conor McNamara, Daniel Craven; Gerry Garland 1-1, Liam O’Flaherty; Darragh Quinn 0-1, Sean McLoughlin 1-0, Dylan Farrell; Declan Byrne 0-9, Jamie Farrell, Cormac Smyth 0-1.

Dundalk Young Irelands: Fergal Sheekey; Lee O’Donoghue, Ciaran Murray, Cian O Naraigh; Evan McArdle, Caolan McCabe, Brendan Prendergast; Peter Nixon 0-1, Michael O’Shea; Peter McStravick 0-1, Jordan O’Donoghue 1-0, Jack McArdle; Mark Lee, Dean Maguire 0-1, Liam McStravick 2-3.

Subs: Leon Duffy 0-1, Jamie Browne, Rory O’Connor, Sean Hoey, Daragh Cairns, Jack McKenna, Aiden Sheekey.

KILKERLEY EMMETS 1-21 NEWTOWN BLUES 3-10

Kilkerley Emmets made it three wins from three in Group C of the Paddy Sheelan Cup with a victory away to Newtown Blues on Sunday morning.

The Drogheda men went into the game hoping to bounce back from their midweek defeat to St Brides, but despite leading by seven points at the break they were unable to complete the job and Kilkerley hit back to claim victory.

The Blues made their intentions clear as they kicked the opening two points and they pushed on to lead by 0-6 to 0-2 with Rian Hand and Micheal Begley registering for the visitors.

Cormac Mallon and Luke Shevlin added points for the Emmets but the hosts finished strongly with a late goal from Eoin McCoy to lead by 1-8 to 0-4 at halftime, with Ross Nally also among the points.

The visitors raised their game at the start of the second half and cut the gap to a point with three apiece for Fionn Cumiskey and Begley.It looked as if the Drogheda men would regain control when they added two goals in quick succession.

However, Kilkerley hit back in style and two-pointers from Conal McEneaney and Begley along with a goal from Cumiskey secured the points for their side.

Kilkerley Emmets: Callum Mulholland; Ronan Deery, Cillian Mulligan, Oran McMahon; Kieran Lennon, Patrick Murtagh, Brian Brady; Cathal Bellew 0-1, Kieran Murtagh; Tadhg Fitzgerald, Ciaran Bellew, Fionn Cumiskey 1-5; Cormac Mallon 0-1, Michael Begley 0-10, Rian Hand 0-1.

Subs: Luke Shevlin 0-1, Darragh Conlon, Conal McEnaney 0-2.

Newtown Blues: Yemi Taylor; Joey Nally, Stephen Kerry Rafferty, Joe Harte; Eoin Branigan, Liam Branigan, Sean Cummins; Alan Connor, Ian Connor; Jack Healy 0-1, Eoin McCoy 1-0, Sean Doherty; Jamie Kelly 0-2, Ross Nally 3-5, Niall Devlin 0-2.

Sub: Colm Judge for S Doherty.

STABANNON PARNELLS 2-12 COOLEY KICKHAMS 2-12

In the proverbial game of two halves, both sides took a share of the spoils on Friday night in the heart of mid Louth. Stabannon dominated the first half with Dylan Shevlin in fine form, inside in the full forward line.

Bagging two goals but his replacement in the second half could be pointed to their wayward second half showing. Leading 2-9 to Cooley’s 0-5 at the turn Parnells tried to hold on.

Cian Connor kept his side in touch in those lean periods but it took a Kickhams replacement to get them back on level terms.

Enter Patrick Johnston, the nippy forward barrelled home two goals to lead the revival and allowed Cooley to take something home. The draw was Parnells first point in Group C.

Stabannon Parnells: Paudi Malone; Michael Lynch, Mark Byrne, Daniel Clinton; Conor Clinton, Colm Giggins, Ryan Halpenny; Jake Corrigan, Ryan Shelvin; Dean Lynch, Bobby Butterly 0-1, Johnnie McGee; Padraig Reynolds, Harry Butterly 0-3, Dylan Shelvin 2-8.

Subs: Robert Callaghan, Cillian Byrne, Shay Halpenny, Shane Brady, Cathal Reynolds.

Cooley Kickhams: Niall Brady; Sean Hoey, Ronan McBride, MJ Hanlon 0-1; Gerard HanlonDean McGreehan, Sean White; Darren Marks, Paul Brennan; Calum O’Hanlon, Jason Brady 0-3, Cormac Malone 0-2; Cian Connor 0-4, Michael Rafferty 0-2, Thomas McCarragher.

Subs: Patrick Johnston 2-0 for Thomas McCarragher, Michael Carron for Calum O’Hanlon, Darren O’Shaughnessy for Jason Brady, Richard Brennan for Sean White, Conor Loughran for Cormac Malone.

ST. BRIDES 0-11 DUNDALK GAELS 1-13

Dundalk Gaels led from pillar to post on Saturday night down the ramparts against St. Brides in the Paddy Sheelan Cup. Two games in three days catching up with the losers after they defeated Newtown Blues, the Thursday night previously.

However, that was not used as an excuse with Sean Marry leading the charge. A first-half goal from Tom O’Connell gave the intermediate champions the edge 1-6 to 0-5 at the turn and they used that game to manage the second half expertly.

Going point for point, the two sides were well-matched in the second half Dylan McKeown’s accuracy ensured there would be no Knockbridge comeback either.

St. Brides: Sean Marry 0-6, Kevin Hearty 0-2, Paddy Reilly 0-1, Bernard Laverty 0-1, Aaron Devin 0-1.

Dundalk Gaels: Aaron Culligan; Sean Lynch, James Lynch, Sean Lambert; Liam Coleman, Tom Murphy, Alan Jumbo; Dylan McKeown 0-6, Jordan Keating; Shaun Duffy 0-2, Eanna McArdle, Luke Murray; James O’Connell, Tom O’Connell 1-1, Chris Sweeney.

Subs: David McComish 0-1, Jack Mullen 0-1, James Haughey, Tomas Kavanagh, Conall McArdle 0-1, Cian Mulligan, Cain Bromley, Fionn Conlon, Preston Keating.

(Powerscreen Paddy Sheelan Cup - Group C, Round 3 table)

GROUP D 

GERALDINES 2-18 CLAN NA GAEL 0-11

Geraldines made it two wins inside a week as they followed when they proved too strong for Clan na Gael on Sunday morning.

The McGeough Park side went into this Paddy Sheelan Cup Group D fixture buoyed by their midweek win over Young Irelands and that confidence was evident as they eased past the Clans.

Goals from John McCrohan and Ryan Traynor did the trick for the visitors along with an impressive tally of nine pointed frees from Jim McEneaney.

The Gers took a grip of the game from the opening exchanges and it was McCrohan who grabbed the first goal of the day to help his side lead by 1-13 to 0-7 at the break.

The Clans put in an improved second half display but they were never in a position to threaten a comeback as Traynor’s goal sealed a comfortable win for his side.

Geraldines: Sean McEneaney; Ryan Traynor 1-0, Daragh O Gradaigh, Jack McGailey; Tiernan Hand, Jack Traynor, Paul Clarke; Thomas McNamara 0-4, Matt Corcoran 0-4; John McCrohan 1-0, Jim McEneaney 0-9, Brian Cafferty; Brian Devlin, Eoin McDonnell 0-1, David O’Connell.

Clan Na Gael: Sean Smyth; Conor Smith, Brian McDonnell, Craig Callan; Paul Crewe, Craig Long, Francis Kirk; Gerard Curran, Shay Coleman; Gavin Gaffey, Robbie Curran, Jack Callan; Liam O'Hanlon, Farouq Ibrahim, Aodhan Kirk.

Subs: Tiernan Weldon for F Kirk, Brooklyn Cavanagh for P Crewe, and Oisin Finn for F Ibrahim.

ARDEE ST. MARY’S 2-10 DREADNOTS 0-16

Both teams played out a wildly entertaining Paddy Sheelan Cup draw in Clogherhead on Sunday morning. It would be the Dreadnot's second draw in their two games of the competition.

Ardee still remain on top of the group however. Conor Gillespie caught the eye inside with some sharp shooting. While the Dreadnots can thank Craig Shevlin for kicking half of his side's scores.

Youngsters Noah Coyle and Luke Keenan found the net for the Mary’s but a stunning two-point effort from Ciaran Finnegan showed the new enhancements could suit both outfits this season.

Ardee St. Marys: James McGillick; David Rooney, Pa McKenny, Fionn Coyle; Noah Coyle 1-0, Eimhin Keenan, Tiernan Corrigan 0-2; Evan Malone; Brian Talty 0-1, DJ Matthews 0-1, Kian Moran, Luke Keenan 1-1; Caolan O’Callaghan, Conor Gillespie 0-5, Andy Murphy.

Subs: Tadhg Caffrey for O’Callaghan, Jay Crawley for Murphy, and Oran McCormack Grant for Matthews.

Dreadnots: Dylan Cassidy; Aaron Scullion 0-1, Pop Rath, Barry Faulkner; Ciaran Finnegan 0-3, Conor Clarke, Alex Aspell; Callum Skinnader, Gustas Knystavtas; Conor Shevlin 0-1, Craig Shevlin 0-7, Ciaran Cunningham; Sam Reilly 0-3, Owen Murphy, Callum Shevlin 0-1.

Subs: Donnacha Skinnader, Donnacha Hodgins, Ciaran Caffrey, Oscar McKenna, Cathal Carolan.

(Powerscreen Paddy Sheelan Cup - Group D, Round 3 table)

Powerscreen Paddy Sheelan Cup Fixtures

Group D – Round 2 - Tuesday, 4^th March: Clan Na nGael v Dreadnots – Páirc na Gael at 8.00pm

Group B – Round 2 - Wednesday, 5^th March: St. Patricks GFC v St. Kevins – Páirc Eamoin at 8.00pm. Wednesday, 5^th March: Hunterstown Rovers v Roche Emmets – Páirc Baile Fiach at 8.00pm.

Group D – Round 4 - Thursday, 6^th March: Geraldines GFC v Ardee. St. Marys – Haggardstown at 8.00pm; Thursday, 6^th February: Dreadnots v St. Mochtas – Páirc Dreadnots at 8.00pm.

Group A – Round 4 - Sunday, 9^th March: Mattock Rangers v Glenn Emmets – Collon at 2.00pm. Sunday, 9^th March: Oliver Plunketts v O'Raghallaighs – Oliver Plunkett Park at 2.00pm. Sunday, 9^th March: Sean O'Mahonys v St. Josephs – Point Road at 2.00pm.

Group B – Round 4 - Sunday, 9^th March: St. Patricks v St. Fechins – Páirc St. Eamoin at 2.00pm; Sunday, 9^th March: Roche Emmets v Naomh Mairtin – Páirc de Róiste at 2.00pm.

Group C – Round 4 - Sunday, 9^th March: Kilkerley Emmets v Dundalk Gaels – Kilkerley at 11.00am; Sunday, 9^th March: St. Brides v Stabannon Parnells – Páirc an Chuinnigh at 2.00pm; Sunday, 9^th March: Cooley Kickhams v Newtown Blues – Fr. McEvoy Park at 2.00pm.

Group D – Round 4 - Sunday, 9^th March: Dundalk Young Irelands v Clan Na nGael – Páric Eire Og at 2.00pm.