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Powerscreen New England Kevin Mullen Shield Group 1

Glyde Rangers 2-5 Cuchulainn Gaels 0-4

Glyde Rangers picked up their second win in Group 1 of the Louth GAA Kevin Mullen Shield when they overcame the challenge of Cuchulainn Gaels in Tallanstown on Saturday afternoon.

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After getting the better of Lannleire in their opening game, the home side continued their good early-season form despite the best efforts of the Omeath outfit.

Glyde were on top from the opening exchanges and got the scoreboard moving with the help of Olan Crosbie, who would finish with four points to his credit.

The crucial score of the half came from the boot of Conor Robinson as his goal put the hosts 1-3 to no score in front at the break.

The Gaels managed to get off the mark in the second half, but they were unable to put any real pressure on Rangers, who secured victory with the help of a second goal from Conor McAuley.

Glyde Rangers: Tadhg Carroll; Andrew Hennessey, Liam Gallagher, Senan Lundun; Darren McKeever, Jack McKeever, Oisin Reenan; Killian Scott, Olan Crosbie 0-4; Shane Byrne 0-1, Aaron Devlin, Leigh Byrne; Cormac Lundun, Conor McAuley 1-0, Conor Robinson 1-0.

Subs: Mark McKeever, David Brennan.

Powerscreen New England Kevin Mullen Shield Group 3

St Nicholas 2-8 Westerns 0-8

St Nicholas made it three wins from three in Group 3 of the Kevin Mullen Shield when they had six points to spare over Westerns in Drogheda on Sunday morning.

Goals from Fionn Meagher and Con Sheehan made the difference as the Nicks inflicted a third straight defeat on the Reaghstown side.

Meagher scored the opening goal of the game from the penalty spot to help his side lead 1-5 to 0-4 at the break.

The visitors worked hard to get back into the game after the restart, but the Nicks did enough to continue their impressive start to the season with a second goal from Sheehan.

St Nicholas: Alex Finnegan; Josh Byrne, Darren Thornton, Senan Meagher; Ceabhan Houshidari, Sam Reilly, Dylan Brogan; Cian Flynn (0-1), Hayden Quinn (0-3); Leo Quinn (0-1), Shane Downey, Con Sheehan (1-1); Sean Lynch, Fionn Meagher (1-1), Lee Kavanagh (0-1).

Subs: Dylan Maguire and Alex Jordan.

Annaghminnon Rovers 0-15 Sean McDermotts 0-2

Annaghminnon Rovers eased to victory over Sean McDermotts to claim their first win of the season at the third attempt on Sunday morning in Stonetown.

The hosts had secured their first point of the year against Westerns in their last outing, and they built on that result with a dominant performance in Group 3 of the Kevin Mullen Shield.

Dwayne Markey had the home side off the mark while James O’Connor and Aidan Lee Martin were also on target as their side led by 0-5 to 0-1 at the break. Daniel Commins replied for the Seans.

The second half started with a Markey two-pointer, while there were also points for Colin Campbell, Liam Egan and Paudie Russell as the hosts eased to victory. Commins accounted for the only point of the second half for the visitors.

Annaghminnon Rovers: Ronan O’Reilly; Chris Connolly, Diarmuid Murray, Ryan Cash; Padraig Russell 0-1, Fergal Markey, James O’Connor 0-3; Colin Campbell 0-1, Conor Russell; Kyle Martin, Niall Quinn, Dwayne Markey 0-4 (2p); Liam Egan 0-2, Shane Grimes, Aidan Lee Martin 0-4.

Sean McDermotts: Noel Tuite; Ronan Kerley, Donnacha McCourt, Conor Walsh; Ciaran McMahon, Sean Martin, Matthew Little; Sean McMahon, Cormac Walsh; Ian McDonald, Ian Corbally, Cian Martin; Dean Tuite, David McArdle, Ronny Ruikis.

Subs: Daniel Commins 0-2 for R Ruikis, Ronny Ruikis for I Corbally.

Powerscreen New England Kevin Mullen Shield Group 4

Clan na Gael 1-8 Nh Fionnbarra 0-10

Clan na Gael may only have scored one second-half point, but it proved decisive as the Dundalk side edged this Kevin Mullen Shield Group 4 encounter on Sunday morning.

Robbie Curran provided the score from a 13m free to hold off a Barrs revival and give his team a second victory of the campaign.

Clans were quickest out of the blocks with the first three points of the game scored by the corner forwards Evan Corrigan and from Jason Cullen (2) before the Barrs registered their first score of the game on the 14th minute through William Woods.

Jack Murtagh and Niall McCreesh were also on target for the visitors, but the Clans finished the half on top, and Robbie Curran’s goal, along with points from Gavin Gaffey and Shane Carroll, had the hosts leading by 1-8 to 0-5 at the break.

With Woods in fine form in the second half, the Barrs began to reel the Clans in, but crucially couldn’t get their noses in front, and Curran landed the decisive score to give his side victory.

Clan na Gael: Sean Smith; Conor Smith, Lee O’Carroll, Craig Callan; Craig Long, Donal Boyle, Robbie Curran 1-4; Gerard Curran, Jack Callan; Gavin Gaffey 0-1, Mark McGeown 0-1, Aodhan Kirk; Evan Corrigan, Shane Carroll 0-1, Jason Cullen 0-3.

Sub: Conor Noonan for A Kirk.

Naomh Fionnbarra: Fionn McQuillan; Adam Hanratty, Ronan Callaghan, Adam Kirwan; Jake Young, Colin McGrane, James Markey; Matthew O’Reilly, Chris McGlynn; Jack Reade, Jack Murtagh (0-1), Niall McCreesh (0-1); Conor Boyle, William Woods (0-8, 2 x 2p), Ciarán Murphy.

Subs: Stephen O’Reilly for J Reade, Sean Boyle for J Young, Máirtín Murphy for C McGrane.

O’Connell’s 0-18 Na Piarsaigh Blackrock 0-8

O’Connell’s marked their first home game of the season with a ten-point win over Na Piarsaigh Blackrock in Group 4 of the Kevin Mullen Shield on Sunday morning.

With both teams having already been eliminated from contention of getting out of the group, this game served as a battle for pride on a windy Mother’s Day in Castlebellingham.

O’Connell’s started the game very strongly, scoring nine points without reply with the aid of a strong breeze, with all nine scores coming from the boot of talismanic forward Robert Quigley.

Including three two-pointers, Quigley’s points fired O’Connell’s into a commanding position as Na Piarsaigh only managed a single point on the stroke of half-time, leaving the hosts 0-9 to 0-1 ahead at the break.

O’Connell’s started the second half in a similar scoring fashion, with Niall Conlon and Stuart Osborne both pinging over scores inside the first 90 seconds.

The visitors would get a score of their own before points from Robert Quigley, Niall Conlon and Jackie Agnew put O’Connell’s ahead 0-14 to 0-2 at the end of the third quarter.

Na Piarsaigh were not going to go down without a fight; however, hitting back-to-back two-pointers from Ciaran Murphy to cut the hosts' lead down to eight points, but this would be the closest they would get to a comeback, as scores from Niall Conlon and three more from Robert Quigley ensured that O’Connell’s came away the victors.

Ciaran Murphy top-scored for the visitors with six points while Robbie Murphy and Conall Shields were also on target.

O’Connell’s: Johnathan Brennan; Nathan Carragher, Jack McGeough, Sam Shearman; Adam Flynn, Stuart Osborne (0-1), Joshua Horwell; Cailum Woods, Jackie Agnew (0-1); Rian McKeever, Niall Conlon (0-3), Alan McGovern; Cathal O’Brien, Robert Quigley (0-13), Evan Kearney.

Subs: Dalton O’Brien for E. Kearney, Jay Conlon for S. Osborne, Matthew Raleigh for C. Woods.

Na Piarsaigh/Blackrock: Jordan Mackin; Eoin Farrell, Michael Woods, Joe Woods; Tiernan Rogers, Darren McElhinney, John Galligan; Conall Shields 0-1, Fionn Tipping; Tommy Muckian, Callum Smith, Gerry Rice; Jamie Fealy, Ciaran Murphy 0-6, Stephen McGuinness.

Subs: Robbie Murphy 0-1, Oisin Woods, James McCartney, Tony McNally.