Round Up | Paddy Sheelan Shield

Nh Fionnbarra 2-9 John Mitchels 2-3

Naomh Fionnbarra got the best of the John Mitchels in this Kevin Mullen Shield quarter-final at John Markey Park on Sunday with goals from Michael McArdle and Colm Smith helping them come out on top.

In a tight first half on a very soft pitch, a strong Naomh Fionnbarra team continued their rich vein of form and continued on where they left off last year and dominated the John Mitchels.

An early goal for the Barrs set the tone before the Mitchels responded with two points of their own through John Gallagher. The Barrs continued to assert their dominance and tacked on another four points to leave the half-time score 1-4 to 0-2.

The second half continued in a similar trend with the Barrs pressing on and kicking several great points and a long distance goal. The Mitchels got a point of their own back through a Trevor Matthews free.

Anthony Coyle scored his first goal of the day for the Mitchels with a poacher’s finish off a rebound from the post, before he rolled back the years by following up with his second goal finishing off a good team move with a low drive to the net. T

his was the final score and the game as the Barrs eased to a six-point win.

Nh Fionnbarra: Fionn McQuillian; Sean Boyle, Leo Kelly, Ronan Callaghan; Colum Kierans, Kalum Regan, Chris McGlynn; Colm Smith (1-2), Josh Crosbie; Adam Hanratty, Jack Murtagh (0-1), Aaron Kearney (0-1); Conor Osborne, Jack Regan (0-3), Michael McArdle (1-0).

Subs: Ben Turley for J Crosbie, Aaron Padraig Butterly (0-1) for J Murtagh, Ronan McCreesh for C Kierans, Liam Markey (0-1) for C Osborne, Oisin Madden for C McGlynn, Conor Boyle for M McArdle, James Luckie for J Regan. 

John Mitchels: David Anderson; Barry Kirk, Aaron Kane, Anthony Coyle (2-0); Keith Durnin, Alan Mackin, James Sands; Trevor Matthews (0-1), Aaron Keely; Liam Devitt, John Gallagher (0-2), Tristan Knowles; Jamie Durnin, Robbie Coyle, Daniel Carroll.

Subs: Emmet Farrell for L Devitt, Josh Clarke for D Carroll, Sam Bingham for J Sands.

O’Connells 2-11 St. Nicholas 0-5 

O’Connells advanced to the semi-finals of the Kevin Mullen Shield with a 12-point victory over St. Nicholas in Darver on Wednesday night.

The Bellingham side got the first three scores of the game with points from Bernard Osborne, Emmet Byrne and Niall Conlon.

Lee Kavanagh got Nicholas’s on the board with a point from a free but the O’Connells replied with the next three from Jackie Agnew and a brace from Conlon.

Sam Reilly landed the second point for the Rathmullan side before Robert Quigley put his team five in front with just a couple of minutes left in the half.

Osborne got his second point of the game to increase the margin to six but Philip Kirwan got the last point of the half to leave the score at the break 0-8 to 0-3.

The start of the second half was very scrappy and a case of missed opportunities, and it was 13 minutes before the first score arrived via a free from Conlon.

The same player got the next point before Reilly got the Drogheda side’s first point of the half a couple of minutes later.

The Bellingham side put the match beyond doubt with two goals in two minutes, both from Agnew after a series of one-two with Conlon for both scores.

Byrne got his second point of the game for O’Connells before Ruairi Hanlon got the last point of the match for St. Nicholas.

O’Connells: John Brennan; Sam Shearman, Conor Byrne, Nathan Carragher; Emmet Byrne 0-2, Stuart Osborne, Liam Kiernan; Justin Cooney, Cailum Woods; Harry Kierans, Niall Conlon 0-5, Bernard Osborne 0-2; Jackie Agnew 2-1, Robert Quigley 0-1, Evan Kearney.

Subs: Sean Geeney for R. Quigley, TJ Conlon for H. Kierans, Jack McGeough for N. Carragher, David Hoey for L. Kiernan, and Cathal O’Brien for B. Osborne.

St. Nicholas: Shane Finegan; Stephen Finegan (0-1), Alex Finegan, Caebhan Housidari; Rian Farrell, Aaron Flanagan, Dylan Brogan; Ruairi Hanlon, Sam Reilly (0-2); Phillip Kirwan (0-1), Lee Kavanagh (0-1), Con Sheehan (0-1); Brian Carter, Cian Flynn, Shane Downey.

Subs: Stephen Hodgins for Downey, Declan Heeney for Carter, Lorcan Downey for Stephen Finegan, Cian O'Brien for Brogan, Conor Faulkner for A Finegan, Sean Lynch for Kavanagh.

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Westerns 1-12 Dowdallshill 2-5

A goal and a point in the closing stages saw the Westerns secure a four-point victory to end  Dowdallshill’s Subsidiary League campaign.

A point from ‘Hill substitute Tommy Craig had levelled up the scores entering the last few minutes – but it was the Reaghstown men who finished the stronger with a goal and a point without reply, the major coming from a penalty.

Earlier in that second half, Dowdallshill had turned a five-point deficit into a one-point lead thanks to quickfire goals from Cian Griffin and Paddy McKenna. All that after the Westerns had led 0-7 to 0-3 at the interval.

The town side lost regular net minder Emmet O’Brien early on through injury, meaning Paudie Murray was forced to drop back to fill the void between the posts.

For the ‘Hill, attentions now turn to the start of the Division 3B League campaign, and the away match against St Nicholas.

Dowdallshill: Emmet O’Brien; Peter Hughes, Sean Duffy, Kenneth Edu; Paudie Murray (0-1), Paddy McKenna (1-0), Dylan McDonald (0-1); Stephen Murray, Sean McGuinness; Keenan McGavisk, Jack McGailey, Donal Magennis; John McKenny, Cian Griffin (1-1), Davy Campion

Subs: Darragh Newman for E O’Brien, Tommy Craig 0-1 for C Griffin