GAA Round Up | Division 1

John O'Neill Sand & Gravel Division 1

SEAN O’MAHONYS 2-12
GERALDINES 0-13

Sean O’Mahonys came out on top against Geraldines in an entertaining contest at the Point Road to move into the top four.
The Gers travelled to Dundalk on the back of an impressive win over Newtown Blues the previous week, but were unable to build on that success against a determined O’Mahonys outfit, as goals from Conor Martin and Junior Shotayo saw them through.

In what proved to be a tight first half, the home side edged ahead at the break when Conor Martin’s goal sent them in with a 1-8 to 0-7 advantage.

The visitors battled to get back into the game with the help of points from Shane Roger and Niall Brennan but once again it was the O’Mahonys who scored the only goal of the half to stretch their lead. This time it was Junior Shotayo who found the net to ensure that his side moved above the Gers in the table.

SEAN O’MAHONYS: Kevin Brennan 0-1; Ciaran Jameson, Barry O’Brien, Calum Smith; Kian McEvoy, Aaron Boyle 0-2, Conor Mackin 0-1; Brian McGuirk 0-2, Gareth Hall; Johnny Connolly, Junior Shotayo 1-1, Thomas Rice 0-3; Conor Finnegan, Conor Martin 1-0, Gary Cawley.

Subs: Chris O’Neill for B O’Brien, Stephen Kilcoyne 0-2 for C Jameson, Daniel Crawley for B McGuirk.

GERALDINES: Sean McEneaney; Tom Cunniffe, Daragh O Gradaigh, Paul Clarke; Neil Gartlan 0-1, Sean Thornton, Thomas McNamara; Michael Rogers 0-2, Brian Cafferty; James Craven 0-1, Jim McEneaney 0-2, John McCrohan; Shaun Callan, Shane Rogers 0-5, Niall Brennan 0-2.

ST MOCHTAS 0-7
COOLEY KICKHAMS 0-6

St Mochtas maintained their lead at the top of the Division 1 table thanks to a narrow win over Cooley Kickhams on Wednesday night in Fr McEvoy Park.

The Louth Village side certainly did it the hard way as they fought back from a four-point deficit with 20 minutes to play before coming home with a victory by the narrowest of margins. A late score from Declan Byrne proved to be the difference between the teams in the end.

The visitors appeared on course to continue their good run of form when Liam O’Flaherty opened the scoring, but it was Cooley who took control of the game. With the help of scores from Cian Connor, the Kickhams went in at the break with a 0-5 to 0-2 advantage.

It got even better for the hosts when they stretched the lead early in the second half but that proved to be their final score of the night as the Mochtas hit back.

Back-to-back points from Phily Englishby got the village side back in the game before Byrne and Danny Kindlon levelled. With four minutes remaining Byrne sent over what proved to be the winner and deny a Cooley side that also had scores on the night from Peter Thornton, Paul Brennan and Enda O’Neill.

ST MOCHTAS: Daire O’Shea; Ryan Cash, Ben Goss Kieran, Liam Lawlor; Oisín Callan, Andrew English, Daniel Craven; Darren McMahon, Sean Flynn; Gerry Garland, Shane Lennon 0-1, Liam O’Flaherty 0-1; Jamie Farrell, Decky Byrne 0-2, Phily Englishby 0-2.

Subs: Cormac Smyth for J Farrell, Conor Garland for B Goss Kieran, Danny Kindlon 0-1 for D Craven, Owen Lennon for O Callan, Dylan Farrell for L O’Flaherty.

COOLEY KICKHAMS: Neil Gallagher; Ronan McBride, Eoin McDaid, Dean McGreehan; Gerry Malone, Fearghal Malone, James Loughran; Peter Thornton 0-1, Paul Brennan; Michael Carron, Enda O’Neill 0-1, Jason Brady; Cian Connor 0-3, Michael Rafferty 0-1, Richard Brennan.

Subs: Sean White for Brady, Brian Boyle for Carron, Niall Morgan for Thornton.

NH MAIRTIN 1-9
ST FECHINS 0-10

Nh Mairtin moved further clear of the relegation battle with a two-point victory at home to St Fechins on Friday night.
It was the hosts who got the first point which was quickly cancelled out by the boot of Ryan Walsh on his return from injury. The next two points were also shared but the game changed when Evan Whelan drove forward to score the only goal of the game.

The Jocks added two further points before Walsh scored his third of the game to cut the gap to 1-5 to 0-3 at half time.
St Fechins stepped it up in the second half with points from Aaron McGlew and Joe Corrigan to leave just three between the teams. Martins again pointed from play before Corrigan did the same up the other end.

The home side again kept up the pressure and got two more heading into the final quarter to put five between the sides again. Jamie McDonnell and James McGlew got their names on the scoreboard with two fine points from play.

In the 16th minute the Mairtins got what would be their final score of the half as they pointed from play. St Fechins continued to press and all credit to Naomh Máirtin No 1 Joe Gordon who made two fine saves at close range to deny St Fechins the chance to go ahead. McDonnell and Corrigan got one more point each to close the gap but it just wasn't enough.

NH MAIRTIN: Joe Gordon 0-1; Shane Morgan, Thomas Sullivan, Eoin Cooney; Evan Whelan 1-1, Sean Healy, Craig Callanan; Adam Booth, Joe McGrane; Jack Lynch, Val Leddy 0-1, Ben Callanan; Paddy Usher, Tom Gray 0-5, Darragh Dorian.

Subs: Conor Whelan 0-1 for B Callanan, Conor Healy for E Cooney, Oisin Gray for D Dorrian, Paul Berrill for J Lynch.

ST FECHINS: Kyle Meegan; Mark Holohan, David Lally, Dylan Rice; Jamie McDonnell 0-2, Robbie Valejo, Danny Burnell; Harry Haughney, Shane Reilly; Aaron McGlew 0-1, Colm O'Neill, Joe Corrigan 0-3; Ryan Walsh 0-3, Brian Devlin, James McGlew 0-1.

Subs: John O'Connell for D Rice, Ciaran McGinty for D Lally, Evan McCluskey for B Devlin, John Woods for H Haughney.

ST MARYS 2-17
ROCHE 0-9

St Marys maintained their pursuit of the pace-setters in Division 1 as they comfortably defeated Roche Emmets at home on Sunday afternoon, in the clash between last season’s Senior and Intermediate champions.

It was a disappointing outing for the Faughart men who had been hoping to hit back following Monday night’s defeat to the Dreadnots, but they were no match for the county champions on this occasion.

Goals from Tom Jackson and Keelin Martin sealed the win for the Ardee men who have now picked up nine points in their last five outings.

It was Jackson who was first to find the net in the opening period to see his team ease into a 1-9 to 0-4 lead at the short whistle.

It didn’t get much better for the hosts in the second half as Martin added a second on a day when Jonathan Commins, Adam Gillespie, Liam Jackson and Tadgh McDonnell were all on the scoresheet. Mark Byrne, Shane Byrne and Barry O’Hare all contributed two points on a difficult afternoon for their side.

ST MARYS: Tiernan Markey; Jay Crawley, Paraic McKenny, Keelin Martin 1-0; Tadhg McDonnell 0-2, Liam Jackson 0-2, Carl Gillespie; Evan Malone, Jonathan Commins 0-4; Dean Matthews 0-1, Tom Jackson 1-4, Conor Gillespie; Adam Gillespie 0-2, Shane Matthews 0-1, Josh Taaffe.

Subs: Ciaran McConon for S Matthews, Eimhin Keenan for E Malone, Conor Keenan for D Matthews, Luke Matthews for J Commins, TJ Doheny for J Taaffe.

ROCHE EMMETS: Evin Quigley; Adam McKay 0-1, Fionn Connolly, Callum Grant; James McDonnell, Aidan Grant, Marc Murphy; Glen Stewart 0-1, Dan O’Connell 0-1; Jack McKay, David Quigley, Ryan Martin; Mark Byrne 0-2, Shane Byrne 0-2, DD Reilly.

Subs: Barry O’Hare 0-2 for A McKay, Conor Callan for M Murphy.

NEWTOWN BLUES 0-18
ST PATRICKS 1-12

Newtown Blues recovered from defeat to Geraldines in their previous outing as they came out on top at home to St Patricks on Sunday afternoon.

The teams went into the game level in second place, level on ten points, but it was the Drogheda men who clinched the win that keeps them just two behind leaders St Mochtas.

The main architects of this success were Ross Nally and Jamie Kelly who both finished with seven points as their side hit back from an interval deficit to finish on top.

The Pats, who had county players Ciaran Murphy and Leonard Grey in their ranks, made a bright start with points from Conor McGuinness and Aidan McCann. The Blues hit back with four in succession but scores from Grey and Eoin O’Connor saw the visitors go in at the break with a 0-8 to 0-7 advantage.

Despite losing Thomas Costelloe to a red card, the Blues moved four points clear at the end of the third quarter as Nally and Kelly began to turn on the style. Darren Connor’s goal gave the Pats renewed hope with 12 minutes remaining, but the Blues weren’t to be denied and the ran out three point winners.

NEWTOWN BLUES: Johnny McDonnell; Iolann Farrell 0-1, Thomas Costelloe, Paul Moore; Liam Brannigan, Daire Nally 0-2, Conor Ni Criosta; Alan Connor 0-1, Ryan Kelly; Declan McNamara, Conor Moore, Jack Healy; Jamie Kelly 0-7, Ross Nally 0-7, Ian Connor.

Sub: Aidan O’Brien for D McNamara.

ST PATRICKS: Martin McEneaney 0-1; Daniel Tumulty, Kevin Toner, Ross Murphy; Conor Grogan, Darren O’Hanlon, Leonard Grey 0-2; Martin Breen 0-1, Ciaran Murphy; Darren Connor 1-0, Eoin O’Connor 0-3, Joe Connor; Aidan McCann 0-1, Conor McGuinness 0-2, Brian Commons.

Subs: Matt Pagni for M Breen, Sean Fearon 0-2 for C McGuinness.

DREADNOTS 0-11
MATTOCK RANGERS 0-10

James Califf was the hero on Sunday night for Dreadnots as they came from behind to defeat Mattock Rangers in a crunch Division 1 match. With both sides at the bottom of the league a win before the split was significant for the Clogherhead side.

Rangers were the brighter of the two sides in the opening exchanges with Cathal Fleming and Terry Donegan leading the charge. Although ahead at the break, the Collon side's resistance waned in the second half.

Fresh from defeating Meath the day before, Dermot Campbell was a colossus for the winners down the stretch. Jay Hughes narrowed the gap and Califf swung over the winner after reverting to the edge of the square.

DREADNOTS: Dylan Cassidy; Owen Murphy, Conor Clarke, Alex Aspell; Darragh Shevlin 0-1, Dermot Campbell, Ciaran Finnegan; James Cailff 0-1, Gustas Knustautaite; Jay Hughes 0-4, Peter Kirwan, Conor Shevlin; Donnacha Hodgins, Craig Shevlin 0-2, Nathan Sutherland 0-1.

Subs: Carl Monaghan for Craig Shevlin, Dean Hyland 0-1 for Peter Kirwan, Conor Faulkner for Ciaran Finnegan, Cian McEvoy 0-1 for Donnacha Hodgins.

MATTOCK RANGERS: Stephen Smith; Tom Grimes, Cillian Hickey, Eoin McCloskey; Pauric Bannon, Alan Caraher, Ben Quaile; Jason Condon, Ben McKenna 0-3; Oisin McKenna 0-2, Cathal Fleming 0-2, Terry Donegan 0-2; Lorcan Donegan, Sean Flynn 0-1, JP Watters.

Subs: Rory Hickey, Aaron Smith, Adrian Reid.

John O'Neill Sand & Gravel Louth Division 1 Table8