GAA Round Up | Division 1

John O’Neill Sand & Gravel Louth Division 1

MATTOCK RANGERS 2-9

SEAN O’MAHONY’S 1-12

A draw match in Collon in the bottom half of Division 1 is a result neither side wanted but a point they will accept none the less. Liam Flynn held his nerve to take a share of the spoils in an end-to-end encounter.

All the games goals came in the opening half as Ben McKenna notched a fine brace from midfield. However, just as Rangers looked to pull away a speculative Thomas Rice effort from out the field somehow landed in Stephen Smith’s net.

O’Mahony’s were more in control in the second half with Junior Shotayo impressing and Kyle Carroll keeping the Quaysiders noses’ in front. However, with the game winding down, Mattock ground out a result. 

MATTOCK RANGERS: Stephen Smith; Tom Grimes, Terry Donegan, Ben Quaile, Pauric Bannon 0-1, Daire Englishby, Rónán Kilbane; Ben McKenna 2-2, Oisin McKenna, JP Watters, Liam Flynn 0-3, Jack Thompson; Sean Flynn, Adrian Reid, James Caraher.

Subs: Ben Watters for Watters, Darren Henry for James Caraher,

SEAN O’MAHONY’S: Kevin Brennan 0-2 (2’45); Stephen Kettle, Barry O’Brien, Cain McEvoy; Oisín Breen, Aaron Boyle 0-2, Tiernan Cassidy; Gareth Hall, Brian McGuirk; Thomas Rice 1-4, Junior Shatayo, Kyle Carroll 0-2; Stephen Kilcoyne 0-1, Conor Martin 0-1, Johnny Connolly 0-2.

GERALDINES 3-7

ROCHE EMMETS 2-8

Roche Emmets missed the chance to move out of the bottom two in Division 1 when they lost narrowly to the Geradlines at Pairc de Roiste on Thursday night.

The hosts were in a good position entering the closing stages as they led by a point, but the Gers hit back with late points from Michael Rogers (2) and Brian Cafferty to claim their fifth win of the season.

Roche came flying out of the blocks and found the net through DD Reilly and Shane Byrne for the opening two scores of the game to put themselves in charge. However, the Gers responded in kind as a goal from Jim McEneaney brought his side back into the contest.

After the teams traded points, Dan Corcoran added his side’s second goal of the night to tie things up. The Faughart men had the better of the remainder of the half and went in at the break with a 2-4 to 2-3 lead.

Although they extended the lead just after the restart, the Gers went ahead for the first time on the night thanks to another Corcoran goal.

With Shane Byrne in fine form, Roche did regain the lead and looked to be on course for the win but scores from Niall Brennan, Rogers and Cafferty saw their side over the line.

GERALDINES: Sean McEneaney; Cian Farrell, Dara O Gradaigh, Paul Clarke; David O’Connell, Dan Corcoran 2-0, John McCrohan; Michael Rogers 0-2, Gareth Neacy; Brian Cafferty 0-1, Jim McEneaney 1-2, Shaun Callan; Sean Thornton, Matt Corcoran 0-1, Niall Brennan 0-1.

ROCHE EMMETS: Evin Quigley; Adam McKay, Sean Connolly, Callum Grant; James McDonnell, Gerry Browne, Conor Carthy 0-2; Glen Stewart, Ryan Martin; Fionn Connolly, Dan O’Connell 0-1, Mark Byrne; Liam Carthy, DD Reilly 1-0, Shane Byrne 1-5.

Subs: David Quigley for S Connolly, Daire Reilly for L Carthy.

ST MARYS 1-14

ST PATRICKS 0-11

St Marys got phase two of the Division 1 season off to a winning start as they came out on top away to St Patricks on Saturday evening. A goal from Ciaran McConnon in the closing stages of the first half proved to be the decisive score as the Ardee men secured a six-point victory.

It was the visitors who opened the scoring but the Pats hit back with points from Martin McEneaney, Sean Fearon and Danny O’Connor to take an early advantage.

The Marys hit back to level and it looked as if they teams would go into the break on terms when O’Connor’s point made it five points apiece. However, the Marys struck the only goal of the game through McConnon and added a point before the short whistle to make it 1-6 to 0-5 at half time.

The Pats battled to get back into the game in the second half and cut the gap to 1-10 to 0-10 at the start of the final quarter. However, the hosts were unable to produce the goal they needed and it was St Marys who finished the stronger with four of the last five points to secure the victory.

ST MARYS: Tiernan Markey; Jay Crawley 0-1, Eimhin Keenan, Noah Coyle; Tadhg McDonnell 0-1, Karl Faulkner, Carl Gillespie 0-5; Kian Moran 0-3, Robbie Leavy; Conor Gillespie, Sean Callaghan, Andy Murphy; TJ Doheny, Ryan Rooney 0-1, Ciaran McConnon 1-0.

Subs: Tom Jackson 0-3 for TJ Doheny, Lorcan Buckley for Conor Gillespie, Ronan Carroll for C McConnon, Josh Taaffe for R Rooney.

ST PATRICKS: Martin McEneaney 0-3; Daniel Tumulty, Darren O’Hanlon, Ross Murphy; Conor Grogan, Kevin Toner, Alan O’Connor; Matt Pagni, Ciaran Murphy; Cillian White, Danny O’Connor 0-7, Aidan McCann; Adam Finnegan, Tadhg O’Connor, Sean Fearon 0-1.

Subs: Joe Connor for A O’Connor, Brian Commons for M Pagni.

ST FECHINS 1-11

DREADNOTS 0-10

St Fechins made the perfect start to the second half of the split league as they took on neighbours, Dreadnots on at home on Saturday evening. Dreadnots opened the scoring pointing from a free, but St Fechins came back with three of their own from James McGlew, Ryan Walsh and Niall Devlin.

The teams continued to exchange points for the rest of the half in what was a fairly evenly matched affair going in at the with the Fechins were leading by 0-6 to 0-5.

The opening minutes of the second half was influenced by a foul on James McGlew en route to goal which was deemed a penalty and expertly placed in the back of the net by Ryan Walsh.

This was the kick-start the home side needed. Dreadnots only  scored five points in the second half and were guilty of a number of wides, while Fechins on the other hand continued to keep the score board ticking over and finished with a comfortable four point win.

ST FECHINS: Kyle Meegan; Mark Holohan, Shane Reilly, Dylan Rice; Ciaran McGinty, Robert Vallejo, Sean Kerrisk; Jamie McDonnell, P O’Donoghue; Danny Burnell, Eoghan Duffy 0-2, Joe Corrigan 0-5; Ryan Walsh 1-2, James McGlew 0-1, Niall Devlin 0-1.

Subs: Brian Devlin for J McGlew, Eoin Hackett for R Vallejo, Cian Gorman for D Rice.

DREADNOTS: Dylan Cassidy; Conor Clarke, Padraig Rath, Owen Murphy; Conor Faulkner, Dermot Campbell, Alex Aspell; James Califf 0-1, Darragh Shevlin 0-1; Nathan Sutherland, Paraic Smith 0-1, Conor Shevlin; Dean Hyland, Jay Hughes 0-6, Craig Shevlin 0-1.

Subs: Carl Monaghan for D Hyland, Cian McEvoy for Conor Shevlin, Gustas Knustautaite for Craig Shevlin.

NH MAIRTN 2-9

COOLEY KICKHAMS 1-7

Nh Mairtin remain second in the Division 1 table behind St Mochtas after securing a five-point win at home to Cooley Kickhams on Saturday. Goals from Craig Callanan and Conor Whelan did the damage for the hosts in a game where they were on top throughout.

Bryan McQuillan and Whelan got the ball rolling for the Jocks with early points before the visitors got off the mark. Callanan then struck the first major blow when he hit the net on eight minutes to put his side in control, while McQuillan and Whelan added further points to send their team in ahead by 1-4 to 0-3 at the break.

The Mairtins continued to hold the upper hand and stretched the gap with scores from Wayne Campbell, Sean Healy and McQuillan, before Whelan pounced for a second goal on 42 minutes to make it 2-7 to 0-3.

The result was never in doubt after that but, to their credit, Cooley continued to battle and kicked three successive points before finding the net on 57 minutes. However, the hosts sealed victory with a late point from Joe McGrane.

NH MAIRTIN: Darren Morgan; Shane Morgan, Thomas Sullivan, Conor Healy; Evan Whelan, Craig Callanan 1-0, Sean Healy 0-1; Adam Booth, Wayne Campbell 0-1; Paddy Usher, Eoghan Callaghan, Ben Callanan; Conor Whelan 1-2, Val Leddy 0-1, Bryan McQuillan 0-3.

Subs: Eoin Cooney for C Healy, Stephen Campbell for B Callanan, Joe McGrane 0-1 for C Callanan, Oisin Gray for C Whelan, Enda McDonnell for E Callaghan.

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

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

Saturday, 20th July – Round 13

St. Mochtas vs. St. Patricks – Páirc Mochta – 7PM

Cooley Kickhams vs. Newtown Blues – Fr. McEvoy Park – 7PM

Ardee St. Marys vs. Naomh Mairtin – DEFY Páirc Mhuire – 7PM

Dreadnots vs. Mattock Rangers – Páirc Dreadnots – 7PM

Geraldines vs. St. Fechins – Geraldines – 7PM

Sean O'Mahonys vs. Roche Emmets – Point Road – 7PM