Louth GAA club | Division One League round-up
Unbeaten St. Joes remain top of the table in Divsion One
St Mochtas 2-14 Mattock Rangers 0-19
St Mochtas got back to winning ways in Louth GAA John O'Neill Sand and Gravel Division One League when they held out for a one-point win over Mattock Rangers on Thursday night.
After losing in their previous outing to St Joseph's, the Louth Village men picked up their second win of the campaign in Collon, but only after being pushed all the way by the hosts.
On a good night in front of the posts, the Mochtas scored the all-important goals through Liam O’Flaherty and Cormac Smyth, while there were vital points from Declan Byrne, Gerry Garland, and Ben Goss-Kieran.
Mattock went into the game also looking for their second win and were always in contention, helped by the scoring power of Ben McKenna, who finished with eight points, including three doubles.
However, after trailing by two points at the break (1-7 to 0-8), they were unable to get over the line despite a good second-half display on a night when both Liam Flynn and Cathal Fleming contributed four points.
St Mochtas: Rory O’Kane; Conor McKenna, Connell Kearins, Oisin Kerr; Ben Goss-Kieran 0-2, Darren McMahon, Oisin Callan; Dylan Farrell, Liam O’Flaherty 1-2; Conor Garland, Gerry Garland 0-3 (2p), Sean Marron; Jamie Farrell, Declan Byrne 0-6 (2p), Cormac Smyth 1-1.
Subs: Andrew Lennon for S Marron, Phily Englishby for J Farrell.
St Mary's 1-11 Hunterstown Rovers 0-10
A strong first-half display put the Ardee side in pole position, and despite only adding two second-half points, they did enough to come out on top.
Kian Moran and Daire McConnon had early points on the board, only for Donovan Sheridan to level the game with a two-point free.
Rovers did edge ahead soon after, but that is as good as it got for the hosts as a Conor Gillespie goal followed by points from Ronan Carroll (2p) and Carl Gillespie had the Marys leading by 1-9 to 0-5 at the break.
Hunterstown threatened a comeback when they scored the first three of the second half to cut the deficit to just four.
However, St Mary's steadied the ship with points from Moran and Jonathan Commins to ensure they made the short trip home with both points.
St Mary's: James McGillick; Conor Keenan, Paraic McKenny, Tadhg Caffrey; Luke Woods, Kian Moran 0-2, Flynn Markey; Eimhin Keenan, Cillian Keenan; Carl Gillespie 0-2, Jonathan Commins 0-1, Andy Murphy; Daire McConnon 0-3, Conor Gillespie 1-0, Ronan Carroll 0-3.
Subs: Robbie Leavy for L Woods, Jay Crawley for A Murphy, Josh Taaffe for R Carroll.
Hunterstown Rovers: Donovan Sheridan 0-2 (2p); Adam O’Reilly, Patrick Taaffe, Daithi Carroll; Colm Murphy 0-2, David Finn 0-1, Cillian Taaffe; Marc Ward 0-1, Jason Monaghan 0-1; Tony McKenna, Aaron Levins, James Rogers; Ciaran Russell, Jamie O’Callaghan, Ryan Ward 0-2
St Patricks 1-15 Naomh Mairtin 0-16
Conor Grogan landed an injury-time two-pointer to give St. Patrick's victory in a dramatic finale to this Division 1 clash at Monasterboice on Saturday.
It looked as if the hosts had done enough to secure a draw three minutes earlier when Jack Lynch raised the orange flag from a free, but the Pats responded in kind to claim the win.
In a game that was in the balance throughout, it was the Lordship men who opened the scoring through Rory Duffy, only for Lynch to hit back with his first two-pointer of the night.
The teams traded points for much of the half, with Ben Callanan and Adam Booth adding to the tally for the hosts, while Martin McEneaney and Jack Murphy were on target for the Pats.
The decisive score of the half came from Aidan McCann, who found the net on 28 minutes to give his side a 1-4 to 0-6 advantage at the break.
The visitors made a bright start to the second half, and two-pointers from McEneaney and Murphy saw them open up a seven-point gap entering the final quarter.
However, Lynch led the revival with three two-pointers, while scores from Tom Gray, Wayne Campbell and Shane Morgan had the game tied, but it was Grogan who had the final say to send his team home with victory.
St. Patrick's: Martin McEneaney 0-4 (2p); Conor Grogan 0-2, Daniel Tumulty, Sean Holland; Darren O’Hanlon, Barry Dunne, Darren Connor; Micheal O’Shaughnessy, Rory Duffy 0-1; Aidan McCann 1-2, Joe Connor, Jack Murphy 0-6 (2p); James Savage, Padraig Duffy, Sean Fearon.
Subs: Tadhg O’Connor for R Duffy, Ruairi Traynor for D Connor, Rory Duffy for J Savage.
Naomh Mairtin: Joey O’Brien; Mark Whelan, Shane Morgan 0-1, Colm Egan; Craig Callanan, Connor Healy, Cian Sands; Adam Booth 0-1, Eric Winters; Karl Morgan, Tom Gray 0-1, Adam Callanan; Jack Lynch 0-10, Ben Callanan 0-1, Enda McDonnell 0-1.
Subs: Wayne Campbell 0-1, Jack Murphy.
St Josephs 1-14 Dundalk Gaels 0-9
St Joseph's made it four from four when they overcame the Gaels in The Ramparts on Saturday night against a Gaels side whose game plan was severely disrupted with the loss of both centre forward Michael Quinlivan and centre back James O’Connell early in the first half.
Gaels made a bright start with points for Tom O’Connell and Jack Mullen either side of an Alan Quigley point, but the Joes moved ahead with the next four points from Conor Neary, Conall Smyth, Craig Doherty and Oisin Reidy by the end of the first quarter.
Oisin McGuinness extended the lead, and although the Dundalk men responded with points from O’Connell and Luke Murray, the Joes finished the half with a goal from Jack Mulligan to lead by 1-10 to 0-5.
The second half was a very evenly balanced affair with four points each. O’Connell scored all four for the Gaels, while McGuinness, Adam Dullaghan, Oisin Reidy and Ben Collier kept the Joes’ advantage intact.
St. Josephs: Shane Barron, Cian Sheridan, Aidan Kieran, Rian Devlin, Conor Neary (0-1), Gabriel Bell, David Kieran, Oisin McGuinness (0-2), Oisin Reidy (0-2), Ben Collier (0-1), Craig Doherty (0-2), Alan Quigley (0-1), Conall Smyth (0-4), Jack Mulligan (1-0), Adam Dullaghan (0-1), Aaron Gray.
Dundalk Gaels: Aaron Culligan; James Lynch, Oisin Murray, Liam Coleman; Luke Murray, James O’Connell, Kyle Rafferty; Sean Murray, Jordan Keating; Cain Bromley, Michael Quinlivan, Jack Mullen; John O’Hare, Thomas O’Connell, Gerard McSorley.
Geraldine's 0-19 Newtown Blues 1-14
Geraldines picked up a much-needed victory on Saturday night when they edged out Newtown Blues in Newfoundwell.
Both teams went into the game looking for their first win of the season, but it was the visitors who proved too strong after holding to out for victory in the face of a late Blues rally.
The Gers made a bright start and kicked over the first three points of the game, only for the Blues to take the initiative by hitting back with five in a row.
It got even better for the Blues when Jamie Kelly scored the only goal of the game to make it 1-6 to 0-5.
However, the Haggardstown side rallied in the closing stages and landed four points to go in level at the end of a half in which Sean McEneaney, Thomas McNamara, Niall Brennan and David O’Connell scored two points each.
The visitors continued that momentum in the second half, and with Danny Nordone, Cian Spaight and Jim McEneaney on target, they opened up a seven-point lead with seven minutes remaining.
Once again, the Blues found a response, and with the help of scores from Ronan Brown and Sean Cummins, they got back to within two points but were unable to complete the comeback.
Geraldines: Sean McEneaney 0-2; Tiernan Hand, Dara O'Gradaigh, Tom Cunniffe; John McCrohan, Thomas McNamara 0-2, Beanon Corrigan; Jack Traynor, Brian Cafferty; Cian Spaight 0-1, Michael Rogers 0-1, Danny Nordone 0-2; Niall Brennan 0-2, Jim McEneaney 0-3, David O’Connell 0-5.
Subs: Darragh Burke 0-1, Aodhan Gibbons 0-1, Jack Greene.
Newtown Blues: Ronan Brown; Iollan Farrell, Dan McArdle, Joey Nally; Liam Branigan, Ian Connor, Flynn Richardson; Johnny McDonnell, Alan Connor; Niall Devlin, Euan Hoban, Eoin Branigan; Ryan Nugent, Jamie Kelly, Ryan Kelly.
Subs: Colm Judge for F Richardson, Sean Cummins for J McDonnell, Conor Moore for R Nugent.
Cooley Kickhams 1-15 Dreadnots 2-9
Cooley Kickhams continued their positive start to the season with a victory over Dreadnots in Fr McEvoy Park on Saturday evening.
An entertaining game was in the balance throughout, but ultimately it was a goal from home substitute Brian Boyle that was decisive in clinching the victory.
In a tight first half, it was Dreadnots who got the opening goal of the game from Jay Hughes in the opening quarter to cut the gap to 0-6 to 1-2 at the half-time break.
The Clogherhead men added a second goal after the restart from Conor Clarke, but Cooley kept themselves in the game as Michael Rafferty, Cian Connor and Tiernan Hanniffy brought their tallies to three points each for the night.
With victory up for grabs, it was left to Boyle to come off the bench to claim the decisive goal and secure a second win of the campaign.
Cooley Kickhams: Niall Brady; Ronan McBride, Darren Marks, Dylan Clarke; Tiernan Hanniffy 0-3, Enda O’Neill 0-1, Gerry Malone 0-1; Jack Long, Dean McGreehan; Oran McAnerney, Emmet Duffy, Sean Hoey 0-2; Cian Connor 0-3, Michael Rafferty 0-3, Joseph Hanlon 0-2.
Subs: Fearghal Malone, Brian Boyle 1-0, Thomas McCarragher.
Dreadnots: Johnny Whelehan; Aaron Scullion, Alex Aspell, Padraig Rath; Conor Shevlin 0-2, Barry Faulkner 0-1, Colum Skinnader; Cian McEvoy, James Califf 0-2 (2p); Donnacha Hodgins, Conor Clarke 1-0, Ciaran Caffrey; Jay Hughes 1-0, Craig Shevlin 0-2, Darragh Shevlin 0-1.
Subs: Pauric Smith 0-1 for J Hughes, Ciaran Finnegan for D Hodgins, Colm Shevlin for C Caffrey, Dean Hyland for Craig Shevlin.