Louth GAA club | Division One League round-up
Mochtas defeat the Joes to keep their hopes of another Division One League final alive
Division 1A
St Mochtas 1-13 St Josephs 0-12
St Mochtas kept their hopes of another Louth GAA John O’Neill Sand and Gravel Louth Division One League final appearance alive with a strong second half performance to overcome the Joes by four points in Louth Village.
In a very low-scoring first quarter, the Joes registered a point from a Ben McKeown 45, with the Mochtas on target through points from Ben Goss, Kieran and Conor Garland to lead by 0-2 to 0-1.
After Ben McKeown landed a two-pointer, Liam O’Flaherty and Gerry Garland had the hosts ahead by 0-4 to 0-3.
The Joes then dominated the last ten minutes of the half and points from McKeown, Jack Mulligan and Cian Sheridan helped their side take a 0-10 to 0-5 lead into the break.
The third quarter was again low on scores as Oisin McGuinness pointed for the Joes and the Mochtas responded with points from Dan Craven and Cormac Smyth to leave the Joes still ahead by 0-11 to 0-7.
The Mochtas dominated the final quarter with three points in a row from Gerry Garland, Liam O’Flaherty and another fisted effort from Dan Craven to leave just one between the sides.
Sean Marron and Flaherty pointed to put the Mochs in front in the closing stages before a Dan Craven goal settled the issue.
St Mochtas: Daire O Sé; Davy Lennon, Connell Kearins, Liam Lawlor; Ben Goss-Kieran 0-1, Andrew Lennon, Connor McKenna; Dylan Farrell, Sean Marron 0-1; Conor Garland 0-2, Jamie Farrell, Daniel Craven 1-2; Gerry Garland, Liam O’Flaherty 0-3, Cormac Smyth 0-2.
St. Josephs: Aaron Gray, Cian Sheridan (0-1), Aidan Kieran, Rian Devlin (0-1), Oran McParland, Ben McKeown (0-5), Conor Neary (0-1), David Kieran, Killian Staunton, Jack Mulligan (0-1), Ben Collier (0-2), Cormac Marmion, Oisin McGuinness (0-1), Curran Johnston, Kilian McDonnell, Jack O’Leary, Conall Smyth
Dundalk Gaels 2-16 St Marys 1-16
St Marys remain in second place in the Division 1 table despite suffering a three-point defeat away to Dundalk Gaels on Wednesday evening.
In an entertaining encounter, it was the visitors to The Ramparts who were first off the mark through Adam Gillespie, and although Tadhg McDonnell followed up with another point, the Gaels took a 1-3 to 0-2 lead with the first goal of the game on 11 minutes.
The Dundalk men opened up a five-point gap, but the Marys dominated the closing stages of the half and led by 1-9 to 1-7 at the break with the help of an Adam Gillespie goal and points from Tiernan Markey, Ciaran Keenan and Daire McConnon.
The home side regained their rhythm at the start of the second half and got back on terms before a second goal gave them a lead they didn’t surrender for the remainder of the game.
St Marys: Tiernan Markey 0-1; Paraic McKenny, Keelin Martin, Fionn Coyle; Flynn Markey 0-1, Kian Moran, Tadhg McDonnell 0-2; Sean Callaghan 0-2, Lorcan Buckley; Conor Gillespie, Ciaran Keenan 0-2, Andy Murphy; Adam Gillespie 1-2, Daire McConnon 0-4, Josh Taaffe.
Subs: Jonathan Commins 0-1, Evan Malone 0-1.
Cooley Kickhams 0-23 Hunterstown Rovers 2-11
Cooley Kickhams made the trip to Hunterstown on Wednesday night and returned home in good spirits following this six-point victory.
After their impressive start to the season, Rovers have stuttered of late, and they were unable to halt that slide against a free-scoring Cooley side.
The visitors were in fine form in front of the posts with full-forward Mickey Rafferty leading the way as he landed eight points over the hour.
Niall Morgan, Emmet Duffy and Joe Hanlon chipped in with four apiece, while Oran McAnerney also got in on the act as he finished with three.
Cooley Kickhams: Niall Brady; Ronan McBride, Paddy Hanlon, Ian Arnold; Oran McAnerney 0-3, Fergal Malone, Tiarnan Hanniffy; Jack Long, Niall Morgan 0-4; Emmet Duffy 0-4, Gerard Hanlon, Fionn O’Reilly; Joe Hanlon 0-4, Mickey Rafferty 0-8, Thomas McCarragher.
Subs: Dylan Clarke for P Hanlon, Jason Brady for G Hanlon, Dean McGreehan for F Malone, Paul Brennan for R McBride.
Hunterstown Rovers: Niall Carrie; Euan Woodlock, Paddy Taaffe; Martin Lennon, Daithi Carroll, Glen Mathews; Cillian Taaffe, Jamie O’Callaghan; Alan Matthews, Dean Burns, Owen Martin; Cian Matthews, Ryan Ward, Ryan Burns.
Division 1B
Nh Mairtin 0-16 Dreadnots 0-15
Nh Mairtin recovered from a very slow start before claiming a narrow victory over Dreadnots in Monasterboice on Wednesday evening.
John Clutterbuck kicked the winning score to seal a dramatic victory for a home side that had trailed by seven points after the opening quarter.
Despite suffering a heavy defeat in their previous outing, the Dreadnots started in a confident mood and raced into a 0-7 to no score lead before Craig Lynch got the Jocks off the mark with a two-pointer.
Adam Booth raised a white flag, but it wasn’t looking good at the break as his side trailed by 0-8 to 0-3.
However, the Mairtins started the second half in fine form as Joe McGrane landed a two-pointer before Tom Gray kicked over three in a row.
Doubles from Gray and Ben Callanan either side of a Dreadnots orange flag had the Mairtins leading by 0-12 to 0-11 at the end of the third quarter.
The teams traded scores for the remainder of the game before Clutterbuck settled an entertaining contest with the final point two minutes before the end.
Nh Mairtin: Craig Lynch 0-3 (2p); Finbar Johnson, Cian Sands, Dan Creedon; Cathal Dorian, Craig Callanan, Colm Egan; Joe McGrane 0-2 (2p), Adam Booth 0-1; Sean Healy 0-1, Enda McDonnell, Eoghan Winters; John Clutterbuck 0-1, Ben Callanan 0-2 (2p), Tom Gray 0-6 (2p).
Subs: Adam Callanan, Daire O’Donnell, Eric Winters.
Dreadnots: Dylan Cassidy; Aaron Scullion, Dermot Campbell, Paadraig Rath; Donnacha Skinnader, Anthony Williams 0-1, Conor Clarke; Cian McEvoy, Gustas Knystautas; Ciaran Finnegan, Sam Reilly 0-2 (2p), Ciaran Cunningham; Jay Hughes 0-2, Donnacha Hodgins 0-2, Owen Murphy.
Subs: Darragh Shevlin 0-2 for S Reilly, Alex Aspell for C Finnegan, Craig Shevlin 0-5 (2x2p), Dean Hyland 0-1 for D Campbell, Ciaran Caffrey for J Hughes.
Newtown Blues 3-18 Geraldines 1-11
Newtown Blues gave themselves a Division 1 lifeline thanks to this comfortable win over Geraldines in Haggardstown on Wednesday night.
A second successive win sees the Drogheda men move above Mattock Rangers at the foot of the table heading into the final game of the campaign.
Early scores from Michael Rogers, David O’Connell and Josh Arrowsmith helped the Gers take an early 0-4 to 0-2 lead, but the Blues soon found their rhythm and dominated the remainder of the game.
Ross Nally, Ryan Nugent and Conor MacCriosta all found the net before the break to give the visitors a commanding 3-6 to 0-4 lead at half-time.
The Blues were never in any danger in the second half despite the Gers responding with a Beanon Corrigan two-pointer and a goal from Cian Spaight, as they eased to victory on a night when Daire Nally, Emmet Carolan and Ewan Hoban were on target.
Newtown Blues: Ronan Brown; Iollan Farrell, Ian Connor, Joey Nally; Eoin Branigan 0-1, Daire Nally 0-2, Jamie Kelly 0-1; Emmet Carolan 0-3, Conor Mac Criosta 1-0; Niall Devlin 0-1, Conor Branigan 0-1, Eoin McCoy; Ewan Hoban 0-1, Ross Nally 1-6, Ryan Nugent 1-1.
Subs: Ronan Levins 0-1 for E McCoy, Dan McArdle for I Connor.
Geraldines: Cian O’Donoghue; Tiarnan Hand, Finn Madine, Jack McGailey; John McCrohan, Gareth Neacy 0-2 (2p), Thomas McNamara; Beanon Corrigan0-2 (2p), Michael Roges 0-2 (2p); Darragh Burke, Cian Spaight 1-0, Noah Lukaki; Josh Arrowsmith 0-1, Danny Nordone 0-1, David O’Connell 0-1.
Subs: Eoin McDonnell 0-1 for J Arrowsmith, Sean McKenna for D Nordone, Jim McEneaney for D O’Connell, James Craven for J McCrohan.
St Patrick's 1-20 Mattock Rangers 0-12
St Patricks confirmed their place in Division 1 football for next year with an 11-point win at home to a Mattock Rangers side who find themselves bottom of the table going into the last round of fixtures.
The game started in lively fashion with Jack Murphy’s two-pointer for the hosts being cancelled out by an orange flag at the other end.
However, it was the Pats who quickly gained control of proceedings and opened up a lead with points from Joe Connor, Murphy and Sean Fearon.
Just before the break, Michael O’Shaughnessy and Aidan McCann found the target to take a 0-11 to 0-5 lead.
The hosts delivered the knock-out blow just after the restart when Tom McCann’s point was followed by 1-3 from McCann, with his haul including a two-pointer.
Despite scores over the hour from Liam Flynn, Ben Watters and James Caraher, there was no way back for the visitors who now need to win their final game to have a chance of staying up.
St Patricks: Martin McEneaney 0-1; Sean Holland, Rory Duffy, Conor Grogan; Darre O’Hanlon, Micheal O’Shaughnessy 0-1, Darren Connor; Eoin O’Connor, Leonard Grey 0-1; Sean Fearon 0-1, Jack Murphy 0-7 (2p), Aidan McCann 1-5; Tadhg O’Connor 0-1, Tom McCann 0-1, Joe Connor 0-2.
Subs: Ruairi Traynor for D Connor, Ciaran O’Hanlon for T McCann, Jack Elvin for A McCann.
Mattock Rangers: Stephen Smith; Ben Quaile, Shane Maguire, James Caraher 0-2; Tom Grimes, Rian Hickey, Adrian Reid; Liam Flynn 0-6; Jason Condon; Ben Watters 0-2, Jack Thompson 0-1, Sean Flynn 0-1; Oisín McKenna, Eoin McCloskey, Shane Hickey.