Louth GAA club | Division One League round-up
Dundalk Gaels finish league campaign with impressive win
St Mochtas 3-16 Cooley Kickhams 0-15
St Mochtas completed a satisfactory Louth GAA John O’Neill Sand and Gravel Division One League campaign with a comfortable win over Cooley Kickhams in Fr McEvoy Park on Saturday night.
Goals from Cormac Smyth and Philly Englishby, along with an own-goal from Cooley, did the damage for the visitors as they ran out winners by ten points in the end.
The first goal of the game was a gift from the hosts when they put through their own net, while Declan Byrne weighed inwith six points along with a brace from Sean Flynn to see their side lead by 1-9 to 0-4 at half-time.
The home side improved in front of the posts after the restart and added 11 points to their tally. However, the Mochtas remained in control and goals from Smyth Englishby sealed victory.
St Mochtas: Daire O’Shea; Liam Lawlor, Conall Kerins, Andrew Lennon; Danny Kindlon, Conor Garland, Ben Goss-Kieran; Darren McMahon, Sean Flynn 0-2; Dylan Farrell, Dan Craven, Jamie Farrell 0-1; Cormac Smyth 0-3, Declan Byrne 0-9, Gerry Garland 0-1.
Subs: Liam O’Flaherty for D Byrne, Conor McKenna for L Lawlor, Philly Englishby 1-0 for D Kindlon, Andrew Hoey for C Garland.
Dundalk Gaels 3-20 Hunterstown Rovers 2-8
Dundalk Gaels will go into the Senior Football Championship in good spirits after completing their league programme with an impressive win over Hunterstown Rovers.
The mid Louth side endured a difficult spell in the latter stages of Division 1, and once again they came up short in this encounter at The Ramparts.
It was the home side that was first off the mark through Dylan McKeown and Sean Murray, only for Rovers to hit back with the first goal ofthe game through Alan Matthews and followed up with a second soon after from Joe Rogers.
However, Gaels responded to the challenge in impressive fashion with goals from McKeown and Tom O’Connell and at the break had opened up a 2-10 to 2-6 advantage.
The Dundalk men continued to dominate after the restart and stretched their advantage with scores from Jack Mullen, Luke Murray and Gary Shevlin. Rovers managed just two points in the second half and rarely threatened as a late Gerard McSorley goal sealed the victory.
Dundalk Gaels: Aaron Culligan; Oisin Murray 0-2 (2p), James O’Connell, Paddy O’Connell; Shaun Duffy 0-1, Luke Murray 0-3 (2p), Cain Bromley; Sean Murray 0-1, Jordan Keating 0-1; David Maloney, Gary Shevlin 0-1, Jack Mullen 0-1; Gerard McSorley 1-1, Thomas O’Connell 1-3 (2p), Dylan McKeown 1-6.
Subs: Adrian Rafferty for A Culligan, Conor McDonnell for D Maloney, James Haughey for J Mullen, Padraic Tinnelly for S Murray, John O’Hare for T O’Connell, Tommy Idowu for J Keating.
Hunterstown Rovers: Donovan Sheridan 0-2 (2p); Euan Woodlock, Patrick Taaffe, Martin Lennon; Glen Mathews, James Rogers, Cillian Taaffe; Tony McKenna, Jamie O’Callaghan; Alan Matthews 1-0, Oran Martin, Jonah Skelly 0-1; Joe Rogers 1-1, Conor Reaburn.
Subs: Ciaran Russell for C Reaburn, Sam Scott for O Martin, Sean O’Donovan for G Matthews, Ryan Ward for D Burns, Alan Lndy for A Matthews.
Mattock Rangers 0-13 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-9
Mattock Rangers secured their Division 1 status for another season thanks to this narrow victory over Young Irelands in Haggardstown on Sunday afternoon.
The promotion/relegation play-off produced a tense battle between two evenly matched teams, but in the end the Collon side did just enough to come out on top.
Mattock secured their place in the play-off after a midweek victory over Dreadnots saw them leapfrog Newtown Blues at the foot of the table, and they made the most of their opportunity by turning in a determined performance.
The Collon men always had the edge in this contest and at the interval were leading by 0-7 to 0-4, but the Irelanders got right back into it after the break when Tadhg Hoey scored the only goal of the game.
It was nip-and-tuck for the remainder of the match, but Mattock did just enough in a tense finale to deny the Dundalk side a return to the top flight.
Mattock Rangers: Stephen Smith; James Caraher, Ben Quaile, Cillian Hickey; Tom Grimes, Rian Hickey, Shane Maguire; Liam Flynn 0-4, Ben McKenna; Jack Thompson 0-2, Rob Holmes, Terry Donegan; Sean Flynn 0-3, Oisín McKenna 0-4, Ben Watters.
Sub: Cathal Fleming.
Dundalk Young Irelands: Fergal Sheekey; Peter McCourt, Ciaran Murray, Conn O’Donoghue; Tadhg Hoey 1-2, Brendan Prendergast, Cian O’Donoghue; James Prendergast, Peter Nixon; Jack Watters, Jordan O’Donoghue 0-2, Sean Murphy; Ruairi Kelly, Dean Maguire, Liam McStravick 0-2.
Subs: Derek Maguire 0-3 for R Kelly, Lee O’Donoghue for P Nixon, Evan McArdle for J Watters, Dermot Mone for Dean Maguire, Ryan Clarke for P McCourt.