Louth GAA club | Division Three round-up

Division 3 play-offs

Naomh Fionnbarra 1-21 Lannleire 0-8

Naomh Fionnbarra set up a meeting with Wolfe Tones in the Louth GAA John O’Neill Sand and Gravel Division Three League play-off after recording a comfortable win over Lannleire at John Markey Park on Friday evening.

After a cagey start, there were ten minutes on the clock before Stephen O’Reilly opened the scoring with a well-taken point under pressure. He followed up with another before Stephen O’Reilly, Jack Murtagh, Matthew O’Reilly and Ciarán Markey added points.

It took Dunleer until the 19th minute before they got on the scoreboard with a two-point free from their goalkeeper Liam Callan.

Killian Gregory, Mark Grogan and Colin Murphy added points for Lannleire, but two late points from Andrew O’Reilly had the Tohger men 0-8 to 0-5 at the break.

Player of the match Andrew O’Reilly struck the opening three points of the half only for Lannleire to cut the gap back to four, but this was as close as they got.

The Barrs took control of the game and added scores from Cillian McQuillan, Niall McCreesh and Ciaran Markey and completed victory when McCreesh scored the only goal of the game.

Naomh Fionnbarra: Fionn McQuillan; Máirtín Murphy, Ronan Callaghan, Adam Kirwan; Chris McGlynn, Josh Crosbie, Andrew O’Reilly (0-7, 2p); Matthew O’Reilly (0-1), Jack Butterly; Conor Osborne, Stephen O’Reilly (0-3), Pádraig Butterly; Jack Murtagh (0-1), Ciarán Markey (0-5, 2p), Cillian McQuillan (0-1).

Subs: Niall McCreesh (1-1) for J Murtagh, Adam Hanratty for J Crosbie, Chris McGlynn for S Boyle, Stephen Doyle for A Kirwan, James Markey (0-1) for A O’Reilly.

Lannleire: Liam Callan 0-2 (2p); Jason Torris, Paul Doyle, Aaron McArdle; Alex Carroll, Brian McGuinness, Jack O'Connor; Kyle Van Rhijn, Darragh Goodman; Darragh Malone, Bob Murphy, Killian Gregory 0-3; Mark Grogan 0-1, Ian Mulroy, Colin Murphy 0-2.

Subs: Mark Dunne for D Goodman, Conor Dunne for M Grogan, Cian Kearney for C Murphy.

Wolfe Tones 1-15 Clan na Gael 1-14

Eoghan Brennan landed a late two-pointer to hand Wolfe Tones a dramatic victory away to Clan na Gael in this Division 3 play-off on Friday night.

The home side were left feeling aggrieved at the final whistle as they were under the impression that Brennan’s score was given as a single point, and that the game had in fact ended in a draw, before the referee confirmed that the Tones had won by a point.

This proved to be a tight affair throughout and after an entertaining first half it was the Clans who led by 0-8 to 0-7. Billy Smith, Aodhan Kirk, Sean O’Hanlon and Gavin Gaffey were among the scores for the hosts, while Brennan helped keep the Tones in touch with his first two-pointer of the evening.

Scores from Liam O’Hanlon and Jason Cullen along with a Smith goal helped keep the Dundalk men in front approaching the closing stages.

However, the Tones, who had scores from Killian McLoughlan, Ciaran Ellis and Davy Bolger, retained their hopes when Taidgh Rock found the net.

Robbie Curran’s late two-point free looked to be enough for the Clans to hold on, but it was Brennan who had the final say as he landed the dramatic decisive score.

Wolfe Tones: Seán McMahon; Shane Leslie, Garrett Cooney, Alan Fanning; Sam Kelly 0-1, Rhys Mc Govern 0-1, Seán Flanagan; Mark Healy, Killian McLoughlan 0-1, Taidgh Rock 1-0, Davy Bolger 0-1, Seán McQuail 0-1; Ciarán Ellis 0-1, Chris Cudden 0-1, Eoghan Brennan 0-8 (3x2p).

Subs: Niall Smith for R McGovern, Patrick Fanning for A Fanning, Johnny Woods for T Rock.

Clan na Gael: Aidan McCabe; Tiarnan Weldon, Gerard Curran, Kevin Carroll; Aodhan Kirk 0-1, Micheal McDonald, Lee O’Carroll; Stephen Coleman, Robbie Curran 0-2 (2p); Gavin Gaffey 0-1, Sean O’Hanlon 0-1, Liam O’Hanlon 0-4 (2p); Jason Cullen 0-2, Billy Smith 1-2, Shane Carroll 0-1.

Subs: Jack Callan for L O’Carroll, Craig Long for S Coleman, Mark Newell for S Carroll.

Kevin McGahon Cup

Annaghminnon Rovers 2-10 Cuchulainn Gaels 1-8

Annaghminnon Rovers advanced to the semi-final of the Kevin McGahon Cup with a five-point victory over Cuchulainn Gaels at Darver on Friday night.

Goals either side of the break from Ciaran O’Reilly and Rory Phelan did the damage for the Stonetown side as they edged an entertaining game that was in the balance right until the end.

O’Reilly’s goal, along with two-pointers from Dwayne Markey and Phelan, helped Rovers lead by 1-7 to 0-6 at the break.

The Omeath side fought back in the second half with a goal of their own, but it was Phelan’s green flag in the closing stages that saw Annaghminnon through.

Annaghminnon Rovers: Shane Grimes; Chris Connolly, Nathan Buckley, Richie Ashfield; Dylan McArdle, Colin Campbell, Fergal Markey; Tiernan O'Brien, Conor Russell; Dwayne Markey 0-4 (2p), Rory Phelan 1-4 (2p); Michael Marron; Aidan Lee Martin 0-1, Ciaran O'Reilly 1-0, James O'Connor 0-1.

Subs: Tony Brennan, Kyle Martin.

St Nicholas 2-25 Dowdallshill 0-6

St Nicholas are into the last four of the Kevin McGahon Cup thanks to this comfortable win over Dowdallshill.

The Drogheda men made the trip to St Brigid’s Park on Friday evening, with goals from Roy Kierans and Hayden Quinn helping them secure their passage.

As the scoreline suggests, the visitors were always in control of the game and at the interval were leading by 1-14 to 0-1. Shane Downey finished the night with five points for the winners, while Ross Brady and Lee Kavanagh had four apiece. Aaron Flanagan and Senan Meagher were also on target.

Dowdallshill battled throughout the game and once again had Cathal Byrne as their top scorer with three points, while Stephen Murray, Paul Flynn and Chris Boyle were also on the scoresheet.

St Nicholas: Shane Finegan; Alex Jordan, Donal Carr, Aaron Flanagan (0-1); Senan Meagher (0-1), Roy Kierans (1-2), Dylan Brogan (0-1); Sam Reilly, Ruairí Hanlon; Hayden Quinn (1-4), Shane Downey (0-5), Oisin O'Malley (0-2); Josh Byrne (0-1), Lee Kavanagh (0-4, 2p), Ross Brady (0-4).

Dowdallshill: Chris Mullen; Stephen King, Paddy McKenna, Luke Boyle; Donal Magennis, Stephen Murray 0-1, Daniel Kerr; Cathal Byrne 0-3, Emmet O’Brien; Thomas McKenny, Luke O’Brien, Stephen Traynor; Chris Boyle 0-1, Cian Kierans, Keenan McGavisk.

Subs: Paul Flynn 0-1 for T McKenny, Paudie Murray for D Kerr, Finian Kerr for E O’Brien, Eddie Lapkins for L Boyle.