Louth GAA club | Division Two League round-up

Division 2A

Dundalk Young Irelands 1-15 Roche Emmets 1-12

Dundalk Young Irelands claimed victory in the final round of the Louth GAA John O’Neill Sand and Gravel Division Two League on a night when both teams were celebrating at the final whistle in Pairc de Roiste.

While the visitors had done enough to secure a promotion play-off place ahead of Sean O’Mahony’s, the hosts enjoyed their moment in the sun as they were presented with the Division 2 trophy.

The game started in lively fashion with Daire Reilly’s two-pointer being cancelled out by an orange flag from Cian O’Donoghue.

Shane Byrne and James McDonnell were also on target for the hosts, but it was the Young Irelands who led by 0-9 to 0-7 at the break with the help of points from Jordan O’Donoghue.

Dean Maguire gave the Dundalk men a further boost when he scored the opening goal of the game on 36 minutes, while O’Donoghue brought his tally to seven for the night.

Roche refused to give in and pulled a goal back through a Daire Reilly penalty and had points from Cathal Corcoran and Sean Dawe. However, late points from Sean Murphy and Tadhg Hoey saw Young Irelands over the line.

Dundalk Young Irelands: Fergal Sheekey; Peter McCourt, Ciaran Murray, Conn O’Donoghue; Cian O’Donoghue 0-2, Brendan Prendergast, Evan McArdle; James Prendergast 0-2, Peter Nixon; Jack Watters, Jordan O’Donoghue 0-7, Sean Murphy 0-1; Ruairi Kelly, Dean Maguire 1-2, Liam McStravick.

Subs: Mark Lee for P McCourt, Tadhg Hoey 0-1 for E McArdle, Derek Maguire for R Kelly, Lee O’Donoghue for P Nixon.

Roche Emmets: Senon Connolly; Dermot Carthy, Callum Grant, Gerard Browne; Fionn Connolly, Sean Dawe 0-1, James McDonnell 0-2; Glen Stewart, Liam Dawe; Ryan Martin 0-2. Shane Byrne 0-1, DD Reilly; Daire Reilly 1-5 (2p), Cathal Corcoran 0-1, Alex McArdle.

Subs: David Quigley, Conor Carthy, Evin Quigley.

Sean O’Mahony’s 5-4 Kilkerley Emmets 1-15

Daniel Crawley grabbed a first-half hat-trick to inspire Sean O’Mahony’s to victory over Kilkerley Emmets on Wednesday evening. However, his efforts proved to be in vain as the Dundalk men were pipped by Young Irelands for second place in the table on the head-to-head record.

O’Mahony’s, who needed to win this game and hope the Irelanders slipped up, kept alive their promotion aspirations thanks to Crawley’s first-half heroics.

However, the Emmets had their own scoring sensation as Conor Quigley – who finished with three two-pointers in a 12-point haul – helped his side lead by 1-10 to 3-1 at the break, with Cathal Bellew finding the net.

The second period saw the home side remain on course for victory with Conal Brady and Alex Babbington adding to Quigley’s scorers. However, they were undone by goals from Sean Cassidy and Brian McGuirk as the O’Mahonys snatched victory.

Sean O’Mahony’s: Eddie Maguire; Rob Galligan, Kian McEvoy, Ciaran Redmond; Oisin Breen 0-1, Gary Cawley, Conor Finnegan; Conor Martin, Gareth Hall; Brian McGuirk 1-1, Sean Cassidy 1-0, Cillian Lavery 0-1; Stephen Kilcoyne 0-1, Conor McGailey, Daniel Crawley 3-0.

Subs: Thomas McCahill for C Finnegan, Junior Shotayo for C Martin, Aaron Mackin for C Lavery.

Kilkerley Emmets: Conal McEneaney; Kian Lennon, Cillian Mulligan, Conal Cunningham; Oran McMahon, Aaron Crawford, Conal Brady 0-1; Rian Hand, Ronan Deery; Dara Conlon, Luke Shevlin, Conor Quigley 0-12 (3x2p); Finnan Crawley, Cathal Bellew 1-0, Alex Babington 0-2.

Subs: Cormac Bellew for A Crawford; Ultan McEneaney for D Conlon; Callum Mulholland for Cl McEneaney; Conal McEneaney for Cathal Bellew.

St Fechins 0-19 St Brides 1-15

St Fechins welcomed Brides to Beaulieu on Tuesday evening for their final match in the Division 2A League. The home team could not make the promotion play-off, but Brides, if they won, had a chance of making it if other results went their way.

Playing with the wind in the first half, it was the home team who seemed to have more to play for and soon opened up a seven-point lead after 20 minutes with scores from Evan Dolan, Ronan Holcroft (2), Aaron McGlew, Seanie Keane and a 2-point free from James McGlew.

The Fechins lost their captain Danny to a shoulder injury and became a little disjointed for a period, which allowed the Brides to respond with three of their own to leave just four in it at the break, 0-9 to 0-5.

Aaron McGlew kicked a two-pointer on the resumption, which was immediately responded to by another from the Brides, but again the Fechin dug deep with James McGlew adding two points.

It was nip and tuck after that with the Brides levelling the game with eight minutes to go at 15 points each, with Sennan Hoey and Kieran McArdle impressing in attack for the visitors.

Again, the Fechins responded with four points to secure the win before the visitors scored a consolation goal in injury-time from Kieran McArdle.

St Fechins: Kyle Meegan; Robert McCarthy, Donal Quinn, Paddy Keane; Danny Burnell, Colm O’Neill, Ciaran M Ginty, Evan Kelly, Colm Hackett; Evan McCluskey, Aaron McGlew, (0-8, 2x2p), James McMcGlew (0-4, 2p); Seanie Keane (0-1), Evan Dolan (0-2), Ronan Holcroft (0-4 ).

Subs: Matt Burnell for D Burnell, Garbhán O Reilly for R Holcroft, Caelum Dolan for E Kelly, Matt Fitzpatrick for C O’ Neill, Niall McCabe for C McGinty.

St Brides: Sean Brennan; Steven Hoey, Cillian Kirk, Padraic Mackin; Ross Murnaghan, Bernard Laverty, Oran Cassidy; Patrick Reilly 0-1, James Costello; Donal McArdle 0-1, Neil Thornton 0-1, Kieran McArdle 1-4; Andrew Smyth, Kevin Hearty 0-1, Sennan Hoey 0-7.

Subs: Sean Marry, Matthew Kerr.

Division 2B

John Mitchels 1-18 Oliver Plunketts 0-11

John Mitchels remain on course to complete the great escape after another impressive display saw them confirm relegation for the Oliver Plunketts at Ballybailie on Wednesday night.

A cagey start to the game saw the Plunketts register the first score of the game before the Mitchels responded with four unanswered points through John Bingham, Ruairi McCann and Gareth Kane.

Luke Haggans responded with a two-point free to close the gap before John Gallagher and Trevor Matthews got two-pointers of their own to stretch the lead to 0-9 to 0-3 at half-time.

The Plunketts started the second half well with another Haggans two-point free and a 45 to close the gap. A Jake Gillespie point got the scoreboard moving for the Mitchels before John Gallagher and Adam Smith traded two-point frees.

At this point, the Mitchels pushed on and were rewarded with a Gareth Kane goal. The hosts saw the game out with further points from Trevor Matthews and John Gallagher to secure a play-off place.

John Mitchels: Davey Anderson; Aaron Kane, Shane Crosson, Mikey Nulty; Jake Gillespie (0-1), Ruairi McCann (0-1), Arthur Sands; Trevor Matthews (0-4), Andrew Bingham; Eoghan McEneaney, John Gallagher (0-10), Aaron Keely; Gareth Kane (1-1), Adam Keenan, John Bingham (0-1).

Subs: James Sands for A Keenan, Stefan Halpenny for A Bingham, Stephen Campbell for A Keely.

Oliver Plunketts: Luke Haggans 0-5 (2x2p); Ricky Bateson, David McTaggart, Barry Reynolds; Conor Haggans, Jamie Byrne, Cillian Smith 0-1; Shaun Smith, Luke Carley; David Lambe, Adam Smith 0-3 (2p), Ben Boyce; Dean Carolan, Stephen Keeley, Kristian Nolan 0-1.

Subs: Adam O’Connor, Jack Boyce, Sean Callaghan 0-1, Killian Nolan, Niall Murtagh.

O’Raghallaighs 4-15 Glen Emmets 1-13

O’Raghallaighs picked up what proved to be a vital victory as they confirmed their Division 2 survival with a high-scoring victory at home to Glen Emmets on Wednesday.

The three points ensured that the Drogheda men finished outside the play-off position, just ahead of John Mitchels.

The hosts certainly didn’t waste any time in getting a grip on the game as they fired in three first-half goals through Kyle McElroy, Ben Rogan and John Horan to take a commanding 3-8 to 0-4 lead at half-time.

Glen Emmets raised their game after the break and pulled a goal back; however, the Raghs were in no mood to let their opportunity slip and Horan added his second goal to confirm victory.

O’Raghallaighs: Connor Browne; Conor Higgins, Steven Murphy, Joe Meehan; Daniel Reilly, Pearse Branigan, Harry Devitt; Eoghain Moore 0-1, Barry Flanagan; Senan McGinty, Kyle McElroy 1-7 (2x2p), Ben Smyth; Josh Moore, Ben Rogan 1-3, John Horan 2-1.

Subs: O Lambe 0-1 for J Horan, L Carton for B Flanagan, J Smith 0-1 for J Moore, R Black for C Higgins, J Clarke for B Smyth.

St Kevins 1-19 Stabannon Parnells 0-13

St Kevins made the short trip to Stabannon on Tuesday night where they earned the local bragging rights thanks to a comfortable win.

Victory in the final round of the Division 2 League also ensured that the Philipstown side finished above the neighbours in the table.

There was little to choose between the teams in the opening half, but it was the Kevins who just had the edge and Cameron Maher scored the only goal of the game to give his side a 1-5 to 0-4 lead at the break.

The scoring rate improved in the second half as Maher brought his tally to 1-6 for the night while Lee Crosbie came off the bench to add five points. The Kevins were always in control and also had scores from Evan Maher, Cormac Rogers and Jacob Finlay.

Harry Butterly top-scored for the hosts with nine points, while Richie Rogers, Daniel Bannon, Mark Byrne and Alan Reynolds were also on the mark.

St Kevins: Caolan McMullan; Oisin Prout, John Callaghan, Niall Gregory; Keelan Maher, Dylan Maher, Liam Magee; Evan Maher (0-3), Seanie Crosbie; John King, Cameron Maher (1-6), Robbie Matthews (0-1); Cormac Rogers (0-1), Jacob Finlay (0-1), Jack King (0-1).

Subs: Patrick Clarke (0-1) for J King, Lee Crosbie (0-5) for J Finlay, Conal Mannion for R Matthews.

Stabannon Parnells: Padraig Malone; Ryan Halpenny, Mark Byrne 0-1, Michael Lynch; Richie Rogers 0-1, Alan Reynolds 0-1, Jake Corrigan; Sean Reynolds, Niall Cluskey; Ryan Shevlin, Harry Butterly 0-9, Shane Brady; Padraig Reynolds, Dean Lynch, Daniel Bannon 0-1.

Subs: Tadgh Carroll, Aaron McCormack, Cathal Reynolds, Jamie Cronin.