Louth GAA club | Kevin McGahon Cup round-up
Na Pairsaigh will meet Glyde Rangers in the Kevin McGahon Cup final
Glyde Rangers 1-15 St Nicholas 3-8
Glyde Rangers booked a place in the final of the Louth GAA Kevin McGahon Cup when they came through a tight contest with St Nicholas in Tallanstown on Tuesday evening.
The hosts had to survive a spirited rally from the Nicks before a late point from Ciarain Sheridan settled the issue and set up a meeting with Na Piarsaigh Blackrock in the decider.
Glyde had the better of the first half and a goal from Tadhg Devaney saw them lead by 1-11 to 1-7 at half time.
They looked on course for a comfortable win when they stretched the advantage to seven points entering the closing stages. The Nicks rallied and scored 2-1 without reply to level the game, only for Sheridan to send over the winner from a free.
The Nicks' goals on the night came from Sam Reilly, Hayden Quinn and Ross Brady, while Olan Crosbie, Tadhg Kellett and Oisin Reenan were on the mark for Glyde.
Glyde Rangers: Oran Matthews; Conor McCullagh, Senan Lundon, Aaron Myles; Darren McKeever, Jack McKeever, Oisin Reenan 0-1; Adam Sweeney, Oisin Lynch 0-1; Tadhg Kellett 0-1, Tadhg Devaney 1-3, Leigh Byrne 0-1; Shane Byrne 0-1, Ciarain Sheridan 0-3, Olan Crosbie 0-4.
St Nicholas: Shane Finegan; Senan Meagher, Donal Carr, Aaron Flanagan; Cebhan Houshidari, Cian Flynn, Dylan Brogan; Sam Reilly (1-4), Leo Quinn (0-1); Hayden Quinn (1-0), Roy Kierans (0-1), Con Sheehan (0-1); Lee Kavanagh, Ross Brady (1-1), Oisin O’Malley.
Subs: Alex Jordan for S Meagher, Fionn Meagher for D Brogan.
Na Piarsaigh/Blackrock 0-17 Annaghminnon Rovers 0-16
Na Piarsaigh Blackrock set up a meeting with Glyde Rangers in the final of the Kevin McGahon Cup after coming through this closely fought contest in Stonetown on Tuesday evening.
There was little to choose between the teams throughout, but the Dundalk men were rewarded for a strong second-half performance, having trailed by three points at the break.
The hosts got off the mark with a James O’Connor point, and they also had scores from Colin Campbell, Aidan Lee Martin and Dylan McArdle, along with a two-pointer from Rory Phelan to lead by 0-10 to 0-7 at the interval.
Na Piarsaigh rose to the challenge in the second half and gradually reeled Rovers in. Although Annaghminnon had scores from Conor Russell (2p) and O’Connor, it was the Dundalk men who did enough to come out on top by a point.
Annaghminnon Rovers: Shane Grimes; Chris Connolly, Nathan Buckley, Richie Ashfield; Dylan McArdle 0-1, Colin Campbell 0-1, Tiernan O'Brien 0-1; Conor Russell 0-2 (2p), Kyle Martin; Aidan Lee Martin 0-3, Rory Phelan 0-5 (2p), Ronan McRedmond; Michael Marron, Ciaran O'Reilly, James O'Connor 0-3.
Subs: Ryan Smylie, Tony Brennan, Padhraig Corrigan.