Louth GAA Round Up | KMP & PSS
Roche emerge victorious on penalties
Paddy Sheelan Shield
ROCHE EMMETS 1-5 CLAN NA GAEL 1-5 (Roche win on penalties)
Kevin Callaghan was the hero for Roche Emmets on Friday night as the Faughart men booked their place in the last four of the Paddy Sheelan Shield.
Not only did the veteran attacker come off the bench to inspire an impressive comeback by kicking 1-2, but he held his nerve to fire home the winning kick as the game was decided on penalties.
It was looking good for the Clans on their home patch in the opening half as a goal from Robbie Curran helped them to lead by 1-3 to 0-1 at the break.
It got even better for the hosts when they increased the advantage to 1-5 to 0-1 with just ten minutes to play. However, Callaghan’s goal helped his side level the game before the same player scored the final penalty to send Roche into the semi-final.
ROCHE EMMETS: Jamie O’Hare; Joshua McGuinness, Sean Connolly 0-1, Callum Grant; Conor Callan, Gerry Browne, Matthew McArdle; Dan O’Connell, James McArdle; Aidan Grant, Marc Murphy, David O’Connell; Jack McKay, Barry O’Hare 0-1, Daire Reilly.
Subs: David Quigley, Dermot Carthy, Fionn Connolly, DD Reilly 0-1, James Corcoran, Kevin Callaghan 1-2, Taylor Ward.
CLAN NA GAEL: Sean Smyth; Brian McDonnell, Craig Callan, Ellis O’Carroll; Kevin Carroll, Conor Noonan 0-1, Jack Callan 0-1; Gerard Curran, Robbie Curran 1-0; Mark Newell, Mark McGeown, Gavin Gaffey; Liam O’Hanlon 0-3, Shay Coleman, Oisin Finn.
Sub: Francis Kirk for O Finn.
Kevin Mullen Plate
GLYDE RANGERS 2-12
WOLFE TONES 0-7
Glyde Rangers made it through to the last four of the Kevin Mullen Plate with a comfortable win over Wolfe Tones in Tallanstown on Friday night. Goals from Oisin Lynch and Kevin Teather made the difference as the hosts brought an end to the Tones’ good run of form.
Glyde took a grip on this game from the early stages and with the help of points from Ciaran Sheridan and Lynch they opened up a 0-9 to 0-2 lead by the time the short whistle sounded.
The Drogheda men improved after the break but on a night when Rory Taaffe, Niall Smith and Darren Weldon all finished with two points, they were never able to threaten the lead. Glyde were in no mood to allow the game slip from their grasp and saw Lynch and Teather find the net to seal the victory.
GLYDE RANGERS: David Brennan; Aaron Myles, Mark McKeever, Conor McCullagh; Fiachre Sheridan, Conor Sheridan, Barry Brennan; Lee Finnegan, Adam Sweeney; Tadhg Kellett 0-1, Ciaran Sheridan 0-3, Oisin Lynch 1-4; Aaron Devlin 0-1, Killian Scott 0-1, Sean Devenney 0-1.
Subs: Kevin Teather 1-0, Oran Matthews.
WOLFE TONES: Alan Sweeney; Danny Byrne, Alan Fanning, Sean McMahon; Sean Flanagan, Garrett Cooney, Shane Kelly; Sean McQuail 0-1, Rhys McGovern; Rory Taaffe 0-2, Niall Smith 0-2, Darren Weldon 0-2; Cailean Floody, Eoghan O’Shea, Dwayne Leavy.
Subs: Andrew Faulkner for N Smith, Cathal Geraghty for E O’Shea, Eoghan Wynne for C Floody.