Round Up | Division 1

Division 1

ST MARYS 1-9

ST MOCHTAS 0-9

St Mochtas saw their winning start to season come to an end as they suffered defeat at the hands of St Marys in Ardee on Saturday night.

The Mochtas made the trip hoping to make it five from five but they fell just short against a resurgent Marys side who have now recorded back to back wins after losing their first three fixtures.

In what turned out to be a tight contest, the only goal of the game from Jonathan Commins proved decisive in giving the hosts victory.

From the opening whistle, it was clear that there would be little between the teams but at the break the Mochtas had a slender 0-5 to 0-4 advantage.

It was a similar story in the second half in which Declan Byrne took his tally to four, but Commins had the decisive intervention as his goal proved to be the difference in the end.

ST MARYS: James McGillick; Keelin Martin, Evan Malone, Karl Faulkner; Tadhg McDonnell, Paraic McKenny, Carl Gillespie; Robbie Leavy 0-1, Kian Moran; Dean Matthews, Ronan Carroll 0-2, Jonathan Commins 1-2; Conor Gillespie 0-2, Shane Matthews 0-1, TJ Doheny.

Substitutes: Adam Gillespie 0-1 for TJ Doheny, Andy Murphy for D Matthews, Luke Matthews for R Carroll, Josh Taaffe for Conor Gillespie.

NH MOCHTAS: Daire O’Shea; Ryan Cash, Ben Goss Kieran, Philip Englishby; Owen Lennon, Sean Flynn 0-1, David Lennon; Gerry Garland, Darren McMahon 0-1; Oisín Callan, Decky Byrne 0-4, Conor Garland; Jamie Farrell 0-1, Daniel Craven, Shane Lennon 0-1.

Substitutes: Liam Lawlor for R Cash, Cormac Smyth 0-1 for P Englishby, Dylan Farrell for G Garland, Liam O’Flaherty for D Craven.

ST FECHINS 2-12

DREADNOTS 2-11

With the Dreadnots having the bragging rights between the two teams in the last few encounters, Fechins were able to alter the narrative on Saturday evening, all be it by the finest margins.

The Dreadnots started off the action immediately with a point from play quickly, cancelled out by a James McGlew free. The home side clocked up three points, one from placed ball before finding the back of the net through Craig Shevlin.

Ronan Holcroft got off the mark followed by points from Joe Corrigan and Niall Devlin to keep in touch with the opposition before a Holcroft goal sent the teams in level at 1-6 apiece.

Again Dreadnots came out shooting, putting three between the sides before Joe Corrigan again put one between the posts from a free. Two more points for the Dreadnots were cancelled out with points from midfielder Jamie McDonnell and Holcroft.

The Dreadnots found the back of the net for the second time through Peter Kirwan heading into the final quarter to give them a five point lead, but they suffered a setback when the same player picked up a second yellow card.

The Fechins reduced the advantage to two points entering the closing stages and snatched victory when Holcroft added his second goal.

ST FECHINS: Kyle Meegan; Mark Holohan, Shane Reilly, Dylan Rice; Aaron McGlew 0-1, Robert Vallejo, Danny Burnell; Harry Haughney, Jamie McDonnell 0-1; Sean Kerrisk, Ronan Holcroft 2-3 , Joe Corrigan 0-5; Naill Devlin 0-1, James McGlew 0-1, Colm O’Neill.

Substitutes: John O’Connell for R Vallejo, Lee Grifferty for D Rice.

DREADNOTS: Dylan Cassidy; Barry Faulkner, Padraig Rath, Cathal Lynch; Ciaran Finnegan, Conor Clarke, Darragh Shevlin; James Cailff, Gustas Knustautaite; Conor Shevlin 0-1, Paraic Smith 0-2, Carl Monaghan; Peter Kirwan 1-0, Jay Hughes 0-4, Craig Shevlin 1-3.

Substitutes: Dean Hyland 0-1 for C Monaghan, Nathan Sutherland for C Shevlin, Ciaran Cunningham for Conor Shevlin.

NH MAIRTIN 1-11

SEAN O’MAHONYS 0-7

Naomh Mairtin continued their climb up the table with a seven point win at home to Sean O’Mahonys in Division 1.

The only goal of the game from Darragh Dorian helped ensure a third win of the season for the Jocks who came good in the second half. Despite being short a number of regulars, the O’Mahonys battled well in the opening period but their challenge faded after the break.

A low-scoring first half saw the teams unable to be separated at the short whistle as they went in level at four points apiece., with Thomas Rice leading the scoring for the Dundalk men.

However, the second period belonged to the Mairtins and aside from Dorian’s goal, they had Wayne Campbell, Oisin Gray and Sean Healy among the scorers.

NH MAIRTIN: Joe Gordon; Cian Sands, Thomas Sullivan, Shane Morgan; Ben Callanan, Sean Healy 0-2, Paul Berrill; Adam Booth, Wayne Campbell 0-5; Enda McDonnell, Jack Lynch 0-1 , Joe McGrane; Paddy Usher, Darragh Dorian 1-1, Bryan McQuillan.

Substitutes: Oisin Gray 0-2 for P Berrill, Gavan Mooney for E McDonnell, Eoin Cooney for S Morgan, Finbar Johnson for D Dorian.

SEAN O’MAHONYS: Kevin Brennan; Colin Finan, Kian McEvoy, Barry O’Brien; Conor Mackin, Aaron Boyle, Johnny Connolly; Thomas Rice 0-5, Gareth Hall; Alan Carr, Junior Shotayo, Daniel Crawley; Conor Finnegan, Conor McGailey, Gary Crawley 0-1.

Substitutes: Aaron Mackin 0-1 for A Carr, Adam McArdle for J Shotayo, Stephen Fisher for C McGailey.

COOLEY KICKHAMS 1-12

NEWTOWN BLUES 0-11

Cooley Kickhams moved within two points of the top of the table as they recorded an impressive win at home to Newtown Blues on Saturday evening.

In the process, they inflicted a first defeat of the campaign on the Blues, but despite the reverse, the Drogheda men remain at the summit.

The hosts made the perfect start when they had the ball in the net after just 30 seconds through Gerard White and that provided the platform for a strong first half display. The Blues responded with an early point from Daire Nally, but they managed just two further scores before the breakthrough Jamie Kelly as they trailed by 1-6 to 0-3.

The Blues battled throughout the second half with Daire Nally and Kelly continuing to find their range to keep their hopes alive. However, Cooley were determined not to let the chance slip from their grasp and they added a further six points to their tally to seal victory.

Cian Connor and Michael Rafferty top-scored with three points apiece for the winners, while Enda O’Neill and Gerry Malone bagged a brace.

COOLEY KICKHAMS: Neil Gallagher; Ronan McBride, Eoin McDaid, Dean McGreehan 0-1; Gerry Malone 0-2, Fergal Malone, Paul Brennan; Jason Brady, Gerard White 1-0; Michael Carron, Enda O’Neill 0-1, Sean Hoey 0-1; Cian Connor 0-3, Michael Rafferty 0-3, Richard Brennan.

Substitutes: Gerard Hanlon for J Brady, Niall Morgan for G White, Sean White for S Hoey.

NEWTOWN BLUES: Johnny McDonnell; Paul Moore, Alan Connor 0-1, Ian Connor; Liam Brannigan, Andy McDonnell, John Connolly; Daire Nally 0-3, Ryan Kelly; Jamie Kelly 0-7, Conor Ni Criosta, Jack Healy; Cormac McQuillan, Ross Nally, Conor Moore.

Substitutes: Colm Judge for C McQuillan, Evin McConnon for R Nally, Flynn Richardson for P Moore.

GERALDINES 2-13

ST PATRICKS 0-7

Geraldines got back to winning ways in Division 1 with a comfortable victory over St Patricks at Lordship on Saturday evening.

The Pats went into the game in a good run of form and would have fancied their chances against a Gers side who had lost their last two.

However, it was the visitors who dominated for much of the hour and returned home with a deserved victory.

The Pats made a bright start and had two points from Martin McEneaney either side of a Gers reply.

However, the McGeough Park side took control from that stage and responded with three unanswered points before hitting the first goal of the game on 20 minutes through Shane Rogers.

The hosts were unable to offer any real resistance and managed just one further point as they trailed by 1-7 to 0-3 at the break.

Any chance of a comeback disappeared in the early stages of the second half as the Gers added a further three points before scoring a second goal through Neil Gartlan. To make matters worse for the Pats, they had Conor Grogan sent off on 39 minutes, as the Gers eased to a 12-point win.

GERALDINES: Sean McEneaney; Tiernan Hand, Paul Clarke, Darragh O Gradaigh; Neil Gartlan (1-2), Thomas McNamara, Sean Thornton; Michael Rogers, Brian Cafferty; Jim McEneaney (0-4), James Craven, John McCrohan; Shane Rogers (1-6), Tom Cunniffe, Niall Brennan (0-1).

ST PATRICKS: Martin McEneaney 0-3; Daniel Tumulty, Darren O’Hanlon, Ross Murphy; Conor Grogan, Kevin Toner, Darren Connor; Martin Breen 0-1, Padraig Duffy; Matt Pagni 0-1, Aidan McCann 0-1, Joe Connor 0-1; Conor McGuinness, Tadhg O’Connor, Brian Commons.

Substitutes: Sean Fearon for P Duffy, Cillian Keenan for D Tumulty, Stefan Breen for T O’Connor.

ROCHE EMMETS 4-9

MATTOCK RANGERS 0-8

Roche Emmets came to Collon and collected the points in a punishing display against Mattock Rangers, to avenge the earlier Brendan Reilly Cup loss in the curtain raiser beforehand.

The visitors were much the slicker outfit and pulled away and picked off the jaded hosts in the second half especially. Bench impact was key for Jamie O’Hare’s troops in the much needed win.

Midfielder Ryan Martin slammed home after a sloppy pass in the Rangers rearguard for the opening goal. Daire Englishby did so well to stop DD Reilly but Martin intercepted and Emmets led 1-3 to 0-5 at the break, against the run of play.

The second half however was all blue. Shane Byrne came in and scored straight away from the bench, Reilly got in on the act as Mattock had no answer.

Barry O’Hare nailed the fourth before making way for veteran Kevin Callaghan to play division 1 football for the first time since the last Millenium  - 1999.

MATTOCK RANGERS: Stephen Smith; Alan Caraher, Cillian Hickey, Eoin McCloskey; James Caraher, Ben Quaile, Rónán Kilbane;  Ben McKenna 0-1, Jason Condon; Liam Flynn, Cathal Fleming 0-4, Terry Donegan; Sean Flynn, Oisin McKenna, Daire Englishby.

Substitutes: Tom Grimes for McCloskey, Podge Bannon for Kilbane, JP Watters for McKenna. 

ROCHE EMMETS: Evin Quigley; Calum Grant, Sean Connolly, Adam McKay; James McDonnell, Aidan Grant, Gerry Browne; Glen Stewart 0-1, Ryan Martin 1-0; Marc Murphy, Fionn Connolly, Jack McKay; Mark Byrne 0-1, Barry O’Hare 1-3, DD Reilly 1-0.

Substitutes: Liam Carthy 0-2 for Marc Murphy (35 mins), Dan O’Connell 0-2 for Fionn Connolly, Shane Byrne 1-0 for Jack McKay, Conor Callan for Ryan Martin, Kevin Callaghan for Barry O’Hare.