Round Up | Division 1

Division 1

ST MOCHTAS 0-19

DREADNOTS 2-9

St Mochtas continue to set the pace in Division 1 after chalking up a fourth successive victory, with the latest success coming at home to the Dreadnots on Friday night.

The Louth Village men posted an impressive tally of 19 points, and they certainly needed their kicking boots as they were pushed all the way by the visitors in a lively contest.

Once again Declan Byrne led the way in terms of scoring, finishing with seven points on the night, and his accuracy helped the Mochtas to take a lead of 0-9 to 1-4 into the break.

The Dreadnots carried an attacking threat throughout and a goal from James Califf kept them in touch at the break.

Craig Shevlin came on at the break for the Clogherhead side and he certainly made an impact with 1-4 off the bench to keep his side very much in the game.

However, the hosts had too much fire power in the end and with Jame Farrell, Cormac Smyth and Shane Lennon contributing important scores on the night, the ran out deserving winners in the end.

ST MOCHTAS: Daire O’Shea; Ryan Cash, Ben Goss Kieran, Philip Englishby 0-1; Liam O’Flaherty 0-1, Andy English, David Lennon; Gerry Garland 0-2, Darren McMahon; Oisín Callan, Decky Byrne 0-7 , Conor Garland; Jamie Farrell 0-2, Cormac Smyth 0-2, Shane Lennon 0-3. Sub: Dylan Farrell for L O’Flaherty.

DREADNOTS: Ciaran Cunningham; Ciaran Caffrey, Barry Faulkner, Padraig Rath; Conor Clarke, Conor Faulkner, Ciaran Finnegan; James Califf 1-2, Gustas Knustautaite; Conor Shevlin 0-1, Paraic Smith 0-1, Darragh Shevlin; Peter Kirwan, Dean Hyland 0-1, Carl Monaghan. Subs: Craig Shevlin 1-4 for D Hyland, Donnacha Hodgins for C Finnegan, Ronan Califf for C Monaghan, Alex Aspell for C Caffrey, Sam Reilly for C Shevlin.

ST MARYS 0-11

SEAN O’MAHONYS 0-4

County Champions, St Marys, finally got off the mark in Division 1 thanks to a seven-point win over Sean O’Mahonys at the Point Road.

After three successive defeats at the start of the campaign, the Ardee men were in charge of this game for much of the hour and comfortably held off the challenge of the home side.

Fresh from their impressive win over the Dreadnots a week earlier, the O’Mahonys were looking to build on that performance but never really got going in the first half. St Marys got on the front foot from the early stages and by the interval they had established a 0-5 to 0-1 lead.

The Dundalk men enjoyed more success in front of the posts after the break but with Jonathan Commins, TJ Doheny, Conor Gilespie and Ronan Carroll finding the target on the night, the Marys cruised to victory. Terry Kelly finished as their top scorer with two points.

ST MARYS: James McGillick; Keelin Martin, Evin Malone, Tiarnan Corrigan 0-1; Tadhg McDonnell 0-1, Karl Faulkner, Carl Gillespie 0-1; Liam Jackson 0-1, Robbie Leavy; Kian Moran, Ronan Carroll 0-2, Jonathan Commins 0-2; Conor Gillespie 0-1, Shane Matthews, TJ Doheny 0-2. Subs: Pauric McKenny for T Corrigan, Dean Matthews for L Jackson, Luke Matthews for C Gillespie, Andy Murphy for J Commins, Calum Noade for T McDonnell.

SEAN O’MAHONYS: Kevin Brennan; John O’Brien, Chris O’Neill, Stephen Kettle; Oisin Breen, Aaron Boyle 0-1, Kian McEvoy; Gareth Hall, Tiarnan Cassidy; Brian McGuirk, Thomas Rice 0-1, Johnny Connolly; Conor Finnegan, Alan Carr, Terry Kelly 0-2. Subs: Junior Shotayo for T Cassidy, Gary Crawley for J Connolly, Daniel Crawley for D Carr, Calum Smith for J O’Brien.

NEWTOWN BLUES 2-11

NH MAIRTIN 1-6

Newtown Blues proved too strong for Nh Mairtin on Friday night as they chalked up another victory in Division 1. The Monasterboice men made the short trip to Newfoundwell hoping to build on their win over the Geraldines the previous week, but they were unable to repeat that display in a game that was all but over at the half time whistle.

By that stage, the Blues had established a nine point lead and although the visitors were more competitive in the second half, they were never in a position to mount a comeback.

After two early points from Andy McDonnell, the Blues struck the first major blow on 13 minutes when Emmet Murray found the net. Eight minutes later, McDonnell had the ball in the net again as his side eased to a 2-6 to 0-3 lead at the break.

The Mairtins put up a better fight in the second half and grabbed a goal through Adam Booth but it was little more than consolation as points from Alan Connor, Jamie Kelly and Murray helped them to an eight-point win.

NEWTOWN BLUES: Johnny McDonnell; Iollan Farrell, Thomas Costelloe, Paul Moore; Liam Brannigan, Daire Nally 0-4, John Connolly; Alan Connor 0-1, Ryan Kelly; Jamie Kelly 0-1, Ian Connor, Andy McDonnell 1-2; Emmet Murray 1-2, Ross Nally, Conor Moore 0-1. Subs: Colm Judge for I Connor, Jack Healy for R Nally, Conor Ni Criosta for C Moore, Conor McGuirk for E Murray, Lorcan McQuillan for A McDonnell.

NAOMH MAIRTIN: Joe Gordon; Eoin Cooney, Thomas Sullivan, Shane Morgan; Ben Callanan, Sean Healy, Paul Murphy; Adam Booth 1-0, Val Leddy; Evan Whelan, Jack Lynch, Paul Berrill; Paddy Usher, Darragh Dorian 0-5, Byran McQuillan. Subs: Wayne Campbell for P Murphy, Oisin Gray 0-1 for E Cooney, Enda McDonnell for B McQuillan, Finbar Johnson for P Berrill, Colm Egan for B Callanan.

ST PATRICKS 2-12

ROCHE EMMETS 1-14

St Patricks held out for a one-point victory over Roche Emmets in Lordship on Saturday night to continue their positive start to the season.

On his return to his home club, Roche manager Jamie O’Hare was unlucky to leave empty-handed after his side’s final quarter rally fell just short, but ultimately it was a late goal from Eoin O’Connor that proved decisive.

After a closely contested opening quarter, it was Roche who gained the initiative as a goal from Jack McKay saw them move clear. However, the Pats hit back with points from Danny O’Connor and Tadhg O’Connor before a Joe Connor goal saw them lead by 1-6 to 1-5 at the break.

The game remained in the balance as subs Eoin O’Connor and Sean Fearon kept the Pats ticking over but with Mark Byrne and Barry O’Hare on target at the other end, Roche brought themselves level on the 25 minute mark.

However, O’Connor struck the decisive second goal to put his side back in command and although Roche pulled back two points, they missed a late chance to snatch an equaliser.

ST PATRICKS: Martin McEneaney 0-1; Daniel Tumulty, Darren O’Hanlon, Darren Connor; Conor Grogan, Kevin Toner, Ross Murphy; Martin Breen, Padraig Duffy; Matt Pagni 0-1, Aidan McCann, Joe Connor 1-2; Conor McGuinness 0-3, Danny O’Connor 0-2, Tadhg O’Connor 0-1. Subs: Eoin O’Connor 1-1 for P Duffy, Sean Fearon 0-1 for D O’Connor, Brian Commons for T O’Connor.

ROCHE EMMETS: Evin Quigley; Dermot Carthy, Sean Connolly, Callum Grant; James McDonnell, Aidan Grant 0-1, Adam McKay; Glen Stewart, Ryan Martin; Marc Murphy, Fionn Connolly 0-1, Jack McKay 1-0; DD Reilly 0-3, Barry O’Hare 0-3, Mark Byrne 0-5. Subs: Liam Carthy for C Grant, Dan O’Connell 0-1 for F Connolly.

MATTOCK RANGERS 2-13

ST FECHINS 0-11

Winless Mattock Rangers finally got off the mark in Division 1 with a superb away performance against St. Fechins in Beaulieu on Thursday night.

Louth under 20 Liam Flynn got back on the horse and dusted down his Leinster final heartache with a stunning showing for his club.

The Collon side started the game really well and set the foundations for their maiden win this season with Flynn cutting through for the first goal to give Fergus Flynn’s side a strong 1-8 to 0-5 lead at half time.

In the second half, a long Stephen Smith kick out was moved quickly through Flynn and his brother Seán was hauled down for a penalty. Ben McKenna dispatched Mattock’s third penalty in three games.

The loss of Ryan Walsh to Matty Rice’s starting fifteen was evident and felt down the stretch but Flynn’s under 20 team mate Aaron McGlew made a healthy return to Fechins colours. Himself and his cousin James, combined to kick four points off the bench but it wasn’t to be for the hosts on the night.

MATTOCK RANGERS: Stephen Smith; Alan Caraher, Cillian Hickey, Eoin McCloskey; James Caraher, Ben Quaile, Rónán Kilbane;  Ben McKenna 0-4, Jason Condon; Liam Flynn 1-4, Cathal Fleming 1-3, Terry Donegan; Sean Flynn 0-1, Oisin McKenna 0-1, JP Watters. Subs: Tom Grimes for McCloskey, Darren Henry for James Caraher, Podge Bannon for JP Watters.

ST FECHINS: Kyle Meegan, Paddy Keane, Shane Reilly, Colm O’Neill; Robert Vallejo, Sean Kerrisk, Danny Burnell; Jamie McDonnell 0-1, Harry Haughney; Dylan Rice, Ronan Holcroft 0-1, Matthew Flanagan; Joe Corrigan 0-1, John O’Connell, Niall Devlin 0-4. Subs: Mark Holohan for Keane, Aaron McGlew 0-1 for Flanagan, James McGlew 0-3 for C O’Neill, Brian Devlin for Rice, Adam O’Neill for O’Connell.

COOLEY KICKHAMS 1-11

GERALDINES 1-9

Cooley Kickhams picked up their second victory of the Division 1 campaign after holding off the challenge of the Geraldines at McGeough Park on Friday night.

The visitors dusted themselves down from the disappointment of losing the peninsula derby the previous week as they clinched a two-point success.

For the Gers, defeat represents another setback as it is now back-to-back defeats having started the season with two wins.

Cooley inflicted much of the damage in the opening half as they went in with a commanding 1-6 to 0-3 advantage.

The Gers responded in the second half and reduced the gap with a Jim McEneaney goal. Although the same player and Michael Rogers finished with three points to their names, they were unable to complete the comeback.

GERALDINES: Sean McEneaney; Thomas McNamara, Dara O Gradaigh, Tiarnan Hand; Neil Gartlan, Jack Traynor, Sean Thornton; Michael Rogers 0-3, Gareth Neacy; Liam McDonnell 0-2, Jim McEneaney 1-3, Shaun Callan; James Craven 0-1, Brian Cafferty, Tom Cunniffe. Subs: Niall Brennan for D O Gradaigh, Kevin Pepper for L McDonnell.