Round Up | Division 1

ST. MOCHTAS 0-11 ROCHE EMMETS 0-7

St. Mochtas chalked up their second win of the Division 1 campaign when they defeated newcomers Roche Emmets in Louth Village. The Faughart side gave a good account of themselves on their return to senior league action, but ultimately it was the quality and experience of the hosts that saw them through.

Declan Byrne did the damage in scoring terms as he landed seven points on the night, while at the other end, Barry O’Hare was top-scorer with three.

The first half was a tight affair, with the Mochta's leading by a slender 0-3 to 0-2 at the half time whistle. However, the Louth Village men upped their game in the second period and went on to claim a deserved four-point win.

ST. MOCHTAS: Daire O’Shea; Liam Lawlor, Ben Goss Kieran, Philip Englishby; Daniel Craven, Andrew English, David Lennon; Gerry Garland 0-1, Darren McMahon; Liam O’Flaherty, Decky Byrne 0-7, Conor Garland; Jamie Farrell, Cormac Smyth 0-2, Shane Lennon.

Subs: Sean Flynn 0-1 on for P Englishby, Fylan Farrell for L O’Flaherty , Owen Lennon for C Smyth, Conor McKenna for G McKenna.

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

Subs: Dan O'Connell for L Carthy, Conor Callan for F Connolly.

COOLEY KICKHAMS 1-9 NH MAIRTIN 1-7

Cooley Kickhams picked up their first win of the season as they edged out Nh Mairtin at Fr McEvoy Park on Saturday evening.

Having lost their opening fixture against the Dreadnots, the hosts turned in an impressive display in a tight game as they emerged with a two-point win.

The Mairtins went into the game hoping to build on their opening day victory over St Marys, but they were unable to reach the same levels and just came up short in the end.

The first half saw the hosts have the better of a low-scoring contest and at the break they held a 0-5 to 0-2 advantage.

The Monasterboice side raised their game after the break and got themselves back in contention.

A goal from substitute Enda McDonnell gave them hope of getting something from the game, but Cooley were not to be denied and Michael Rafferty’s goal helped them come out on top.

COOLEY KICKHAMS: Neil Gallagher; Ronan McBride, Dean McGreehan, Sean White; Gerry Malone 0-1, Fergal Malone 0-2, Paul Brennan; Darren Marks, Gerard White; Michael Carron, Enda O’Neill, Peter Thornton; Cian Connor 0-2, Michael Rafferty 1-2, Richard Brennan.

Subs: Jason Brady 0-2 for D Marks, Callum O’Hanlon for M Carron.

NH MAIRTIN: Craig Lynch; Shane Morgan, Tom Sullivan, Cian Sands; Evan Whelan, Sean Healy, Craig Callanan; Wayne Campbell 0-1, Adam Booth; Paul Berrill, Jack Lynch 0-2, Ben Callanan; Conor Whelan 0-4, Val Leddy, Bryan McQuillan. Paddy Usher for P Berrill, Enda McDonnell 1-0 for B Callanan, Oisin Gray for C Sands, Sam Murtagh for B McQuillan.

ST. PATRICK'S 2-14 ST. FECHIN'S 1-12

St. Patrick's turned in a strong second half display as they got the better of St Fechins in this well-contested Division 1 clash in Beaulieu on Saturday night.

The teams were level at the break but second half goals from Danny O’Connor and Tadhg O’Connor helped the visitors to return home with their first win of the campaign.

It was St Fechins who made the brighter start and with Ryan Walsh making his mark, the hosts led by 0-4 to 0-2 inside the opening quarter.

However, the Pats hit back and with Conor McGuinness, Eoin O’Connor and Conor Grogan on target, they levelled the game at six points apiece. Just before the break, Ronan Holcroft had the chance to give his side the advantage from a penalty but he failed to find the target.

The hosts edged ahead early in the second half but a Tadgh O’Connor goal followed by a second from a Danny O’Connor penalty put the visitors in charge, with Aidan McCann and Matt Pagni adding points. The Fechin's battled to the end and saw Walsh find the net, but it was too late to save the game.

ST. PATRICK'S: Martin McEneaney; Daniel Tumulty, Darren O’Hanlon, Darren Connor; Conor Grogan 0-1, Kevin Toner, Alan O’Connor; Martin Breen, Aidan McCann 0-1; Matt Pagni 0-1, Eoin O’Connor 0-3, Joe Connor 0-1; Conor McGuinness 0-3, Tadhg O’Connor 1-1, Danny O’Connor 1-1.

Subs: Sean Fearon 0-1 for Martin Breen, Padraig Duffy for D Tumulty, Brian Commons for D O’Connor.

ST. FECHIN'S: Kyle Meegan, Mark Holohan, Shane Reilly, Paddy Keane, Jamie McDonnell, Dylan Rice, Danny Burnell, Harry Haughney 0-2, Eoin Hackett, Sean Kerrisk, Ronan Holcroft, Niall Devlin 0-4, Ryan Walsh 1-6, Joe Corrigan, Colm O'Neill.

Subs: James McGlew for C O'Neill, John O'Connell for E Hackett, Robert Vallejo for J Corrigan, Robert McCarthy for P Keane, Evan McCluskey for R Holcroft.

NEWTOWN BLUES 2-10 DREADNOTS 0-12

Newtown Blues got their season off to a winning start when they held out to defeat Dreadnots by four points at Newfoundwell on Saturday evening.

The Drogheda men did most of the damage in the first half as they built up a nine point lead at the break and were able to withstand a Dreadnots revival in the second half.

Despite their opening round fixture falling foul to the weather, the Drogheda side were quick out of the blocks in this one and with the help of two goals from Ross Nally they had opened up a 2-7 to 0-4 lead at the break.

The Clogherhead men fought back after the restart and with Peter Kirwan brining his tally to three, and Jay Hughes coming off the bench to match that total, they gave themselves hope. However, the gap proved too big to bridge and the Blues maintained their advantage until the final whistle.

NEWTOWN BLUES: Hugh McGinn; Iollan Farrell, Thomas Costello, Ian Connor; Liam Brannigan 0-1, Andy McDonnell, Daire Nally; Alan Connor, Ryan Kelly; Emmet Murray 0-1, Conor Ní Criosta, Jack Healy 0-1; Jamie Kelly 0-3, Ross Nally 2-3, Conor Moore 0-1.

Subs: Evin McConnon for R Kelly, Colm Judge for E Murray.

DREADNOTS: Ciaran Cunningham; Ciaran Caffey, Conor Clarke, Barry Faulkner; Ciaran Faulkner, Owen Murphy; Gustas Knustautaite, James Califf 0-2; Conor Shevlin 0-1, Paraic Smith, Darragh Shevlin; Peter Kirwan 0-3, Craig Shevlin 0-2, Carl Monaghan 0-1.

Subs: Jay Hughes 0-3 for O Murphy, Dean Hyland for C Shevlin, Donnacha Hodgins for C Monaghan.

GERALDINES 2-9 ST. MARY'S 1-7

The Geraldines secured their second win of the season with a five-point win over Ardee St. Marys in Haggardstown. Leading throughout the contest the Haggardstown men scored crucial goals to secure the victory.

Michael Rogers got the opening score of the contest before the Geraldines got their first goal of the evening with Eoin McDonnell beating the keeper on eight minutes. Michael and Shane Rogers scored two further points before the home side scored their second goal of the evening through Shane Rogers.

Neil Gartlan added another point before Ardee registered their first score just before half time as the Gers went in leading by nine points.

Ardee got the first score of the second half with a goal from Andy Murphy before Brian Cafferty added to the Geraldines scoreline while the Marys added a third score on the night.

Shane Rogers got another score from a free with Michael Rogers adding another point before the Marys responded. The winners would add two more points before a further brace of points from Brian Cafferty and Shane Rogers. The Marys would finish the scoring on the night with the last two points but it was the Gers who emerged with a five-point win.

GERALDINES: Conor Rafferty, Tiernan Hand, Thomas McNamara, Darragh O Gradaigh, Neil Gartlan (0-1), Brian Cafferty (0-2), Jack Traynor, Michael Rogers (0-3), Gareth Neacy, Jim McEneaney, Eoin McDonnell (1-0), David O’Connell, Shane Rogers (1-3), Matt Corcoran, James Craven.

ST. MARY'S: James McGillick; Noah Coyle, Karl Faulkner, Calum Noade 0-1; Shane Matthews, Jay Crawley, Carl Gillespie 0-2; Robbie Leavy, Evan Malone; Cillian Keenan, TJ Doheny 0-2, Andy Murphy 1-0; Dean Matthews, Ronan Carroll 0-2, Ciaran McConnon.

Subs: Paudy Clarke and David Rooney.

SEAN O’MAHONY’S 1-15 MATTOCK RANGERS 1-6

All the damage was done in the first half on the Point Road as Sean O’Mahony’s picked up their first win of the league against winless Mattock Rangers.Storming into the game, the hosts led 0-13 to 1-2 at half time. Despite Cathal Fleming scoring a penalty for the second round in a row, the Collon men spurned a handful of goal chances that they would dearly rue as early as the first half.

O’Mahony’s were far more efficient, Thomas Rice was in good form and he landed the killer second half goal, while Terry Kelly’s free taking was the difference between the two sides on the night.##

SEAN O’MAHONY'S: Kevin Brennan; John O’Brien 0-1, Chris O’Neill, Kian McEvoy; Keith McLaughlin, Aaron Boyle, Oisin Breen; Gareth Hall, Tiernan Cassidy; Brian McGuirk 0-1, Thomas Rice 1-3, Johnny Connolly 0-2; Conor Finnegan 0-2; Conor Martin, Terry Kelly 0-5.

Subs: Robbie Clarke, Ciaran Jamison.

MATTOCK RANGERS: Craig Englishby; Eoin McCloskey, Cillian Hickey, Tom Grimes; Alan Caraher, Ben Quaile, Caolan Nulty; Ben McKenna, Adrian Reid; James Caraher, Oisín McKenna, JP Watters; Terry Donegan; Cathal Fleming 1-4 (3f, 1-0pen), Seán Flynn 0-2.

Subs: Darren Henry.