Round Up | Division 2

Division 2

CLAN NA GAEL 0-12

DUNDALK GAELS 1-7

Fourteen men Clan na Gael came from behind to defeat town rivals Dundalk Gaels by two points on Thursday night on the Ecco Road.

Trailing by one point ten minutes into the second half, the hosts hit five of the game's next seven points to take the derby bragging rights in a tasty Division 2 encounter.

The sides were level four points apiece at half time but Clans suffered a setback when they had Gavin Gaffey dismissed. Gaels’ Thomas O’Connell levelled before the short whistle with his third point but crucially his influence was curbed in the second period.

Clans whittled down the deficit and steadied themselves after Cian Walsh found the net to power on to victory thanks to stunning points from Robbie Curran and lively Liam O’Hanlon.

CLAN NA GAEL: Sean Smyth; Brian McDonnell, Gerard Curran, Craig Callan; Micheál McDonnell, Shay Coleman, Jack Callan; Robbie Curran 0-4, Conor Noonan; Paul Crewe, Mark McGeown, Gavin Gaffey 0-1; Liam O’Hanlon 0-4, Shane Carroll 0-2, Billy Smith 0-1.

Substitutes: Aodhan Kirk for Coleman, Elis O’Carroll for G Curran, Lee O’Carroll for S Carroll.

DUNDALK GAELS: Adrian Rafferty; Padraic Tinnelly, David McComish, Tom Murphy; Jack Mullen, James O’Connell, Paul McCrave; Liam O’Connor, Jordan Keating; Luke Murray, Shaun Duffy 0-1, Aaron Culligan; Seán Lambert 0-1, Tom O’Connell 0-4, Cian Walsh 1-0.

Substitutes: Cian Bromley, Sean McCann, John O’Hare, Dylan McKeown 0-1.

KILKERLEY EMMETS 0-14

LANNLEIRE 0-7

Kilkerley Emmets remain within touching distance of the Division 2 league leaders after they proved too strong for Lannleire on Saturday.

The game at Kilkerley, saw the hosts record their third win of the campaign but it took a strong second half showing to see off the challenge of Lannleire.

The Emmets made a bright start with the opening three points of the game from Tadhg McEnaney, which were cancelled out by three from the Dunleer men. Micheal Begley then added another three before Lannleire once again responded in kind.

Liam Callan, Kyle Van Rhyn and Paul Callan scored a brace apiece for their side but it was McEnaney who had the final say to send his team in with a 0-7 to 0-6 lead.

The second half saw the visitors unable to maintain their challenge and they only added one more point from goalkeeper Callan. Kilkerley ensured victory with Fionn Cumiskey, Conal Brady, Sean McElroy and Kieran Murtagh adding to their tally.

KILKERLEY EMMETS: Callum Mulholland; Cormac Bellew, Cillian Mulligan, Andrew Thornton; Michael Kirby, Ronan Deery, Conal Brady 0-1; Kieran Murtagh 0-1, Cathal Bellew; Conal McEnaney, Brian Brady, Fionn Cumiskey 0-1; Tadhg McEnaney 0-7(2f), Micheal Begley 0-3, Ewan McEnteggart.

Substitutes: Darragh Conlon for E McEnteggart; Shaun McElroy for C McEnaney; Patrick Murtagh for R Deery; Oran McMahon for M Kirby.

LANNLEIRE: Liam Callan 0-3; Paul Doyle, Paul McGeough, Alex Carroll; Mark Grogan, Jason Torris, Mathew Malone; Kyle Van Rhyn 0-2, Caoimhín Maher; Cathal McEvoy, Paul Callan 0-2, Cian Kearney; Luke Boylan, Ciarán Dunne, Ryan McArdle.

YOUNG IRELANDS 2-13

ST KEVINS 1-13

Young Irelands maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a narrow victory over St Kevins in Philpstown on Saturday night.

Goals either side of the break from Dean Maguire and James Prendergast were enough to give the Dundalk men the win that keeps them level with Hunterstown Rovers at the top of the table.

The victory was based on a strong first half display as the Young Irelands took control of the game from the early stages and a goal from Maguire saw them take a 1-8 to 0-3 lead into the break.

The Kevins raised their game in the second half and gave themselves hope with points from Lee Crosbie, Cian Callan and a goal from Adam Cromwell.

However, the Dundalk men managed to stay in front and Prendergast’s 1-1 from the bench helped them over the line.

YOUNG IRELANDS: Fergal Sheekey; Conn O’Donoghue, Ciaran Murray, Sean Murphy 0-1; Liam McStravick, Derek Maguire 0-1, Jamie Browne; Ruairi Kelly, Peter Nixon; Cian O’Donoghue 0-1, Jordan O’Donoghue 0-3, Dean Maguire 1-3; Dermot Mone 0-1, Caolan McCabe 0-1, Cian O Naraigh.

Substitutes: Jack Watters 0-1 for C McCabe, Brendan Prendergast for P Nixon, James Prendergast 1-1 for D Mone, Jack McArdle for C Murray, Evan McArdle for Dean Maguire.

ST KEVINS: Danny Crosbie; Sean Powderly, Seanie Crosbie, Dylan Maher; Joe McArdle, Brian Callaghan, Darren McMullan; Evan Maher, Lee Crosbie (0-4); Keelan Maher, Cian Callan (0-5), Ciaran King; Tom Matthews, Adam Cromwell (1-1), Cameron Maher (0-3).

Substitutes: Niall Gregory for D McMullan, Jack Stokes for J McArdle, Robbie Matthews for C King, Jacob Finlay for A Cromwell.

STABANNON PARNELLS 0-17

ST BRIDES 1-14

Stabannon Parnells picked up another vital point when they hit back to claim a draw at home to St Brides.

The result represents another reward for the Parnells good run of form following their first victory of the season in their previous outing.

It was St Brides who had the better of the first half as they scored the only goal of the game through Kevin Hearty to lead by 1-8 to 0-8.

With Harry Butterly taking his tally to eight points, while Sean Reynolds and Bobby Butterly were also among the scores, Stabannon hit back in the second half. The hosts looked set for victory when they led by one in the closing moments, only for the Brides to hit back to level.

STABANNON: Pairc Malone; Barry McCoy, Eamonn Callaghan, Ryan Halpenny; Alan Reynolds, David Cluskey, Niall Cluskey (0-1); Dylan Shevlin (0-1), Jake Corrigan; Bobby Butterly (0-2), Johnny McGee, Sean Reynolds (0-3); Ryan Shevlin (0-2), Harry Butterly (0-8).

Substitutes: Robbie Callaghan for N Cluskey.

ST BRIDES: Aaron Devin; Robert McCaughey, Cillian Kirk (0-1), Ronan Bailey; Ross Murnaghan, Paddy Reilly (0-2), Brian Faul; Josh O’Hare, James Costello; Neil Thornton, Andrew Smyth (0-2), Donal McArdle (0-2); Micheal Keane, Ciaran McArdle (0-5), Kevin Hearty (1-2).

Substitutes: Daniel McArdle, Kelvin Slowey, Richard Halpenny.

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS 4-16

O RAGHALLAIGHS 0-10

Hunterstown Rovers continue to set the pace alongside Young Irelands at the top of Division 2 following their latest success over O Raghallaighs.

Saturday night’s game in Drogheda saw the visitors show no signs of losing their unbeaten run as they were on top throughout and a particularly strong second half saw them emerge comfortable winners.

James Rogers was the star of the show for the winners as he bagged an impressive 2-3 over the hour.

Rogers’ first goal came toward the end of the first half and it ensured that his side opened up a healthy gap as they led by 1-9 to 0-5 at half time.

The second half saw Rovers continue their momentum and they pulled away with points from Glen Mathews, Aaron Levins and Jamie O’Callaghan. Goals in quick succession at the midway point from Rogers and Dean Burns, added to the O Raghallaighs misery before Ryan Ward added the fourth goal near the end.

HUNTERSTOWN: Donovan Sheridan; Cillian Taaffe, Micheal Reid 0-1, Euan Woodlock; Daithi Carroll, Patrick Taaffe, David Finn; Shane Halpenny, Jason Monaghan; Jamie O’Callaghan 0-1, Aaron Levins 0-2, James Russell; James Rogers 2-3, Glen Mathews 0-4, Dean Burns 1-3.

Substitutes: Martin Lennon for J Russell, Ryan Ward 1-1 for S Halpenny, Conor Reaburn for D Carroll, Marc Ward for J Monaghan, Colm Murphy for D Burns.

ST JOSEPHS 1-17

GLEN EMMETS 1-6

The Joes collected the two league points on offer on Saturday night when they had a 1-17 to 1-6 win over the visiting Glen Emmets to Cluskey Park.

It was the Glen Emmets that opened the scoring when goalkeeper Ian O’Reilly pointed a 40m free before Conor Neary levelled. Further scores from David Kieran, Pearse Grimes Murphy and Ben Collier had the Joes 0-4 to 0-1 ahead on ten minutes.

The hosts struck a major blow a minute later when Collier found the net to help his side lead by 1-5 to 0-3 at the break. Despite two further points from O’Reilly, the third quarter saw the Joes stretch their lead to eight points, but a well-taken goal from Paddy McHugh cut the gap to 1-11 to 1-6.

However, the Emmets were unable to build on that score as the Joes regained control and saw out the game with six unanswered points, including efforts from Alan Quigley, Jack Mulligan and Neary.

ST JOSEPHS: Adam Cassidy; Rian Devlin, Michael Staunton, Cormac McKeown; Killian McDonnell, Cian Sheridan, David Kieran (0-1; Conor Neary (0-5), Killian Staunton (0-1); Cormac Marmion, Conall Smyth, Pearse Grimes Murphy (0-3); Oisin McGuinness (0-2), Ben Collier (1-1), Conall McCaul (0-1).

Substitutes: Alan Quigley (0-1), Jack Mulligan (0-1), Alan Lynch (0-1), Evan NcEnteggart, Alan McKenna.

GLEN EMMETS: Ian O’Reilly 0-4; Jamie Farnan, Keith Boylan, Cathal Maguire; Tom Grimes, Evan English, Brian Maguire 0-1; Sam Kenny, Cian Talbot; Paddy McHugh 1-1, Jamie Gilkes, Calum Wogan; Alex Carolan, Ronan Grufferty, Diarmuid Cullen. A Mooney for J Farnan, D Russell for C Talbot, E Maguire for J Gilkes, E Delaney for R Grufferty.