Round Up | Division 2

KILKERLEY EMMETS 1-12 DUNDALK GAELS 0-13

Kilkerley Emmets left it late before claiming victory over Dundalk Gaels in an entertaining game at The Ramparts on Saturday night.

When Dylan McKeown pointed three frees to level the game with five minutes remaining, the outcome was very much in the balance. However, it was the visitors who managed to find the extra reserves of energy and points from Tadhg McEnaney, Darragh Conlon and Micheal Begley saw them over the line.

In what proved to be a competitive affair, the teams traded scores for much of the first half. McEnaney (4), Cathal Bellew, Cormac Bellew and Fintan Brady were on target as the Emmets built up a 0-7 to 0-5 advantage at the half time whistle.

McEnaney then struck the only goal of the game just after the restart to put his side firmly in control. However, on a night when Thomas O’Connell and Tony McDonnell were also on target for the Gaels, McKeown’s points saw the teams level at 1-9 to 0-12. In a tense finale, it was Kilkerley who found the edge to secure a two-point win.

KILKERLEY EMMETS: Ultan McEnaney; Cillian Mulligan, Patrick Murtagh, Conal Brady; Cormac Bellew  0-1, Cathal Bellew 0-1, Fintan Brady 0-1; Kieran Murtagh, Darragh Conlon 0-1; Conal McEnaney, Brian Brady, Fionn Cumiskey; Tadhg McEnaney 1-6, Micheal Begley 0-2, Ewan McEnteggart.  

Subs: Aidan Corrigan for C McEnaney; Shaun McElroy for B Brady.

DUNDALK GAELS: Adrian Rafferty; Mark Hanna, Tom Murphy, David McComish; Oisin Murray, James O’Connell, Padraic Tinnelly; Jordan Keating, Lukey Murray; Gary Shevlin, Dylan McKeown 0-9, Liam Coleman; Shaun Duffy, Thomas O’Connell 0-2, Tony McDonnell 0-2

Subs: Jack Mullen for M Hanna, Sean Lambert for Tom Murphy, John O’Hare for S Lambert, Cian Bromley for D McComish, Cian Walsh for L Murray, Paul McCrave for L Coleman.

GLEN EMMETS 2-8 LANNLEIRE 0-7

Glen Emmets proved too strong for Lannleire on Saturday night as they came out on top in this Division 2 clash at Cusack Park.

Having seen off the challenge of Stabannon in their opening game, the Tullyallen side were in confident mood in this encounter and with the help of goals from James Butler and Diarmuid Cullen, they were good value for the victory.

The first quarter was a low-scoring affair with the hosts kicking the only two points through Andrew Mooney and Butler, while Lannleire suffered a setback when Bob Murphy picked up a second yellow card on 15 minutes.

Although Paul Callan got the visitors off the mark, it was the Emmets who dominated the remainder of the half and a goal from Butler on 26 minutes saw them lead by 1-4 to 0-1.

The Dunleer outfit raised their game in the second half with points from Cathal McEvoy and Callan. However, the Tullyallen men were never seriously troubled and Cullen’s secured a comfortable win.

GLEN EMMETS: Ian O’Reilly 0-1; Jamie Farnan, Andrew Mooney 0-1, Cathal Maguire; Rhys Fordham, Evan English, Keith Boylan; Cian Talbot, Sam Kenny; Paddy McHugh 0-1, David Bracken Calum Wogan; Brian Maguire 0-1, James Butler 1-4, Diarmuid Cullen 1-0.

Subs: J Gilks for D Bracken, D Russell for R Fordham, T Grimes for C Talbot, A Carolan for A Mooney, R Grufferty for B Maguire,

LANNLEIRE: Liam Callan; Jason Torris, Paul McGeough, Alex Carroll; Mark Grogan, Darragh Goodman, Caoimhín Maher; Shane Kennedy, Kyle Van Rhyn; Thomas Doyle, Bob Murphy, Cathal McEvoy; Paul Callan 0-4, Darragh Malone 0-3, Ian Mulroy.

Subs: Pierce Hawkins for S Kennedy, Mathew Malone for D Goodman.

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS 2-12 STABANNON PARNELLS 1-9

Hunterstown Rovers picked up their second victory of the season thanks to a six-point success at home to Stabannon Parnells on Saturday night.

After a first half that proved relatively close, it was Rovers who managed to pick up the pace in the second half to run out deserving winners.

For Stabannon, it was another encouraging display but they remain without a point from their opening two games after losing to Glen Emmets on the first day.

The teams traded points for much of the first half with Dean Burns, Glen Mathews and Jason Monaghan among the points, but it was a goal from Aaron Levins that made the difference at the break as the hosts led by 1-5 to 0-6. It was Harry Butterly who provided the threat at the other end to keep Stabannon in touch.

Although Butterly found the net in the second half, the visitors were unable to maintain the pace after the restart and Hunterstown extended the gap to six at the final whistle. Dean Burns added a second goal, while Ryan Ward and Shane Halpenny were among the points.

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS: Donovan Sheridan 0-1; Conor Reaburn, Cillian Taaffe, Euan Woodlock; David Finn, Patrick Taaffe, Daithi Carroll; Jason Monaghan 0-1, Shane Halpenny 0-1; Ciaran Russell,  Aaron Levins 1-1, Michael Reid 0-1; Dean Burns 1-1, Glen Mathews 0-2, Martin Lennon.

Subs: Oran Martin 0-1 for C Russell, Ryan Ward 0-1 for D Burns, Alan Landy for A Levins, James Russell 0-2 for D Finn, Marc Ward for D Carroll.

STABANNON: Padraig Malone, Ryan Halpenny (0-1), Eamonn Callaghan, Alan Reynolds, Daniel Clinton, Niall Cluskey, Johnnie McGee, Colm Giggins, Ryan Shevlin, Jake Corrigan (0-1), Bobby Butterly, Barry McCoy, Padraig Reynolds, Dylan Shevlin, Harry Butterly (1-7).

Subs: David Cluskey for P Reynolds, Tadhg Carroll for N Cluskey, Paddy Bell for R Halpenny, Shane Brady for D Clinton.

YOUNG IRELANDS 4-8 O RAGHALLAIGHS 1-5

Young Irelands enjoyed a productive night in front of the posts as they fired in four goals to see off the challenge of O Raghallaighs at Pairc Eire Óg.

The hosts were quick off the mark with a point from Dean Maguire before brother Derek struck the first goal of the night on five minutes.

The Drogheda men hit back to level through a Ben Sweeney point followed by a Ben Rogan goal from a penalty.

However, the remainder of the half belonged to the hosts as they saw Caolan McCabe and Dermot Mone find the back of the net to open up a 3-4 to 1-1 lead at the interval.

Kyle McElroy came off the bench to boost the O Raghallaighs tally with four points, but the Young Irelands were always in control and Dean Maguire and Ruairi Kelly helped them remain in charge before subs James Prendergast added the fourth goal in the closing stages.

YOUNG IRELANDS: Fergal Sheekey; Conn O’Donoghue, Ciaran Murray, Sean Murphy; Jamie Browne, Derek Maguire 1-0, Liam McStravick; Ruairi Kelly 0-2, Peter Nixon; Cian O’Donoghue 0-1, Jordan O’Donoghue 0-1, Dean Maguire 0-3; Dermot Mone 1-1, Caolan McCabe 1-0, Cian O Naraigh.

Subs: Peter McStravick for P Nixon, Jack Watters for D Mone, James Prendergast 1-0 for C McCabe, Brendan Prendergast for J Browne, Jack McArdle for L McStravick.

O RAGHALLAIGHS: Joe Finnegan; Stephen Murphy, Alan Doyle, James Morgan; Danny Morgan, Emmet King, Joe Meehan; Ben Sweeney 0-1, Eoin Moore; Cillian Curran, Ben Rogan 1-0, Danny Reilly; Daragh Stone, Barry Finnegan, James Smyth. Sub: Kyle McElroy 0-4.

CLAN NA GAEL 2-13 ST KEVINS 1-8

In a game where both teams were looking to kick-start their campaign, it was Clan na Gael who came out on top to claim a first victory of the league season.

The visitors had the edge in the opening half of this clash in Philipstown and although the second period was closer, it was the Dundalk men who held out to come out on top.

All the goals came in the opening period as Billy Smith and John Byrne found the net for the visitors, while Lee Crosbie raised a green flag at the other end, and it all meant that when the half time whistle sounded, the Clans were leading by 2-6 to 1-3.

The hosts proved more competitive after the break and with the help of scores from Cian Callan they added five points to their tally. However, on a night when Liam O’Hanlon, Shane Carroll and Gavin Gaffey were on target, they ran out winners by eight points.

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

ST KEVINS: Danny Crosbie; Sean Powderly, Caoimhin Prout, Dylan Maher; Caolan McMullan, Jack Stokes, Darren McMullan; Evan Maher, Cian Callan (0-6); Ciaran King, Tom Matthews (0-1), Lee Crosbie (1-0); Cormac Rogers, Adam Cromwell, Brian Callaghan.

Subs: Keelan Maher for C McMullan, Joe McArdle for C Rogers, Robbie Matthews (0-1)  for S Powderly, Seanie Crosbie for A Cromwell.

ST JOSEPHS 1-17 ST BRIDES 1-11

The Joes delivered a blistering first half performance against the Brides in Knockbridge on Saturday night.

In the very first minute of the game Ben Collier raced through to hit the Brides net, before an Alan Quigley 45 and an Oisin McGuinness fisted point had the Joes ahead by five after just four minutes of play.

A point from Richie Halpenny opened the Brides scoring on five minutes before Oisin McGuinness (2), Conor Neary and Conall McCaul extended the Joes lead.

A Brides 20m free from Sean Marry was cancelled out by a superb Conall McCaul strike as the visitors led by 1-7 to 0-1 at the end of the first quarter.

The Joes continued to dominate possession, adding four points in a row from Oisin, Jack Mulligan, Alan Quigley and Conall McCaul. The Brides had the final score of the half from a 30m free from Sean Marry to leave the gap at 1-11 to 0-3.

The final quarter saw the duo of Patrick Reilly and Sean Marry combine in repeated attacks to drive the Brides forward. Sean Marry pointed from a free on 49 minutes and Reilly splitting the visitors defence to hit a powerful shot to the net on 53 minutes.

Reilly quickly added a point to narrow the margin to six, with Oisin McGuinness responding from a Joes free. In a quick exchange of scores the Joes finished off an attack down the right when Rian Devlin pointed before Sean Marry closed out the scoring as he curled over a 20m free.

ST JOSEPHS: Adam Cassidy, Cian Sheridan, Michael Staunton, Aidan Kieran, Killian McDonnell, Gabriel Bell (0-1), David Kieran, Conor Neary (0-1), Killian Staunton, Jack Mulligan (0-1), Craig Doherty, Conall McCaul (0-4), Alan Quigley (0-2), Oisin McGuinness (0-6), Ben Collier (1-1), Conall Smyth, Cormac Marmion, Rian Devlin (0-1), Alan McKenna, Ciaran Johnston.

ST BRIDES: Darren Bailey, Robert McCaughey, Cillian Kirk, Ronan Bailey, Stephen Hoey, Ross Murnaghan, Daniel McArdle, Paddy Reilly (0-1), Neil Thornton (1-0), Richard Halpenny, Sean Marry (0-5), Donal McArdle, Kevin Hearty (0-4), Josh O’Hare (0-1), Micheal Keane.