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Kilmurry Ibrickane 2-6 – St Joseph’s Miltown 0-7 at Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown
KILMURRY Ibrickane’s unbeaten run in this year’s Cusack Cup continued with this local derby victory on Sunday morning as goals by Noel Downes and Stephen Moloney steered them to a deserved five-point victory over a Miltown side, playing their second game inside 48 hours.
The main business of Miltown’s hectic weekend was championship on Friday – proof, not that anyone needed it, came when their matchwinner from their meeting with Doora-Barefield, Dessie Molohan was marked absent.
He was missed, as were the likes of Eoin Curtin and Darragh McMahon as a much-changed St Joseph’s succumbed to a Kilmurry side playing well within themselves to record their fifth successive league win.
Miltown started well with the wind and three Kevin Keavey points inside the first 13 minutes had them in control, but their early advantage was wiped out by a 1-1 Kilmurry blast by the 19th minute.
Stephen Moloney opened their account with a point in the 18th minute, while a minute later a great run from deep by Paul O’Connor carved open the Miltown defence before Noel Downes clinically finished to the net beyond Niall Quinn to put Kilmurry 1-1 to 0-3 clear.
It was the winning of the game really, even though closing Miltown points from Gary Egan and Micheál Malone in response to an Ian McInerney free in the 21st minute, left the side deadlocked at the interval.
It was because of the wind advantage that Kilmurry eventually drove home in the second half. They opened the scoring through a Noel Downes effort from play in the 35th minute, only for Miltown to hit back with points from Gary Egan and Kevin Keavey by the 45th minute.
However, Miltown failed to raise another flag and a brilliant Seamus Lynch point in the 47th minute levelled the sides, before Ian McInerney put the winners ahead with another free in the 50th minute.
Then they killed off the game in the 54th minute when Downes cut through the Miltown rearguard to tee up Stephen Moloney for his matchwinning goal.
Kilmurry Ibrickane
Peter O’Dwyer, JohnWillie Sexton, Darren Hickey, Declan Callinan, Martin McMahon, Evan Talty,Thomas Lernihan, Mark McCarthy, Paul O’Connor, Stephen Moloney (1-0), Michael Hogan, Ian McInerney (0-2f), Noel Downes (1-1), Enda Coughlan (0-1), Seamus Lynch (0-1).
Subs
Seamus Murrihy for Hogan.
St Joseph’s Miltown
Niall Quinn, David Cleary, Kevin Burke, Enda Malone, Gearóid Curtin, Gordon Kelly, Ian Sexton, Peter Cleary, John Meade, GrahamKelly, Micheál Malone (0-1), Gary Egan (0-2f),Thomas Flynn, Kevin Keavey (0-4, 3f), DavidTalty.
Subs
Gearóid Malone for GrahamKelly.
Man of the Match
Declan Callinan (Kilmurry Ibrickane) Referee TomStackpoole (Ennistymon)