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Éire Óg 1-8 – Cooraclare 0-4 at Cooraclare
A STORMING second half performance helped Éire Óg advance to the last four of the Garry Cup on Saturday. In a dress rehersal for their upcoming championship game with memories still fresh from their three epic encounters in last year’s championship quarter-final, the Townies opened the scoring after 21 seconds when midfielder Shane Daniels raced through to score following a pass from Sean O’Meara.
Playing against the very strong wind that was blowing straight down the pitch the west Clare men coped confidently with the Éire Óg attack and they leveled the game after 21 mins when Rory Donnelly pointed from a close in free.
In a game that lacked any kind of excitement, the teams would retire at the break level at three points apiece.
Éire Óg’s short hand passing game would stand to them in the second half, allowing them to control the pace of the game for long period’s as Cooraclare simply could not break into the Éire Óg half.
The Townies would go on to outscore their opponents by 1-5 to 0-1 in the second half with the winners midfield dominating and in particular Brian Frawley setting up plenty of scoring chances for their forwards.
Éire Óg’s goal in the second half was scored by captain Stepen Hickey from the penalty spot and they also had points from Eoin Glynn, Michael O’Regan, Hickey, Daniels and the O’Meara brothers, Sean and Darren as they ran our comfortable winners.
Éire Óg
Shane O’Connell, Michael O’Regan (0-1), Donie Lyne, Dean Ryan, Paul Madden, Conor Healy, Nicky Hogan, Brian Frawley, Shane Daniels (0-3), Brian Mc Mahon, Stephen Hickey (1-1), David Monaghan, Eoin Glynn (0-1), Darren O’Meara (0-1), Sean O’Meara (0-1)
Subs
Danny Russell for D. O’Meara, David Ryan for Madden
Cooraclare
Declan Keane, ColmCarroll, Mark Tubridy (0-1), Conor Marrinan, Fergal Lillis,Thomas Downes,Thomas Donnellan, Sean Maguire, John O’Looney, Declan McMahon, Rory Donnelly (0-1f), Tommy Connors (0-1), Michael McMahon, Cathal Lillis, James Burke (0-1)
Sub
Gearoid Kelly for Connors
Referee
Michael Fitzgerald (Ballyea)