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Lissycasey 0-12 – Ennistymon 0-09 at Lissycasey
LISSYCASEY’S recent good form was enough to consolidate their status in the Garry Cup for another year after seeing off championship rivals Ennisymon on Saturday. Following on from their narrow victory over Éire Óg last time out, the home side completed their survival comeback with a superior work ethic. Ennistymon for their part, were not a patch of the side that edged out Liscannor in the opening round of the championship at the beginning of the month and played more as individuals over the hour.
With a strong gale blowing toward Fanny O’Dea’s, the writing was on the wall for Ennistymon after a lacklustre first half in which they used possession poorly and needlessly kicked the majority of their clearance to the waiting arms of unmarked sweeper Paul Nagle. The north Clare side did open the scoring through Brian Conway in the fourth minute but with Niall Kelly unerringly accurate from frees, Ennistymon were never allowed to pull clear at any stage of the half. Indeed, a brace of placed balls had Lissycasey 0-2 to 0-1 ahead by the ninth minute and while Joe Dowling (2), Sean O’Driscoll and Ronan Linnane replied for Ennistymon before the break, their two point half-time advantage was never going to be enough to hold off a resurgent Lissycasey side.
And so it proved as wind assisted Lissycasey kicked the first four points of the half by the 38th minute through Cathal Hill, Martin Moran, Oisin Talty and Matt O’Shea to take a 0-7 to 0-5 advantage. Meanwhile, luckless Ennistymon had ample opportunity to regain the lead but first a Kevin Scales mazy run and shot cannoned off the post, with Joey Rouine’s rebound going over the bar while only a minute later substitute Sean McConigley played a clever pass across the square to the waiting Robert McDonagh but his tap-in was somehow blocked over the bar by Matt O’Shea.
Having got out of jail, Lissycasey wiped their brow and attacked Ennistymon once more, with an inch perfect score from Enda Finucane on the left wing nudging them ahead once more before impact substitute Dermot Nagle doubled the advantage in the 49th minute.
Brian Conway eventually broke Ennistymon’s eleven minute scoring drought with a curling effort with the outside of his left boot but a more determined Lissycasey added the next three scores through Francis Hayes, Oisin Talty and substitute Nagle once more to open up the biggest gap of the game at 0-12 to 0-08 entering injury-time.
Ennistymon’s luck never turned at the other end either as a penalty appeal for Lawrence Healy was turned down while Sean McConigley did have the ball in the back of the net in the final minute but was penalised for being in the square. They will hope for better fortune when they sides meet again in the final round of the championship group stages in early September.
Lissycasey
Joe Hayes,Alan Nagle, Gerry Moran, Martin O’Connor, Cathal Hill (0-1), Michael Melican, Martin Moran (0-1), Enda Finucane (0-1), Danny Clohessy, MatthewO’Shea (0-1), Francis Hayes (0-1), OisinTalty (0-2), Derek McMahon, Niall Kelly (0-3f), Paul Nagle
Subs
Dermot Nagle (0-2) for McMahon (38 mins), Cyril Sheehan for M. Moran (54 mins), Sean Hayes for Melican (60 mins)
Ennistymon
Noel Sexton, Michael Anthony Devitt, Lawrence Healy, James Murphy, Michael O’Loughlin, Sean O’Driscoll (0-1), OisinVaughan, Cathal Malone, Ronan Linnane (0-1), Kevin Scales, Brian Conway (0-2), Joe Dowling (0-3 1f), Sean Cullinan, Robert McDonagh (0-1), Joey Rouine (0-1)
Subs
Sean McConigley for Cullinan (HT),Willie Murphy for Vaughan (44 mins), Kieran Monaghan for McDonagh (55 mins), Patrick O’Dwyer for Conway (60 mins)
Referee
Pat Cosgrove (Corofin)