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Parteen 4-17 – Clarecastle 2-10 at Shannon
PARTEEN ARE within touching distance of the last four after a powerful second half performance finally saw off a stubborn Clarecastle side on Saturday.
Contrasting form going into this tie suggested a routine victory for the south east Clare side following an unbeaten start to Clarecastle’s winless opening. However, the Magpies made it a much more uncomfortable ride that most expected by leading for a large chunk of the opening half before a late sure gave Parteen a 2-8 to 2-6 interval edge.
Parteen’s start couldn’t have been much better either after Ivan Conway’s clever flick for a goal from a Colm Quinn free after only 40 seconds followed by another free to Noel Bridgeman for a point settled them early on. However, two David Green goals in as many minutes gave the Magpies a much needed lift and with Briain Lynch causing major difficulties inside, Parteen were behind until the 27th minute when they leveled up in the goal stakes.
Two key alterations were essential to that turnaround with wing-back Colm O’Connell moving back to the corner to keep a close eye on Lynch while the straight swap of midfielder Brian McSweeney and Darragh Yelverton worked wonders for both players.
Essentially, Yelverton provided some strong back up to Joe O’Connor around the centre while it was McSweeney who grabbed that decisive second goal in the 27th minute when positioning himself well to receive the pass in front of goal from Bridgeman.
By half-time, Parteen would have considered themselves rather fortunate to be two in front but there was no doubt about the second period as Parteen produced a clinical final quarter display to finally put away the war weary Magpies.
By the 47th minute, there was still only three points separating the sides at 2-12 to 2-09 but once Parteen got a third goal through Bridgeman, Clarecastle’s heads dropped and Parteen put a glossy sheen on the final margin.
In all, Parteen would outscore their opponents by 2-5 to 0-1 in the runin as they maintained their perfect start to the championship while the Magpies will be fearful of heading in the opposite direction with only two matches remaining for both sides.
Parteen
Alan Murnane, Mark Cunningham, Cillian Conlon, David O’Sullivan, ColmO’Connell, ColmQuinn (0-2 1f),AndrewBeatty (0-1), Joe O’Connor (0-2), Brian McSweeney (2-0), Mark Boland, David Small (0-2), Ronan Conlan (0-1), DarraghYelverton (0-2), Ivan Conway (1-5 4f)), Noel Bridgeman (1-2)
Subs
Paul O’Dwyer for Conway (57 mins)
Clarecastle
Jamie Coughlan, Jamie Fahy, Cathal Lynch, Eamonn O’Connor, Paddy Donnellan,AndrewPage, Barry Lyons, John Reidy, Garrett Barry (0-1), SeanTalty (0-1),Alan O’Loughlin (0-1),AdamHealy (0-1), Niall Dunne (0-2 1f), David Green (2-0), Briain Lynch (0-4)
Subs
Stuart McMahon for Reidy (HT), Ruairi Concannon for Dunne (57 mins)
Man of the Match
Colm Quinn (Parteen) Referee Flan O’Reilly (Cratloe) Cla r eca st le 3-13 O’Ca llagha n’s Mills 0-06 at Fr Mur phy Memor ia l Pa r k, Newma r ket A STATEMENT of intent from Clarecastle who had a comprehensive 16 point victory over fellow third string O’Callaghan’s Mills on Saturday. The Magpies, led by a superb half-back line of Patrick Galbraith, Patrick Casey and Gary Casey, were always in control but only topped up their winning margin with three late goals from Alan Considine, Bernard Scanlon and substitute Mikey Geraghty. For their part, the Mills arguably showed their opponents too much respect and only for encouraging displays from midfielder Eoin McGrath and goalkeeper Martin McMahon, the damage could have been much worse. The Magpies were 0-9 to 0-2 clear by the interval, with Pakie Healy the main marksman with five points. However, with the opening score of the second half only coming in the 48th minute, the dismissals of Healy and Mills centre-back Paul Hogan diverted attention momentarily before Clarecastle finished the job with
those decisive late strikes to book their place in the last four against either Doora/Barefield or the Banner.
Clarecastle
Tommy Hegarty, Michael John Reynolds, Barry Guinnane,Austin Guckian, Patrick Galbraith, Patrick Casey (0-1 1’65), Gary Casey, Barry Lynch (0-1),Alan Considine (1-1), Brendan Murphy, David Geraghty (0-1), Pakie Healy (0-5 4f), Michael Casey (0-2), Jeff Healy (0-1), Bernard Scanlon (1-1)
Subs
Mika Malone for Murphy (50 mins), Mikey Geraghty (1-0) §for Lynch (59 mins), John Sweeney for J. Healy (60 mins), Mark Scanlon for D. Geraghty (60 mins),Adrian McDonagh for B. Scanlon (62 mins)
O’Callaghan’s Mills
Martin McMahon, Martin Madden, David McNamara, Oliver O’Driscoll, Ronan Broderick, Paul Hogan, Garry Murnane, Eoin McInerney, Eoin McGrath (0-5 2f), Damien Donnellan, Robert Madden, Pa McMahon, Ian Donnellan, JimCleary, ColmMcHugh (0-1)
Subs
Neil O’Brien for E. McInerney (15 mins, inj), Dan McNamara for Donnellan (29 mins), Mike Baker for P. McMahon (36 mins)
Man of the Match
Patrick Casey (Clarecastle) Referee Flan O’Reilly (Cratloe)
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