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Éire Óg 0-21 – Ennistymon 1-15 at Corofin
ÉIRE ÓG maintained their perfect start to the championship and qualified for the semi-finals along the way but they certainly didn’t make it easy for themselves after a powerful late Ennistymon recovery almost stole the points. The Townies were cruising up until the final quarter, having led by 0-12 to 0-07 at the interval, with the freetakers on both sides (Danny Russell for Éire Óg and Cathal Malone for Ennistmon) punishing on almost every occasion.
However, when leading by 0-16 to 0-08 and with last year’s county minor Malone beginning to dominate, Éíre Óg pulled back an extra defender to curb his influence and it allowed Ennistymon’s defence, particularly Paudie Kelleher, more space to sup- ply their forward unit.
With that, the gap continued to decrease and the momentum was all Ennistymon’s as the Malone brothers combined for Tadhg to score an injury time goal and reduce the deficit to just two. And with Éire Óg on the ropes, Ennistymon might have even snatched a winner when Cathal Malone was pulled down as he beared down on goal but his result- ing 20 metre free was stopped by goalkeeper Kevin Brennan and Éire Óg breathed a huge sigh of relief to hear the eventual final whistle.
Éire Óg
Kevin Brennan, Cathal Whelan, Noel Whelan, Ciaran Hanna,Tadgh McNamara, Fergus Flynn, Kevin Moynihan, Mark Fitzerald, Marc O’Donnell,
Ronan Keane,AdrianWalsh, Danny Russell, David O’Halloran, Barry Nugent,Thomas Downes
Subs
Dean Ryan for Walsh
Ennistymon
Cathal McDonagh, Michael Anthony Devitt, Kevin Scales, Danny Harvey,Aidan Slattery, Paudie Kelleher, LiamO’Driscoll, Brian McDonagh, Sean O’Driscoll, Padraig Brennan, Cathal Malone, Caoimhin Fahy,Tommy Hogan,Tadhg Malone, Michael McDonagh
Referee
Fergie McDonagh (St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield)