Category: Sport

THIS must have been a dream come through for Kilmurry Ibrickane star player Ian McInerney. Of course he has seen it all before but the feeling of bringing Jack Daly home and putting another county medal in your back pocket never gets old. Add in scoring a variety of brilliant free kicks with a hundred percent accuracy and scoop- ing the man of the match award this day could not have gone better for the forward with a number seven jersey on his back.

“It’s absolutely great. It’s wonderful. Our experience was definitely a huge help to us today. We really wanted this so bad. We hadn’t really played well this year so we really wanted to put in a great performance today. We have a great bunch of lads there.”

Leading on a score of 0-8 to no score at the interval must have left the possibility of complacency setting in after the restart. How was such a scenario prevented from happening?

“We just said at half time that we’d have to keep going and really drive it on. We’ve had early leads in the past and let them go and ended up in a dogfight so we didn’t want that to happen all over again. So we did what we planned and kept driving on.

“It’s a great day for Kilmurry Ibrickane especially all of our supporters. We really had great support again today so it was nice to earn the win for them.”

One very important supporter was missing from the stands for McInerney but she was very much in his thoughts and acted as the inspiration for his incredible county final day performance.

“Unfortunately my girlfriend is in hospital at the moment. She is very sick so I tried my best to put in a bit of performance for her today.”

Well he certainly managed to that and as well as doing her proud he surely was and will be the toast of many supporters in the barony for the weeks of celebrations ahead.

Newmarket-on-Fergus 3-08 – Kilmaley 1-10 at Clarecastle

NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS rubberstamped their authority over Clare camogie when fending off their fiercest rivals Kilmaley for the second year running on Sunday.

With the blustery conditions to the fore, the defending champions blitzed their opponents with two Erica Minogue goals against the gale early in the second half and in the end, it was the sufficient lift they required to get them over the line.

In fact, those goals were crucial to Newmarket’s cause after not taking full advantage when the breeze was at their backs in the opening half. Some dogged defending from Kilmaley ensured that the holders would only carry a four point advantage at the break which didn’t seem enough, a view that was further emphasised when substitute Ashling Darcy split the posts in the opening minute of the restart.

However, Newmarket were able to do what Kilmaley simply failed to in the opening half – score a goal against the breeze. And in fact, they would grab two in close succession with Roisin McMahon supplying Erica Minogue on both occasions, each one a dagger to Kilmaley’s hopes.

Kilmaley fought back admirably and five successive points cut the deficit to four by the turn of the final quarter but a missed penalty was magnified only 11 minutes later when Iris Kaiser sealed their fate.

That ruthlessness in front of goal in contrast to Kilmaley’s missed opportunities was the difference in a game between Clare’s flagship sides that was always going to be decided by goals. In fact, the accuracy on both sides has to be commended as both sides only hit two wides each over the hour. However, below the crossbar, Kilmaley will point to a mishit shot by Ashling O’Halloran that drifted wide after an incisive run through the heart of the Newmarket defence while Denise Lynch’s 43rd minute penalty was expertly stopped following a foul on O’Halloran.

The opening half went along expected lines after Kilmaley won the toss and decided to play into the conditions. With the ball rarely passing half-way, the defending champions grabbed the first six points of the game through Erica Minogue (2), Niki Kaiser (2), Iris Kaiser and Deirdre Cassidy by the 19th minute. And they might have also grabbed a goal in the 11th minute when Iris Kaiser cut in from the right, only to see her stinging shot saved by goalkeeper Edel Griffey.

Kilmaley’s defence were under immense pressure but hunted in packs to ensure that they would not concede further and true to form, they held out until the break while also pouncing on the counter-attack.

Ashling O’Halloran’s chance came in the 22nd minute and they finally opened their account two minutes later when Claire McMahon converted a ’45. Again Newmarket piled on the pressure in search of a crucial goal that would give them a significant half-time cushion but full-back Sarah Reidy cleared a shot off the line in the 29th minute before Claire McMahon doubled her advantage with another placed ball to cut the deficit to only four at the break at 0-6 to 0-2.

So when Ashling Darcy cut the advantage to only a goal directly after the resumption, Kilmaley supporters could sense that the tide was turning. They didn’t account for Erica Minogue however who twice in the space of as many minutes gathered Roisin McMahon deliveries and successfully headed for goal to open up a nine point lead.

Kilmaley brushed off that set-back and after a Claire McMahon 20 metre free was deflected clear, they would hit the next five points, three from the stick of All-Star nominee McMahon.

They were frustrated with that penalty stop, even more so soon afterwards when Iris Kaiser bore down on goal and handpassed to the net in the 54th minute to restore her side’s eight point advantage.

To their credit, Kilmaley never threw in the towel and even grabbed a 60th minute goal through the hardworking Emma O’Driscoll but it was a mere consolation as time was not on their side and they had to yield to their perennial rivals for the second year in a row.

Newmarket- on- Fergus
Carol Toomey (Capt.) (7),Aoife Griffin (7), Jane O’Leary (7), Carol O’Leary (7),Aimee McInerney (8), Roisin McMahon (7), Carol Kaiser (8), Ruth Kaiser (7) (0-1), JoanneWalsh (7), Deirdre Cassidy (7) (0-1), Erica Minogue (8) (2-2), Niki Kaiser (7) (0-3 2f), Sharon McMahon (7), Iris Kaiser (7) (1-1), Jenny Kelly (6)

Sub
Aine O’Brien (7) for Kelly (HT)

Kilmaley
Edel Griffey (7), Niamh Cahill (7), Sarah Reidy (7), Sinead O’Halloran (7), Helen McMahon (7) (0-1), Katie Cahill (7), Eimear Considine (7),Aida Griffey (7), Eimear O’Connor (6), Shonagh Enright (7) (0-2), Emma O’Driscoll (8) (1-0), Claire McMahon (8) (0-6 2f, 3’45), Ailish Considine (6), Denise Lynch (6),Ashling O’Halloran (6)

Subs
Ashling Darcy (7) (0-1) for O’Connor (30 mins), Sinead O’Keeffe for O’Halloran (57 mins)

Player of the Game
Erica Minogue (Newmarket- on- Fergus) Referee Fintan McNamara (Killanena)

SURROUNDED by a green and red wave of congratulating supporters Evan Talty could not contain his excitement and enthusiasm.

“It’s absolutely brilliant now. We did what we set out to do,” he says above the din and through the crowd. “We had a very good quick start. We knew it was Barefield’s first final and since we had a bit of experience, the only way we could put that to use was to get that quick start we wanted and thankfully we did that.

“I think in fairness the game in many ways was over at halftime. When we came out and got the first score of the second half we were confident enough that we would hold out then.

“I suppose in most games we start well like we did against Cooraclare and Cratloe but then in most of those games we seemed to die down after that. We get on top and then we seem to relax. We said one thing today that we wouldn’t relax and stop playing. We’d drive on and get the next score, the next score and the next score.

“In fairness to Barefield they had a great year but I suppose it happened to us in our first year in Croke Park as well. We got caught in the headlights and I think the same thing happened to them today but they will be back again,” he adds.

Obviously a week of celebrations is around the corner but winning a county title for this amazing group of players is just not enough. A campaign in Munster and maybe even further is surely at the back of their minds already.

“We will relax now for a while anyway. I think it’s five weeks until Munster for us. We’ll enjoy this week but then we will be back down to work again. We’ll have another big job to do then. We really want to get back to where we we’re two years ago and hopefully finish off what we started.”

Kilrush Shamrocks 3-5 – Corofin 1-8 at Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown

THE cry went out from Miltown all the way down the N67 to Kilrush and down plenty of other roads too – loud and shrill that the Shams are back.

That they’re minor champions after 21-long years was down to a team effort, of course, but 15-year-old Liam Madigan was the man with his brilliant return of 3-3 bringing the PJ Lynch/Tom Malone Cup back to the west Clare capital.

First off he put the Shams on the high road with a goal as early as the fourth minute, then in the second after Corofin were dominating af- ter pegging back a five-point deficit to two points, he bagged two goals in the space of three minutes to put them eight points clear entering the last ten minutes.

The Shams got a dream start when hitting 1-2 inside the first five minutes of the game, but more than that it was the tactics that they employed that suffocted the Corofin challenge.

Pat ‘Rico’ Clancy may be looking across the estuary at Kerry from his home out the Killimer road, but this was more Tyrone than Kerry as the tactic of dropping his half-backs deep closed down the space that Corofin forwards needed to make any im- pression on this county final.

By then they were fighting a losing battle after an early free from Liam Madigan, followed by a Gearóid O’Brien point from play settled the Shams into the game after four minutes, while they were on the high road a minute later after a long ball by the hardworking Con Prendeville broke kindly for Madigan to toe-poke the ball to the net.

When Madigan followed up with another pointed free in the tenth minute it looked as if this would be cruise for the Shams. And, it was for the rest of the half save a spirited Corofin burst in a five-minute spell that nearly brought them back into the game.

Gearóid Kelly opened their account with a free in the 15th minute, but a minute later they were unlucky not to strike for a goal when Jamie Malone’s rasping drive crashed off the inside of the post and back into play.

Gearóid Kelly did land another free in the 19th minute, but the Shams closed the half impressively with points from Jonathon Stack from play after a brilliant flick by Liam Madigan and then another Madigan free to lead by 1-5 to 0-2 at the break.

Corofin were vastly improved on the turnover with two inspirational points from Jamie Malone either side of a Gearóid Kelly free had them back in the game by the 40th minute.

When Kelly’s fourth free reduced the margin to two points the defending champions had the scent of victory, only for Madigan to tip the balance decisively in the Shams’ favour once more.

He drove home a penalty in the 48th minute after a foul on Jonathon Stack – then three minutes later slalomed through the Corofin defence soccerstyle and slammed to the net to kill the contest.

Corofin did battle back when hitting 1-2 without reply in the closing minutes, with Jamie Malone goaling from a penalty but the Shams, through Madigan had done enough to trigger off celebrations that would have done a senior team proud.

PAT ‘RICO’ Clancy is a passionate man when it come to his beloved Shams, so much so that putting his words to print after his side’s minor triumph on Saturday, don’t do really them their full justice. YouTube is the natural habitat for the his one-minute interview after the game, but still, his passion jumps from the page in the way he explained the Shams’ return to the winner’s enclosure.

“Great win lads,” he roars, before cranking up the volume. “A long time coming for Kilrush lads. We’re 21 years waiting for this lads. People might say it’s only a B, but it’s gone so long now we had to win something lads.

“I think today lads Kilrush have turned a corner. We will be back lads. We will build on it. We have to start somewhere. We had won noth- ing in 21 years and today lads, we have made a start. We are back,” he adds defiantly and furiously.

Then he peels away, gulping some air before piecing together the reasons for the Shams’ success story.

“There are five of us. Jimmy Murray’s experience had it all to do here. Pat Kelly was also there. Matthew Moloney trained the team all year, through thick and thin. We brought in Moloney and Christopher Dixon and they did great. It’s very hard for the older fellas to talk to young fellas, but they had the bond with them and they drove him.

“They showed a never-say-die attitude and that was always the day in Kilrush football. I’m sick and tired of it. Twenty one years of we should have won this and we should have won that. You make your own luck and we did that today.”

And the person who did more than only one else, the great white hope of Kilrush football on the strength of his brilliant display.

“Liam Madigan was the lifeblood. In fairness we always had great corner forwards in Kilrush. We had the best of forwards, but this young fella is something special. He’s only 15 years of age. The game was in the melting pot. He picked his spot, coolness personified lads. You can’t ask any more from a 15-year-old.”

Ennistymon 2-13 – Kilmihil 1-7 at Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown

ENNISTYMON have never had it so good at minor level, but had they lost this one it would have been a case of never having it so bad.

It was never going to happen though – four successive final defeats in the grade from five finals in a row wasn’t on before a ball was kicked, something that was confirmed within 17 minutes of the start by which time a rampant north Clare Magpies had hit 2-6 without reply.

Game over. The Hennessy Cup was going from Hennessy Park to the town of the Cascades – it was already damage limitation for a shellshocked Kilmihil side that had been hit by the perfect storm.

And perfection it was from Ennistymon in that first half as they won their first title since 2007 thanks to building up a 2-10 to 0-1 interval lead as they pounded poor Kilmihil at every opportunity.

The goals were killers, the first coming in the eighth minute when Ryan O’Halloran latched onto a breaking ball from Cathal McDonagh’s free and drove the ball to the net from seven yards, while James McConigley’s wonder strike in the 16th minute settled the argument as early as that.

The bombardment started as early as the third minute when Eoin Ralph raided from centre-back to land a point, while Ryan O’Halloran goal in the eighth minute was the signal for one-way traffic towards the Miltown’s town goal.

When it was followed by two good Joey Rouine points from play, a Cathal McDonagh free, McConigley’s goal when he blasted to the top corner from 14 yards and points by Barry Keating and Ryan O’Halloran, Kilmihil were left wondering if they’d make any impact on the game.

Conor Finucane did land their first score in the 24th minute, but it was all they could muster against an Ennistymon team that dominated every line, with Rouine being the hub of operations at centre-forward, while Ciaran Devitt and Cathal McConigley ran riot around the middle.

A miss-match, in other words, as a hapless Kilmihil rolled over in that first half as four more points thorugh Joey Rouine, Cathal McConigley and two Cathal McDonagh frees left 15 points between the sides at the break.

Credit Kilmihil for stemming the tide in the second half when restricting Ennistymon to three points while hitting 1-6 of their own, but it was more a case of Mark Shannon’s side free-wheeling it to the final whistle.

The sides shared four points between them in the opening ten minutes – Barry Keating grabbing two for Ennistymon either sid of points from David Lorrigan and Martin O’Leary.

Remarkably Ennistymon went 23 minutes without scoring in the second half, during which Kilmihil hit 1-4 without reply, the goal coming when Niall Pender’s long shot was fumbled to the net by Liam Slattery in the 45th minute.

It was a little victory, however pyrrhic, because ultimately there was no denying Ennistymon, with the prospect of a doubling up in next Sunday’s under 21 final against Cratloe the next mountain they want to climb.

IT’S been a long and winding road for Ennistymon over the past five years. They won the minor A title back in 2007 with a group that followed through to win an under 21 title in 2010.

But in between that minor win four years ago and Saturday in Miltown they’d lost three finals in the grade – to Cratloe in 2008, Lissycasey in ’09 and Doora-Barefield in ’10.

“It hurt an awful lot losing the last three finals,” says manager Mark Shannon after the losing streak was finally ended.

“Yes it was a great achievement getting to five in a row, but we wanted to be getting another win on the board. We were really determined today and really wanted to get off to a quick start.

“Goals was the key for us this year. The year we won the minor championship in 2007 we got goals. This year in all our games we’ve had forwards of the calibre to get goals. They continually got goals for us all year and we got two more early in the game and that set us up. We lost our way a bit in second half but when it came to the crunch we did the business,” he adds.

As Shannon was parsing the year, one of his joint captains Óisín Vaughan was talking about bringing Jack Daly back to the north Clare capital. “It would be great,” says Shannon, but we can’t get complacent.

“Minor and under 21 success doesn’t automatically say that it’s going to happen in senior, but that’s what we’re working towards that and hopefully one day we can win a senior championship.

“For this minor championship I knew we would have been contenders because we had a lot of the same group that we had for last few years. I knew in the last two weeks that it was going to take a good team to beat us. We had an unbelievable amount of work done in the last few weeks in training.”

Clarecastle 2-14 – Clooney/Quin 1-10 at Cusack Park, Ennis

CLARECASTLE advanced to a Senior B final with a degree of comfort in Sixmilebridge on Saturday afternoon, the Magpies in control throughout against a dogged, but profligate Clooney/Quin. The Magpies broke the back of this game with a tidy first half performance into the wind and they turned around with a five point advantgae, 1-8 to 0-6 at the break.

That lead was earned with an economical performance in front of goal, while at the other end Clooney/Quin shot a succession of wides. Eamon Callinan and David Greene led the way for the winners in that opening period, with Conor O’Gorman cracking home a well taken goal, while Callinan kept the white flag umpire busy. The Clarecastle sharpshooter would finish the game with 1-9 to his credit.

Early in the second half the Magpies went nine points clear when Callinan was in a the right place to intercept an intended clearance, steadying himself before blasting to the net. That score put his side 2-10 to 0-7 clear and the writing looked to be on the wall. As is a trademark of Clooney/Quin in recent years however, they didn’t go quietly, hitting back themselves with a goal from Martin Duggan and two points to close the gap at one stage to four with over fifteen minutes still on the clock.

Clarecastle quelled the comeback however with a series of well taken points from play, David Greene, Tyrone Kierse and Callinan again with a spectacular effort from over seventy yards out in the murky condi- tions to put proper daylight between the teams.

The winners now await old foes Newsmarket or Smith O’Briens in the Senior B final. Best for Clarecastle were Stephen O’Halloran, Patrick Kelly, Kevin Clohessy, Eric Flynn, Eamon Callinan, Conor O’Gorman and David Greene.

Clooney/Quin had a stand out performer in centre back Cillian Duggan. Elsewhere Fergal Lynch, Mike McNamara, Shane McNamara, Mark O’Halloran and Joe O’Loughlin tried hard.

Clarecastle
Donagh Murphy, Seanie Moloney, Stephen O’Halloran, Kevin Clohessy, Fergus Ryan, Patrick Kelly, Eric Flynn, Danny Scanlon, Jonathan Clancy, Darragh Moloney, Ciaran O’Dwyer, Eamon Callinan (1-9, 0-6 f),Tyrone Kierse (0-1), David Greene (03), Conor O’Gorman (1-1).

Clooney/ Quin
Damian O’ Halloran, Joe O’Loughlin, Conor Harrisson, Shane McNamara; Donnacda Murphy, Cillian Duggan, Enda Harrisson, Mike McNamara (0-1), John Earls (0-1), Mark O’Halloran (0-1), Fergal Lynch (0-2), Martin Duggan (1-0), PaudieWard, Derek Ryan (0-5 frees), Mike Daffy.

Subs
Adrian Fleming for Ward, Seamus Conroy for Ryan

Inagh/Kilnamona 1-17 – Clonlara 3-09 at Clarecastle

INAGH/KILNAMONA’S lack of a clinical edge again proved costly on Sunday afternoon after a late Clonlara charge earned them another bite of the cherry. Five points clear with seven minutes remaining, Inagh/Kilnamona failed to close out the game and they were to be punished as a lacklustre Clonlara suddenly found a spark to almost snatch the game.

Frustratingly, Inagh/Kilnamona, for all their undoubted progress this year, still have not learned the lessons of previous campaigns when the lack of a killer instinct cost them dearly. Even in previous big games this year, against Crusheen in the drawn game of their play-off in this competition as well as the championship quarterfinal against now finalists Sixmilebridge, they failed to take the chances that they worked so hard to create.

Fortunately, an injury-time free from Ger Arthur saved their blushes on this occasion and means that they still have the chance to rectify those misgivings the next day and on the evidence of the majority of this display, they certainly are more than capable of achieving a historic final place.

They were the brighter team for the bulk of the hour even if some ambitious shooting as well as a tendency to leak goals hampered their progress. They blazed into a 0-4 to 0-2 lead by the 14th minute with corner-forwards Ger Arthur (2) and Conor Tierney causing an understrength Clonlara concern.

What would have been more concerning for Pat Conlon and his team however was the hangover from their championship exit to Kilmaley that meant they were slow to settle. But settle they did and who better than John Conlon to get them going when fielding a high delivery from Tomás O’Donovan to strike to the net from close range in the 14th minute. The county senior followed that up with a point soon afterwards and suddenly the 2009 champions found themselves 1-3 to 0-6 clear.

Inagh/Kilnamona eventually recovered from that blow to hit three unanswered points through Eamon Glynn, Tierney and the lively Ger Arthur but it was their injury-time goal that really restored their confidence. A slick move close to goal involving Ger Arthur and Eamon Glynn released the unmarked Conor Tierney at the back post to strike to the net and hand his side a 1-9 to 1-5 half-time lead.

The fact that they fully recovered from a second hammer blow midway through the second half should have spurred them on to a comfortable victory but it wasn’t as easy as that. Colm Galvin cut in from the right corner to cut Inagh/Kilnamona’s advantage to the bare minimum with a 42nd minute goal but the Combo’s reponse was admirable as they hit five out of the next six points, mainly through Ger and Niall Arthur to once again regain a five point lead by the 51st minute.

It seemed only a matter of running down the clock but out of nowhere Clonlara sprung to life, aided greatly by Tomás O’Donovan, now at fullforward, who grabbed a goal and a point in a late 1-3 purple patch. His 56th minute kicked goal was the catalyst and he also got the leading point on the hour mark to put them on the cusp of a memorable victory.

However, Inagh/Kilnamona did have enough time to stop the rot and launch one more attack and when Paul O’Looney was fouled 35 metres from goal, it was inevitably Ger Arthur who took the responsibility to give his side a second chance.

And for their continued development, it’s a chance that they simply must take.

Inagh/ Kilnamona
Patrick Kelly (7) (0-2f), Milo Keane (7), Brian Glynn (7), Dermot Lynch (7), Ronan O’Looney (7), David Hegarty (7), ColmPilkington (7), HaulieVaughan (7), Paul O’Looney (6), EoinVaughan (7), Eamon Glynn (7) (0-1), Niall Arthur (7) (0-3 2f), Ger Arthur (8) (0-8 3f, 1’65), Dermot Gannon (7) (01), Conor Tierney (7) (1-2)

Clonlara
Ger O’Connell (7), Senan Nihill (6), John Moloney (7), Shane O’Brien (6), Nicky O’Connell (7) (0-2 1f, 1’65), Paul Nihill (7), Cillian Fennessy (7), Cormac O’Donovan (7),WilliamSlattery (6), Pat O’Hare (6),Tomás O’Donovan (8) (1-1), Cathal O’Connell (7) (0-3), ColmGalvin (7) (1-0), John Conlon (8) (1-5 3f), James Hastings (6)

Subs
Jason Murphy (6) for O’Hare (HT), Oisin O’Brien (6) for Hastings (HT), Barry Moloney for S. Nihill (51 mins), Donal Madden for Galvin (58 mins)

Man of the Match
Ger Arthur (Inagh/ Kilnamona) Referee KevinWalsh (WolfeTones)

Kildysart 2-09 – Meelick 2-06 at Gurteen

KILDYSART supporters were put through the full gamut of emotions before finally clinching some much needed silverware on Saturday. 2-5 to 0-1 clear by the break, nothing but a comfortable victory looked on the cards but in the end, they can count themselves extremely fortunate to get out of Gurteen with the cup in what was a compelling tie.

Their superior scoring ability was the difference in the opening period when a brace of Ian Slobody goals along with points from Keith Murphy (2), Brian Eyres, Kieran Leahy and the tireless Keith O’Connor opened up a substantial ten point interval advantage.

However, that scoreline doesn’t tell the full story of a half in which Meelick had ample opportunities to make a telling impression on the game but misfired. In all, the south east Clare side would kick 11 wides and had numerous goal chances, two of which fell in the opening half when Oisin Hickey might have earned a penalty for his side while a minute later, the crossbar saved Kildysart before Colin Ryan blazed the rebound over the bar from close range.

But in those exchanges, Meelick could sense that there was still hope and they were given the perfect start to the second period when Niall Mullen found the top corner of the net after only two minutes.

Kildysart brushed off that blow to reply through Dermot Eyres and Slobody by the 42nd minute but by then, Meelick could smell blood and with Craig Madigan, Damien Moloney and Oisin Hickey to the fore, they gathered momemtum. Points from Moloney and Hickey who might have grabbed a goal started the charge which really ignited when Meelick’s best player Madigan sent a rebound to the net after Dara Quinn’s initial shot had been saved by Pa Kelly.

An Oisin Hickey point cut the deficit to just three by the 47th minute but try as they might, they were unable to grab an equalising goal. Keith O’Connor lifted the siege with a point while also setting up Slobody for a shot that grazed both goalkeeper and crossbar before bouncing to safety. While down the other end, Madigan had two good efforts repelled while a final chance for Hickey was stopped by Keith Murphy as Kildysart hung on for a memorable win.

Kildysart
Pa Kelly, Shane Murphy, David McMahon, Kieran Leahy (0-1), Brian Eyres (0-2), Brian Moloney, Keith O’Connor (0-2), Dermot Clancy (Capt.), Cathal Hogan, Damian Hill, Dermot Eyres (0-1), Ian Slobody (2-1), Keith Murphy (0-2)

Sub
Eamonn Murphy for Hogan (45 mins)

Meelick
Roy Duffy, Brian Barrett, Lee Ryan, Eanna Mulvihill, Niall Mullen (1-0), Eoghan Daly, Sean O’Connor, Damien Moloney (0-1), Dara Quinn,Adam Sherlock, Colin Ryan (0-1), Craig Madigan (1-2 1’45), Oisin Hickey (0-2)

Sub
Gary Callinan for O’Connor (13 mins, inj)

Man of the Match
Keith O’Connor (Kildysart) Referee Fergal Gray (Feakle)