St. Martin’s underage shine at County level.

On a day where Kilkenny had teams playing at U-14, U-15, U-16 & U-17, St Martins had players involved on two teams.

In Wexford with the Kilkenny U-15’s St Martins had representatives in the shape of Brian Cody, Conor Dowling & Jack Manning. They all contributed in the run to the final where Brian started and Conor came on in a tight affair where they landed the spoils 3-3 to 0-9 v Dublin to win the trophy for the first time since 2008. The side was managed by a St Martins man- Patrick O’Flynn.

Jason Shore was with the county U-17’s who lost out to Cork in the All Ireland final by five points.

 Well done to all concerned.

St. Martin’s well represented at County level.

St. Martin’s GAA would like to wish Jason Shore, Brian Coady, Conor Dowling and Jack Manning all the best  as they join the County U15 and U17 teams in the All-Ireland Hurling championships this weekend.

Draw for All Ireland Hurling Tickets

The draw for all Ireland Hurling tickets for members of St. Martins Hurling and Muckalee Football clubs will take place in Coon Hall on Monday 2nd at 9 pm. You must be present to enter draw.

Back to school

St. Martin’s GAA would like to wish all of our members young and old the very best in heading back to school or college. Work hard but play harder and remember ……………….. enjoy yourselves.

Good win for Martin’s.

The long awaited 4th round of the Senior Hurling League took place this evening in Canon Kearns Park as St. Martin’s clashed with James Stephen’s.  In what promised to be a cracker of a game it certainly did not disappoint.  It was James Stephen’s who rushed ahead going 3 points to 1 up before Paddy Nolan raced up the field and laid off a nice pass to John Maher, who in turn found Eoin McGrath who coolly finished the ball to the net.  Once again, the city side  hit back to regain their lead but with points from John Maher, Joe Maher, Tom Breen, and Brian Mulhall, Martin’s were never going to let them get too far ahead and it was level pegging at 1-9 to James Stephen’s 0-12 at half time.  John Maher and Eoin Larkin exchanged scores from frees early in the second half.  Robert Shore won a dropping ball and ran towards goal finishing it beautifully to the back of the net.  It was now the village who were chasing the game and with Brian Mulhall causing problem’s for the James Stephen’s back line,they were feeling the pressure hitting 4 wides in quick succession.  Colin McGrath pulled off a great save when David Walton look certain to goal.  A John Maher 65 and point from play after a pass from Brian Mulhall kept the scoreboard ticking over.  St. Martin’s weren’t finished yet as Robert Shore’s one handed flick found the back of the net insured their second win of the league.  They now face Fenian’s of Johnstown in the 5th and final round of the league.

Team: Colin McGrath, Niall Moran, Ollie Walsh, Shane Cadigan, Bryan Byrne, Paddy Nolan, James Maher, James Dowling, Canice Maher, Thomas Breen (0-3), Brian Mulhall (0-3), Joe Maher (0-1), Eoin McGrath (1-0), John Maher (0-8), Robert Shore (2-1).

Subs: Jason Shore, Paul Maher, Michael Morrissey, Brendan Maher, Noel D’arcy, Aidan Murphy, Brian Cadigan Paddy Dowling, David Breen, Shane Kinsella, Luke Maher, Donal Shore, Eugene Maher, Jack Dowling.

Team Management: Charlie Carter, Richie McCarthy, Aidan Lawler

Referee: Denis O’Sullivan

23rd August 2013

St. Martin’s minors drive for goals.

 St Martins minors gained a win over Young Irelands where their ability to get goals proved to be decisive on 18th August last.

They will be very disappointed with the number of missed chances they had during the hour as at times they misfired. Final score St Martins 4-10 2-12 Young Irelands

St Martins: Loughlin Hogan, Conor Dowling, Steven Walsh, Tommy Downey, Richard Teehan, Patrick Brennan, Eoin Murphy, Brian Cody, Adrian Farrell, Mark Cody, Brandon Sheehan, Colm O’Neill, Shane Dowling, Tommy Quirke, Mark Dowling.

Subs: Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Sean Maher, Ronan Tynan ( All used)

Ref: Ger Grady

U12 Dowling Cup 2013.

Danesfort were the visitors for the 2013 Dowling Cup held on Saturday evening in Coon. The players and large crowd got lucky with the weather as it remained dry for the start of the match as Mikey Somers threw in the ball. Danesfort got off to the better start as a long range effort snuck in to the St Martins net. The young Coon-Muckalee-Ballyfoyle lads did not let this deter them and they got back in to the game when Dan Doyle’s bullet like ground shot from an extremely tight angle hit the back of the net. Two pointed frees from Daragh Quinlan, a point from play by Bill Dowling and another goal from Donal Coughlan saw St Martins go in at half time in front on a scoreline of 2-3 to 1-2 after a very evenly contested half. Shane Brennan made three excellent saves and got great support from the full back line of Paul Murphy, Adam Agar and Mathew Shorthall to keep Danesfort’s scores to a minimum.

The first score of the second half was going to be crucial and  when Shane Fahy finished the ball to the net in a goalmouth scramble, the host team were on the way to victory. St Martins were becoming dominant in their halfback line with Justin Manning, Tristan Roche and  Darragh Coughlan clearing ball after ball. Their teamwork was evident when the ball was fed to Daragh Quinlan midway through the second half who sprinted clear of the Danesfort defense only to see his shot canon back off the crossbar.

Harry Kealy, James Dowling and Jack Murphy all worked hard through the match to make sure that St Martins remained on top. Daragh Quinlan made up for his misfortune earlier with two goals, one from play and one from a 21 yard free. The scoring was complete with points from Harry Kealy and Ronan Shore and a goal from Josh Dempsey. The full panel got a run out and it was great to see Tommy Butler, Joe Reid, Andrew Buggy, Jack Farrell, Conor Mulhall, Shane O Neill, Thomas Lawlor, Cillian Bryan, Lorcan Agar and Willem Smith contribute to the victory. The final score was St Martins 6-5 Danesfort 1-4

After the match Liam Dowling presented medals to both teams and Tom Dowling presented the Dowling Cup to his grandsons, captain Daragh Quinlan and vice captain Bill Dowling. Everybody then enjoyed tea and refreshments in the dressing room to finish off a great day. 

Great credit must go to the Coon field committee who had the pitch and grounds in fantastic condition for the game.

Minors play Kilmacow

St Martins 3-15 1-16 Kilmacow

Midway through the second half St Martins looked in trouble trailing by two points but they recovered to earn a place against Clara on the 21st August.

It all began so well for ‘Martins leading 0-4 to 0-1 after ten minutes but eleven wides in the first half proved to be their undoing leaving it all square at the break 1-7 to 0-10.

Kilmacow began the second half the brighter going two ahead but a number of changes saw St Martins pull ahead in the end.

St Martins: Jason Shore, Conor Dowling, Alan Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Steven Walsh, Patrick Brennan, David Walsh, Donal Shore, Shane Kinsella, Mark Coady, Adrian Farrell, Finn Dowling, Mark Dowling, Robert Reid, Shane Dowling.

Subs: Brandon Sheehan, John Joe Kelly, Richard Teehan, Tommy Quirke, Colm O’Neill (All used) William Trousdell, Damien Egan, Ronan Tynan, Aidan Egan, Tommy Downey, Eoin Murphy, Conor Dowling, Sean Maher. David Healy

Tom Kinsella Memorial Cup

St. Martin’s hosted Oulart The Ballagh of Wexford in the final of the Tom Kinsella Memorial Cup in Coon which was in splendid condition for the game.  In front of a nice crowd, the sides notched up three points apiece before St. Martin’s first goal came from Robert Shore but things went downhill for the homeside as Oulart picked points from all distances.  The half time score stood at Oulart the Ballagh 0-13, St. Martin’s 1-6.  The visitors picked up where they left off in the second half but before the end, St. Martins had one last goal left in the tank as Thomas Breen found Robert Shore who sent the ball to the back of the net once more.  Oulart the Ballagh ran out convincing winners on a scoreline of 0-26 to St. Martin’s 2-13.  Thanks to Oulart and Erin’s Own who participated in the tournament and organisers and we look forward to next year!

Team: Colin McGrath(0-1), Niall Moran, Ollie Walsh, Shane Cadigan, Bryan Byrne, Paddy Nolan, James Maher, Canice Maher, James Dowling, Joe Maher, Thomas Breen(0-1), Luke Maher(0-1), Eoin McGrath(0-2), John Maher(0-7), Robert Shore(2-0).

Subs: Shane Kinsella(0-1), Donal Shore, Brian Cadigan, Eugene Maher, Jack Dowling, Paddy Dowling, Jason Shore, Noel D’arcy

Team Management: Charlie Carter, Richie McCarthy, Aidan Lawlor.

Referee: Eamon Mansfield.

18th August 2013

 

Saints go marching on!

St. Martin’s went to Danesfort to take on Mooncoin in search of their second win in the Junior Hurling Championship.  Both teams started out trading points with Martin’s points coming from Shane Kinsella on free’s and Donal Shore pointing from play.  While Mooncoin drove a lot of wides, the northerners continued making scores with Shane Kinsella adding another 2 points to his tally courtesy of Paddy Dowling and Paul Maher winning puck-outs and getting the passes in.  However, in the 25th minute, St. Martin’s suffered a set back when a player was sent off with a straight red card, for what, no one knows, but the lads didn’t let that get them down as Kieran Kelly got a great goal made from a pass from Tom Morrissey just before half time.  The half time score stood at St. Martin’s 1-5 to Mooncoin’s 0-4  Mooncoin came out fighting in the second half in the hope of turning the game around but while they were shooting wides, Shane Kinsella and Bryan Byrne kept the scoreboard ticking over.  Tom Morrissey extended the lead even further in the 16th minute of the half.  In a great display of team work, Brendan Maher cleared a ball from the back line to Bryan Byrne who laid a quick pass off to Paddy Dowling.  Great vision by Paddy saw the ball been delivered to Paul Maher who gave a pass to Tom.  There was no doubt he was intent on goal as he hammered it to the back of the net to put 9 points between the sides.  Mooncoin rallied in the last 15 minutes with Stephen Crowley, Cormac Fleming, Jamie McGrath and Eric Wall all pointing to reduce the deficit somewhat.  The Southern men were in hard luck when Jason Shore and his defenders did well to clear away a goal attempt.  To finish the game off nicely, Shane Kinsella and Tom Morrissey both scored points to help St. Martin’s run out winners with a score of 2-11 to Mooncoin’s 0-10.  After a great team display, they now await the winners of neighbours Erin’s Own and Clara in the next round.

Team: Jason Shore, Martin Dowling Brendan Maher, Brian Cadigan, Noel D’arcy, Bryan Byrne(0-1), Jack Dowling, Michael Mulhall, Paddy Dowling, Luke Maher, Tom Morrissey(1-1), Shane Kinsella(0-8), Kieran Kelly(1-0), Paul Maher, Donal Shore(0-1).

Subs: Eugene Maher, Conor Kinsella, Conor Dowling, David Walsh, James Kelly.

Team Selectors: Aidan Lawlor, Nicholas Purcell, Anthony Maher.

Referee: John Walsh

18th August 2013.

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