Six up
Muckalee made it to their sixth Senior Football final in a row but not after a searching test from a determined Mooncoin side. The game was played in Ballyhale and it was Mooncoin who made most of the running in the opening half taking an early two point lead before Tom Morrissey opened Muckalee’s scoring in the tenth minute and a further point from Tom and James Maher left the half time score 0-3 to 0-5. At this stage defeat was a strong possibility in the semi final unless they upped their performance with a point from John Mulhall and two rapid fire points from James Maher had Muckalee in front in the forthy sixth minute. A goal from Brandon Sheehan in the fifty fourth minute after a fine move was the defining score of the game , Mooncoin were unable to get back into the game .John Maher and John Mulhall added further points to leave the final score was1-8 to 0-6.
Team John Coonan, Aidan Murphy, Alan Murphy, Noel Darcy, Martin Dowling, Paddy Nolan, Mick Morrissey,Oliver Walsh (Capt.), Bryan Byrne, Tom Morrissey 0-2, Robert Shore, Shane Coonan, Colin McGrath, James Maher 0-2, John Maher 0-1. Brian Cahill, Conor Kinsella, John Mulhall 0-2, Eoin McGrath (used), Brandon Sheehan (1-0),Shane Egan, Eugene Maher, Damien Egan,Paul Maher, Aidan Egan, Jack Dowling, Paddy Brennan.
Manager Martin Dowd. Selectors Ronan Ruane, Pauric Keegan , Larry Maher.
Ref. Richard Dowling
26/4/2014
J.J Kavanagh & Sons Junior B Hurling League Rd. 4 vs Graigue-Ballycallan
On a glorious Sunday afternoon in the rolling hills of Kilmanagh, a small crowd gathered to watch St. Martin’s take on locals Graigue-Ballycallan in the J.J Kavanagh & Sons Junior B hurling league. St. Martin’s were desperate to pick up their first points of this league campaign but a goal in injury time dashed all hopes of that happening. There was no separating the sides all through the first half as Graigue-Ballycallan matched points from Ronan Maher (65), Damien Tynan, Donal Shore (0-2) and Adrian Farrell with the sides level at 0-5 a piece at half time. Just like the first half, the sides were again inseparable with each side cancelling out points from the other until a last ditch effort that found its way to the back of the net to put the local side up by 2 points. John Joe Kelly shot a point just on the stroke of full time to leave the final score St. Martin’s 0-13, Graigue-Ballycallan 1-12.
Team: Eugene Maher, Ruairí Kinsella, Martin Dowling, Shane Egan, Jack Dowling, Ronan Maher (0-1), Tom Walsh, Paddy Brennan (0-1), Donal Shore (0-4), James Kelly, Conor Kinsella, Nicky Purcell, Adrian Farrell (0-1), Damien Tynan (0-1), Colm O’Neill.
Subs: Robert Reid (0-2), Eoin Murphy (used), John Haughney (used), Tommy Quirke (0-1), John Joe Kelly (0-2), Kevin Tynan, Ronan Tynan, Aidan Egan, Shane Dowling.
Selectors: Seamus Tynan, Conor Kinsella, Nicky Purcell.
Referee: Julian O’Dwyer
27th April 2013
Junior B Hurling Rd 3 vs Danesfort
On a windy but sunny day in Danesfort, St. Martin’s Junior B’s took on the locals. It looked dismal at half time with only two solitary points on the board compliments of a Donal Shore free and a point from play from Adrian Farrell to Danesfort’s 1-7. As the Martin’s men were heading out in the second half with the wind, they managed to double their efforts from the first half. Donal Shore been accurate on free’s (3) and Ronan Maher back from a long injury scoring 2 points left the full time score Danesfort 2-13 St. Martin’s 0-7.
Team: Eugene Maher, Jack Dowling, Martin Dowling, Eoin Murphy, Aidan Murphy, Conor Kinsella Ronan Maher (0-2), James Kelly, Tommy Quirke, Donal Shore (0-4), Thomas Walsh, Brandon Sheehan, Adrian Farrell (0-1), Damien Tynan, Shane Egan.
Subs: John Joe Kelly (used), Robert Reid (used), Niall Clancy (used), Shane Dowling (used), Loughlin Hogan, John Haughney, Kevin Tynan, Ronan Tynan, Colm O’Neill, Patrick O’Flynn, Damien Egan.
Selectors: Seamus Tynan, John Ryan.
Referee: Willie Kearney
21st April 2014
J.J Kavanagh & Son’s Junior Hurling League Round 4 vs Tullaroan
On the 19th April, Easter Saturday evening, in Tullaroan, St. Martin’s and Tullaroan lined out for battle in the J.J Kavanagh and Sons Junior Hurling League. A small crowd had gathered to watch proceedings with referee, the youthful James Barry in charge . Shane Kinsella opened St. Martin’s account with a pointed “65”after Conor Kinsella made a good run in towards goal only for his shot to be deflected off a Tullaroan defender. Up until the 14th minute, that was St. Martin’s only score as the Tullaroan side went on the rampage early on, notching up 6 points. Shane Kinsella converted a free when Shane Coonan was fouled to leave five between the sides. The aforementioned Shane Coonan and Thomas Walsh each added points of their own before Shane Kinsella converted two more frees before the half time whistle sounded. (St.Martin’s 0-6, Tullaroan 0-11) The St. Martin’s boys were sluggish in the second half as Tullaroan had scored 1-1 within the first two and a half minutes. Once again, Shane Kinsella converted free’s whilst adding two points from play and Noel D’arcy added one to his account. However, Tullaroan kept pulling away as they were awarded a few handy frees but only scored one point from play in the second half. Most of their scores came from the stick of Tom Fitzgerald as he scored 0-12, 0-10 from free’s. St. Martin’s will be grateful that Tullaroan missed three goal chances but a lot of work remains to be done.Full time score: St. Martin’s 0-11, Tullaroan 1-17
Team: Eugene Maher, Brian Cadigan, Aidan Murphy, Shane Egan, Paddy Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Mick Morrissey, Noel D’arcy, Luke Maher, Shane Coonan, Thomas Walsh, Shane Kinsella, Adrian Farrell, Conor Kinsella, Donal Shore.
Subs: Jack Dowling (used), James Kelly (used), Shane Dowling (used), Tommy Quirke, John Haughney, Thomas Davis.
Selectors: Anthony Maher, John Buggy.
Referee: James Barry
19th April 2014.
Good Friday for footballers
Muckalee and St, Patricks Ballyraggett was the novel paring in this quarteg final clash played in Lisdowney. On an evening taken from summertime the sides served up a good game and it was last years Intermediate winners that took to game to the title holders racing into a two point lead. James Maher got Muckalee off the mark in the sixth minute and two Colin McGrath points had his side in front after the first quarter. Shane Coonan was unlucky with an effort crashing off the cross bar and Colin McGrath had four more points to leave the half time score 0-7 to 0-4. Ballyraggett were first on the scoreboard on the resumption with a point to leave just two between the sides but a Paddy Nolan score steadied the nerves, a black card for a Muckalee player was closely followed by a point blank save by John Coonan had it gone it would have levelled the game. The colour of the next card was a red for a Ballyraggett player and with Colin landing three points and Brandon Sheehan a second black card replacement landing the final score to leave the result 0-12 to 0-5 . Muckalee will be glad to make the semis but still have lots of work to do .
Team John Coonan, Aidan Murphy, Oliver Walsh (capt.)Noel Darcy, Conor Kinsella, Patrick Nolan 0-1, Martin Dowling, Bryan Byrne, Mick Morrissey, Shane Coonan, Robert Shore, Tom Morreissey, Colin McGrath 0-9, 0-3f,John Maher. Brian Cahill,John Mulhall(used), Eoin McGrath(used), Brandon Sheehan 0-1,Patrick Brennan(used),Eugene Maher, Shane Egan, Jack Dowling, Damien Egan, Aidan Egan.
Manager Martin Dowd,with Pauric Keegan,Ronan Ruane, Larry Maher selectors
Ref Peter Burke.
Good Friday 18 April 2014
St. Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League Rd.1
St. Martin’s opened their league campaign against O’Loughlin Gaels in a splendid Canon Kearns Park this afternoon. John Maher started proceedings for St. Martin’s with a pointed free in the second minute. Then, O’Loughlin Gaels kicked into action with points from Mark Bergin and Sammy Johnston. Eoin McGrath slotted a lovely pass from Canice Maher over the bar before setting Thomas Breen up for a point of his own. Mark Bergin pointed a free awarded to his side to draw the sides level for the only time in the game. Once again, Eoin McGrath stepped up to the mark to put Martin’s ahead when he fielded a pass from the towering Brian Mulhall. (0-4 to O’Loughlin’s 0-3) Alas, that was to be St. Martin’s final score for the half as the city side pulled away with a further 1-3 before the whistle sounded for half time. (HT: O’Loughlin Gaels 1-6 St. Martin’s 0-4). In the second half, things did not improve for the country side. With the O’Loughlin Gaels side upping their work rate and finding the posts better than their opponents, John Maher tried keeping his side in touch scoring 3 points from free’s and a 65. Meanwhile, O’Loughlin’s were tipping away extending their lead, particularly with a goal from John Doyle. (O’Loughlin’s 2-10, St. Martin’s 0-8) John Mulhall added two points while Eoin McGrath fielded a pass from James Maher to further add to his tally. David Breen goaled to leave 5 points the difference at full time as O’Loughlin Gaels claim their first two points of the league while St. Martin’s must look deeper to get their league back to winning ways. Full time score: O’Loughlin Gaels 2-13, St. Martin’s 1-11.
Team: Colin McGrath, Shane Cadigan , Ollie Walsh, Patrick Dowling, Brian Byrne, Patrick Nolan, James Dowling, Thomas Breen (0-1), Michael Morrissey, Eoin McGrath (0-3), John Mulhall (0-2), Brian Mulhall, Canice Maher, John Maher (0-5), Shane Kinsella.
Subs: Jason Shore, James Maher (used), David Breen (used, 1-0), Aidan Murphy, Noel D’arcy, Patrick Brennan, Donal Shore, Brian Cadogan, Adrian Farrell, Luke Maher, Jack Dowling Shane Egan, Eugene Maher, Thomas Walsh.
Selectors: Charlie Carter, Richard O’Shea, Aidan Lawlor, Ronan Ruane
Referee: Gavin Quilty
13th April 2014.
J.J Kavanagh & Sons Junior Hurling League Rd.1
On a lovely evening, when Spring had finally seemed to arrive in Coon, a weakened St. Martin’s were no match for a sharp O’Loughlin Gaels side. With Brian Dowling, Nigel Skehan and Michael Henebry all scoring goals before half time, St. Martin’s were playing catch up all through the game with the half time score standing at O’Loughlin Gaels 3-8, St. Martin’s 0-4. The local boys tried hard in the second half to cut the deficit, but alas, it was not enough as the game ended with O’Loughlin’s taking the points on a scoreline of 3-17 to St. Martin’s 0-7.
Team: Jason Shore, Brian Cadogan, Aidan Murphy, Jack Dowling, Shane Egan, Paddy Brennan, Martin Dowling, Luke Maher James Kelly, Shane Dowling, Donal Shore, Tom Walsh, Damien Tynan, Adrian Farrell, Eugene Maher.
Sub: Nicky Purcell (used)
Selectors: Anthony Maher, Eoin Maher, John Buggy, Aidan Lawlor.
Referee: Ger O’Grady
12th April 2014
Juniors at home to Mount Leinster Rangers
Saturday evening saw the Juniors take on Mount Leinster Rangers in the all County League. The first half was evenly contested and both sides were level at the break 7 points apiece. Mount Leinster Rangers opened the scoring in the second half with 2 points before we replied with a goal by Adrian Farrell. Mount Leinster Rangers finished the stronger and won on a margin of St Martins 1-08 Mount Leinster Rangers 1-14.
Team: Jason Shore, Brain Cadigan, Aidan Murphy, Jack Dowling, Patrick Dowling, Michaeal Morrissey, Martin Dowling, Luke Maher, Noel Darcy, Shane Kinsella(0-5), Shane Coonan(0-01), Thomas Walsh(0-01), Shane Egan(0-01), Adrian Farrell(1-0), Donal Shore. subs: Damien Tynan, Shane Dowling both used.
Selectors: Anthony Maher, John Buggy, Eoin Maher, Aidan Lawler.
Referee: Eamon Larkin
Junior B’s first outing for 2014
The Junior B’s traveled to Jenkinstown to take on Conahy on Sunday morning in the first round of the league. Trailing by 3 points at half time they started well in the second half and were level at 8 points a piece with 15 mins left but Conahy finished the stronger and won on a scoreline of St Martins 0-08 Conahy 2-11.
Team; Eugene Maher,Jack Dowling,Martin Dowling, Shane Egan, Eoin Murphy(0-01), Ruairi Kinsella, Richard Teehan, Tommy Quirke(0-02f), John Joe kKelly, Adrian Farrell(0-01), Nicky Purcell(0-01), Aidan Egan(0-01), Shane Dowling(0-01), Damien Tynan(0-01), Ronan Tynan.
Selectors: Conor Kinsella, Seamus Tynan, Nicky Purcell
Referee: Pascal Connolly
All County Junior Hurling Rd. 1
St. Martin’s Junior team travelled to Clara to take on the home team in the first round of the All County Junior Hurling League this morning . While they got off on the scoreboard early on with a Shane Kinsella free, it was Clara who raced into an early lead scoring 1-1 in the first 10 minutes. The forwards did not have much luck finding the posts until mid way through the half when they started to cut into Clara’s deficit. Points from Noel D’arcy, Luke Maher and Shane Kinsella left a goal between the sides (0-4 to Clara 1-4). However, Clara bounced back with a goal when awarded a free in front of the goal. Shane Kinsella and Luke Maher tagged a point each onto Martin’s tally before half time to leave the score St. Martin’s 0-6, Clara 2-5 at the break. On the resumption, St. Martin’s worked to reduce the deficit with Shane Kinsella scoring once more and Jason Shore sending a free to the back of the net to leave a goal between the sides (1-7 to Clara 2-7). However, with the lads struggling, Clara powered on scoring a further 2-5. with Shane Kinsella and Noel D’arcy tagging on more scores and Jason Shore being in hard luck when his 21 yard free was saved, it was not to be our day with the final score St. Martin’s 1-10 to Clara 4-12.
Teams: Jason Shore (1-0), Richard Teehan, Aidan Murphy, Jack Dowling, Paddy Dowling, Mick Morrissey, Paddy Brennan, Luke Maher (0-2), Noel D’arcy (0-2), Shane Egan, Shane Kinsella (0-6), Thomas Walsh, Donal Shore, Adrian Farrell, Eugene Maher.
Subs: (all used) James Callinan, Shane Dowling, Tommy Quirke, Eoin Murphy, Damien Egan.
Selectors: Anthony Maher, John Buggy, Eoin Maher
Referee: Paul Hunston
23rd March 2014
