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
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
Fitzgibbon Win
St. Martin’s would like to congratulate W.I.T and our own Patrick O’Flynn on winning the Fitzgibbon Cup in Belfast at the weekend. They beat Limerick I.T in the semi-final after extra time before beating Cork I.T on a scoreline of 0-17 to 0-12.
Child Protection and Welfare Night
St. Martin’s Hurling Club would like to thank Conor Brennan, County Child Welfare Officer for coming to Coon last Thursday night to give a very thorough presentation on the code of Best Practice. A large crowd attended and came away feeling more informed. For more information on the GAA’s Child Welfare and Protection Code of Best of Practice please see http://www.gaa.ie/clubzone/child-welfare-and-protection/
Child Protection and Welfare training night
The rescheduled child protection and welfare training night will be held in coon hall at 8pm on 27th February, Conor Brennan the county children’s officer will be talking about the code of best practice. This training is a REQUIREMENT for all involved in coaching ,training, running of the fields and committee members, also anyone interested in coaching from this year on should attend.
Juvenile Registration
Medal Presentation
- Muckalee Football Club and St. Martin’s Hurling Club held their medal presentation this evening in Muckalee Community Centre. The u.16 football team, Senior Footballers and Senior Hurlers were all presented with their medals by local Celebrity Jim Bolger. Football Board Chairman Tom Brennan presented Man of the Match for the 2013 County Football Final to Colm McGrath. Guest speakers included Lar Maher, Tom Cullen, Patrick O’Flynn, John Ryan, Jim Bolger and Charlie Carter. Both clubs thanked Jim Bolger for his generous sponsorship for Bord na N-óg and for taking the time out of his busy schedule to attend. Also to Dick Dooley for supplying the food and Maria Murphy and Breda Maher for catering and everyone who helped in any way possible. Also in attendance was the captain of the first Senior Football winning team (in 1968), Nickey Morrissey and his brother Martin who was former Chairman/Secretary of the club. As Lar Maher said in his speech, Martin would drive from Kilkenny to Muckalee to bring a team of young lads only to be told that the match was called off as there were no mobile phones or twitter in that time! An enjoyable evening was had by all and look forward to 2014.
02/02/2014
U.16 Football Team
Man of the Match Colm McGrath with Jim Bolger and Tom Brennan
Jim Bolger with Nickey and Martin Morrissey
L-R: Patrick O’Flynn (Bord na N-óg Chairman), Brandon Sheehan (U.16 Capt), Lar Maher (Muckalee Football Chairman), Paul Maher (Senior Football Capt), John Ryan(St. Martin’s Hurling Chairman)
St. Martin’s/Muckalee 6KM Fun Run
St. Martin’s/Muckalee rescheduled fun run took place today. A good field of runners and walkers took to the roads despite the inclement January weather. Both clubs would like to thank everyone who made the event a success, particularly sponsors Richard O’Shea and Gerry O’Brien Butchers for sponsoring the race trophies and also to CDS Architectural Metalwork for sponsoring wristbands for every participant. The following are the results in the main categories.
Men’s Category:
- Tom Brennan Time: 23.32mins
- James Dowling Time: 24.34mins
- Canice Maher Time: 25:21mins
Women’s Category:
- Heather Purcell Time: 28.14mins
- Lucy Lawlor Time: 28.45mins
- Lucia Brennan Time: 29.10mins
Mens 40-50 Category:
- Charlie Carter Time: 26.52mins
- Nicky Purcell Time: 31.08mins
- Frank Manning Time: 39.14mins
Men’s 50+ Category:
- Seán Kelly Time: 28.55mins
- Dinny Whelan Time: 30.02mins
1st Boy:
James Carrigan Time: 31.33mins
1st Girls:
Molly Ryan Time: 34.00ins
St. Martin’s Hurling Club AGM
St. Martin’s Hurling Club held their AGM in Coon Hall last night (Friday 17th) with a good attendance. Secretary Breda Tynan opened the meeting by reading the minutes from the previous year’s AGM. Outgoing Chairperson Richard O’Shea thanked everyone for attending. He said it was a good year in that our senior team got to the County Semi-Final and he hoped we could go further this year. He thanked everyone in the club who helped out throughout the year and praised the good work being done at under-age level. He congratulated Muckalee Football Club on winning 4 in a row and wished them well in their quest for 5 in a row. As he was outgoing Chairperson, he thanked his family and all those who helped and supported him the last 5 years and wished incoming Chairperson John Ryan all the best in his new role. Secretary Breda Tynan then gave her report with a run down of all the action in the different grades. She extended sympathies to all who were bereaved during the year. She gave a brief synopsis of club development and thanked everyone for their help. Treasurer Dermot Lawlor gave a detailed report of the club finances. He said that the member’s draw was our main income and we should encourage more to come on board. Guest speakers on the night included Bord na N-óg Chairperson Patrick O’Flynn and Muckalee Football Club Vice Chairperson Richard Nolan.
Officers elected were:
Presidents: Fr. Martin Ryan, Fr. Larry Wallace, Fr. John Delaney, Pakie Lawlor, Phil Purcell, Tom Dowling
Chairman: John Ryan,
Vice Chairman: Patrick O’Flynn,
Secretary: Breda Tynan,
Assistant Secretary: Annmarie Nolan
Treasurer: Dermot Lawlor,
Assistant Treasurer: Eamon Breen,
PRO: Annmarie Nolan,
Northern Board Rep: Liam Dowling
County Board Rep: Richard Nolan,
Senior Selectors: Charlie Carter (Manager) Aidan Lawlor, Ronan Ruane, Richard O’Shea
Junior Selectors: Tony Maher, John Buggy + 1 other
Junior B Selectors: Seamus Tynan + 2 others
U.21 Selectors: Seamus Tynan, Conor Kinsella, Ollie Walsh, Paul Maher, Joe Maher.
Designated Officer: Martin Stapleton
Child Welfare Officer: Matty Kealy
ASAP Officer: Liam Coogan
