2014 Draws
| St Canices Credit Union SHC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| O Loughlin Gaels | St Martins | |||
| Tullaroan | Carrickshock | |||
| Clara | Ballyhale Shamrocks | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Danesfort | James Stephens | |||
| Rower Inistioge | Dicksboro | |||
| Erins Own | Fenians | |||
| Michael Lyng Motors IHC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Thomastown | Tullogher Rosbercon | |||
| Young Irelands | Conahy Shamrocks | |||
| St Patricks | Glenmore | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Graigue Ballycallan | Lisdowney | |||
| Emeralds | Dunn maggin | |||
| Mullinavat | St Lactains | |||
| J J Kavanagh & Son JHC | ||||
| Section A – Group A | ||||
| Mooncoin | Barrow Rangers | |||
| Graignamanagh | Bennettsbridge | |||
| Cloneen | Slieverue | |||
| Section A – Group B | ||||
| Galmoy | Kilmacow | |||
| John Lockes | Windgap | |||
| Piltown | Blacks & Whites | |||
| Section B – Group A | ||||
| St Martins | O Loughlin Gaels | |||
| Mullinavat | Clara | |||
| Tullaroan | ||||
| Section B – Group B | ||||
| Erins Own | Dicksboro | |||
| Ballyhale Shamrocks | James Stephens | |||
| J J Kavanagh & Son SFC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Railyard | Clara | |||
| Kilmoganny | St Patricks | |||
| Group B | ||||
| O’Loughlin Gaels | Mullinavat | |||
| James Stephens | Conahy Shamrocks | |||
| Group C | ||||
| Muckalee | Mooncoin | |||
| Dicksboro | Glenmore | |||
| J J Kavanagh & Son IFC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Blacks & Whites | Rower Inistioge | |||
| Ballyhale | Bye | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Piltown | Erins Own | |||
| Thomastown | Bye | |||
| J J Kavanagh & Son JFC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Railyard | Young Irelands | |||
| Carrickshock | Danesfort | |||
| Graigue Ballycallan | Bye | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Carrigeen | Windgap | |||
| Muckalee
Graignamanagh |
Tullogher Rosbercon
Bye |
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Postponed: 6K Fun Run
Due to icy road conditions, the 6K Fun Run has been postponed until a later date.
Bord na N-óg AGM
St. Martin’s Bord Na n-óg AGM will take place on Friday 22nd November @ 8:00pm in Muckalee Community Centre.
Spirited second half not enough.
St. Martin’s under 21’s made the short journey to Jenkinstown, to take on Tullaroan in the Quarter Final of the North U.21 B Hurling Championship. On a cold day, with a young team which included 10 minors, Martin’s went ahead with scores from Ruairí Kinsella and Shane Kinsella after 10 minutes.(0-4 to 0-3). However, after that, Martin’s found it hard to come by scores as Tullaroan raced into a 12 points to 6 lead at half time. The deficit could have been more as Jason Shore made a great save mid way through the first half when Bill Cuddihy tried for goal. The second half saw a more determined St. Martin’s side come out fighting. However, the men in red and green received a setback when Dave Dooley suffered a head injury and had to be taken off. Shane Kinsella (3), Donal Shore and David Breen whittled the deficit down to three points before Tullaroan hit the jackpot with a pointed free and a goal. Bryan Byrne closed the scoring account with a point before the full time whistle signalled the end for Tullaroan to win on a scoreline of 1-16 to 0-12.
St. Martin’s: J. Shore, S. Egan, T. Walsh, R. Teehan, J. Dowling, B. Byrne (0-1), P. Brennan, L. Maher, S. Kinsella (0-8), A. Farrell, D. Breen (0-1), C. Dowling, D. Shore (0-1), R. Kinsella (0-1), D. Dooley.
Subs: D. Walsh (used), T. Walsh, R. Tynan, D. Egan(used), A. Egan, M. Dowling, A. Kelly.
Team Management: Seamus Tynan, Richard Nolan, Conor Kinsella, Martin Dowling.
Referee: Paddy Bowden.
09th November 2013.
St. Martin’s Hurling/Muckalee Football Clubs Membership
Collectors will be calling in the coming weeks for membership for the coming year. The clubs would like to thank everyone for their continued support.
Club Gear
Orders for Club gear for Christmas must be in before November 15th. Contact Micheal Brennan on 0860503946 to place your order after you browse our club shop!
A huge crowd turned out in Muckalee Saturday night to cheer on both teams in the Kilkenny Minor B County Camogie Final in what turned out to be a magnificent contest between St Martin’s and Conahy/Freshford in a repeat of the league final. A super performance by the St. Martin’s girls saw them complete a league/championship double to thrill the huge local following. Congratulations and well done to the girls of St. Martin’s Camogie Club and all involved with the team.
Martin’s shade u.21 battle
In a wet Jenkinstown, St. Martin’s and Danesfort squared up to each in the preliminary round of the North U.21 Roinn B Hurling Championship. Luckily enough, the rain had eased off before the whistle started proceedings. Within half a minute, the first score was on the board when Luke Maher won the throw in and passed to David Breen. Before he could be tackled, Breen swiftly delivered the ball to Donal Shore to get Martin’s first point. Danesfort took their time to settle but once they did, they powered ahead with scores from a Ger Dunne free and a good point from Paddy Hickey. St. Martin’s had to battle hard for their next score which came by way of a Shane Kinsella free to put the sides’ level. With Paddy Hickey leading the Danesfort charge, they shot four unanswered points from the sticks of Colm Phelan, Cillian Treacy (2) and a pointed free from their instrumental Ger Dunne to go four points up (0-6 to 0-2). The momentum was very much with Danesfort. However, in the 22nd minute, when Dave Dooley was fouled in the square, net minder Jason Shore was called upon to take the resultant penalty for St. Martin’s. He smashed it home past Patrick Tynan and his defenders to put one between the sides. Less than a minute later, Conor Dowling and Gary Tynan traded points. Jack Bruton finished the first half scoring with a point for Danesfort to leave the half time score Danesfort 0-8, St. Martin’s 1-3.
It took until the 6th minute of the second half for the next score when Ger Dunne shot a lovely point for his side to put four between them. However, Martin’s Shane Kinsella pointed from a free near the sideline to narrow the gap again. While Danesfort went through somewhat of a dry spell, St. Martin’s upped their game to claw back the deficit with further scores from Shane Kinsella to bring the sides level once again. With each side really putting their hearts into the game, it was clear this was going to be a close finish. Gary Tynan hit back with a point for his side to go up by one as David Breen negated that score when he was set up by Shane Kinsella. While both sides fought doggedly, Luke Maher and Colm Phelan traded points as they remained level. There was no separating the sides as Dave Dooley shot over a fine point and Ger Dunne pointed a free. It seemed like Danesfort might take the spoils when Ger Dunne went in for goal but his shot went wide. It was a frantic race to the end as both sides struggled to gain the upper hand but it was Luke Maher who shot the winning point for St. Martin’s in 60th minute. Danesfort will be disappointed with themselves as they missed a few chances that could have won the game as St. Martin’s won on a scoreline of 1-10 to 0-12.
Scorers: St. Martin’s: S. Kinsella (0-4, 3f), Luke Maher (0-2), D. Shore (0-1), J. Shore (1-0), C. Dowling (0-1), D. Breen (0-1), D. Dooley (0-1)
Danesfort: G. Dunne (0-4, 3f), G. Tynan (0-2), C. Treacy (0-2), C. Phelan (0-2), P. Hickey (0-1), J. Bruton (0-1)
Teams: St. Martin’s: J. Shore, S. Egan, T. Walsh, R. Kinsella, J. Dowling, B. Byrne, P. Brennan, L. Maher, S. Kinsella, A. Farrell, D. Breen, C. Dowling, D. Shore, D. Dooley, J. Callinan. Subs: R. Teehan (used), D. Walsh (used), A. Egan, D. Egan, A. Kelly, E. Mahony, R. Tynan
Danesfort: P. Tynan, J. Tynan, C. O’Neill, D. Knox, R. Leahy, D. Sheehan, B. O’Connor, P. Hickey, G. Tynan, C. Phelan, C. Mullally, G. Dunne, J. Bruton, C. Treacy, S. McKenna. Subs: B. Cullen (used), H. Bruton (used), D. Fitzpatrick (used).
Team Management: Seamus Tynan, Richard Nolan, Martin Dowling, Conor Kinsella.
Referee: Eugene Ryan
26th October 2013
Martin’s claim Aylward Cup
St. Martin’s lined out with what looked like a skeleton team as they took on O’Loughlin Gaels in the Aylward Cup final this afternoon in Jenkinstown. With Ollie Walsh been the only defender and both midfielders missing from last weekend’s semi-final, the country men went four points up with scores from Canice Maher, Luke Maher, and Jason Shore. With the hard working Noel D’arcy, (even though pitted against County Star Brian Hogan), was causing the city men a lot of problems at this stage, and created the space to find Mick Morrissey on an overlap who shot a fine point before O’ Loughlin’s registered their first score. Within two minutes the sides were level when Seamie Cummins got a goal for his side. (0-4 to 1-1) However, the Martin’s men did not shy away from the challenge. After receiving a good clearance from the lively Jack Dowling, David Breen shot a fine point while Shane Kinsella laid off a great pass to Robert Shore to ease their side ahead and net minder Colin McGrath blasted a 20m free past the O’Loughlins goalie. (1-6 to 1-1) Whilst the city side remained quiet on the scoring front, David Breen set Luke Maher up for a point and Colin McGrath pointed another free to go 7 points to the good. However, that was the last score for Martin’s before half time as O’ Loughlin’s added three points to leave the half time score St. Martin’s 1-8 O’ Loughlin’s 1-4.
The second half opened with the opposition coming out with determination to steal the lead. Backed by a stiff wind, within a minute, they had the deficit down to 3 points. Veteran John Maher was introduced and straight away made an impact setting up David Breen for a point before he added a point of his own from a free, whilst the able McGrath was called upon again to point a long range free. O’ Loughlin’s had added four of their own points in the meantime to leave three between them once more. (1-11 to 1-8) David Breen slotted another point that was deflected over the bar by the city side’s goalie. Less than a minute later, Robert Shore crossed the ball into John Maher who doubled on it overhead, passed the advancing keeper. The hard working John Mulhall, based in the back’s today, gave a good pass to Luke Maher from the near side to put four points between the sides. A bit of a safety net one would think but O’Loughlins had very different ideas. Jack Nolan bore down on goal and finished it to the net to leave four points the difference. (2-13 to 2-9) Not ones to sit back, Paddy Dowling immediately set up Canice Maher to get a score back for the eventual winners. (2-14 to 2-9) Martin Comerford shot a fine point to reduce the deficit to two making for a nervous few minutes towards the end. The backs did well throughout with corner backs Aidan Murphy and Brian Cadigan making some fine clearances. Just in the last minute, O’ Loughlin’s bore down on goal as Colin McGrath made a great save from a fine shot from Seamie Cummins and with the rebound looking destined for the net, McGrath somehow turned it around the post for a 65. Aidan Murphy cleared the resulting 65 just as full time whistle sounded. St. Martin’s collected the Alyward Cup on a scoreline of 2-15 to O’ Loughlin Gaels 2-13.
Team: Colin McGrath (1-2), Aidan Murphy, Ollie Walsh, Brian Cadigan, Jack Dowling, John Mulhall, Mick Morrissey (0-1), Luke Maher (0-3), Paddy Dowling, David Breen (0-4), Noel D’arcy, Canice Maher (0-2), Shane Kinsella, Robert Shore (0-1), Jason Shore (0-1)
Sub: John Maher (1-1)
Team Management: Charlie Carter, Richie McCarthy, Aidan Lawlor.
Referee: Eugene Ryan
19th October 2013
Huge disappointment for Seniors
This afternoon in Nowlan Park, in front of a large crowd, St. Martin’s took on Clara in the St. Canice’s Credit Union Senior County Semi-Final. In what was dubbed as a local derby, it was John Maher who got St. Martin’s on the scoreboard with a point from play. His next point was from a free some four minutes later. In that four minutes, Clara were notching up three points of their own to leave Martin’s trailing by a point. It was not until the 11th minute that the men from the hills came by their next score. John Maher laid off a nice pass from the new stand side over to John Mulhall on the far side who finished it nicely over the bar to reduce the deficit to two points. Coming up to midway through the half, that deficit was quashed as the talented veteran John Maher had the vision to spot Canice Maher running through the middle who took the pass and rattled the back of the net. John Maher added another pointed free to put two points between the sides. Martin’s got two chances at goal before the end of the half. The first came when James Dowling sent a bullet off the crossbar that was gathered up and pointed by David Breen. The second came when Robert Shore’s shot narrowly went wide. The half time score stood at St. Martin’s 1-6 Clara 0-8. Clara came out in the second half with all guns blazing but points from John Maher and John Mulhall who made sure the opponents didn’t get too far ahead. Points from Robert Shore and John Mulhall levelled the game. (1-11 to 0-14). However, Clara went 5 points ahead with a goal batted in by James Nolan. (1-11 to 1-16) Martin’s battled hard to reduce the deficit with two pointed free’s from John Maher and another by John Mulhall. Colin McGrath dropped in a free into the square with time almost up but it could not be converted. Alas, it was all in vein as Clara were victorious on a scoreline of 1-17 to St. Martin’s 1-14.
Team: Colin McGrath, Niall Moran, Ollie Walsh, Shane Cadigan, James Maher, Paddy Nolan, Bryan Byrne, James Dowling, Thomas Breen, Canice Maher (1-0), Brian Mulhall, David Breen (0-1), John Mulhall (0-4), John Maher (0-8), Robert Shore (0-1).
Subs: Jason Shore, Paul Maher, Michael Morrissey, Brendan Maher, Shane Kinsella, Luke Maher, Noel D’arcy, Aidan Murphy, Brian Cadigan, Paddy Dowling, Donal Shore, Eugene Maher, Jack Dowling, Eoin McGrath, Joe Maher, Ronan Maher.
Team Management: Charlie Carter (Manager) Richie McCarthy, Aidan Lawler (Selectors)
Referee: Gavin Quilty
13th October 2013
