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Post by southward on Dec 2, 2014 21:52:12 GMT
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 3, 2014 7:56:31 GMT
y Michael Moynihan
Kieran Donaghy won’t forget The Nire anytime soon, writes Michael Moynihan.
The Austin Stacks talisman paid the Waterford champions a glowing tribute after they’d taken the Kerry kingpins to the brink of a huge shock in the Munster Club football final.
“There’s pressure, massive pressure, because we’re a Kerry team,” said Donaghy.
“Kerry people can be confident, even your own crowd who wouldn’t really know the game would say ‘ye’ll beat them fellas from Waterford alright’.
“But we were watching videos of them and we knew how good they were – Conor Gleeson is going to be a sensational player, he ran us ragged in the first 15 or 20 minutes.
“Fergal McNamara was struggling, but once he got to grips with him he locked him down in the second-half almost completely. That’s character – you’re beaten for the first 20 minutes but then you back yourself to come out and win the battle, and I think he won the battle overall, which was huge for us.
“We knew we had to lock Gleeson and Lawlor down, they’re two big players for them, and Shane O’Callaghan’s performance with O’Gorman on him – who is a serious player – that was a huge performance. He hauled us into the game when we were struggling, winning balls against the head and doing damage.”
The big full-forward identified other heroes. Other turning points.
“William Kirby coming on in the second-half, he was a magnet for the ball, a magnet for turnovers – inspirational turnovers – and John Dennis came on to torpedo someone in the middle of the field and won the ball.
“Those kinds of things lift a team. You can have game plans and set your stall out, but suddenly you’re six points and a man down, and the tactic book goes out the window. It comes down to the characters on a team, and whether a team has the character and the balls to go for it. We were facing an uphill battle, a kind we mightn’t have faced before, and we had to dig deep.
“But the crowd and a few inspirational players dug us out of that hole. This is an amazing win for us, it’s nearly 40 years since the club won a Munster title, and it’s great to be part of this team.”
Donaghy acknowledges the need for the club – for the team — to make hay, based on the variety of player experiences.
“You don’t know when these chances come along in your lifetime – someone like Greg Horan, who was unbelievable, is only 19. All he’s known in his Stacks career is county finals, Munster finals; William Kirby is 39, and he’s been waiting for this. You don’t know where this thing is going to take you. As the lads say, anything is possible. Why not? We’ll be underdogs the next day, we know that, we’re not littered with five or six county stars but what we have is great spirit and great character. I don’t think we’re ever beaten and we’ll dig in no matter what happens. All we can do now is to look forward to February, I’m looking forward to a few weeks off.”
Donaghy himself could have been living it up on an All Star trip in Boston (“They’re getting a great spin out of me, giving me All Stars and I’m saving them money by not going on the trips,”) but it’s obvious he wouldn’t swap the last few months for a weekend in New England.
“I do appreciate things because when I was 18, 19, I wasn’t an underage sensation who was always going to go on and play (senior), I kind of wangled my way onto the Kerry panel and team. I was suddenly in there.
“I’ve always been hyper-critical and down on myself when I don’t play well, so I try to take it in when we win. Sport is funny, it can be unbelievable and it can be cruel, I’ve had a lot of cruel days and unbelievable days, but I’ve been very lucky in my career to have more good days than bad.
“They always say the bad ones stick with you more than the happy times, but this is one you can really enjoy.”
His brother, who’s coming home from a five and a half year stint in Australia, made next year’s Kerry captain promise a win so he could attend the All-Ireland semi-final.
“My mamma told me there’d be days like this and it’s unbelievable.
“I thought I’d seen the last of Páirc Uí Chaoimh after the Munster final, but to be here for the last game in this old warhorse of a stadium, with the smallest dressing-rooms in the world . . .
“I said to our physio, Paudie McQuinn, in the warm-up, it was nice to see Austin Stacks up there on the scoreboard in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It’s huge for the club and it’ll make the winter short for Stacks’ people.”
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Post by Deise Exile on Dec 4, 2014 22:00:14 GMT
What do you make of that joe brolly!! Star proving his all star now
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 7, 2014 22:00:37 GMT
AIB Munster Club Junior Football Championship Final Result -
Brosna (Kerry) 0-15 Glin (Limerick) 2-6
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 8, 2014 8:01:32 GMT
By Edward Newman
Brosna 0-15 Glin 2-6
Brosna completed a hat-trick of provincial club football titles for the Kingdom, overcoming the spirited challenge of Glin in a hugely entertaining AIB Munster Junior final at Mallow yesterday.
In a game that had a very competitive edge married to some wonderful passages of play on a bitterly cold December afternoon, the north Kerry side followed up Ardfert’s intermediate crown and Austin Stacks’ senior success to make it a memorable treble of Munster titles for football’s most decorated county.
Brosna’s title was built on industry, craftiness and precision up front and no player personified this more than their brilliant corner-forward Adam Barry.
The former Kerry minor was in regal form, lighting up an intriguing contest by landing 0-8, a contribution that led his manager Jimmy Keane to describe the 21-year-old’s performance as “unforgettable and inspirational”.
Barry curled over a litany of beautiful points off left and right foot from a range of distances and angles while Shane Fitzmaurice, Aaron Cahill, Eamon Kiely, Dave and Shane Curtain and Tom McGoldrick all stepped up to the mark when the need was greatest.
Those contributions were never more in demand after Philip Moloney blasted Glin’s second goal two minutes after the break to push the Limerick champions into a two-point lead in a match that captivated the huge attendance.
The game was still in the melting pot with just ten minutes left on the clock. Though Brosna were playing for a sixth consecutive Sunday, their energy levels never lagged – in fact they upped the tempo in the closing stages — and produced three points during this period to run out deserving winners in front of their huge support in an attendance of 3,086.
Glin’s movement was jauntier in the opening five minutes, and they should have been three points in front but their shooting over the hour proved their Achilles heel – Glin shot eight wides in total — while Brosna looked far more economical up front where Barry sparkled. Though Glin’s best forward Mark Culhane opened scoring in the 7th minute, Brosna took control and landed five successive points between the 8th and 21st minutes including two beauties from Barry, along with efforts from Shane Curtain, Tom McGoldrick and Don McAuliffe.
It looked like the north Kerry side would run riot but Glin responded against the run of play with a well-worked goal on 23 minutes. Good footwork and vision from Padraig Scanlon found the dangerous Culhane unmarked on the edge of the square and the big full-forward rounded Conor Kiely to finish coolly.
From there to half time both sides bossed possession and swapped some eye-catching points. Firstly, Mike Finnegan found Barry, whose golden touch never deserted him, while McGoldrick followed up to push out Brosna’s advantage to three points. However, Glin slowly began to find their range with points from the hard working Philip Moloney and Paddy Fitzgerald leaving it stand 0-7 to 1-3 at the break
Glin restarted in flying fashion and after Culhane pointed, Darren Sheehan did well to fist a pass into space to the hard running Moloney who, left unmarked, made no mistake from close range. That left Brosna three points in arrears but the Kingdom’s representatives didn’t panic.
Eamon Kiely came close to goaling in the 35th minute but, by the 43rd minute, Dave Curtain levelled affairs before McGoldrick and Culhane swapped points to even up matters with just ten minutes left on the clock.
The intensity levels rose entering the closing stages with the Glin defence under all sorts of pressure that led Paddy Fitzgerald and Shane Culhane to receive black cards. Brosna took full advantage from Glin indiscipline, finishing with a flourish with points from McGoldrick and two from the effervescent Barry.
Game-changer
Glin’s first black card in the 52nd minute was the first sign of their slow demise and Brosna took over from there, kicking three match-winning points.
Talk of the town
A treble of AIB provincial club titles for the Kingdom.
Did that just happen?
Glin’s Shane Culhane takes off the tracksuit, replacing black-carded Paddy Fitzgerald in the 52nd minute. Three minutes later the same player receives a black-card and is putting his tracksuit back on.
Best on show
A no-brainer. Brosna’s Adam Barry gave an exhibition, curling over a succession of beauties off left and right foot. He scored 0-8 in total.
Black card watch
Glin’s Paddy Fitzgerald saw the line after a high and dangerous challenge on Adam Barry. Shane Culhane also saw black late in the second half.
Sideline superior
Brosna’s blanket defence in the first half led to Glin panic-shooting, while the deployment of Timmy Finnegan in the middle gave Barry space inside to wreak havoc.
The man in black
Alan Kissane kept this game skipping along nicely. Though the Waterford man flashed four yellow and two black cards, this was a sporting contest handled superbly by the official.
What’s next?
Brosna return to local action with County League and North Kerry Championship games to keep them tipping over; then in January they face an All-Ireland semi-final.
- Edward Newman
Scorers for Brosna: A Barry 0-8 (0-2 frees); T McGoldrick 0-4 (0-3 frees); S Curtain, D Curtain and D McAuliffe 0-1 each.
Scorers for Glin: M Culhane 1-4 (0-2 frees, 0-1 ‘45’); P Moloney 1-1; P Fitzgerald 0-1.
BROSNA: C Kiely; S Fitzmaurice, M Murphy, A Cahill; T Fitzgerald, E Kiely, F McAuliffe; D Curtain, S Curtain; D McAuliffe (capt.), T McGoldrick, P Curtain; T Finnegan, M Finnegan, A Barry.
Subs: E Prendeville for C Kiely (inj, 25); P O’Keeffe for Curtain (40); J O’Donnell for D McAuliffe (48).
GLIN: M Stack; T O’Connor, B Donovan, K Sweeney; P Costello, J Fitzgerald, J Wallace; P Moloney, E Horan; D Sheehan, T Culhane, K Moore; P Scanlon, M Culhane, P Fitzgerald (capt.).
Subs: T Scanlon for O’Connor (25); S Culhane for Fitzgerald (black card, 52); A Mulvihill for Culhane (black card 55)
Referee: A Kissane (Waterford)
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 14, 2014 10:23:49 GMT
The bookmakers' odds reflect the view that today's Leinster football final is not a meeting of equals. Rhode are on offer at 4/1 to beat St Vincent's in Navan and win their first Leinster title.
The club they face are All-Ireland champions for the third time. They boast a global firm, Veolia, as sponsor; Rhode are grateful for the support of local company, Max Marble and Showers. St Vincent's draw their players mainly from Marino's population of 11,000; Rhode parish has 1,300 souls and some of those play for another club, St Brigid's. When the St Brigid's catchment area around Croghan is trimmed away they are left with maybe 900 adults.
The parish of Rhode has a proud football heritage, it has produced some legendary names from Offaly's better days and eight All-Ireland medal winners. That outstrips any other club in Offaly but when set against St Vincent's the medal haul seems modest. Take 1958 alone. St Vincent's had 12 players on the Dublin panel that won the All-Ireland senior title. They had six on the minor squad that won the championship the same day.
To be able to field at juvenile level, St Brigid's and Rhode joined forces. In St Vincent's they have two and sometimes three teams at each juvenile station, and three adult sides in football and three in hurling. Even if the Marino club doesn't have the pulling power of old, and is smaller than the likes of Na Fianna and Ballyboden, it casts a formidable shadow over Rhode.
Still, giant-killing is part of the Rhode heritage. In 1982, their own Seamus Darby scored the winning goal against a Kerry team that many deemed unbeatable and even today's odds against Rhode succeeding weren't as generous, surely, as Offaly's back then. In Offaly, Rhode have been past the winning post 26 times, one fewer than the number of wins St Vincent's have achieved in Dublin.
The respective homeland areas are chalk and cheese. St Vincent's started in 1931 at a time when the Marino Housing Scheme was being completed, the first large-scale public housing scheme undertaken since the foundation of the State. Rhode has changed little since it was formed in 1888 and consists now, in the words of the club PRO, John Glennon, of "three pubs and two shops". While St Vincent's has a strong dual identity, hurling doesn't exist in Rhode. A few years ago they had a junior team but that has since disbanded and young aspiring hurlers tend to play for Edenderry. There is no soccer. No rugby.
Rhode have met Dublin opposition four times in their Leinster campaigns, losing twice to Kilmacud Crokes in finals and once in a semi-final. They defeated UCD in the 2006 provincial semi-final. But they have never faced St Vincent's in competitive or tournament football as far as Glennon is aware. Yet they are not bereft of some connections. Kevin Heffernan's father was an Offalyman, and the mother of current St Vincent's chairman Dermot O'Malley hailed from Kilcormac.
O'Malley was born and raised in Marino but numerous spells during childhood in Kilcormac left him with a lifelong love of Offaly. He says if Rhode had been facing any side but Vincent's they would be having his unequivocal support. He tells a story about a chance meeting with the Rhode footballer Eugene Mulligan after Offaly lost the 1969 All-Ireland final.
"I used to do stewarding at Croke Park and in '69 when Offaly were beaten I came off the pitch with Mulligan and he was in tears saying, 'I will never win one'. I remember saying 'you will' and in 1971 they did. I was on the sideline for that one. We used to be located in front of the Cusack Stand sitting on the grass and we got drowned. I remember going to a 'do' that night - my uncle used to run the Offalymen's Association in Dublin - and I remember going home and getting washed and then later seeing these fellas at the 'do' and steam rising out of them; they had got so wet earlier at Croke Park. Mulligan was an unbelievable player."
Another connection, quite literally, relates to the famous Rhode player Paddy McCormack, widely known as the Iron Man. O'Malley recalls a match between Dublin and Offaly in the 1960s when Blackie Cohen of St Vincent's, a talented and then young player, was getting some close and coarse attention from McCormack when Kevin Heffernan intervened. "He hit him an unbelievable belt, an awful box," says O'Malley.
McCormack, O'Malley recalls, was present at Heffernan's funeral. Aside from football both shared a passion for greyhounds. O'Malley remembers meeting the O'Neills of Down there and telling them how much their victories over Offaly in the 1960s left him distraught. Most of the country were rooting for Down in their quest to become the first Ulster team to win the All-Ireland. "I could nearly tell you the Offaly team, I could tell you them now," says the St Vincent's chairman. "I hated Down because they beat them."
An uncle of O'Malley's, Frank Sweeney, even wrote the Offaly Rover. And the Offaly free-taker of the early 1960s team, Har Donnelly, lived next to his mother's home in Kilcormac - "the Tony McTague of his day". O'Malley remembers hearing how Donnelly's mother would lock herself in a room whenever her son was playing because she couldn't bear the tension of listening to the match on radio. But, for all those Offaly ties and affections, today his loyalty is unquestionably with the club where he grew up.
He was chairman when they came back from a long spell in the wilderness to win the 2007 Dublin championship, their first since 1976. Glennon, the Rhode PRO, knows similarly lean times. He was on his club's panel that won the 1975 senior football championship which, like Vincent's, led to a lengthy spell waiting for another. It didn't happen until 1998. The 1980s was the only decade not to provide a Rhode senior championship win since they won their first in 1900.
Glennon has been PRO close on 40 years and their recent run of success surpasses any spell in their history, leaving them within one title of outright leaders, Tullamore. Even during the recent economic recession they managed to hold on to their players. "One of the reasons is we would be near enough to Dublin, 38 miles, and there is always some work around Dublin. And then Intel would employ a few. It would not be like a place in the west of Ireland."
Rhode is on the Bog of Allen and for decades the local power station was a major employer. Bord na Móna is still present if not as active as before. When Offaly won the All-Ireland in 1971, Rhode contributed five to the squad: Seamus Darby, Jody Gunning, Martin Heavey, McCormack and Mulligan. Johnny Mooney, Stephen Darby and Charlie Conroy also won medals in 1982.
Their current manager, Pat Daly, was captain when they made the breakthrough after 23 years in '98. For Glennon that was their most cherished moment. They won three in a row in 2004-'06 with Daly as selector and Stephen Darby in charge and lost the '06 Leinster final to Moorefield. "They deserved to beat us," says Glennon, "but I remember walking the pitch (Portlaoise) beforehand with Maurice Deegan (referee), I was secretary at the time, and the day was windy and wet and the pitch almost flooded. I remember walking into the game with the journalist, Tom O'Riordan, and he had papers under his arm and next thing a wind came and blew everything away from him. It was a brutal bad day."
Those kind of wintry days aren't ideally suited to Rhode's style of play which Glennon says remains open and attack-minded in spite of the modern fashion of packed defence. The worst loss of the three Leinster finals they've played was in 2008 when they led Kilmacud Crokes by six points at half-time, with a man up and the wind in their favour on the restart and still surrendered.
The club is on a solid footing regardless of how today goes. They are not in debt - an advantage over today's rivals who are servicing a debt of around €450,000, though one that has been almost halved in recent years through tight financial management. Rhode's main pitch, Fr Dowling Park, is supplemented by two more playing fields and the ground has full floodlit facilities, and a gym. The football team's success means added cost and part of their preparations included a trip to Breaffy House in Mayo during the year. "We also feed them," says Glennon, straight-faced.
O'Malley grew close to Heffernan, whose influence in making Marino a Gaelic football and hurling stronghold was colossal. He talks of the team that won the first county championship, that had to beat Clanna Gael whose first team was packed with Railway Cup men and second string filled with inter-county players. But Vincent's developed such unity and a commanding sense of their own identity that they felt they could defeat teams that had bigger stars and better players.
There was a time, when they were flying high, when O'Malley thought he wouldn't have minded seeing other teams win. Then it all stopped and they won nothing for 31 years. Heffernan, anxious to revive the club, persuaded Jack Gilroy to take over as chairman and O'Malley said he would do the "running around" as Gilroy had lost the use of his legs. Not long after Gilroy took seriously ill but he was around long enough to leave his mark. "Jack told the three adult teams, 'I want three senior championships' and this was the first year. Within three years we won the camogie, we lost the senior hurling final to Ballyboden on a Friday night and then on the following Monday we won the senior football title. I stepped down after that. Heff was there and there was a tear in his eye and he was not an emotional man. For a long time it was as if people were feeling sorry for Vincent's and that's how you knew there was something wrong."
Some time ago he saw the 75-year-old Mickey Whelan quietly coaching some eight-year-old kids and that, in a sense, is what it boils down to - big and storied as they are. To Rhode they remain a Goliath but Offaly teams enjoy upsetting odds and have a good track record at it. Glennon is asked to recall the magical moment when Kerry were felled in September, 1982, by one of their own. "I was in the Cusack. Oh it was an unreal feeling. I was sitting between a Sligo man and a Leitrim man, and they were nearly as excited as I was. Like, everyone wants the underdog to win."
Sunday Indo Sport
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 15, 2014 17:33:08 GMT
Sunday, January 25 AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship Semi-Finals
Seán O'Mahonys (Louth) v St Croan's (Roscommon) Ardfert (Kerry) v Warrenpoint (Down)
Sunday, January 25 AIB All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship Semi-Finals
Moate All Whites (Westmeath) v John Mitchel's (Lancashire) Brosna (Kerry) v Rock St Patrick's (Tyrone)
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 15, 2014 17:39:21 GMT
AIB Ulster Club Intermediate Football Championship Final Cumann Pheadair Naofa Warrenpoint (Down) 1-14 Inniskeen (Monaghan) 1-7
In the curtain raiser to the senior final at the Athletic Grounds, Warrenpoint collected the Ulster Club Intermediate Football Championship when they saw off Monaghan champions Inniskeen.
Warrenpoint started the brightest and points from Donagh McAleenan, Aaron Magee and Ryan McGarry opened up a three point lead before Monaghan champions Inniskeen opened their account on 9 minutes with a Paul Meegan free. Three minutes later, Meegan put his side in front as he found the net after being put through by Michael Fitzpatrick.
The ‘Point responded well with 4 unanswered scores from McGarry (2), McAleenan and Ciaran McCartan. Inniskeen responded equally impressively to see out the half in impressive fashion with scores from Gerard McArdle, Paul Meegan (2), and Donal Meegan, as the sides went in level at the interval, 0-8 to 1-5.
Two minutes after the restart Paul Meegan put Inniskeen into the lead for the first time, only to be cancelled out by McGarry. A Ronan Meegan point on 39 minutes edged Inniskeen in front once more, but it was to prove their last score of the game.
Aaron Magee leveled the game in the 43rd minute, then Gary Boyle came off the bench to hit 1-1 within 5 minutes to fire Warrenpoint in front. Now well in control, McGarry added 2 more points, taking his personal tally to 0-8, and a third from Aaron Magee sealed a deserved victory.
WARRENPOINT: C D’Arcy; M O’Hare, R McAleenan, Cormac McCartan; R Magee, J Boyle, R Boyle; R Mallon, Ciaran McCartan (0-1); J Grant, J Cowan, A Magee (0-3); D McAleenan (0-1), J Murchan, R McGarry (0-8, 4f) Subs: G Boyle (1-1) for Murchan (47), G McMahon for Grant (47)
INNISKEEN: P Dowdall; A Ryan, J Butler, A Keenan; C Meegan, R Lorenz, E McArdle; G McArdle (0-1), M McKenna (0-2); T Hillard, F Duffy, M Fitzpatrick; D Meegan, P Meegan (1-4, 0-1f), S Woods. Subs: M Lennon for Butler (23). Black Card: R Meegan (0-2) for M Fitzpatrick (13)
Referee: B Cassidy (Derry)
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 15, 2014 17:40:06 GMT
AIB Ulster Club Junior Football Championship Final Rock (Tyrone) 2-12 Urris (Donegal) 0-7
Backboned by 8 of the side that won the club’s first Ulster Club Junior Football Championship title in 2007, Rock eased to victory over Urris in the 2014 decider on Saturday evening at Owenbeg.
Donegal champions Urris battled bravely in the first half, with Donal Kelly and Eddie Kelly doing well in the middle third, but when Donal was dismissed for a black card offence in first half injury time, and Eddie had to retire injured at the break, it was always going to be an uphill struggle for Urris.
At the half-time break, Rock held a slender 0-6 to 0-4 lead, helped in no small part by full-forward Conor McCreesh’s 0-4, 0-3 of which from frees.
A minute into the second half, Cathal McWilliams and Eamon Ward combined to set up McCreesh for the first goal of the game to further dampen any hopes for Urris. McCreesh would finish the game with 1-6 and was given a standing ovation as he was withdrawn 2 minutes from full time.
Midway through the second half, James McCreesh fed Eamon Ward to finish into the net from close range, a score which put the result beyond doubt.
ROCK: N Mullan; M McAleer, P Girvan, R Crilly; T Bloomer (0-1), C Gourley, P Ward; M McCreesh, E McWilliams; D Carroll, A Girvan, C McWilliams (0-1); E Ward (1-2), C McCreesh (1-6, 0-3f), J McCreesh (0-1). Subs: E Mallon for D Carroll (49), M McElduff for J McCreesh (54), L Hoy for P Ward (58), K Kolbolm (0-1) for C McCreesh (60).
URRIS: K Friel; K Doherty, D Devlin, G Doherty; M Grant (0-1), J Cooke, S McDaid; Donal Kelly, Dean Kelly; J Doherty, E Kelly, A Friel; K McLaughlin (0-6, 3f, 1’45), P Devlin, M McLaughlin (0-1). Subs: B Doherty for E Kelly (ht), J McCarron for J Doherty (49), C Brennan for S McDaid (55), R Doherty for P Devlin (61). Black card: C Bradley for Donal Kelly (31).
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
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Post by ruralgaa on Dec 16, 2014 10:42:38 GMT
AIB Ulster Club Junior Football Championship Final Rock (Tyrone) 2-12 Urris (Donegal) 0-7 Backboned by 8 of the side that won the club’s first Ulster Club Junior Football Championship title in 2007, Rock eased to victory over Urris in the 2014 decider on Saturday evening at Owenbeg. Donegal champions Urris battled bravely in the first half, with Donal Kelly and Eddie Kelly doing well in the middle third, but when Donal was dismissed for a black card offence in first half injury time, and Eddie had to retire injured at the break, it was always going to be an uphill struggle for Urris. At the half-time break, Rock held a slender 0-6 to 0-4 lead, helped in no small part by full-forward Conor McCreesh’s 0-4, 0-3 of which from frees. A minute into the second half, Cathal McWilliams and Eamon Ward combined to set up McCreesh for the first goal of the game to further dampen any hopes for Urris. McCreesh would finish the game with 1-6 and was given a standing ovation as he was withdrawn 2 minutes from full time. Midway through the second half, James McCreesh fed Eamon Ward to finish into the net from close range, a score which put the result beyond doubt. ROCK: N Mullan; M McAleer, P Girvan, R Crilly; T Bloomer (0-1), C Gourley, P Ward; M McCreesh, E McWilliams; D Carroll, A Girvan, C McWilliams (0-1); E Ward (1-2), C McCreesh (1-6, 0-3f), J McCreesh (0-1). Subs: E Mallon for D Carroll (49), M McElduff for J McCreesh (54), L Hoy for P Ward (58), K Kolbolm (0-1) for C McCreesh (60). URRIS: K Friel; K Doherty, D Devlin, G Doherty; M Grant (0-1), J Cooke, S McDaid; Donal Kelly, Dean Kelly; J Doherty, E Kelly, A Friel; K McLaughlin (0-6, 3f, 1’45), P Devlin, M McLaughlin (0-1). Subs: B Doherty for E Kelly (ht), J McCarron for J Doherty (49), C Brennan for S McDaid (55), R Doherty for P Devlin (61). Black card: C Bradley for Donal Kelly (31). Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) That's former Tyrone player Ciaran Gourley at centre back for the Rock
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Post by Jigz84 on Dec 16, 2014 15:20:55 GMT
Hard to see anyone stopping Vincents but February is still a while off yet.
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 16, 2014 19:36:05 GMT
Diarmaid Connolly isn't playing that well at the moment and the worrying thing for their opponents is the fact that several other Vins players are stepping up. Rhode did little wrong, they were simply outplayed. Very much a case of "its Vincents title to lose" right now.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Dec 16, 2014 20:14:52 GMT
Come on the Rockies! Only two games to win and what a reward!
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Post by wayupnorth on Dec 27, 2014 14:18:19 GMT
Slaughtneil have requested the GAA change the date of the semi-final from Saturday the 14th to the 15th because of a wedding. Any decision on this? And has anyone noticed that we have a League game against Derry on the 15th. There must be plenty in both counties planning to attend both games so what about a double header in a neutral venue - eg Croke Park?
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Post by Joxer on Dec 27, 2014 20:08:23 GMT
NFL game with Derry is on the 8th. Is there a venue fixed yet for the Stacks / Slaughneil?
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Post by G_S_J on Jan 6, 2015 14:51:14 GMT
NFL game with Derry is on the 8th. Is there a venue fixed yet for the Stacks / Slaughneil? Both semi-finals are still scheduled for the 14th, Valantines Day. The venue is not fixed on the GAA website, but as far as I'm aware it will be Portlaoise.
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Post by wayupnorth on Jan 13, 2015 21:46:29 GMT
Semi- final set for the 15th Feb 4pm in Portlaoise. Looks like that Derry wedding can go ahead!
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Post by givehimaball on Jan 13, 2015 21:52:13 GMT
Semi- final set for the 15th Feb 4pm in Portlaoise. Looks like that Derry wedding can go ahead! Well that's a weight off my mind
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Post by Mickmack on Jan 17, 2015 12:42:16 GMT
Sunday Jan. 25th AIB GAA Football All Ireland Intermediate Club Championship 2014/15 Semi Final Ardfert vs Warrenpoint in Portlaoise @ 2pm.
Sunday January 25th, 2015 AIB GAA Football All Ireland Intermediate Club Championship 2014/15 Semi Final Sean O Mahonys vs St. Croans In Kingspan Breffni Pk @ 2pm.
Saturday February 14th, 2015 AIB GAA Football All Ireland Intermediate Club Championship 2014/15 Final : Semi Final Winner vs Semi Final Winner in Páirc an Chrócaigh
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Post by Mickmack on Jan 17, 2015 12:47:35 GMT
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Post by peanuts on Jan 17, 2015 12:52:20 GMT
That makes no sense! Aren't the Junior & Intermediate finals usually on the same day in February
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Post by Mickmack on Jan 22, 2015 21:22:34 GMT
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on Jan 22, 2015 23:21:45 GMT
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Post by diego on Jan 23, 2015 0:21:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 9:25:38 GMT
I was at the Warrenpoint - inniskeen Ulster final. Warrenpoint are as strong an Intermediate club as you will see. They have a few lads on the Down panel. They should of bet Inniskeen by 15 points. Ardfert would want to really bring their A game. The winners of this match will lift the All Ireland.
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Post by Mickmack on Jan 23, 2015 23:58:41 GMT
I was at the Warrenpoint - inniskeen Ulster final. Warrenpoint are as strong an Intermediate club as you will see. They have a few lads on the Down panel. They should of bet Inniskeen by 15 points. Ardfert would want to really bring their A game. The winners of this match will lift the All Ireland. am I right in thinking that a Louth club won the junior in Leinster. How are the image rights negotiations going between you and the hurling clubs
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Post by finuge86 on Jan 24, 2015 9:33:41 GMT
Just wanna wish both ardfert and Brosna the best of luck 2mo!! I see ardfert have no chance whatsoever with the bookies not the first time this year they have been totally written off!! I'm sure these boys will thrive on this and you will see plenty of heart an passion coming out of the north kerry men they will represent the county with pride and going on experience won't take any stick of the northern boys
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Post by fenit67 on Jan 25, 2015 15:19:38 GMT
Well done to my Ardfert neighbours on a great display which sees them in yet another All-Ireland final!
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Post by diego on Jan 25, 2015 15:26:52 GMT
Results from today:
INTERMEDIATE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP:
Ardfert (Kerry) 1-8 St Peter's, Warrenpoint (Down) 0-10
Sean O'Mahonys (Louth) 2-7 St Croan's (Roscommon) 0-14
JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP:
John Mitchels (Liverpool) 1-9 Moate All Whites (Westmeath) 1-6
Brosna (Kerry) 0-9 Rock St Patrick's (Tyrone) 1-6
Well done to Ardfert. Brosna with extra time to be played in Ballinasloe. Great stuff!
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Post by diego on Jan 25, 2015 15:31:56 GMT
Win for Valentia as well over Kildimo/Pallaskenry up in Limerick by 0-12 to 1-8.
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