2022 North Kerry Senior Football Championship

[horsebox77]

Can anyone make a compelling argument against an Emmetts and Desmonds final?

[southward]

Nov 10, 2022 13:08:02 GMT horsebox77 said:

Can anyone make a compelling argument against an Emmetts and Desmonds final?

Wouldn't bet the house on Emmets being there. Decent v Senans but singularly unimpressive against Knock in the Q/F. Badly in need of a midfield and a free-scoring forward. Haven't seen Brosna this year.

[kingdomofciar]

Castleisland Desmonds 3-11
Tarbert 1-11

[horsebox77]

Nov 13, 2022 15:56:14 GMT kingdomofciar said:

Castleisland Desmonds 3-11
Tarbert 1-11

Vet can do the honours, but don’t let the score line deceive you, this game was over by HT , Brian Leonard from midfield scored about 1-03 by my reckoning. The game may have been closer if Cilian Langan’s shot not struck the crossbar with the Keeper standing early doors.

Desmonds just bowled them over, Mike Heaphy and Cillian Langen took the fight to Desmond’s but apart from these two, Tarbert had just no answers, bit like Statler and Waldorf behind me on the steps in Newtown, these two gentlemen would badly want to learn the basic rules besides blurting out ignorant statements when Brendan Griffin’s whistle didn’t go their way….

Desmond’s will beat the pick of next weekends semi-finalists in the final, fixed for Ballylongford, 4th December.

[veteran]

Castleisland 3-11. Tarbert. 1-11. HT 2-5. 0-5.

As Jimmy Magee once famously said “ different class “ . Matters were concluded in Moyvane today long, long before the final whistle. Not that Tarbert displayed the white flag at any stage , that is not part of their genetic makeup. However, once Castleisland registered their first goal about half way through the first half, making the score 1-3 to 0-2 , one felt this match was going according to form. Certainly , when Castleisland got their second goal towards the end of that half it was a case of adios to our Tarbert amigos.

The opening exchange were lively with Tarbert not shirking their duty but then Castleisland delivered their first poisoned arrow. Impressive midfielder , Brian Leonard, delivered a long raking kickpass to Adam O’Donoghue at full forward who struck home. Adam was probably the most influential player on the field and was a nightmare for Kevin Enright and Michael Normile in turn. That goal seemed to suck the oxygen out of Tarbert and the crowd , who were predominantly Tarbert supporters. Whatever oxygen remained , quickly evaporated at the coming of the second goal. Adam Donoghue, listed at 12, did not start but he was not on long when he made an impact. Indeed he was prominent for the rest of the game without, like his team mates , breaking sweat. He won a ball out in the right corner , crossed it cleverly where it was met by CHB , Denis O’Connor, who zipped it home. A two goal disparity at half time. Very often that is not an unassailable lead but not even the most rabid Tarbert follower could have entertained notions of it being breached,

The opening plays in the second half saw Castleisland tack on some more scores before Brian Leonard finished off a sweeping movement for goal number three. Salt to Tarbert wounds. Tarbert had the satisfaction of bringing the curtain down on proceedings when Paddy Callaghan fired a rasper to the net. They deserved that consolation prize for never giving up on a hopeless cause and indeed it was greeted by biggest cheer of the day. A response by their supporters for a fight well fought against a vastly superior opponent.

It is difficult to see Castleisland being beaten in the final but of course there is always an element of uncertainty in sport. That is one of its magnetic attractions.

Referee, Brendan Griffin, did an easy job well.

[Whosinmidfield]

That’s good going by Leonard scoring 1-3 from midfield considering he’s more known as a corner back! He’s a right good player. I think he was unlucky to be cut from the Kerry panel by Jack after Peter brought him in. Jack seemed to cut a lot of the lads Peter had on the extended panel straight away when he came in, Ronan Buckley and Eddie Horan are 2 more examples.

[veteran]

Anybody going to Duagh today might throw up a report as I am unable to attend.

[horsebox77]

Nov 20, 2022 10:21:41 GMT veteran said:

Anybody going to Duagh today might throw up a report as I am unable to attend.

Wasn't there Veteran, on the weekend shift, was following on Twitter

0-12 a piece...equalizer from distance by Brosna.. see on Duagh Twitter that replay fixed for Duagh again next Sunday.

[southward]

Nov 20, 2022 16:02:29 GMT horsebox77 said:

Nov 20, 2022 10:21:41 GMT veteran said:

Anybody going to Duagh today might throw up a report as I am unable to attend.

Wasn't there Veteran, on the weekend shift, was following on Twitter

0-12 a piece...equalizer from distance by Brosna.. see on Duagh Twitter that replay fixed for Duagh again next Sunday.

Couldn't go today either. Looks like Brosna hit 3 late points to rescue the game.

[allrounder]

A typical north Kerry championship game in Duagh, short on quality, plenty of endeavor and an exciting finish.
Brosna were 5-1 up with after 20 minutes. Big Dave and Timmy Finnegan dominating midfield and Paul Walsh kicking a couple of lovely scores.Listowel were too labored for most of the half despite being aided by the breeze.
They became much more direct in the last ten minutes of half and scored 5 unanswered points. This was mainly thanks to Bryan Sweeneys ball winning abilities at full forward and Ger McCarthy winning breaking ball around the middle of the field. Ht Emmets 6 Brosna 5
Second half was littered with mistakes by both sides. Listowel looked like they'd done enough leading 11- 8 with 4 minutes remaining.
Dara Lynch, Eddie Browne, Sean Gilbert, Jake Moriarty doing a lot of good work for Emmets. Tom Harte's pin point kick outs were also a great platform for them.
Paul Walsh was keeping Brosna in touch with some excellent scores.
Brosna finished the stronger with scores from Walsh and Adam Barry leaving the minimum between the sides with a minute remaining. Conor Lane kicked the equalizer, which was probably the score of the game.
Duagh pitch was in excellent condition. Referee Tadhg Murphy did a fine job. Replay is tough to call, both sides have plenty of room to improve. Can't see either side stopping Castleisland doing 3 in a row.

[Premier]

Nov 20, 2022 21:48:30 GMT allrounder said:

A typical north Kerry championship game in Duagh, short on quality, plenty of endeavor and an exciting finish.
Brosna were 5-1 up with after 20 minutes. Big Dave and Timmy Finnegan dominating midfield and Paul Walsh kicking a couple of lovely scores.Listowel were too labored for most of the half despite being aided by the breeze.
They became much more direct in the last ten minutes of half and scored 5 unanswered points. This was mainly thanks to Bryan Sweeneys ball winning abilities at full forward and Ger McCarthy winning breaking ball around the middle of the field. Ht Emmets 6 Brosna 5
Second half was littered with mistakes by both sides. Listowel looked like they'd done enough leading 11- 8 with 4 minutes remaining.
Dara Lynch, Eddie Browne, Sean Gilbert, Jake Moriarty doing a lot of good work for Emmets. Tom Harte's pin point kick outs were also a great platform for them.
Paul Walsh was keeping Brosna in touch with some excellent scores.
Brosna finished the stronger with scores from Walsh and Adam Barry leaving the minimum between the sides with a minute remaining. Conor Lane kicked the equalizer, which was probably the score of the game.
Duagh pitch was in excellent condition. Referee Tadhg Murphy did a fine job. Replay is tough to call, both sides have plenty of room to improve. Can't see either side stopping Castleisland doing 3 in a row.

Adam Barry flew home from Vancouver so did he? It seems of be almost the norm now that people are flying from far flung places to play divisional championship games. Great credit to the players who do it

[Ballyfireside]

Nov 20, 2022 18:32:52 GMT southward said:

Nov 20, 2022 16:02:29 GMT horsebox77 said:

Wasn't there Veteran, on the weekend shift, was following on Twitter

0-12 a piece...equalizer from distance by Brosna.. see on Duagh Twitter that replay fixed for Duagh again next Sunday.

Couldn't go today either. Looks like Brosna hit 3 late points to rescue the game.

Looks like they colluded to draw so we could get Veteran's report - ah sure the end justifies the means!

[horsebox77]

After the sixty minutes, sides level Brosna 0-13 1-10 Listowel Emmetts.

Full time whistle, after extra time Brosna 0-15 1-14 Listowel Emmetts,

Listowel now meet Castleisland Desmonds in Bally in the NK C’Ship Final

Vet can do the honours after his sabbatical.

[southward]

Terrific excitement at a packed Duagh. Listowel goaled in the first minute of the game but had been hauled back level by half-time. Brosna, with wind advantage, took over in the second period and reeled off a succession of long-range points. Three points down with minutes remaining, there looked no way back for Emmetts but a late rally saw them peg back a tiring Brosna to force extra-time and they even had a couple of very late chances to win it.

A mental gale blew up for the first period of ET but Brosna squandered a few opportunities to avail of it, nicking the period by 1 point to nil. By this stage players were out on their feet with Brosna, as the older side, particularly affected. Listowel rattled over 4 points in the second period of ET, surviving a frantic late siege for the concession of a single minor and running out winners by two points.

[abù]

Ballyduff chap in close contention for motm.

[southward]

Nov 27, 2022 17:55:03 GMT abù said:

Ballyduff chap in close contention for motm.

Yeah, good shout in fairness. Mike Hennessey refereed the game very well. Even-handed and consistent throughout, which is all you ever want, really.

[mojo]

Missed the game unfortunately. Seems to be alot of talk of mike Hennessy given soft frees to Listowel and letting alot of time wasting go.

[homerj]

the "talk" seems to be only in the village of the team that lost

[horsebox77]

McMUNN’S NORTH KERRY SFC FINAL

Listowel Emmets 0-13

Castleisland Desmonds 0-7

In a display of desire, power and an underdog’s ambition to upset the odds, Listowel Emmets toppled the overwhelming favourites for the North Kerry championship title, the three in-a-row chasing Castleisland Desmonds.

It just goes to show, if we didn’t already know, that history is a hard thing to achieve, especially in the bear pit of the North Kerry championship where every team will fancy their chances on any given day against any other side.

The Emmets shorn of the service of star man Cormac Mulvhill and Bryan Sweeney from the start, weren’t many people’s fancy for this against the seemingly mighty Desmonds.

Somehow, though, they never played like that. In perfect conditions in O’Rahilly Park in Ballylongford, Listowel played the better brand of football. They played with greater poise and precision, despite racking up a number of missed opportunist in the first half.

Listowel Emmets had, as we’ve said, the greater desire, the greater hunger and it showed out there under the low-slung December sunshine against a disappointing Desmonds outfit.

It was an oddly slow start to the game with both sides looking nervy in as much as they were cagey. Certainly it felt more safety first than anything, with neither side taking a huge amount of risk.

Still even with that, to go twelve minutes without a score in a district final, played as we’ve said in ideal conditions, was a strange sort of anomaly.

Both sides kicked poor enough wides early on, more so the Emmets than the Desmonds to be fair, which reflected their more proactive approach in the game.

Eventually it was the Listowel men who made the breakthrough courtesy for a Davy Keane free (following a foul on the ever enterprising Darragh Lynch) and with that the game began to open out a tad. Slowly at first and then more and more.

Desmonds soon struck into a three-points to one lead and looked to be moving well enough – frees from Cian W O’Connor and Adam O’Donoghue (two) – but the Emmets just looked that much more eager.

Seán Moriarty’s men continued to create the majority of chances – thirteen to the Desmonds’ seven by half-time – and with a grip around the middle, winning the majority of breaking ball, looked to want it that bit more.

On 19 minutes the Emmets were very nearly in for a goal with Jake Moriarty momentarily seeming to be well-placed before it was eventually worked back to Darragh Leahy for a point from play, 0-3 to 0-2.

A rapid-fire pair of frees from Davy Keane – on 20 and 22 minutes respectively – pushed Listowel back in front, while late points from Jack McElligott and Keane (his fourth free) sent Emmets three points clear, double scores at the break, and really it was a fair reflection and well-deserved.

With that 0-6 to 0-3 lead – and no discernible breeze a factor – it was looking but more than promising for the underdogs at that juncture. Just how good it was further emphasised was a storming start to the second half by the Emmets.

Cillian Hollty – the goal-scoring hero from the semi-final replay – fired a beauty from distance mere seconds into the second half to demonstrate Emmets’ determination to return the cup to the town for the first time since 2015.

Listowel followed up with another pair of Davy Keane frees, and at six points clear, the destination of the Éamonn O’Donoghue Cup was set from a long way out – 0-9 to 0-3 with just 33 minutes played.

Emmets’ dominance was so pronounced that Desmonds, despite a concerted effort not to meekly surrender their title, only ever managed to pull it back to a five point game.

The former back-to-back champions did so on four occasions – Maurice Hickey a driving force as ever for the Desmonds – but on each and every occasion, the Emmets had the wherewithal to strike back and always within a minute or two.

Castleisland Desmonds simply couldn’t get any sort of momentum going. More accurately, the winners simply wouldn’t allow them to, wouldn’t allow them a way back into the game.

Not with Keane continuing to pop over those all-important scores, not with guys like Niall Collins and the evergreen Ger McCarthy driving them on at each and every opportunity.

No there was simply no question about it, the better team won this game. The six-point margin at the finish in no way flattering of the Frank Sheehy Park outfit.

The Emmets are back, back on top and will hope this is the start of something. With a young side they’ll certainly hope this can be built upon. The Desmonds, meanwhile, will be left to lick their wounds.

They’ll be back, no doubt about it. No question, though, they didn’t perform as they would have liked. That’s no reflection on the value of the Listowel win, by the way. Eeven at their best it’s quite likely Desmonds would have struggled here, but they went down without showing the best of themselves.

That’ll sting as much as this win will warm Listowel over the remaining winter months. Listowel Emmets, champions again, champions for the sixteenth time, just two now behind Moyvane on the roll of honour.

That’ll do nicely, very nicely indeed for the town side.

[Ballyfireside]

Good report there horse and well done to my neighbours.

Disappointing so little interest on here though, would have liked a few more views on the show.

BTW was it streamed?

[horsebox77]

Dec 4, 2022 17:42:18 GMT Ballyfireside said:

Good report there horse and well done to my neighbours.

Disappointing so little interest on here though, would have liked a few more views on the show.

BTW was it streamed?

Not my report, I was there but found the above in the Online Kerry webpage… Damian Stack penned and posted.

[horsebox77]

This is the examiner online slant on the game in Bally.

North Kerry SFC final: Listowel Emmets 0-13 Castleisland Desmonds 0-7

SHOWING a ravenous hunger for success, a far more cohesive and together Listowel Emmets outfit stunned three-in-a-row-chasing Castleisland Desmonds with a comprehensive victory in the North Kerry SFC final on Sunday in Ballylongford.

Undoubtedly battle-hardened off the back of a difficult passage to the decider, especially the recent drawn and replayed semi-final battles with Brosna, Emmets thundered into the game from the outset, paying little respect to the credentials of the back-to-back champions.

As a result, the pre-match favourites were never allowed to gain any kind of momentum, and whether they were affected by the three-week gap since their last match, or the ferocity of the challenge brought by their opponents, Desmonds simply never turned up.

The first quarter was extremely tepid, with defences on top, and poor shooting the order of the day, and while Davy Keane got Emmets off the mark in the 13th minute with a pointed free, Desmonds replied with three converted placed balls of their own, two from Adam O’Donoghue, within five minutes.

That was as good as it got for the reigning champions. Five unanswered points from Emmets, including the only two scores from play in the opening 30 minutes, courtesy of Darragh Leahy and Jack McElligott, gave the underdogs a three-point cushion at the interval (0-6 to 0-3).

With key individuals like Luka Brosnan, Brian Leonard, Adam Donoghue and Cian W O’Connor well marshalled by a tactically superb Emmets, Desmonds needed a fast start to the second half, but a monster long-range effort from Cillian Holly, plus two Keane frees, stopped any potential fightback dead in its tracks.

Entering the last ten minutes, Emmets had retained that six-point lead (0-11 to 0-5), and with the inspirational Ger McCarthy, and the ever-consistent Niall Collins, in control at the back, Desmonds, despite launching a few hit-and-hope aerial assaults, were unable to break through for a goal.

The writing was on the wall for the losers long before the finish, with the Listowel side dominant all over the pitch, and when midfielder Jamie McVeigh launched over the game’s final point three minutes into added time, Emmets were free to celebrate an unexpected, but memorable, triumph.

Scorers for Emmets: D Keane 0-8 (0-7f, 0-1m), D Leahy, J McElligott, C Holly, M Kennedy, J McVeigh 0-1 each.

Scorers for Desmonds: A O’Donoghue 0-5 (0-4f), C W O’Connor (free), M Hickey 0-1 each.

[southward]

Listowel folk travelled more in hope than expectation for this one with Desmonds red-hot favourites to nail the 3-in-a-row. The champions had an off-day, however, as a young Emmets side, minus some key players, tore into them from the start and simply never allowed their opponents gain a foothold in the game. It was an outstanding performance by Listowel in front of a big crowd, with the final whistle sparking wild celebrations on the field.

The match details are fairly well covered in the reports above so nothing to add there. On the ref, a little whistle-happy perhaps and it seemed a bit like no-contact rules at times but he was the same for both sides so no one can have any complaints.

[horsebox77]

Agree Southward on ref, he was consistant and as a neutral I couldn't say hand on heart he favoured or wronged any team, he was fair and consistant.. and went to his lines men a few times to e ensure the right decision was made.

As for a large Crowd? I though the crowd was well back on previous years, even the last final in Bally I was at, that Senans won.. there was a way bigger crowd, judging where i was are standing and those around me as well as parking out the Tarbert road... I don't think Castle island get behind their gaa team like other NK clubs do.. all around me was the regular NK gaa heads and a few Listowel bodies....

[southward]

Dec 4, 2022 19:50:20 GMT horsebox77 said:

Agree Southward on ref, he was consistant and as a neutral I couldn't say hand on heart he favoured or wronged any team, he was fair and consistant.. and went to his lines men a few times to e ensure the right decision was made.

As for a large Crowd? I though the crowd was well back on previous years, even the last final in Bally I was at, that Senans won.. there was a way bigger crowd, judging where i was are standing and those around me as well as parking out the Tarbert road... I don't think Castle island get behind their gaa team like other NK clubs do.. all around me was the regular NK gaa heads and a few Listowel bodies....

Smaller crowd than previous finals for sure and possibly even smaller than the semi-finals. Maybe the timing with Christmas preparations and the world cup having a bearing here. Still a healthy turnout by any club standards. Looked full enough around me in the stand with a decent gathering on the far bank. Listowel with the bigger support alright.

[mossie]

Dec 4, 2022 19:24:35 GMT southward said:

Listowel folk travelled more in hope than expectation for this one with Desmonds red-hot favourites to nail the 3-in-a-row. The champions had an off-day, however, as a young Emmets side, minus some key players, tore into them from the start and simply never allowed their opponents gain a foothold in the game. It was an outstanding performance by Listowel in front of a big crowd, with the final whistle sparking wild celebrations on the field.

The match details are fairly well covered in the reports above so nothing to add there. On the ref, a little whistle-happy perhaps and it seemed a bit like no-contact rules at times but he was the same for both sides so no one can have any complaints.

good win for Listowel, a boost for the club, havent been in the hunt for honours in recent times

[homerj]

congrats listowel.