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By Jordan Murphy (Match report from the Irish Examiner)

Monday, September 24, 2012

Kenmare District 2-15 St Michael’s-Foilmore 3-08

 
A productive spell either side of the interval, proved decisive for Kenmare District who easily defeated St Michael’s/Foilmore in this Kerry SFC third round replay at Templenoe on Saturday evening.

The victors welcomed back former Kerry senior Paul O’Connor, who skippered the side from full-forward, but it was at midfield that the hosts laid the foundations for a victory which sets up a quarter-final with St Kieran’s on Saturday.

The O’Sullivan’s, Flor and Alan, dominated in the absence of Sean O’Connor as the Kenmare outfit dominated the early exchanges. They raced 0-5 to 0-2 clear by the end of the opening quarter, thanks to two points from Liam O’Shea, and a point each from Paul O’Connor (free), Stephen O’Brien and Adrian Spillane.

The South Kerry side were dependent on two frees from Eanna O’Connor (son of ex Kerry boss Jack), but the switching of the experienced Ronan O’Connor to the forty suddenly saw the momentum shift and St Michael’s/Foilmore enjoyed purple ten minute spell.

Eanna O’Connor kicked a super point from the sideline, and then in the 19th minute, a high Ronan O’Connor centre was misjudged by goalkeeper Stephen O’Sullivan and Johnny Clifford finished to the Kenmare net.

Points from Clifford and Eanna O’Connor (free) quickly followed and St Michael’s/Foilmore led for the one and only time (1-5 to 0-7).

Then came a masterstroke by the Kenmare District sideline in bringing in John Spillane at wing forward and switching Tadhg Morley to centre back to shackle Ronan O’Connor.

Kenmare District then struck for two goals in the 25th and 28th minutes both scored by Mark Crowley. With Paul O’Connor nailing a free the hosts led 2-8 to 1-5 at the break.Within five minutes of the restart the game was over as a contest, when Adrian and John Spillane along with Paul O’Connor added points for Kenmare. By the 45th minute they led 2-14 to 1-7, with Eanna O’Connor and Bernard Kelly scoring token points for the losers.

The last quarter was noteworthy only for a late spurt from St Michael’s/Foilmore that yielded 2-1 in the final five minutes, all scored by substitutes, with goals from Mark McCarthy and Dara O’Sullivan and a Sean O’Connor point, but Kenmare District’s thoughts were by then on their quarter-final clash with St Kieran’s.

Scorers for Kenmare District: M Crowley 2-0, P O’Connor 0-4 frees, S O’Brien and A Spillane 0-3 each, L O’Shea 0-2, C Brosnan, J Spillane and B Crowley 0-1 each.

Scorers for St Michael’s/Foilmore: E O’Connor 0-5 (0-3 frees), J Clifford 1-1, Dara O’Sullivan and M McCarthy 1-0 each, B Kelly and S O’Connor 0-1 each.

KENMARE DISTRICT: S O’Sullivan (Tousist), T O’Sullivan (Kenmare), K O’Neill (Templenoe), G Crowley (Templenoe), S O’Leary (Kenmare), C Brosnan(Tousist), B Crowley (Templenoe), F O’Sullivan (Tousist), A O’Sullivan (Tousist), T Morley (Templenoe), M Crowley (Kenmare) , A Spillane (Templenoe), L O’Shea (Tousist), P O’Connor (Kenmare), S O’Brien (Kenmare) .

Subs: J Spillane (Templenoe) for C Brosnan (24), D J Brennan (Kenmare) for A Spillane (48), D Crowley (Kenmare) for T O’Sullivan (49), M T O’Sullivan (Tousist) for L O’Shea (51), Kevin O’Sullivan (Kenmare) for B Crowley (53).
ST MICHAEL’S/FOILMORE: B Smith, C Grandfield , Christopher O’Sullivan, A Smith, DJ Moran, B Galvin, Cormac O’Sullivan ,C O’Connor, S Fogarty, D O’Sullivan, D Kelly, B Kelly, R O’Connor, E O’Connor , J Clifford.

Subs: S O’Connor for D J Moran (45), D Scanlon for Cormac O’Sullivan (48), M McCarthy for J Clifford (50), S O’Shea for D O’Sullivan (52), Dara O’Sullivan for D Kelly (53) Referee: E Walsh (Rathmore).

The Kenmare District now advance to play St Kierans in the 1/4 final next Saturday in fitzgearld as part of the double header.

Full fixture is:

Sat 29/09/12 in Fitzgearld Stadium.
Laune Rangers V Rathmore @3pm.
Kenmare District  V St Kierans @ 4:30pm.

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Published: 23 September 2012

Duagh 1-10, Templenoe 4-09

Templenoe were crowned champions of Div4 of the County Senior Football League on Sunday afternoon after a good victory over Duagh. The match was played on a dry Duagh pitch, which featured a strong crosswind that didn’t really favour either team.

Templenoe had a good start to the match, and opened an early three point through scored from Sean Sheehan, Danny Cahalane and Tadhg Morley. Duagh opened their scoring from full forward Maurice O’Connor on the ten minute mark. With the wind making it hard to score, Danny Cahalane pointed a free which was replied to with a Jer Kelly point for Duagh. Danny Cahalane, who was having a great opening half, pointed two more frees to leave Templenoe ahead by five points with five minutes left in the half.

Duagh replied with a bizarre point when the ball bounced twice on the Templenoe crossbar and was caught by goalie, Anthony Sheehan. The ref deemed that the ball had crossed the line and gave the score. The final point of the half came the way of the home team, scored by Nigel O’Connor.

Templenoe got a great start to the 2nd half when a long free attempt by Patrick Palmer broke out to Brian Crowley who blasted the ball to the net. This was soon followed up by a John Spillane goal when a quick Templenoe move put him through.

Duagh kept in tough through points from Kerry Midfielder Anthony Maher, in a period that saw little action from both teams. Adrian Spillane sparked the match back to life with a great long distance point. Duagh again replied with a free, but a great high kicked pass from John Spillane found Adrian Spillane in a one on one situation near the Duagh square. Adrian won his contest for the ball and finished it to the net. Templenoe looked safe at this stage, and a similar move again found Adrian Spillane who scored his 2^nd of the afternoon.

Duagh who were battling relegation, pressed for a goal, and ended scoring 1-01 in the dying minutes of the match. It was too little, too late and Templenoe ended victorious on a scoreline of Templenoe 4-09, Duagh 1-10.

Afterwards the Division 4 trophy was presented to Templenoe captain, Shane Cremin. Shane thanked the team management, players, Club officers and especially the big crowd of supporters who travelled up to North Kerry for the match

Teams:

Templenoe: Anthony Sheehan, Kieran O Neill, Joseph Sheehan, Daniel O Neill, Gavin Crowley, Michael Hallissey, Kieran McCarthy, Sean Sheehan, Donal O Sullivan Casey, Danny Cahalane, Adrian Spillane, John Spillane, Brian Crowley, Tadhg Morley, Shane Cremin (Capt)

Subs: Patrick Palmer, John Moriarty, Denis O Neill, Timmy O Sullivan, Martin Reilly

Duagh: Sean Lane, Eoin Kelly, John O Brien, Adrian O Connor, Eamonn McKiernan, Kieran Quirke (Capt), John Sheehan, Anthony Maher, Jer Kelly, Joe Shanahan, Edward Stack, Tim Scanlon, Nigel O Connor, Maurice O Connor, Kieran Duffy.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Danny Cahalane 0-06, Adrian Spillane 2-01, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Tadhg Morley 0-01, Brain Crowley 1-0, John Spillane 1-0

Duagh: Anthony Maher 1-03, Maurice O Connor 0-02, Jer Kelly 0-01, Tim Quirke 0-01, Nigel O Connor 0-02, Joe Shanahan 0-01

Ref: Jim O’Connor (Scartaglin)

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Published: 22 October 2012

By Brendan McCarthy, (Taken from the Irish Examiner)

St Kieran’s 1-21 Kenmare 2-12

The major talking point following St Kieran’s destruction of Kenmare at Fitzgerald Stadium on Saturday was not the manner of the victors’ emphatic win, but the bewildering antics of former county star Paul O’Connor who left the pitch after referee Sean Joydisallowed a goal from a quickly taken free.

O’Connor, holder of three All-Ireland medals, seemed to take umbrage at the referee’s decision to disallow his goal and, after exchanging words with the match official, ran off the field and into the dressingroom. O’Connor’s action was a sour footnote to a game in which his side was comprehensively outplayed by an impressive St Kieran’s outfit.

The foundation for St Kieran’s victory came in the early stages. Opening points from Tom McGoldrick and Aidan Breen were followed by a fourth-minute goal from the impressive Eamon John O’Donoghue, who scored 1-5.

Kenmare, battled bravely but could not rectify the damage inflicted by St Kieran’s in the opening 10 minutes. They did, however, manage to narrow the deficit to four points with half-time approaching, Stephen O’Brien scoring a fine goal.

That was as good as it got for the losers, however, as St Kieran’s ran riot in the second half, running up an impressive 1-21 in the process.

Similar to the opening 10 minutes of the game, they took charge of the opening 10 minutes after half time, notching five points in the process. That left it 1-15 to 1-5 and the final result purely academic.

ST KIERAN’S: S Óg Ó Ciardubhain; P Galvin, E Kiely, M Galvin; J Walsh, (0-2, 0-1 free), P Reidy, F McAuliffe; S Scanlon (0-1), EJ O’Donoghue (1-5); M Hickey (0-2), M Coakley (0-1), A Breen (0-1); T Hickey (0-2), E Walsh (0-3), T McGoldrick (0-3, 0-2 frees).

Subs: J Buckley (Currow) (0-1) for T McGoldrick (44), P McCarthy for T Hickey (56), D O’Connor for M Hickey (60).

KENMARE: S O’Sullivan (Tuosist); T O’Sullivan (Kenmare), K O’Neill (Templenoe), G Crowley (Templenoe); S O’Leary (Kenmare) (0-1), T Morley (Templenoe), B Crowley (Templenoe); F O’Sullivan (Tuosist), A O’Sullivan (Tuosist) (0-1); J Spillane (Templenoe), M Crowley (Kenmare (0-2), A Spillane (Templenoe); L O’Shea (Tuosist) (1-0), P O’Connor (Kenmare) (0-4, 0-2 frees), S O’Brien (1-2, 0-1 free).

Subs: DJ Brennan (Kenmare) (0-2, 0-1 free), for J Spillane (16), K O’Sullivan (Kenmare) for A Spillane (36), A O’Leary (Kenmare) for K O’Neill (42), C Brosnan (Tuosist) for P O’Connor (50), D Crowley for B Crowley (57).

Referee: Sean Joy (Killorglin).

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Published: 02 October 2012

St Brendan’s District 1-13 Kenmare District 0-13

By Murt Murphy  (Taken from www.kerrygaa.ie)
St Brendan’s District recovered from a tardy start to come good in the second half of this Keanes Super Valu Killorglin, County Minor Football Final, to deservedly defeat a fancied Kenmare District side at the Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney on Saturday afternoon.

The victory did not look on in the opening twenty minutes, as Kenmare District raced 0-7 to 0-2 clear with Killian Spillane ( son of Tom) scoring all but one of sides points from full forward, while Kerry minor Brian Crowley scored the other and St Brendan’s were struggling to get any ball to their dangerous attack.

However, an inspired substitution that saw Dara Sheehy come in for St Brendan’s and the switching of tall full-forward Andrew Byrne to play in front of his fullback line had an immediate and telling impact that was to change the course of this final.

St Brendan’s struck for the goal they needed in the 21st minute when Gavin Crowley misjudged a high centre and man of the match Paudie O’Carroll raced through to drill the ball low to the Kenmare net.

Points followed quickly from Cillian Fitzgerald, O’Carroll and Darragh Carmody and suddenly St Brendan’s were a point in front, though Brian Crowley levelled the contest on the stroke of half time as the sides retired level, 1-5 to 0-8.

St Brendan’s assumed complete control of the middle third of the pitch in the second half, with Jack Barry and Kevin Shanahan fielding some great ball while David Moynihan and Daniel Collins defended resolutely.

After Brendan Savage and Brian Crowley swapped early points, Kenmare only managed a single point for the next twenty minutes as Killian Spillane was starved of possession but at the other end O’Carroll (0-2), Cillian Fitzgerald ( 0-3), Darragh Carmody ( 0-1 free) and Jack Barry (0-1) pushed St Brendan’s 1-12 to 0-10 clear and despite a late Kenmare flourish.

St Brendan’s District were crowned champions, with Patrick O’Sullivan Chairman of County Board and Peggy King, widow of the late County Board Chairman Frank, presenting the Cup to Daniel Collins while her grandson Cillian Fitzgerald kicked 0-6 for the winners!

The sponsor Mr Peter Keane presented the man of the match trophy to Paudie O’Carroll ( St Brendan’s) after the final

Scorers:
St Brendan’s District
P O’Carroll 1-3. C Fitzgerald 0-6, D Carmody 0-2 frees, J Barry and B Savage 0-1 each

Kenmare District
K Spillane 0-8 (0-5 frees), B Crowley 0-3, A Spillane and D O’Neill 0-1 each

Teams:
St Brendan’s District
K Hannafin ( Ardfert), F Horgan ( Ardfert), P McMahon ( St Pats), C Moore ( St Pats), D Moynihan ( Na Gaeil), D Collins ( Ardfert), C Kirby ( Ardfert), J Barry ( Na Gaeil), K Shanahan ( Ardfert), P Carroll ( Ardfert), C Fitzgerald ( Churchill), E Courtney ( Ardfert), D Carmody ( Na Gaeil), A Byrne ( St Pats), B Savage ( St Pats)
Subs: D Sheehy (Na Gaeil) for C Moore (20), A Barry (Na Gaeil) for B Savage (58)

Kenmare District
M McCarthy ( Kenmare), P O’Shea ( Kilgarvan), G Crowley ( Templenoe) , R Fitzpatrick( Tousist), J Rice ( Templenoe) , C O’Sullivan( Kenmare) , G Harrington ( Tousist) , A Spillane ( Templenoe) , B Crowley ( Templenoe) , Shane O’Sullivan( Kenmare) , T Harrington ( Tousist) , Stephen O’Sullivan( Tousist) , C Hallissey ( Templenoe) K Spillane, ( Templenoe) D O’Neill ( Templenoe)
Subs: S Harrington (Kenmare) for G Harrington (26), P Clifford (Templenoe) for Stephen O’Sullivan (h/t), A Quinlan (Kenmare) for Shane O’Sullivan (52), Dan Hawker (Tousist) for J Rice (inj) 56.

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Published: 30 October 2012