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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 8.

Templenoe 0-16, Glenflesk 1-17.

Templenoe hosted Glenflesk in round 8 of the county league last Sunday in glorious sunshine. After a high scoring encounter, Glenflesk emerged victorious with four points to spare. The turning point came 13 minutes in, when Dara Roche converted a penalty after Templenoe had opened up a three points advantage and the hosts never regained the lead thereafter.

There was large crowd in attendance to witness this game, with the league now starting to enter the business end of the season. The hosts started well outscoring Glenflesk by 0-5 to 0-02 in the opening 12 minutes with Stephen O’Sullivan, Colin Crowley (2), Sean Sheehan and Patrick Clifford all contributing. Indeed, the latter was unlucky not to have goaled his effort with the ball scrapping the top of the crossbar. Glenflesk for their part had Dara Roche in fine form throughout, with the first of his scores coming two minutes in and Jeff O’Donoghue added a second score after 11 minutes of play. Then came the pivotal moment when Ian Roche was adjudged to have been fouled inside the box. His brother Dara stepped up and gave Templenoe keeper Mark Looney no chance with his finish, to tie the contest. A water break was granted by the referee to allow both sets of players time for a much-needed drink in the soaring heat.  

When the teams re-emerged, Glenflesk full back Daniel O’Brien briefly joined the attack to put the visitors in front for the first time. Colin Crowley then traded scores with Ian Roche, before Darragh Roche showed his class to fire over two more points, either side of an Aidan Crowley white flag for the hosts with one of Roches’s scores coming from an acute angle.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-07, Glenflesk 1-06.

Templenoe were dealt a blow at half-time with centre forward Patrick Clifford deemed not fit enough to continue. Nonetheless, the hosts proved they were still up the fight with Gavin Crowley powering his way through the defence to get his name on the scoresheet at the restart. Darragh Roche responded in kind, before Colin Crowley put over a beautiful long-range attempt in the 32^nd minute. The following seven minutes saw the East Kerry side enjoy a purple patch with Darragh Roche (3) and Sean Doherty pointing in quick succession, with Templenoe’s only reply in between coming from a Stephen O’Sullivan point from play. This put daylight between the sides with the score now 0-10 to 1-11. From here on the visitors pretty much kept Templenoe at arm’s length. Aidan Crowley and Gavin Crowley exchanged points with John Kelliher and Jeff O’Donoghue to leave score 0-12 to 1-13 going into the second half water break.

Templenoe’s cause wasn’t helped when they lost key players Mark Casey and Gavin Crowley to injury in the final quarter, but to their credit they kept plugging away. In fact, the hosts matched Glenflesk for scores (0-04 apiece) in the home stretch, but despite their best efforts Templenoe just could not manufacture a goal to pull this game back from the brink. Stephen O’Sullivan (3) and Aidan Crowley had scores to keep the encounter alive until the end for the hosts, but Glenflesk had points courtesy of brothers Darragh (2) and Dylan Roche (2) to make sure the visitors weren’t going to be caught.

Final Score: Templenoe 0-16, Glenflesk 1-17.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 0-05 (3f), Colin Crowley 0-04, Aidan Crowley 0-03 (2), Gavin Crowley 0-02, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Patrick Clifford 0-01.

Glenflesk: Darragh Roche 1-09 (1-00p) (4f), Ian Roche 0-01, Jeff O’Donoghue 0-02, Dylan Roche 0-02, Daniel O’Brien 0-01, Sean Doherty 0-01, John Kelliher 0-01.

Wides: Templenoe 5, Glenflesk 5.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Mark Casey, Ciaran Crowley, Joseph Sheahan ©, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Colin Crowley, Patrick Clifford, Kieran McCarthy, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Daniel Crowley

Subs used: John Moriarty, Hugh Granville, Jason O’Shea, Michael F O’Connor.

Glenflesk: Eoin Moynihan, Denis O’Connor, Daniel O’Brien, Cian Lynch, Michael Mullane, Peter Cronin, Killian O’Sullivan, John Kelliher, Jeff O’Donoghue, Emmet Finian, Kevin Bowler, Sean Doherty, Ian Roche, Darragh Roche, Danny Lucey.

Subs used: Dylan Roche, Kian Crowley.

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Published: 04 June 2023

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 6.

Kenmare Shamrocks 0-07, Templenoe 1-09.

Templenoe made the short trip to Fr Breen Park for the first meeting of Kenmare Shamrocks and Templenoe in the county league since 2016. A great team performance from start to finish saw Templenoe emerge victors by five points for our first win over our neighbours in seven years.

On a glorious evening with a big crowd in attendance to witness this local derby, the hosts chose to play with the wind for the first half. Kenmare Shamrocks also opening the scoring with a pointed free from Darren Allman, but few if any would have predicted that this would be the only time Kenmare would be in the ascendancy. The visitors responded with a point from play and one from a free through Stephen O’Sullivan. Then Darragh O’Connor was off target with a point effort for Kenmare, before the hosts were dealt with a sucker punch when John Moriarty was fouled just inside the big square and a penalty awarded. Stephen O’Sullivan stepped up and planted the ball in the net with aplomb. This was just the tonic needed to settle Templenoe and make believe that a win was possible. Midway through the first half Darragh O’Connor popped over Kenmare’s second point to make the score 0-02 to 1-02. Templenoe remained focused and continued to work very hard but were guilty of two wides to precede Kenmare’s next score from the boot of Kevin O’Sullivan. Soon after Dara Crowley added another for the hosts to reduce the deficit to the minimum. In the closing minutes of the first half Stephen O’Sullivan traded points with Darren Allman, before the game which was a sporting contest took an unexpected twist with Templenoe’s John Moriarty picking up his second yellow card to reduce the visitors to 14 players just on the stroke of half time.

Half Time Score: Kenmare Shamrocks 0-05, Templenoe 1-03

Templenoe were not noted for been a second half team in their recent outings, but this time it was to be very different with the visitors outscoring their opponents by six points to two with one player less on the field for a whole half hour. Stephen O’Sullivan who was having a whale of a game extended Templenoe’s lead to two points from a placed ball in the 39^th minute after a series of missed opportunities by both sides. Then three points on the trot from Templenoe followed with Stephen O’Sullivan (2) and Patrick Clifford firing over inspirational scores to make the score 0-05 to 1-07 after 44 minutes of play. Nonetheless, there was still time for Kenmare Shamrocks to do what they did many times in the past and turn the contest and Kevin O’Sullivan did get one back with a point from play in the 51^st minute. With time running out David Hallissey did find a bit of a rare opening in the Templenoe defence, however his shot found the side netting. Aidan Crowley steadied the ship for Templenoe with a white flag to restore their lead to six points with just five minutes of normal time remaining, before David Hallissey split the posts for Kenmare. The hosts still needed two goals, but on this occasion it was to prove a bridge too far for Kenmare Shamrocks with Templenoe closing out the game without any late scares.

Final Score: Kenmare Shamrocks 0-07, Templenoe 1-09

Scorers:

Kenmare Shamrocks: Darren Allman 0-02 (2f), Kevin O’Sullivan 0-02, Darragh O’Connor 0-01, David Hallissey 0-01, Dara Crowley 0-01.

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 1-07 (1-00p) (4f), Aidan Crowley 0-01, Patrick Clifford 0-01.

Teams:

Kenmare Shamrocks: Kieran Fitzgibbon, Dara Crowley, Tommy O’Sullivan, Cian O’Sullivan, Shane O’Sullivan, Tommy Cronin, Jamie O’Regan, Tom O’Sullivan, James McCarthy, David Ciuciu, David Hallissey, Jimmy Lehane, Darren Allman, Kevin O’Sullivan, Darragh O’Connor.

Subs used: Conor Adams, Eoghan McCarthy, Kane Reidy, Liam Palmer.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Mark Casey, Ciaran Crowley, Joseph Sheahan, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Patrick Clifford, Colin Crowley, Aidan Crowley, John Moriarty, Daniel Crowley

Subs used: Kieran McCarthy, Hugh Granville.

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Published: 14 May 2023

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 5.

Templenoe 1-07, Glenbeigh-Glencar 0-15

The Templenoe senior footballers suffered their first defeat in 2023 at the hands of Glenbeigh-Glencar in Templenoe last Saturday evening. It was lacklustre display by Templenoe on the night against a much hungrier Glenbeigh-Glencar side determined to reverse the result of the corresponding fixture from last year.

On fine evening for football, the hosts actually started well and raced into a 0-03 to 0-00 lead after seven minutes, with two placed balled from Stephen O’Sullivan and Aidan Crowley, before the latter put over another from play from a tight angle. Glenbeigh-Glencar responded with Caolim Teahan (f) and Gavan O’Grady (f) both splitting the posts. Then great work by Sean Sheehan put through Stephen O’Sullivan on goal and he did everything right only to see his effort come off the base of the post. It was a let off to the visitors, who despite this were coming more and more into the game. Two points from Liam Smith and Gavin O’Grady (f) saw Glenbeigh-Glencar take the lead for the first time to make the score 0-03 to 0-04 after 15 minutes. Both sides exchanged a few wides, before Templenoe wing back Ciaran Crowley showed great confidence to take on the Glenbeigh-Glencar defence before rifling the ball to the net for a well taken goal. However, the visitors regrouped quickly and responded admirably with three unanswered points to retake the lead courtesy of scores from Caolim Teahan (2) and Gavan O’Grady. Templenoe were struggling to ignite but did get the final score of the half through a converted free from Stephen O’Sullivan.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-04, Glenbeigh-Glencar 0-07

The third quarter saw Glenbeigh-Glencar hit the ground running and blitz Templenoe with seven points on the trot, with Jack Brosnan, Gavan O’Grady (5) and Darran O’Sullivan all contributing. In between, the visitors also nearly had goal, but were denied by a great Mark Looney save. Also, worth mentioning that the Glenbeigh-Glencar shooting throughout was very good, they only hit four wides, while Templenoe had six with less possession. The hosts did have a brief respite midway through the second half with Stephen O’Sullivan and Patrick Clifford both finding the target to make the score 1-06 to 0-14. However, a comeback never looked likely, with Glenbeigh-Glencar very organised getting plenty of bodies back when on the defensive and as a result Templenoe were unable to work an opening for much needed goal to bring them back into the game. Glenbeigh-Glencar closed out the contest with another Gavin O’Grady score to cap a fine performance with his ninth score of the evening, while Aidan Crowley thumped over a free for Templenoe’s last score.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-07, Glenbeigh-Glencar 0-15

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 0-03 (3f), Aidan 0-03 (2f), Ciaran Crowley 1-00, Patrick Clifford 0-01.

Glenbeigh-Glencar: Gavan O’Grady 0-09 (6f), Caolim Teahan 0-03, Darran O’Sullivan 0-01, Liam Smith 0-01, Jack Brosnan 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy, Ciaran Crowley, Joseph Sheahan, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, John Moriarty, Patrick Clifford, Colin Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Daniel Crowley

Subs used: Hugh Granville, Michael F O’Connor.

Glenbeigh/Glencar: Donal O’Neill, Aodhan Roche, Tommy Quirke, Liam Roche, Pa Kilkenny, Darran O’Sullivan, Sean T Sheehan, Colin McGillicuddy, Liam Smith, Caolim Teahan, Dara Casey, Jack Brosnan, Gavan O’Grady, Rian O’Donovan, Kieran Courtney.

Subs used: Sean Quirke.

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Credit Union County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 4.

Beaufort 0-14, Templenoe 2-08.

An equalizing point from Killian Spillane shortly before the full-time whistle, saw Templenoe maintain their unbeaten run as do Beaufort in this year’s county league with four rounds played. It was absorbing game of football, played in ideal conditions at Beaufort GAA Grounds last Sunday, with no less than four Kerry senior panelists featuring, Mike Breen for Beaufort, Adrian Spillane, Gavin Crowley, and Killian Spillane (second half) for Templenoe.

Beaufort opened the scoring through their sharpshooter Liam Carey. However, two minutes later Templenoe had the ball in the net, when a high ball in was gathered by Aidan Crowley who offloaded to his brother Daniel for a well-executed goal. Templenoe quickly built on this with Stephen O’Sullivan and two scores on the trot from Adrian Spillane extending the visitors lead to five points 8 minutes in. Beaufort did create goal chances in the first half too but were denied by a block from Sean Sheehan for one of their chances, while Mark Looney spread himself well to prevent Fergal Hallissey rattling the net on another occasion. Nonetheless, four unanswered points from the hosts between the 10^th minute and the 19^th minute courtesy of Fergal Hallissey (2f), Liam Carey and a point from a mark through Darragh O’Connor saw Beaufort reduce the arrears to just the minimum, with the scoreboard reading 0-05 to 1-03 after 19 minutes of action. Templenoe rallied again with Patrick Clifford next to raise a white flag after he wisely hand passed the ball over the bar. Then came the visitors second goal of the day, in a move that stemmed from a perfect ball in from Gavin Crowley to Adrian Spillane who had only one thing on his mind and made no mistake with his finish. Beaufort refused to let their heads drop though and responded well with Danny Healy and Liam Carey both splitting the posts to keep the contest well alive at the break.

Half Time Score: Beaufort 0-07, Templenoe 2-04.

Templenoe had a trick up their sleeve with Killian Spillane introduced for the second half and he was less than a minute on the field before he got his name on the scoresheet with a pointed free. Colin Crowley added another soon after to put Templenoe five points to the good again. But the hosts battled their way back into it once more with Liam Carey and two placed balls from Fergal Hallissey reducing the margin to two points to make the score 0-10 to 2-06 after 42 minutes. Both sides were going all out for it now and Beaufort keeper Sean Coffey made two good stops with his long reach to pull down two Templenoe efforts that appeared to be going over the crossbar. Killian Spillane traded scores with fellow Kerry panelist Mike Breen, before Beaufort substitute Jack O’Connor reduced the margin to just one point with nine minutes left to play. Then coming into the home stretch Liam Carey with his fifth point of the game, followed by another from Jack O’Connor looked like snatching this game for Beaufort. However Killian Spillane proved how crucial his presence was when he took on responsibility to get hold of possession near the end line and fire over the equalizing point on the stroke of full time.

Final Score: Beaufort 0-14, Templenoe 2-08.

Scorers:

Beaufort: Liam Carey 0-05, Fergal Hallissey 0-04 (4f), Jack O’Connor 0-02, Mike Breen 0-01, Danny Healy 0-01, Darragh O’Connor 0-01 (1m).

Templenoe: Adrian Spillane 1-02, Daniel Crowley 1-00, Killian Spillane 0-03 (2f), Stephen O’Sullivan 0-01, Patrick Clifford 0-01, Colin Crowley 0-01.

Teams:

Beaufort: Sean Coffey, Ethan Coffey, Ger Hartnett, Josh Coffey, Mark Neary, Nathan Breen, Tim Casey, Sean O’Brien, Mike Breen, Ciaran O’Sullivan, Mikey Moriarty, Fergal Hallissey, Darragh O’Connor, Liam Carey, Danny Healy.

Subs used: Padraig Doona, Jack O’Connor.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Ciaran Crowley, Kieran O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy, Joseph Sheahan, Patrick Clifford, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Adrian Spillane, Colin Crowley, Hugh Granville, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Daniel Crowley.

Subs used: Killian Spillane

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McCarthy Insurance Group South Kerry Senior Football League Final:

Templenoe 1-05, Waterville 0-07.

Templenoe are South Kerry league champions for 2023 following a narrow one-point victory over Waterville at a wet and windy Valentia last Saturday. This is Templenoe’s second South Kerry senior league title since the club first entered this competition back in 1998.

Despite the unfavourable weather conditions, there was still a good turn out to witness this final. The fact that both teams could only manage one point each when playing into the strong breeze, underlines just how much of an impact the weather conditions had on this game. Templenoe were the more wasteful of the two sides with eleven wides while Waterville had a total of four wides.

Templenoe had the wind advantage for the first half and got their first score three minutes in through Colin Crowley. A minute later Colin Crowley went one better when he got inside the Waterville defence before rounding the keeper and finishing the ball home. This goal was to prove crucial in the finish. Soon after Stephen O’Sullivan had another goal chance for Templenoe, but Waterville keeper Cillian O’Shea was equal to his effort. Templenoe were dominating but not capitalizing on the scoreboard as they would have liked. Though Stepen O’Sullivan did add another score from a mark to put Templenoe 1-02 to 0-00 ahead by the 13^th minute. Barry Dwyer opened Waterville’s account with a well struck free from an angle and this would be their only score of the first half. The wides continued to mount for Templenoe in the second quarter, who ultimately had to settle for just two more scores before the break courtesy of a 45 from Aidan Crowley and a fine score from corner back Michael Hallissey.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-04, Waterville 0-01.

Kerry U20 panelist Mark Casey was introduced for Templenoe for the second half, but the question was the Templenoe lead enough of a foundation to withstand the likely Waterville fight back over the next half hour of football. The third quarter saw Waterville reduce the margin to just a goal courtesy of three points from Barry Dwyer, with two from frees and one from play. In between, Templenoe’s John Moriarty had a goal bound shot saved by Cillian O’Shea. Both sides squandered chances over the next few plays, before Barry Dwyer eventually added another point in the 52^nd minute. The score was now 1-04 to 0-05. Templenoe needed a score to help steady the ship and finally after a gap of 29 minutes from their last score, Aidan Crowley kept his composure to slot over the side’s only score, but a very important one in the second half. Credit to Waterville they kept coming even after losing Cillian Clifford to a second yellow card and points from Barry Dwyer and Oran Clifford deep into injury time did bring the margin down to the minimum, but there was to be time for no more.

After the game the South Kerry League Cup was presented to Templenoe captain Joseph Sheehan. Congratulations to all our players and management on winning the club’s first bit of silverware since the Munster Intermediate Club title in December 2019, not forgetting the many famous wins Templenoe had in between and hopefully more to follow.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-05, Waterville 0-07.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Colin Crowley 1-01, Aidan Crowley 0-02 (1f) (1 45), Stephen O’Sullivan 0-01 (1m), Michael Hallissey 0-01.

Waterville: Adam O’Dwyer 0-06 (4f), Oran Clifford 0-01 (1f).

Teams:

Templenoe: Danny Cahalane, Ciaran Crowley, Kieran O’Neill, Michael Hallissey, Kieran McCathy, Joseph Sheehan©, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Michael F O’Connor, John Moriarty, Patrick Clifford, Colin Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Daniel Crowley.

Subs Used: Mark Casey, Hugh Granville.

Waterville: Cillian O’Shea, Cillian Cronin, Fionan Clifford©, Shane Draper, Sean Murphy, Oran Clifford, Jack Curran, Jamie O’Sullivan, Cillian Clifford, Gearoid O’Sullivan, Barry Dwyer, Niall Fitzgerald, Dylan O’Huggard, Adam Dwyer, James Fitzgerald.

Subs used: Timothy O’Sullivan, Darragh Dwyer Bernard Dwyer.

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 3.Templenoe 2-07, St Marys 0-12.

Templenoe hosted St Marys in round 3 of the county league. After a hard-fought game played in tough conditions, a Sean Sheehan point eight minutes into injury time just about shaded this contest for Templenoe. Templenoe had wind advantage for the first half, but it was the visitors who were first to register on the scoreboard courtesy of a point from Ben O’Donoghue. Templenoe replied with Tom Spillane and Aidan Crowley both splitting the posts. Then midway through the first half Colin Crowley looked to be through on goal only to be denied by a superb save by St Marys keeper Mike Daly. The resultant 45 went wide and soon after St Marys had two points on the trot one from play and one from a free through Sean Cournane to make it 0-02 to 0-03 after 20 minutes of play.

The hosts had been threatening for goal and they eventually got one when Stephen O’Sullivan combined with Daniel Crowley for the second week in a row, with the latter once again applying the finish by palming the ball to the net from close in. Stephen O’Sullivan followed this up two fine points of his own to put Templenoe four points to the good. Shortly before the half time break, Muiris Fitzgerald scored the first of his two points for St Marys and then Templenoe went close on goal again only for Sean Sheehan to pull his shot wide. The first half ended on a difficult note for the hosts with John Rice having to be carried off the field with a knee injury and we all wish John a speedy recovery.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-04, St Marys 0-04.

St Marys started the second half well with a pointed free from Anthony Cournane. The Cahersiveen men were wide with their next two attacks, but by the 37th minute they were on level terms thanks to Alex Coffey and Anthony Cournane (f) both finding the range. However, credit to Templenoe they regrouped and a white flag from Sean Sheehan helped settle the nerves and then Templenoe were awarded penalty after a foul in the square. Stephen O’Sullivan stepped up and duly put the ball in St Marys net. Minutes later young Ciaran Crowley popped up from defence to score his first point in the county senior league to put the hosts 2-06 to 0-07 ahead 47 minutes in.

It was looking good for Templenoe at this stage, but St Marys had other ideas. The visitors had a late surge that saw them reel in Templenoe’s lead point by point to draw level again by the 64th minute, with Muiris Fitzgerald, Alex Coffey, Declan Keating (2) and Anthony Cournane all contributing. It made for a frantic finished with Templenoe losing Daniel Crowley to a black card, but just when it looked like there would be time for no more Tempenoe’s Colin Crowley drew a free from about 45 metres out for which Ronan Clifford was dismissed. Aidan Crowley struck the free and appeared to have both the distance and the accuracy only to drop short at the last moment, but luckily for the hosts Sean Sheehan rose the highest to fist the ball over the bar to bag the hosts a full share of the spoils after yet another close ending.

Final Score: Templenoe 2-07, St Marys 0-12.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 1-02 (1-00p), Daniel Crowley 1-00, Sean Sheehan 0-02,Aidan Crowley 0-01, Tom Spillane 0-01, Ciaran Crowley 0-01.

St Marys: Anthony Cournane 0-03 (3f), Sean Cournane 0-02 (1f), Muiris Fitzgerald 0-02,Alex Coffey 0-02, Declan Keating 0-02, Ben O’Donoghue 0-01.Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, John Rice, Ciaran Crowley,Joseph Sheehan, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Tom Spillane, Aidan Crowley, PatrickClifford, John Moriarty, Stephen O’Sullivan, Colin Crowley, Daniel Crowley.

subs used: hugh granville, jason o’shea.

St marys: mike daly, oisin moran, darragh o’sullivan, darren casey, patrick cournane,conor o’shea, mark quigley, kieran o’driscoll, alex coffey, mark o’shea, anthonycournane, muiris fitzgerald, ben o’donoghue, jack daly, sean cournane.

subs used: declan keating, cillian o’connell, ronan clifford.

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 2.

Firies 1-08, Templenoe 2-05.

Templenoe made the trip to Farranfore to take on newly promoted Firies in round 2 of the county league last Sunday. A draw was the final result, but probably fair to say that Templenoe will be the happier of the two sides with the outcome, having been behind for so long until two goals within a minute from Daniel Crowley late on blew the contest wide open.

The match was played in dry conditions with a cross field breeze, which appeared to make it harder for both teams to score from long range. Templenoe were boosted by the availability of Gavin Crowley. Firies almost got off to the ideal start when Cian Doe found himself inside the Templenoe defence only to pull his shot wide. However, five minutes later the home side did raise a green flag, after a Padraig de Bruin strike just about made it over the line. Templenoe replied with points from Stephen O’Sullivan and Aidan Crowley, but Firies were motoring better and playing with more cohesion in the first half, hit back with Niall Donohue, James Horgan (f) and Stephen Palmer all splitting the posts. This made the score 1-03 to 0-02 after 18 minutes. Things did not improve for the visitors in the remaining minutes of the first half with further Firies points from James Horgan (f) and Jake Flynn adding to their woes and in between Templenoe’s Daniel Crowley had a goal bound shot well saved by Firies keeper Trevor O’Shea.  On a day where Templenoe kicked a total of 8 wides compared to 5 from Firies, scores were hard earned and Aidan Crowley had to battle past two Firies defenders to bag Templenoe’s third point of the day just before the half time whistle.

Half Time Score: Firies 1-05, Templenoe 0-03.

At the restart, Mark Looney was called upon to deny a goal from Firies Stephen Palmer after he found himself one on one with the Templenoe keeper. The visitors were then hit with a further blow, when Michael Hallissey had to retire injured. Firies however were showing no mercy and extended their lead to six points with Cian Doe getting his name on the scoreboard. Jack Sherwood and Gavin Crowley were having a mighty duel at midfield throughout, but it was Templenoe’s other midfielder Sean Sheehan who was next to find the range with a fine score from distance. Stephen O’Sullivan added another with Templenoe’s only point from a placed ball, before TJ Palmer ventured up from defence to keep Firies in control position with a well taken point to make it 1-07 to 0-05 after 44 minutes of play. Three wides on the trot followed from Templenoe and the game looked like it was reaching an inevitable conclusion, but Daniel Crowley didn’t read that script. Two goals within minute after two good team moves, saw Stephen O’Sullivan pick out Daniel Crowley both times with the latter finishing to the net perfectly on the double. Templenoe were now ahead for the first time 1-07 to 2-05 with only 5 minutes remaining and suddenly the pressure was on Firies. Templenoe funnelled bodies back in a bid to close out the game and it worked initially, but Firies remained patient and grabbed their equalized through the boot of Padraig de Bruin. There was still time for either side to steal it at the finish, but no further score materialised.

Final Score: Firies 1-08, Templenoe 2-05.

Scorers:

Firies: Padraig de Bruin 1-01, James Horgan 0-02 (2f), Stephen Palmer 0-01, Niall Donohue 0-01, Jake Flynn 0-01, Cian Doe 0-01, TJ Palmer 0-01.

Templenoe: Daniel Crowley 2-00, Aidan Crowley 0-02, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-02 (1f), Sean Sheehan 0-01.

Teams:

Firies: Trevor O’Shea, Chris Palmer, Diarmuid Brosnan, Brian O’Leary, TJ Palmer, Niall Donohue, Diarmuid O’Mahony, Jack Sherwood, Pat Daly, Darragh Donohue, James Horgan, Padraig de Bruin, Stephen Palmer, Jake Flynn, Cian Doe.

Subs used: Sean Burke, Sean Cooper.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, John Rice, Ciaran Crowley, Joseph Sheehan, Kieran McCarthy, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Colin Crowley, John Moriarty, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Daniel Crowley.

Subs used: Hugh Granville, Patrick Clifford, Michael F O’Connor.

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Published: 02 April 2023

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Templenoe 3-11, Laune Rangers 1-13.

Templenoe hosted Laune Rangers in the opening round the county senior football league on St Patrick’s day. Two late goals from Sean Sheehan and Stephen O’Sullivan pulled this game out of the fire for Templenoe, just when it started to look like Laune Rangers would take a full share of the spoils.

It was an entertaining game of football, played in showery conditions. The visitors drew first blood with a point from play from Fiachra Crowley. However, Templenoe boosted by the news Mike Crowley agreed to take on another stint at the Manger role following a long search to fill that position, hit back with a vengeance to score 1-04 without reply. With Kerry panelist Gavin Crowley and Sean Sheehan dominating the aerial battle at midfield, the hosts wasted no time in displaying their credentials. John Moriarty and Aidan Crowley were quickest to react to a dropped short free, with the latter getting the final touch in a goal mouth scramble, for Templenoe’s first green flag of the day. Gavin Crowley, Daniel Crowley and Aidan Crowley (2) added points to put Templenoe in a strong position by the end of the first quarter, all be it aided by the breeze. Matthew Leslie gave the Rangers a brief respite with a pointed free, before Templenoe landed two more points on the trot courtesy of Daniel Crowley and a long-range effort from Gavin Crowley. Lane Rangers substitute John Burke made an immediate impression when introduced with two well taken scores shortly before the break, while in between Fiachra Clifford converted a placed ball to help keep the visitors well in this contest.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-06, Laune Rangers 0-05.

At the restart, John Rice popped up from defence to fire over a fine score to consolidate Templenoe’s lead. But then it was Laune Rangers turn to shine and shine they did. Eoghan Hassett who was also sprung from the bench set the wheels in motion, with their first score of the second half, before Daire Cleary got his name on the score sheet. Then the Templenoe defence were cut open with Eoghan Hassett unleashing his shot on the run to the top corner for a marvellous goal for Laune Rangers. It was game on now with the score at 1-07 apiece and plenty of time (21 minutes) remaining. Templenoe were rattled but not floored and responded with a much needed pointed free from Aidan Crowley. It was ebb and flow from here on, with Eoghan Hassett (2) trading scores with Sean Sheehan and Aidan Crowley. Two successive points from John Burke put the Killorglin side in front for only the second time in the game to make the score 1-10 to 1-11 54 minutes in and the game was on a knife edge. Daniel Crowley and David Mangan swapped scores and then came the first of Templenoe’s two late goals after high ball in from a Gavin Cowley sideline was finished to the net by a brave Sean Sheehan against the advances of two Laune Rangers defenders. Two minutes into injury time, Stephen O’Sullivan used his soccer skills to good effort to put the icing on the cake for Templenoe’s goal number 3. The visitors pulled one point back through Shane Doona and they tried hard for another goal, but the Templenoe defence despite losing Kieran O’ Neill to a black card stood firm.

Final Score: Templenoe 3-11, Laune Rangers 1-13.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Aidan Crowley 1-04 (2f), Sean Sheehan 1-01, Stephen O’Sullivan 1-00, Daniel Crowley 0-03, Gavin Crowley 0-02, John Rice 0-01.

Laune Rangers: Eoghan Hassett 1-03, John Burke 0-04, Fiachra Clifford 0-02 (1f), Daire Clifford 0-01, David Mangan 0-01, Matthew Leslie 0-01, Shane Doona 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, John Rice, Kieran McCarthy, Joseph Sheehan, Ciaran Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Colin Crowley, John Moriarty, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Daniel Crowley.

Subs used: Hugh Granville.

Laune Rangers: Jason Browne, Sean Arthurs, Sean Cleary, Evan Madden, Rory O’Connor, David Mangan, Patrick Carey, Shane Daly, Jack O’Connor, Stephen Sealy, Fiachra Clifford, Calum Moriarty, Daire Cleary, Matthew Leslie, Gearoid Hassett.

Subs used: John Burke, Eoghan Hassett, Shane Doona.

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Published: 17 March 2023

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McCarthy Insurance Group South Kerry Senior Football League Round 3:

Dromid Pearses 4-10, Templenoe 6-14.

Templenoe are through to the South Kerry league final, after overcoming Dromid Pearses in a game that produced no less than 10 goals. Templenoe were marginally ahead at the break 2-09 to 3-05, with John Moriarty and Stephen O’Sullivan the goal providers.

In the second half, Templenoe had four more green flags from John Moriarty, Hugh Granville, Mark Looney and Stephen O’Sullivan to help give the visitors a comprehensive win in the finish. Templenoe will play Waterville in the final.

Team: Colm Breen, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Michael F O’Connor, Kieran McCarthy, Martin Reilly, Ciaran Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley 0-01, Hugh Granville 1-01, Aidan Crowley 0-06 (1f), Colin Crowley 0-03, Stephen O’Sullivan 2-03 (1f), Mark Looney 1-00, John Moriarty 2-00.

Subs: Jason O’Shea, Ronan O’Connor, Donagh Harrington, John Morley, Conor Murphy.

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Published: 05 March 2023

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McCarthy Insurance Group South Kerry Senior Football League Round 1:

Templenoe 2-10, Renard 1-10.

A goal in both halves from Stephen O’Sullivan proved crucial to outcome of this contest against a resilient Renard side, to get our senior team’s year off to winning start.

Team & subs: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Joseph Sheehan, Kieran McCarthy, Martin Reilly, Ciaran Crowley, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Josh Crowley Holland, Daniel Crowley, Colin Crowley 0-01, John Moriarty, Stephen O’Sullivan 2-03 (1m), Aidan Crowley 0-04 (2f) (1 45), Hugh Granville 0-01,

Subs: Jason O’Shea, Michael F O’Connor, Ronan O’Connor, Donagh Harrington, Conor Murphy, Dan O’Connor.

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Published: 12 February 2023

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