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Templenoe 2-17, Coolmeen 0-03
Temple of doom for Coolmeen as Templenoe inflict hammering (Taken from the Irish Examiner)
Templenoe (Kerry) 2-17 Coolmeen (Clare) 0-3: Josh Holland, with the second last kick of this Munster final contest, billowed the Coolmeen net with a rasping left-footed drive.
The result had long since been wrapped up, but Holland’s goal drew, arguably, the loudest cheer of the afternoon from the blue and white clad supporters resident in the main stand.
Holland, up until the 62nd minute, was the sole member of the Templenoe starting front six not to have etched his name onto the scoresheet and when his gilt-edged goal chance on 55 minutes was well saved by Coolmeen ‘keeper Aidan Corry, it appeared the left half-forward would finish the hour without a pen stroke beside his name.
His injury-time goal then, in which he was set-up by sub Colm Breen, was Templenoe’s 19th score from play and brought to nine their number of scoreboard contributors.
Referee James Bermingham sounded the final whistle from the ensuing kick-out, Templenoe celebrating Munster glory with 20-points to spare. This was a stroll in the park for Mike Crowley’s young side.
“I don’t care who does the scoring,” quipped the winning manager. “If I have a half-forward who doesn’t score, but does the job he is asked to do for us and keeps the lads buzzing inside, that is enough.” Yesterday afternoon in Mallow, not one of Crowley’s troops failed to shine.
“We had the football and once our fellas were up to the pitch of the game, there was only going to be one outcome after that. It is a big achievement for a very small club. Templenoe have had some very bad days.
“We were in Division 5 of the league for a long time. The attitude of this squad is good, their form is good and this is a great day for Templenoe because we don’t get many days like this.
“We have seen plenty of Kerry junior club teams walking up the steps of Croke Park and it is a great incentive for the boys. We could do it the same as anybody else.
“I know we are a small club, but we seem to have a decent team. We are going to milk it wherever we can.”
Heavy favourites arriving into this game, the Kerry champions were out of sight as early as the 20th minute. Of the opening eight chances created, both teams enjoyed four apiece. The difference was that Templenoe raised four white flags; Coolmeen, on the other hand, managed just the solitary minor.
With Teddy Doyle hugely influential at centre-forward and Adrian Spillane similarly dominant at midfield, Coolmeen spent a large portion of the first period trapped in their own half.
The Clare champions were cleaned out under their own kick-out and were always struggling to counter Templenoe’s direct and fluent style.
Their passing was remarkably sharp, with Killian Spillane, Danny Cahalane and Stephen O’Sullivan able and confident in finding the target, irrespective of space or angle.
Doyle (0-3), Gavin Crowley, Cian Hallissey (0-2) and Adrian Spillane (0-1) also got in on the act as Templenoe returned to the dressing room 0-12 to 0-1 ahead.
A Cathal O’Connor free on eight minutes marked Coolmeen’s sole first-half score and although the losing captain struck their first from play 10 seconds upon the restart, the Clare side would find the target on only one further occasion in the second period – O’Connor again the provider. Just the one scorer and just the one score from play told the full tale of Coolmeen’s difficulties and while their opponents were a far tamer outfit in the second-half, the gap between the teams continued to widen.
Danny Cahalane, set-up by Holland, struck the opening goal on 33 minutes, with Stephen O’Sullivan (0-2), near-impenetrable full-back Tadhg Morley and sub Pat Spillane (0-2) their most impressive second-half performers.
“Their tempo was unbelievable,” said Coolmeen manager Martin Daly of the newly crowned Munster champions. They are an exceptional team and more than likely these guys are going to win the All-Ireland.”
Scorers for Templenoe:D Cahalane (1-3); T Doyle, S O’Sullivan (0-3 each); J Holland (1-0); P Spillane, K Spillane, C Hallissey (0-2 each); A Spillane, G Crowley (0-1 each).
Scorers for Coolmeen:C O’Connor (0-3, 0-2 frees).
Templenoe:A Sheehan; K O’Neill, T Morley, M Hallissey; P Clifford, J Spillane, G Crowley; S Sheehan, A Spillane; D Cahalane, T Doyle, J Holland; S O’Sullivan, C Hallissey, K Spillane.
Subs:J Rice for C Hallissey (34 mins), P Spillane for A Spillane (38 mins, inj), S Cremin for Clifford (45), C Breen for M Hallissey (55), J Sheehan for Morley (58), K McCarthy for Crowley (60).
Coolmeen:A Corry; D Cleary, V McMahon, K McMahon; M Meaney, E O’Connor, G Meaney; N Meaney, B Cleary; A Normoyle, C Murphy, J Corry; D Neenan, B Markham, C O’Connor.
Subs:M McMahon for D Cleary (40 mins), S McMahon for Neenan (41), M Brooks for B Cleary (45), S McMahon for Corry (55), T Coffey for C Murphy (56), P Corry for M Meaney (59).
Referee:J Bermingham (Cork).
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AIB Munster Junior Football Final
Audio - Tadhg Morley Radio Kerry
Audio - Timmy Clifford Radio Kerry
Audio - Joe Gary, Clare FM Commentator on Radio Kerry
Match Preview, The Kerryman 02 Dec 2015
Match Preview, The Examiner 05 Dec 2015
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Coffee Morning
Templenoe GAA Club are organizing a Coffee Morning on Friday 04th December, from 10am to 1pm in the Coachman's, Kenmare.
Please come and support on the day, this event is to help fund-raise for the Munster Junior Football Final.
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AIB Munster GAA Football Semi Final Templenoe V Bandon
AIB Munster GAA Junior Football Semi Final
Templenoe 0-16, Bandon 1-10
A crowd of 1052 people descended on Clonakilty to witness a hard fought battle between Templenoe and Bandon in the Munster Junior Football semi final. Despite the dry afternoon, the match was played on a very heavy pitch, with little or no wind affecting play.
Templenoe had the ideal start to the match and on the 15th minute had opened up a 0-07 to 0-01 lead over Bandon. The Templenoe scores coming from Cian Hallissey, Patrick Clifford, Danny Cahalane, Killian Spillane and Brian Crowley. Bandon’s corner back Brian Crowley received a black card in this period. On the 20th minute, Cork Senior player Mark Sugrue, pointed a free, and picked up the resulting kickout to score a goal. Bandon took great heart from these scores, and both teams exchanges two points apiece, to leave the half time score, Templenoe 0-09, Bandon 1-04.
Templenoe had another good start to the 2nd half, and kicked the first three points through Cian Hallissey and Teddy Doyle (2). Matthey McNamara replied for Bandon, but by the 48th minute, Templenoe had further extended their lead to six points.
The last 10 minutes saw Bandon reduce the deficit to four with 2 Mark Sugrue frees. Bandon started pressing for a goal, and very nearly got one with a goalmouth scramble with the ball ending up wide of the post. A well worked Templenoe move resulted in a Killian Spillane point to lift the siege. There was enough time for Mark Sugrue to point another free before the ref blew for full time, leaving Templenoe victorious on a score of Templenoe 0-16, Bandon 1-10.
Templenoe Scorers: Cian Hallissey 0-05, Killian Spillane 0-04, Danny Cahalane 0-02, Teddy Doyle 0-02, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Pat Clifford 0-01, Brian Crowley 0-01
Templenoe Team: Anthony Sheehan, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley (Captain), Maik Hallissey, Patrick Clifford, John Spillane, Gavin Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane, Josh Holland, Brian Crowley, Danny Cahalane, Killian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Cian Hallissey.
Subs: Stephen O’Sullivan, Shane Cremin
Bandon Scorers: Mark Sugrue 1-08, Jason Hickey 0-01, Matthey McNamara 0-01
Bandon Team: Pat Prendergast (Captain), Brian Crowley, Kevin Lucey, Eoghan O’Donovan, Joe Harrington, Peter Murphy, James O’Donovan, Jason Hickey, James Walsh, Philip Crowley, Alan Johnson, David Aherne, Darren Crowley, Ronan Crowley, Mark Sugrue
Slicker Templenoe set up final date with Coolmeen (Taken from the Irish Examiner)
Monday, November 23, 2015 By Ger McCarthy
Templenoe (Kerry) 0-16 Bandon (Cork) 1-10:
Templenoe qualified for this year’s AIB Munster JFC decider after an intense battle with Bandon in Clonakilty on Saturday.
The Kerry side proved too strong for a Bandon team that began without the services of injured trio Donough Lucey, Barry Collins and Joe Harrington.
A slicker Templenoe kept the scoreboard ticking over throughout the hour while Bandon relied heavily on star forward Mark Sugrue to stay in touch.
“We knew it was going to be tough and that we were in for a battle coming down to Clonakilty,”
“Winter conditions are never easy to play in but in fairness to our lads they started well before getting drawn into a bit of a dogfight. People talk about our forward line a lot but we have a fairly mean back division as well. They showed that when things got tough. Semi-finals are games you have to win and in fairness to Bandon, they put in some effort. They could have stolen a late goal to level it so we are just delighted to be in the Munster final.”
Despite the defeat, opposing manager Colm Aherne paid tribute to his team’s efforts and their commitment throughout a long year.
“I’m immensely proud of the entire squad but sometimes you meet a team that’s better than you on the day,” said Crowley.
“Losing the three lads to injury didn’t help but the guys who came in did very well.
“Templenoe got off to a very good and start and we found it hard to claw them back. We just couldn’t reel them in during the closing stages.”
An attendance of over 1,000 witnessed a thrilling finale in which Bandon emptied their substitute’s bench and reduced the deficit to a goal with time ticking down.
Templenoe’s impressive defense stood firm and ensured their progress to a Munster final against Coolmeen (Clare).
Scorers for Templenoe:C Hallissey 0-5 (4 frees), K Spillane 0-4 (1 free), D Cahalane and T Doyle (1 45’) 0-2 each, P Clifford, B Crowley and S Sheehan 0-1 each.
Scorers for Bandon:M Sugrue 1-7 (0-6 frees), J Hickey 0-2, M McNamara 0-1.
TEMPLENOE:
A Sheehan; K O’Neill, T Morley, M Hallissey; P Clifford, J Spillane, G Crowley; S Sheehan, A Spillane; J Holland, B Crowley, D Cahalane; K Spillane, T Doyle, C Hallissey.
Subs:S O’Sullivan for B Crowley (29), S Cremin for J Holland (36).
BANDON:
P Prendergast; B Crowley, K Lucey, E O’Donovan; P O’Brien, P Murphy, J O’Donovan; J Hickey, J Walsh; P Crowley, A Johnson, D Aherne; D Crowley, R Crowley, M Sugrue.
Subs:C Dullea for B Crowley (9, bc), M Prendergast for J O’Donovan (24), M McNamara for D Aherne (32), J Mulcahy for R Crowley (48), C O’Mahony for P Crowley (48), B Collins for A Johnson (59).
Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary).
Audio: Radio Kerry post Match interview - Timmy Clifford
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AIB Munster GAA Football Semi Final, Templenoe V Bandon
Templenoe are playing the AIB Munster GAA Football Semi Final against Bandon of Cork next Saturday at 2pm in Clonakilty GAA Grounds.
- Audio - Radio Kerry Preview with Timmy Clifford
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- Match Preview, The Kerryman 18/11/15
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County Junior Champions 2015
Castleisland Mart Junior Football Championship Final (Taken from www.kerrygaa.ie)
Templenoe 1-14 Glenbeigh-Glencar 1-6
Novice Champions just two years ago, Templenoe were crowned Kerry Junior Champions today following victory over Glenbeigh-Glencar in a disappointingly one sided final in Fitzgerald Stadium.
Once the winners took advantage of the wind in the first half to open up an 8 points interval lead, the writing was always on the wall for the Mid Kerry men and Templenoe were quite content to soak up the pressure in the second half.
Templenoe got the perfect start when Gavin Crowley pointed them in front two minutes in and two minutes later Sean Sheehan was on hand to finish to the net after Killian Spillane’s shot was saved by Rory O’Connor. Gavan O’Grady did open the scoring for Glenbeigh in the 6th minute but Templenoe added four points to one in reply to lead by 1-5 to 0-1 after 15 minutes. The losers were making no headway against the Templenoe defence and after Stephen O’Sullivan reduced the deficit, Teddy Doyle showed the difference between the sides when he combined with his two midfielders to shoot a point in the 25th minute. Killian Spillane, from a free and play left the half time score 1-8 to 0-3 in Templenoe’s favour.
Gavan O’Grady and Patrick Clifford swapped points on the resumption before Glenbeigh-Glencar were dealt another blow when Pa Kilkenny saw red after a second yellow in the 39th minute. The game as a contest deteriorated thereafter and Templenoe led by 1-11 to 0-5 when Glenbeigh were awarded a penalty after a good move between Darran O’Sullivan and Gavan O’Drady in the 52nd minute. The latter duly despatched the penalty to the net to leave the margin at 6 points but Danny Cahalane, Patrick Clifford and Teddy Doyle replied with points for Templenoe and the final score of the game came from Darran O’Sullivan who fired just over the bar from a close in free in the final moments.
After the game, the Con Brosnan Cup was presented to winning captain Tadhg Morley by County Committee Vice Chairman Diarmiad Ó Sé and The Castleisland Mart Man of the Match was presented to Templenoe’s wing back Gavin Crowley by Jimmy Roche of Castleisland Mart.
Templenoe will now play Bandon of Cork in the Munster Junior Club Semi final on November 22nd at a Cork venue
Templenoe Scorers: Killian Spillane 0-4 (2 Fr), Josh Holland 1-0, Danny Cahalane, Patrick Clifford and Teddy Doyle 0-2 each, Adrian Spillane, Gavin Crowley, Tadhg Morley and Cian Hallissey 0-1 each.
Templenoe Team:
Anthony Sheehan; Kieran O’Neill, Tadgh Morley, Mike Hallissey; Patrick Clifford, John Spillane, Gavin Crowley; Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane; Josh Holland, Brian Crowley, Danny Cahalane; Killian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Cian Hallissey.
Subs: Stephen O’Sullivan, Shane Cremin, Joey Sheehan, Pat Spillane, John Rice
Glenbeigh/Glencar Scorers:
Gavan O’Grady 1-2 (1-1 Fr), Tommy Cahill and Darran O’Sullivan (Frees) Joe McGillicuddy, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-1 each.
Glenbeigh/Glencar Team:
R O’Connor; S Roche , F Griffin, K Doyle; J Brosnan, P Kilkenny, J McGillycuddy; C McGillycuddy, J Hoare; S O’Sullivan, D O’Sullivan, B Murphy; J McKenna, G O’Grady, T Cahill.
By Mortimer Murphy
Templenoe 1-14 Glenbeigh/Glencar 1-6: (Taken from www.examiner.ie)
Templenoe proved far superior to Glenbeigh-Glencar in the Kerry JFC final at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.
It was a super display by this young Templenoe side, led by the Crowley twins and Killian Spillane.
Once again, Division 1 side Glenbeigh/Glencar failed to perform in a final, and only Fergal Griffin and Jack Brosnan measured up.
Templenoe were on top from the outset as they dominated the midfield exchanges, with Sean Sheehan and Adrian Spillane ruling the roost. Glenbeigh/Glencar were all at sea at the back, as Killian Spillane caused havoc with some excellent points and the Crowley twins were surging forward at every opportunity.
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After Gavin Crowley kicked the opening point, Templenoe struck for a soft goal, as Josh Holland drilled the ball under a defender and Glenbeigh/Glencar were in disarray.
Gavin O’Grady responded with a free for Glenbeigh/Glencar but it was all Templenoe. They controlled matters and added seven more points before the interval, with Killian Spillane kicking 0-4, including a beauty in injury time.
Colin McGillycuddy and Stephen O’Sullivan kept the Mid Kerry side afloat but playing with the wind, Templenoe led at the interval, 1-8 to 0-3.
Glenbeigh/Glencar did enjoy more possession in the second half but never looked like getting back into it as Templenoe defended admirably, led by Gavin Crowley.
Patrick Clifford kicked two good second-half points from wing back for Templenoe while Danny Cahalane and full-back Tadgh Morley also added points, with O’Grady adding two frees for the losers.
O’Grady did convert a 53rd minute penalty but the goal came too late and Templenoe will now take some beating in the Munster campaign.
Scorers for Templenoe:K Spillane (0-4, 2 frees), J Holland (1-0), P Clifford, D Cahalane and T Doyle (0-2 each), C Hallissey (free), T Morley, G Crowley, and A Spillane (0-1 each)
Scorers for Glenbeigh/Glencar:G O’Grady (1-2, 1-0 pen, 1 free), C McGillycuddy, S O’Sullivan, D O’Sullivan and T Cahill (0-1 each)
TEMPLENOE:A Sheehan; K O’Neill, T Morley, M Hallissey; P Clifford, J Spillane, G Crowley; S Sheehan, A Spillane; J Holland, B Crowley, D Cahalane; K Spillane, T Doyle, C Hallissey.
Subs:S O’Sullivan for C Hallissey ( 48), S Cremin for J Holland ( 56), P Spillane for K Spillane ( 58), J Sheehan for B Crowley ( 59), J Rice for D Cahalane (60):
GLENBEIGH-GLENCAR:R O’Connor; S Roche , F Griffin, K Doyle; J Brosnan, P Kilkenny, J McGillycuddy; C McGillycuddy, J Hoare; S O’Sullivan, D O’Sullivan, B Murphy; J McKenna, G O’Grady, T Cahill.
Subs:C Teahan for S Roche ( 28); D Griffin for J McKenna (45); P Griffin for T Cahill (45); K Courtney for B Murphy (53); V Hoare for J McGillycuddy (53)
Referee:D Sayers (Austin Stacks).
Audio: Radio Kerry Post Match Interview - Tadgh Morley
Audio: Radio Kerry Post Match Interview - Teddy Doyle
Audio: Radio Kerry Post Match Interview - Anthony Sheehan
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County Junior Final Gear Presentation
The weather was glorious this morning for the gear presentation to the players for the upcoming County Junior Final.
The club would like to thank all the sponsors and encourage all our patrons to support the sponsors whenever possible.
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