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Kerry Petroleum Senior Football Club Championship, Group 2, Round 1.

Austin Stacks 0-18, Templenoe 0-10.

The eagerly awaited senior club championship first round clash between Austin Stacks and Templenoe ended with an eight points victory for the hosts after they withstood a third quarter surge from the visitors at Connolly Park on Sunday afternoon.

There was a bit rain ahead of the game, but this cleared up in time for throw-in and there was also a bit of a cross field breeze in play. Templenoe.had a frustrating opening first quarter to this game. They had a good share of the possession, but crucially they failed to convert the possession they had into scores. Templenoe hit three wides and had one effort that hit the post inside the first fifteen minutes and worse of all they had no score to show for their efforts. Austin Stacks seemed to move the ball quicker, they also forced a few turnovers and had better shot selection that saw them lead by 0-05 to 0-00 at the end of the first quarter with four different scorers Joe O’Connor, Eoghan Carroll, Armin Heindrich and Conor Horan (tp) free all contributing.

In the ensuing passages of play Austin Stacks extended their lead to 0-09 to 0-00 with four more players Cian Purcell, Ronan Carroll, Joey Nagle and Daniel Kirby adding their names to the score sheet. While the other end Templenoe’s Adrian Spillane had a goal effort that went agonisingly wide. Nothing was going right it seemed for Templenoe. But in the 25^th minute Gavin Crowley joined the Templenoe attack to finally end their scoring drought with a well taken point.

Only other positive for Templenoe in the first half was that they conceded no goal and though Austin Stacks had an eight points advantage they were not yet out of sight.

Half Time Score: Austin Stacks 0-09, Templenoe 0-01.

Templenoe introduced Patrick Clifford for the second half in a bid to get back into the game. Whatever Templenoe Manager Paddy Curran said to his players at the interval, seemed to have the desired effect with Templenoe playing with far more intensity and energy in the third quarter. Aidan Crowley got the fight back underway with a monstrous two pointer free, which was quickly followed with the lively Pat Spillane marking his return to the blue and white jersey with a fine score. Ronan Carroll briefly interrupted the visitors flow with a white flag for the Stacks, before Killian Spillane kept up Templenoe’s resurgence with a two-pointer free. The hosts steadied the ship again with three scores on the trot from Daniel Kirby, Cian Purcell and Armin Heindrich. However, Templenoe remained steadfast and responded in style with Gavin Crowley firing over a two pointer before the Spillane brothers Adrian and Killian both split the posts to make the score 0-13 to 0-10 at the end of the third quarter.

Templenoe had a chance to reduce the margin further, but they were wide with their effort. With eleven minutes of normal time remaining Michael O’Donnell scored a pivotal point from a free for the Stacks to put more than a score in it. The remaining minutes of the game saw Templenoe gradually run out of steam, while Austin Stacks pushed on with county players Joe O’Connor and Dylan Casey both tagging on scores to put day light between the sides. Austin Stacks made sure of their win with a converted 45 from keeper Michael Tansley, before the impressive Ronan Carroll had the final say with his fourth point of the day.

Final Score: Austin Stacks 0-18, Templenoe 0-10.

Scorers:

Austin Stacks: Ronan Carroll 0-04, Armin Hendrick 0-02, Joe O’Connor 0-02, Conor Horan 0-02 (1tp) (1f), Cian Purcell 0-02, Michael Tansley 0-01 (45), Joey Nagle 0-01, Dylan Casey 0-01, Daniel Kirby 0-01, Michael O’Donnell 0-01 (1f), Eoghan Carroll 0-01.

Templenoe: Gavin Crowley 0-03 (1tp), Killian Spillane 0-03 (1tp) (1f), Aidan Crowley 0-02 (1tp) (1f), Pat Spillane 0-01, Adrian Spillane 0-01.

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Austin Stacks: 4           

Templenoe: 10

Teams:

Austin Stacks: Michael Tansley, Jack Murphy, Joey Nagle, Dylan Casey, Jack O’Shea, Armin Heinrich, Ronan Shanahan, Joe O’Connor, Daniel Kirby, Michael O’Donnell, Conor Horan, Eoghan Carroll, Cian Purcell, Shane O’Callaghan, Ronan Carroll.

Subs used: Luke Casey, Colin Griffin, Fiachna Mangan, Colin Browne.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Colin Crowley, Pat Spillane, Brian Crowley, Adrian Spillane ©, Stephen O’Sullivan, Killian Spillane, Aidan Crowley.

Subs Used: Patrick Clifford Josh Crowley Holland, Ciaran Crowley.

Referee: Fergus Clifford

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 11.

Templenoe 2-16, Ballymacelligot 1-13.

Templenoe are promoted to Division 1 of the county senior football league for the second time in the club’s history, after the hosts got the win they needed against Ballymac and by virtue of Templenoe’s head to head result against John Mitchels, who were also the mix for a promotion spot going into the last round.

The match was played in beautiful sunshine. It took both sides a bit of time to settle, before Templenoe captain Adrian Spillane opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Ballymac almost had the perfect response when the lively Jack Joy’s effort came off the base of the post and his follow up shot was well saved by keeper Mark Looney. Soon after Brian Crowley was through on goal at the other end and he kept his composure well before dispatching the ball to the net, just as the Ballymac defenders were closing in on him for a brilliant finish. After a series of wides, the visitors finally registered their first two scores towards the end of the first quarter courtesy of Donal Daly and Aidan Breen to make it 1-01 to 0-02.

There was more to come from Brian Crowley in the second quarter with two scores either side of a Darragh Sweeney white flag for the visitors. In the ensuing passages of play, Templenoe had scores from Stephen O’Sullivan (2) and Aidan Crowley, while Niall Collins and Donal Daly found the range for Ballymac. Then in added time a precision pass by Brian Crowley across the square was fisted home by Stephen O’Sullivan to give the wind assisted hosts a seven points lead approaching half time. Donal Daly got one point back for Ballymac just before the interval and they were no means out of it, even if they might have been disappointed with some of their shooting.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 2-06, Ballymacelligot 0-06

At the restart Ballymac immediately used the wind to their advantage with the first 2 pointer of the day thanks to Donal Daly. Stephen O’Sullivan and Michael Quirke traded scores, before Jack Joy raised a second orange flag for the visitors with a well struck free. Suddenly, the gap was now down to two points. But for the second county league game in a row just when Templenoe needed it most Gavin Crowley landed a two pointer of his own to steady the ship a bit, which made the score 2-09 to 0-11 at the end of the third quarter.

Aidan Crowley consolidated Templenoe’s position with a pointed free. However, Ballymac with their own status as a Division 2 side still not assured, were not going to give this game up without a fight and in the 48th minute amid a bit of a goal mouth scramble just about managed to raise a green flag with substitute Michael Quirke getting the final touch. This left just two points between the sides once more. Adrian Spillane and Aidan Crowley settled the nerves of the home support with a brace of points. Ciaran O’Connell replied with a score for the visitors, however they unable to follow this up. With victory in sight the hosts finished with a flourish and had four unanswered points through Stephen O’Sullivan (3) and Micheál O'Mahony to seal the win. Donal Daly did register one last score, but it mattered little, though Ballymac too breathed a sigh of relief at the end, when it was confirmed that they avoided relegation.

Not long after the final whistle it was calculated that Templenoe were promoted to Division 1 of the county league. A feat only achieved once before back in 2015, when Templenoe won the Division 2 title and remained in the topflight division for four years.

Congratulations to our players and management on another proud achievement for the club. 

Final Score: Templenoe 2-16, Ballymacelligot 1-13.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 1-06 (4f), Brian Crowley 1-02, Aidan Crowley 0-03 (2f), Gavin Crowley 0-02 (1tp), Adrian Spillane 0-02, Micheál O'Mahony 0-01.

Ballymacelligot: Donal Daly 0-06 (2tp), Michael Quirke 1-01 (1f), Jack Joy 0-02 (1tp) (1f), Aidan Breen 0-01, Darragh Sweeney 0-01, Niall Collins 0-01 (1f), Ciaran O’Connell 0-01.

Wides:

Templenoe:  5

Ballymacelligot: 10

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Dara Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Colin Crowley, Adrian Spillane, John Spillane, Micheál O'Mahony, Ciaran Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Brian Crowley, Aidan Crowley.

Subs Used: John Moriarty, Conor Murphy.

Ballymacelligot: Christy Leen, Padraig Rediy, Daniel O’Shea, Eoghan Joy, Adam Sheehy, Tadhg Brick ©, Diarmuid Galvin, Aidan Breen, Cathal White, Niall Collins, Jack Joy, Darragh Sweeney, Darragh Regan, Donal Daly, Ciaran O’Connell.

Subs Used: Sean Martin, Michael Quirke.

Referee: Evan Horan

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Laune Rangers 1-12, Templenoe 1-12.

Templenoe senior footballers made the trip to Killorglin to face Laune Rangers in round 9 of the county league. After a hard fought battle, the game ended in a draw which was enough to officially confirm promotion for Laune Rangers, while the result leaves Templenoe mid-table and still in contention for promotion, but not yet safe from relegation in an extraordinarily competitive Division 2.

The match was played in wet conditions with a cross-field breeze in play. Stephen O’Sullivan who recently returned from Australia to play his first game for Templenoe since 2023, immediately showed he hadn’t lost his class by slotting over Templenoe’s opening point with his first touch of the ball. Aidan Crowley added another soon after, before Brian Crowley hit the base of the post. The visitors were laying down a marker to prove they were well up for this contest and further evidence came in the 16^th minute when Gavin Crowley finished the ball to the net superbly on the run after he was put through on goal. This made the score 0-00 to 1-02.

Remarkably, it took Laune Rangers 19 minutes to register their first score of the game courtesy of a pointed free from John Tyther. That said Laune Rangers would go on to dominate the second quarter, they were getting on top around the midfield area. Ranger’s Eoin Clifford raised an orange flag to reduce the margin to two points, but Aidan Crowley kept the sides at arm’s length with another point for the visitors. Laune Rangers then hit three wides in row, before the referee awarded them a penalty after Templenoe committed a foul inside the box. Up stepped John Tyther but his spot kick was brilliantly saved by Mark Looney. The remaining minutes of the first half saw Darragh Clifford trade points with Aidan Crowley to leave Templenoe three points to the good at the break.

Half Time Score: Laune Rangers 0-04, Templenoe 1-04.

Both sides exchanged a few wides on resumption. However, Templenoe then coughed up possession from an attacking position, which ultimately lead to the Laune Rangers goal through Gearoid Hassett. Two minutes later Darragh Clifford put Laune Rangers ahead for the first and only time. Credit to Templenoe they responded well and hit four unanswered points with Stephen O’Sullivan, Brian Crowley and Aidan Crowley (2) all contributing to put the visitors 1-05 to 1-08 ahead at the end of the third quarter.

Aidan Crowley (2) swapped scores with Patrick Daly and John Tyther to keep it a three points game, as the contest enter the home stretch. Excitement was building and by the 58^th minute Templenoe still had a three points lead after further scores were exchanged between, Templenoe’s Stephen O’Sullivan, Brian Crowley and John Tyther, Eoin Clifford for the Rangers. John Tyther gave the hosts a lifeline with a pointed free well into injury time. From the resultant kickout, Rangers just about manged to get the break and worked the ball into the two-pointer range and draw a free from the Templenoe defence. Gearoid Hassett kept his composure to split the posts for a two pointer with the last kick of very entertaining game.

Final Score: Laune Rangers 1-12, Templenoe 1-12.

Scorers:

Laune Rangers: Geariod Hassett 1-02 (1tp) (1f), John Tyther 0-04 (3f), Eoin Clifford 0-03 (1tp), Darragh Clifford 0-02, Patrick Daly 0-01.

Templenoe: Aidan Crowley 0-07 (3f), Gavin Crowley 1-00, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-03 (1f) (1m), Brian Crowley 0-02.

Teams:

Laune Rangers: Padraig Ahern, Oisin Birmingham, Oisin Daly, Niall O’Brien, Aaron Doyle, Eoin Clifford, Gavin O’Shea, Calum Moriarty, Stephen Sealy, Shane Daly, Daire Cleary, John Tyther, Matthew Leslie, Gearoid Hassett, Darragh Clifford.

Subs Used: Patrick Carey, Rory O’Connor, Patrick Daly, Stephen Gannon.

Templenoe: Mark Looney ©, Dara Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Colin Crowley, Sean Sheehan, John Spillane, Brian Crowley, Ciaran Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Micheál O'Mahony.

Subs Used: Patrick Clifford, Marc Foley.

Referee: Patrick Dowling

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 2 (Back Game).

Templenoe 2-11, Castleisland Desmonds1-13.

Templenoe senior footballers had a crucial win at home to Castleisland Desmonds on Sunday afternoon, to take them out of the relegation zone. In doing so, Templenoe have also ironically put themselves back into promotion contention with three rounds of the county league remaining.

It was a lovely afternoon for a game of football. Castleisland Desmonds had the aid of a strong breeze for the first half, but it was the hosts who got off to a dream start with Brian Crowley and Ciaran Crowley both finding the net inside the first eight minutes. Desmonds quickly regrouped and responded with Brian Leonard thumping over a one pointer followed by a two pointer. Then Aidan Crowley traded points with Brian Leonard to leave the score at 2-01 to 0-04 at the end of the first quarter.

Desmonds squandered a few point chances, before Brian Crowley extended Templenoe’s lead to keep that bit of daylight between the sides. However, soon after the game was blown wide open when the Templenoe defence failed to clear their lines, and although keeper Mark Looney did well to save the initial effort, there no stopping the follow up shot from Denis O’Connor for a goal for the visitors. Things got even better for them a minute later when Chris Devane made it a draw game. The remaining minutes of the first half were very entertaining with Brian Crowley and Sean Sheehan briefly restoring Templenoe’s lead to two points before Graham O’Connor made full use of the wind to land two 2 pointers in a row to put the Desmonds in the ascendancy for the first time. With half time approaching, Mark Casey ventured up the field to fire over what would in the end turn out to be a pivotal point.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 2-05, Castleisland Desmonds1-09.

No doubt about it this was a big game for both sides, but Templenoe’s job got even harder when captain Adrian Spillane had to make way early in the second half after he picked up an injury. Credit to the hosts they dug deep and put together a purple patch that saw them hit four unanswered scores courtesy of Colin Crowley, Aidan Crowley (tp) and Gavin Crowley to make the score 2-09 to 1-09 at the end of the third quarter.

Castleisland Desmonds began the second half playing the possession game in the knowledge that Templenoe had wind advantage, but now they had to go on the attack and two scores from Maurice Hickey and Luka Brosnan saw them reduce the deficit to one point. Aidan Crowley with a 45 and Micheál O'Mahony from a free put Templenoe three points to the good once more, but there was still time for the Desmonds to test Templenoe’s mettle. Desmonds duly added two more scores through Graham O’Connor and Maurice Hickey amid rising tensions to set up an exciting finish. But in the end Templenoe did just about enough to hold on for a vital two county league points.   

Final Score: Templenoe 2-11, Castleisland Desmonds1-13.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Brian Crowley 1-02, Aidan Crowley 0-04 (1tp) (1f) (1 45), Ciaran Crowley 1-00, Gavin Crowley 0-01, Mark Casey 0-01, Colin Crowley 0-01, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Micheal O’Mahony 0-01 (1f).

Castleisland Desmonds: Graham O’Connor 0-05 (2tp) (1f), Brian Leonard 0-04 (1tp), Denis O’Connor 1-00, Maurice Hickey 0-02, Chris Devane 0-01, Luka Brosnan 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Dara Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Colin Crowley, Adrian Spillane ©, John Spillane, Sean Sheehan, Ciaran Crowley, Hugh Granville, Brian Crowley, Aidan Crowley.

Subs Used: Micheál O'Mahony, Caoilte O’hUrdail, Jack Wiggins.

Castleisland Desmonds: Steven Bartlett, Luke Curtin, Cian H O’Connor, Conor Wilkinson, Cian Mangan, Luka Brosnan , Denis O’Connor, Adam O’Donoghue, Chris Devane, Maurice Hickey, Graham O’Connor, Brian Leonard ©, Kian Downey, Colm Roche Daire Murphy.

Subs Used: Thomas Hickey, Thomas Conway.

Referee: Donal Casey

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 6.

Templenoe 1-13, Firies 1-21.

Templenoe suffered their fourth county league defeat in a row at home to Firies on Sunday afternoon. This result puts Templenoe on shaky ground, but they do have four county league games remaining in a very competitive Division 2.

The game was played in Sunny conditions and the hosts started well with brothers Gavin and Colin Crowley opening the scoring. Firies countered with scores from Darragh Donoghue and Cian Doe, before Adrian Spillane gave the Templenoe the edge at the end of the first quarter to make it 0-03 to 0-02. But in between Templenoe were dealt a significant blow when Teddy Doyle had to retire injured.

James Horgan tied the scores again, before substitute Patrick Clifford went through on goal and he made no mistake with his finish for Templenoe’s first goal in four games. In the ensuring passages of play, Templenoe tagged on two more points courtesy of Aidan Crowley and Hugh Granville, while the visitors had white flags from James Horgan, Cian Doe and Darragh Donoghue. Then in the 30th minute Niall Donohoue was vigilant to the ball coming off the upright and he was perfectly positioned to bury the ball past Mark Looney in the Templenoe goal. This put Firies ahead for the first time and though Templenoe did equalize just before the interval through Mark Casey, it meant that Firies would go in the happier at the break, with the visitors also having the wind advantage for the second half to come.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-06, Firies 1-06.

Firies somewhat blew Templenoe out of the water in the third quarter, outscoring their opponents by eight points to two. Their purple patch started with James Horgan (2) and Cian Doe splitting the posts. Martin Reilly briefly interrupted their flow with a point for the visitors, but then the visitors started to turn on the style with Cian Doe landing the first of his 3 two pointers. Further scores followed from Darragh Brosnan and Niall Donohue. Aidan Crowley and Cian Doe traded points to leave score at 1-08 to 1-14 at the end of the third quarter.

Templenoe tried hard to bring themselves back into the game and two pointed frees from Micheál O'Mahony, after Cian Doe had put Firies further ahead did reduce the margin to five points. But any hopes of a comeback were short lived with Cian Doe continuing to shoot the lights out, while his partner in crime James Horgan was unerring throughout with his free taking. Cian Doe added 2 more two more pointers to bring his personal tally up to an impressive eleven points. Templenoe had consolation scores from Adrian Spillane, Colin Crowley and Mark Casey, before Diarmuid O’Mahony got his name on the score sheet for the visitors with their last play.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-13, Firies 1-21.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Patrick Clifford 1-00, Mark Casey 0-02, Adrian Spillane 0-02, Colin Crowley 0-02, Aidan Crowley 0-02 (1f), Micheál O'Mahony 0-02 (2f), Gavin Crowley 0-01, Martin Reilly 0-01, Hugh Granville 0-01.

Firies: Cian Doe 0-11 (3tp) (2f), James Horgan 0-05 (4f) (1 45), Niall Donohue 1-01, Darragh Donoghue 0-02, Diarmaid O’Mahony 0-01, Darragh Brosnan 0-01

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Mark Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Ciaran Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane ©, Micheál O'Mahony, Colin Crowley, John Spillane, Hugh Granville, Aidan Crowley, Teddy Doyle.

Subs Used: Patrick Clifford, Jack Wiggins, Marc Foley, John Moriarty, Caoilte O’hUrdail.

Firies: Brian McCarthy, Chris Palmer, Diarmuid Brosnan, Brian O’Leary, Dairmuid O’Mahony, Niall Donohoe, Sean Cooper, Darragh Brosnan, James Horgan, Darragh Donoghue, Pat Daly, TJ Palmer, James O’Donoghue, Cian Doe, Mike Daly.

Subs Used: Conall Mahony, Danny Brosnan, John Henderson, Conor O’Sullivan, Aaron Flynn.

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Listowel Emmets 2-13, Templenoe 0-11.

An 11th hour change of venue saw Templenoe make the 2 hour trip to a cold, wet and windy Ballydonoghue for the County League round 7 clash with Listowel Emmets on Sunday. 

Templenoe played against the strong wind and driving rain in the first half. Aidan Crowley opened the scoring for Templenoe with a fine point, quickly matched by similar from Darragh Lynch.

From there to half time it was pretty much even stevens with a brief Templenoe lead being cancelled out by 2 two pointers from Emmets. Having played against the elements Templenoe were probably the happier at the short whistle with the game deadlocked at 0:06 each!

Whatever was said to Emmets at the break, had the desired effect as they got quicker to breaking ball and began direct running at Templenoe. They scored 2:07 in the half, with only Brian Crowley 0:04 and Teddy Doyle 0:01 troubling the scoreboard for the visitors. Templenoe were not helped by being turned over a number of times and some poor shot selection. As the wind dropped and the rain stopped the game concluded on a 2:13 to 0:11 scoreline.

The lack of showers at the venue did not help the mood as the cold and wet Templenoe players began the long journey home.

Teams & Scorers:

TEMPLENOE: J.Linnane, D.Casey, K.O'Neill, K.McCarthy, M.Casey, G.Crowley(0:02- 1*2pt), M.O'Reilly, M.O'Mahony(0:01), A.Spillane(capt.), S.Sheehan(0:01), C.Crowley, P.Clifford, Ciarán Crowley, B.Crowley(0:04), A.Crowley(0:02)

Subs used: J.Moriarty, T.Doyle(0:01).

LISTOWEL: Kevin O'Connor(0:01), Ger McCarthy, Niall Collins, John Carmody,   Eddie Browne, Micheál Kennedy, Jack McElligott(0:01), Darragh Leahy, Joe Joe Grimes, Rob Smith, Bryan Sweeney(1:03), Adam Heffernan(1:00), David Keane(0:01), Sam Tarrant(0:02 1*2pt), Darragh Lynch(0:05 1*2pt).

Subs used: R. Heffernan, T.Pierce, D.Carey, N.Lynch.

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 6.

Templenoe 0-16, Glenbeigh/Glencar 1-14.

Glenbeigh/Glencar edged Templenoe in a gripping contest played at Templenoe GAA Grounds last Saturday evening.

On a fine evening for football, with little or no breeze both teams quickly settled quickly into proceedings. The score at the end of the first quarter was Templenoe 0-04, Glenbeigh/Glencar 0-05. Templenoe opened scoring through Aidan Crowley, while Adrian Spillane, Micheál O'Mahony and Colin Crowley also got their names on the score sheet in this period. The visitors got off the mark courtesy of Liam Roche, followed by a 2 pointer from Pa Kilkenny before Tommy Quirke and Aodhan Roche tagged on two more points.

The second quarter initially saw Glenbeigh/Glencar pull further ahead with Gavan O’Grady landing over a second 2 pointer for the visitors. But Templenoe quickly reduced the deficit with a brace from Aidan Crowley to left just one point between the sides once more. Also noteworthy to mention that Templenoe had three goal chances in the first half only to be denied each time by Glenbeigh keeper Cian Knight, who proved to be an effective shot stopper on the evening. Glenbeigh’s last score in the first half came from the boot of Sean Quirke. However, it was the hosts who finished the first half the stronger with Sean Sheehan, Colin Crowley and Micheál O'Mahony (2) all chipping in to hit four unanswered points and thus put them two points to the good at the break.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-10, Glenbeigh/Glencar 0-08.

On resumption Martin Reilly extended Templenoe’s lead to three points, but then came the all important goal when Glenbeigh’s Gavan O’Grady showed his class to get through the Templenoe defence before applying the perfect finish and make it a draw game. Buoyed by the goal, three points on the trot ensued from the visitors with Aodhan Roche, Liam Roche, and Fionn O’Sullivan all splitting the posts, with Templenoe keeper Josh Linnane doing well to deflect the latter’s goal bound effort over the bar. Martin Reilly and Adian Crowley traded scores with Keilen O’Sullivan to make it 1-12 to 0-13 at the end of the third quarter.

It was all to play for and Templenoe had a trick up their sleeve by way of Teddy Doyle making a very welcome to return to the blue and white jersey for the first time since 2021. Teddy immediately made an impact, displaying great skill to avoid the challenges from the Glenbeigh defenders before popping the ball over the bar. Things got even better for the hosts in the 52^nd minute when Aidan Crowley pointed a free to level the scoring. Fionn O’Sullivan edged the visitors ahead again with his second point, Templenoe subsequently missed two chances to tie the scores once more, before Glenbeigh substitute Rian O’Donovan got their last score with just two minutes of normal time remaining on the clock. It looked like Templenoe would need at least a two pointer to salvage something from this game. Aidan Crowley did fire over one point in the hope that there might just about be time for one last hurrah. Templenoe did win the resultant kick-out and earned a free, but problem was it was from a considerable distance out and it was make or break for the hosts. Aidan Crowley took on the responsibility and his effort though well struck did not have the accuracy. With that the referee blew for full time.   

Final Score: Templenoe 0-16, Glenbeigh/Glencar 1-14.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Aidan Crowley 0-06 (3f), Micheal O’Mahony 0-03 (1f), Martin Reilly 0-02, Colin Crowley 0-02, Adrian Spillane 0-01, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Teddy Doyle 0-01.

Glenbeigh/Glencar: Gavan O’Grady 1-02 (1tp), Pa Kilkenny 0-02 (1tp), Aodhan Roche 0-02, Fionn O’Sullivan 0-02, Liam Roche 0-02, Keilen O’Sullivan 0-01, Sean Quirke 0-01, Rian O’Donovan 0-01, Tommy Quirke 0-01.

Wides:

Templenoe: 7

Glenbeigh/Glencar: 5

Team:

Templenoe: Josh Linnane, Darragh Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane ©, Micheál O'Mahony, Colin Crowley, Ciaran Crowley, John Spillane, Aidan Crowley, Brian Crowley.

Subs Used: Patrick Clifford, Teddy Doyle, Hugh Granville

Glenbeigh/Glencar: Cian Knight, Tommy Quirke, Sean Roche, Noah Falvey, Aodhan Roche, Pa Kilkenny, Sean T Sheahan, Colin McGillicuddy, Fionn O’Sullivan, Keilen O’Sullivan, Liam Roche, Tommy Cahill, Daniel Giffin, Gavan O’Grady, Sean Quirke.

Subs Used: Jason Clifford, Rian O’Donovan.

Referee: John Enright.

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 5.

Miltown/Castlemaine 3-12, Templenoe 0-12.

Templenoe’s 100% record in the county league came to an end at the hands of Miltown/Castlemaine in Miltown last Sunday afternoon. The hosts lead all the way through and withstood a strong fight back from Templenoe early in the second half.

The game was played in ideal conditions. The first quarter very much belonged to Miltown, with the hosts outscoring the visitors by 1-04 to 0-01. Brendan Casey, David Roche, Diarmuid Quirke and Sean Hogan all found the target, before Cian O’Connor got in for their first goal after the hosts reacted quickest to the breaks from a Templenoe kickout to pave the way for O’Connor to plant the ball into the net. Templenoe’s solitary score in that period came from the boot of Gavin Crowley.

Templenoe did come a bit more into the game in the second quarter with two points from Mark Casey either side of a Sean Hogan point keeping them in touch,

Half Time Score: Miltown/Castlemaine 1-05, Templenoe 0-03.

At the restart, Templenoe came out all guns blazing and hit four unanswered points to leave just the bare minimum between the sides after 33 minutes, with Mark Casey nailing a two-pointer effort, while Ciaran Crowley and Colin Crowley also chipped in with a point each. However, David Roche and Charlie Griffin responded with two flags, before Eanna O’Connor and Micheal O’Mahony traded points to make the score 1-08 to 0-09 after 41 minutes of play.

From there Miltown started getting into their groove. Eanna O’Connor pointed from play and from a placed ball to precede Miltown’s second goal of the day from Sean Hogan to extend the margin to seven points and effectively kill off the visitors challenge. In fairness, Templenoe fought to the end and they have further points from Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley and Patrick Clifford, but on the day Miltown just seemed to have more in the tank and finished out the game in style tagging on two more points from Brendan Casey and Diarmuid Quirke before Charlie Griffin put a gloss on the scoreline with their third goal.

Final Score: Miltown/Castlemaine 3-12, Templenoe 0-12.

Scorers:

Miltown/Castlemaine: Eanna O’Connor 1-03 (2f), Sean Hogan 1-02 (1f), Charlie Griffin 1-01, David Roche 0-02, Diarmuid Quirke 0-02, Brendan Casey 0-02.

Templenoe: Mark Casey 0-05 (1tp), Ciaran Crowley 0-02, Gavin Crowley 0-02, Micheál O'Mahony 0-01, Colin Crowley 0-01 (1f), Patrick Clifford 0-01

Teams:

Miltown/Castlemaine: Cormac Leane, Gavin McKenna, Pa Wren, Stephen Roche, David Roche, Anthony Kelleher, Aaron Dinham, Kieran O’Carroll, Diarmuid Quirke, Oisin Spring, Brendan Casey, Eanna O’Connor, Killian Kerins, Sean Hogan, Dylan O’Neill.

Subs Used: Charlie Griffin, Sean Griffin.

Templenoe: Josh Linnane, Darragh Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Michael Hallissey Martin Reilly, Gavin Crowley, Mark Casey, Micheál O'Mahony, Adrian Spillane ©️, Caoilte O’hUrdail, Kieran McCarthy, Ciaran Crowley, Colin Crowley, John Moriarty, Aidan Crowley.

Subs Used: Marc Foley, Patrick Clifford, Colm Breen, Michael F O’Connor, Jack Wiggins.

Referee: Seamus Mulvihill

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 4.

Templenoe 2-12, John Mitchels 1-10.

Templenoe made it three county league wins out of three with victory at home to John Mitchels on Saturday evening last.

We finally had a fine evening for a game of football and there was a decent crowd in attendance, John Mitchels got off to a dream start and were ahead by 1-01 inside the first three minutes with Cian Holden opening the scoring with a point, before Darragh Cunnane palmed the ball to the net following good build up play by the Mitchels. But the hosts quickly regrouped and responded in kind with Michael O’Mahony and Colin Crowley getting them off the mark before Sean Sheehan got in for goal for the second county league game in a row. The game was finely balanced with Micheal O’Mahony and Brian Crowley trading scores with Ciaran White, Sean Moloney and Mikey Kelliher to make the score 1-04 apiece after 20 minutes of play. But Templenoe finished the half the stronger with four points on the trot from Aidan Crowley, Martin Reilly, John Spillane and Brian Crowley to send the hosts in the happier at the interval.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-08, John Mitchels 1-04

The third quarter was very much dominated by John Mitchels and they did reel in Templenoe’s lead to just one point with scores from Darragh Cunnane, Paudie White and Mikey Kelliher. However, on the evening the Mitchels were also somewhat wasteful with their shooting, but that said they were unlucky not to have added a goal when Cian O’Brien hit the crossbar in the 42^nd minute. With twelve minutes remaining the score was Templenoe 1-08, John Mitchels 1-07.

Templenoe’s first score in the second half came in the 49^th minute courtesy of Brian Crowley, which was quickly followed up with another score from Micheal O’Mahony. Cian Holden and Cian O’Brien added points either side of an Adrian Spillane score for the hosts to leave just two points in it with four minutes of normal time remaining. Then Aidan Crowley exchanged scores with Mikey Kelliher to keep the margin at two with time fast running out. Mitchels needed a goal, but they were unable to find a pathway. In the end it was actually the hosts who managed to find the net with substitute Patrick Clifford applying a neat finish on his return from injury to seal two more valuable county league points for Templenoe. Another bonus from the evening was the solid display throughout by Josh Linnane in goals on his first competitive start for the Templenoe seniors replacing the out of action Mark Looney.

Final Score: Templenoe 2-12, John Mitchels 1-10.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Sean Sheehan 1-00, Patrick Clifford 1-00, Brian Crowley 0-03, Micheál O'Mahony 0-03 (2f), Aidan Crowley 0-02, Martin Reilly 0-01, Adrian Spillane 0-01, John Spillane 0-01, Colin Crowley 0-01 (1f)

John Mitchels: Darragh Cunnane 1-01 (1f), Mikey Kelliher 0-03 (1f), Cian Holden 0-02, Ciaran White 0-01, Paudie White 0-01, Cian O’Brien 0-01,Sean Moloney 0-01.

Team:

Templenoe: Josh Linnane, Darragh Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Michael Hallissey, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane ©, Aidan Crowley, Colin Crowley, Ciaran Crowley, John Spillane, Brian Crowley, Micheál O'Mahony.

Subs Used: Patrick Clifford, Kieran McCarthy, Hugh Granville

John Mitchels: Sean Broderick, Nathan Rogers, Jack Myers, Darragh Hurley, Ciaran White, Andrew Kerins, Patrick Kearney, Shane O’Connor, John Carmody, Alan O’Donoghue, Cian Holden, Sean Moloney, Paudie White, Darragh Cunnane, Mikey Kelliher ©.

Subs Used: Cian O’Brien, Peter Murphy.

Referee: Danny Clifford

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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 3.

Keel 1-05, Templenoe 1-07.

A two-pointer free from goalkeeper Mark Looney shortly before the full-time whistle, reminiscent of Stephen Cluxton in the 2011 All-Ireland final snatched a valuable two county league points on the road for Templenoe last Saturday evening

The game played in rough conditions with a gale force cross field wind making it difficult for both sides throughout, with scores hard to come by. Brian Crowley did well to find space to put Templenoe two points ahead in a cagey first quarter. However, in the 16^th minute Keel made up for some earlier misses, when Paul Costelloe fisted the ball to net after a dropped short point effort was passed across the goal and Costelloe was perfectly positioned to apply the finish. Then shortly before half-time the aforementioned Paul Costelloe landed a two-pointer free over the bar to give the hosts a three-points cushion going in at the break.

Half Time Score: Keel 1-02, Templenoe 0-02.

On resumption with the rain pouring down heavy, Templenoe put together a purple patch that saw them hit 1-02 without reply. Brian Crowley once again lead the way with his third point, before Sean Sheehan palmed the ball to the net for Templenoe’s all important goal following good build up play involving Micheál O'Mahony. Then John Spillane added another point to make the score 1-02 to 1-04 in favour of the visitors.

In the ensuing passages of play Keel hit three wides on the trot before Martin Reilly got forward to extend Templenoe’s lead to three points. But credit to the hosts they rallied again in the final quarter. Two points in succession from Thomas Ladden and Gary Sayers saw them reduce the margin to one point. Templenoe were now squandering chances at the other end and then the referee brought the ball in for a close in free after Templenoe were penalised for not keeping three players up front. Gary Sayers did the necessary with the resultant free to make it all square with just two minutes of normal time remaining. Then just as the game looked like it might be heading for a draw, Templenoe earned a free from outside the arc and up came Mark Looney who struck the free with precision to ultimately win the game for the visitors. Keel did have one last opportunity to salvage something from this game, but it was to prove a bridge too far for them.

Final Score: Keel 1-05, Templenoe 1-07.

Scorers:

Keel: Paul Costelloe 1-02 (1tp) (1f), Gary Sayers 0-02 (2f), Thomas Ladden 0-01.

Templenoe: Sean Sheehan 1-00, Brian Crowley 0-03, Mark Looney 0-02 (1tp) (1f), Martin Reilly 0-01, John Spillane 0-01.

Wides:

Keel 7

Templenoe 5

Team:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Darragh Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Mark Casey, Ciaran Crowley, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane ©, Ríain O'Byrne, Colin Crowley, Michael Hallissey, John Spillane, Brian Crowley, Micheál O'Mahony.

Subs Used: Aidan Crowley, Kieran McCarthy, Hugh Granville, Josh Linnane.

Referee: Paul Hayes

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Published: 05 April 2026

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