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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 4.

Firies 3-13, Templenoe 1-11.

Templenoe suffered their first defeat of the year away to Firies last Saturday evening. The hosts bagged 3 goals in the first half to set them on their way and try as they might Templenoe were unable to fully bridge the gap the goals created.

There was nothing wrong with Templenoe’s start to this contest as they outscored their opponents by 0-03 to 0-05 in the opening 14 minutes, with Colin Crowley (2) and Aidan Crowley (3) running the show upfront, while Firies had white flags from Diarmuid O’Mahony Cian Doe and Stephen Palmer. Then the visitors shipped a sucker punch, when a speculative ball broke kindly for the Firies attack to create a two on one situation with Mark Looney before Stephen Clifford ultimately applied the easy finish to the net. This put the hosts in front for the first time.

In fairness, Templenoe responded well to this initial setback with Colin Crowley and a 2 pointer from Aidan Crowley restoring the visitors lead to 2 points. But Firies kept coming and they rocked Templenoe with 2 more goals in quick succession courtesy of Darragh Donohue and Jake Flynn to turn this game in their favour. Darragh Brosnan, Stephen Palmer and James Horgan added points to put the hosts seven points to the good at the interval.

Half Time Score: Firies 3-06, Templenoe 0-08.

After the restart, James Horgan extended Firies lead to 9 points, with two unanswered scores. To their credit Templenoe did rally and brought themselves right back into the game. The attempted comeback started with keeper Mark Looney joining the attack to score an inspirational point. Soon after Daniel Crowley added another, which Firies countered with a point from the impressive James Horgan. Then it was game on, when Colin Crowley found some space near goal to execute the perfect finish for a green flag for Templenoe and immediately after his brother Gavin slotted over a point to reduce the margin to 4 points. The score was now Firies 3-09, Templenoe 1-11 with 49 minutes played.

Templenoe had appeals for a free waved away in their next attack, which got turned over and ended with Firies putting the ball over the bar at the other end with James Horgan the provider. Firies upped their game towards the end and made sure of their deserved win, with James Horgan (2) and Mike Daly finding the range for the hosts to finish the game in style.

Final Score: Firies 3-13, Templenoe 1-11.

Scorers:

Firies: James Horgan 0-07(1f), Stephen Palmer 1-02, Darragh Donohue 1-00, Jake Flynn 1-00, Diarmuid O’Mahony 0-01, Cian Doe 0-01, Darragh Brosnan 0-01, Mike Daly 0-01

Templenoe: Colin Crowley 1-03, Aidan Crowley 0-05 (2f) (1 2pointer), Mark Looney 0-01, Daniel Crowley 0-01, Gavin Crowley 0-01.

Wides:

Firies 4

Templenoe 6

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Ciaran Crowley, Martin Reilly, Gavin Crowley, Joseph Sheehan, Adrian Spillane, Ríain O'Byrne, Hugh Granville, Mark Casey, Daniel Crowley, Aidan Crowley, Brian Crowley, Colin Crowley.

Subs Used: Kieran McCarthy, Caoilte Ó hÚrdail, Rónán O’Connor.

Firies: Brian McCarthy, Chris Palmer, Danny Brosnan, Connall O’Mahony, Diarmuid O’Mahony, Tommy Clifford, Niall Donohue, Darragh Brosnan, Jake Flynn, Diarmuid Brosnan, Darragh Donohue, Padraig De Bruin, Stephen Palmer, Cian Doe, James Horgan.

Subs Used: TJ Palmer, Mike Daly, Sean Cooper, Aaron Flynn, Liam Brosnan.

Referee: Brendan Brosnan

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 15 April 2025; Hits: 291

FT Score:

Firies 3-13, Templenoe 1-11

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 13 April 2025; Hits: 859

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 3.

Templenoe 1-19, Fossa 0-20.

Templenoe edged Fossa in a cliffhanger to maintain their 100% record in this year’s county league at Templenoe GAA Grounds last Saturday evening.

Despite playing against the breeze for the first half it was Fossa who dominated the early exchanges as they raced into 0-00 to 0-04 lead after 9 minutes of play, with Emmet O’Shea firing on all cylinders including one 2pointer from a free. It took 10 minutes for the hosts to get their first score with Brian Crowley the provider, before Aidan Crowley added another from a placed ball. Emmet O’Shea traded points with Aidan Crowley (f) to make it 0-03 to 0-05 at the end of the first quarter.

Mark Looney was called upon to make a important save from Fossa’s Killian Buckley after he got inside the Templenoe defence. Nonetheless Fossa went on to extend their advantage to 0-08 to 0-04 by the 20th minute following scores from Emmet O’Shea, Eoin Talbot, Ted O’Gorman and Matt Rennie. Templenoe’s sole score in that period came from Mark Casey with a lovely score from an acute angle. However, the hosts finished the first half strongly with Aidan Crowley (2f), Brian Crowley, and a 2 pointer from Mark Casey creating a five points turnaround to put Templenoe in the lead for the first time just ahead of the half time whistle.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-09, Fossa 0-08.

On resumption, Fossa immediately equalized courtesy of Harry Buckley, before Templenoe hit another purple patch to enable them to pull four points clear through Aidan Crowley (3) and Brian Crowley. But soon after Fossa would reduce the margin to two points again as the ebb and flow nature of this game continued to ensue. By the end of the third quarter the score was 0-15 to 0-13, with Matt Rennie, Emmet O’Shea (2) and Dan O’Keeffe finding the range for the East Kerry side, while Adrian Spillane and Daniel Crowley kept the scoreboard ticking over for Templenoe.

The last quarter saw both sides go all out for the win. It was tick for tack with Templenoe maintaining their lead, but Fossa were staying right with them. With five minutes of normal time remaining the score was 0-18 to 0-16. Colin Crowley, Mark Casey and Aidan Crowley (f) were on target for the hosts, while Dan O’Keeffe, Harry Buckley and Rian Colleran replied in kind for the visitors. The stage was set for a grand stand finish. Emmet O’Shea traded points with Brian Crowley, before the former hit a wonderful 2 pointer to make it 0-19 points apiece as the game went into added time. Then cometh the hour cometh the man, Adrian Spillane got himself into a goal scoring position following good build up play and for the third county league game in succession he found the net for a crucial goal for Templenoe. Fossa had one last hurrah and earned a close in free, but they just couldn’t find a pathway to goal with Tadhg O’Shea having to settle for pointed free with their last throw of the dice.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-19, Fossa 0-20.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Aidan Crowley 0-08 (7f), Adrian Spillane 1-01, Brian Crowley 0-04, Mark Casey 0-04 (1 2pointer), Daniel Crowley 0-01, Colin Crowley 0-01

Fossa: Emmet O’Shea 0-11 (2 2pointers) (3f), Harry Buckley 0-02, Matt Rennie 0-02, Rian Colleran 0-01, Eoin Talbot 0-01, Ted O’Gorman 0-01, Dan O’Keeffe 0-01, Tadhg O’Shea 0-01 (1f)

Wides:

Templenoe 5

Fossa 6

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Ciaran Crowley, Martin Reilly, Gavin Crowley, Joseph Sheehan, Adrian Spillane, Sean Sheehan, Hugh Granville, Mark Casey, Daniel Crowley, Aidan Crowley, Brian Crowley, Colin Crowley.

Fossa: Shane O’Sullivan, Dan O’Connell, Cian McCarthy, Anthony O’Keeffe, Rian Colleran, Kieran O’Sullivan, Brian Mayers, Paddy Sheehan, Darren Ryan, Eoin Talbot, Matt Rennie, Harry Buckley, Killian Buckley, Ted O’Gorman, Emmet O’Shea.

Subs Used: Tadhg O’Shea, Dan O’Keeffe, David Butler.

Referee: Evan Horan

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 07 April 2025; Hits: 355

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 2.

Keel 2-10, Templenoe 2-14.

Templenoe had a good win on the road away to Keel to make it 2 wins out of 2 in the county league at Keel GAA Grounds last Saturday evening.

Underfoot conditions were slippy and there was a crossfield field breeze that seemed to favour Templenoe in the first half and Keel in the second half. Keel dominated the possession in the opening 10 minutes, but they failed to make it count on the scoreboard hitting 3 wides and 2 short. But Adrian Spillane made no such mistake for Templenoe with his first effort sailing all the ways over the bar from outside the arc for a 2 pointer in the 5th minute. The visitors consolidated their position with three unanswered points from Gavin Crowley, Aidan Crowley (45), Colin Crowley (f) to put them 0-00 to 0-05 ahead at the end of the first quarter.

It took 17 minutes for Keel to open their account through Dylan Prendergast from play, but then came Templenoe best spell in the game when they doubled their tally within 4 minutes. Adrian Spillane with his trademark run cut through the Keel defence and buried ball to the net giving keeper Stephen Cahillane no chance. Mark Casey and Hugh Granville raised white flags either side of Adrian Spillane’s goal to extend the visitors lead to nine points. The hosts had scores from Shane Evans and Paul Costello (f) before the break to keep their hopes alive, while Templenoe made sure they would have the upper hand going into the second half with further scores from Aidan Crowley (f) and Sean Sheehan.

Half Time Score: Keel 0-04, Templenoe 1-09.

At the re-start Aidan Crowley with a 2 pointer free, traded scores with Paul Costello (f) and Shane Evans for Keel. The hosts squandered a few more scoring chances before Lachlan Griffin and Mark Casey swapped points. Then came Templenoe’s second goal when good build up play saw Mark Casey through on goal and he riffled his shot to the net. This made the score 0-06 to 2-12 after 48 minutes of play.

Keel refused to lie down however and soon after they staged a rally of their own hitting 1-04 without reply, which started with a goal from Shane Evans and they quickly followed up on this with a 2 pointer from Colin Foley along with 2 more scores from their sharpshooter Shane Evans. All of a sudden there was now only 5 points separating the sides. When cool heads were needed towards the end both Ronán O’Connor and Mark Casey put up their hands with 2 late points to seal the win. Keel did hit back one last time with a converted penalty from Shane Evans, but Templenoe despite losing Mark Casey to a black card at the end had already done enough.

Final Score: Keel 2-10, Templenoe 2-14.

Scorers:

Keel: Shane Evans 2-04 (1-00p) (1f), Paul Costello 0-02 (2f), Dylan Predergast 0-01, Lachlan Griffin 0-01, Colin Foley 0-02 (1 2pointer)

Templenoe: Mark Casey 1-03, Adrian Spillane 1-02 (1 2pointer), Aidan Crowley 0-03 (1 2pointer) (3f), Colin Crowley 0-01 (1f), Gavin Crowley 0-01, Hugh Granville 0-01, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Ronán O’Connor 0-01.

Wides:

Keel 12

Templenoe 5

Teams:

Keel: Stephen Cahillane, Eden Murphy, Garrett Prendiville, Shane Prendiville, Michael Byrne, Gavin Evans, Sean Corcoran, Darragh O’Dowd, Lachlan Griffin, Aaron Cahillane, Keith Evans, Fionan Griffin, Shane Evans, Pau Costello, Dylan Prendergast.

Subs Used: Colin Foley, Marc Murphy.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Ciaran Crowley, Ríain O'Byrne, Gavin Crowley, Joseph Sheehan, Adrian Spillane, Sean Sheehan, Hugh Granville, Mark Casey, Daniel Crowley, Aidan Crowley, Brian Crowley, Colin Crowley.

Subs Used: Martin Reilly, Ronán O’Connor.

Referee: Denis Kennelly.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 29 March 2025; Hits: 460

Keane’s SuperValu County Minor Club Championship Group B Shield Final:

Na Fianna 3-09, Ballyduff 0-17. Congratulations to all the Na Fianna players and management.

The Templenoe players involved with the Na Fianna minors are Jack Wiggins, Shay Mulvanney, Micheál O’Mahony, Jamie Gallivan, Caoilte ÓhÚrdail and Mark Foley. Micheál O’Mahony snr is part the Na Fianna management team.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 18 March 2025; Hits: 865

Result: Templenoe 1-13, Listowel Emmets 1-10

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 16 March 2025; Hits: 866

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 1.

Templenoe 1-13, Listowel Emmets 1-10.

Templenoe survived a late fightback from Listowel Emmets to get their league campaign off to a winning start on a lovely March afternoon in Templenoe on Sunday.

Templenoe made a bright start to the contest with the first three scores of the game courtesy of Mark Casey, Colin Crowley and Adrian Spillane inside the first 6 minutes, but Listowel soon cancelled out the Templenoe lead with Darragh Leahy and 2 pointer free from Jack Enright tying the scores. Mark Casey and Killian Spillane traded scores with Darragh Lynch (f), before a 2pointer from Colin Crowley made it 0-07 to 0-04 after 21 minutes of play.

Templenoe finished the first half quite well with Gavin Crowley and Killian Spillane (f) keeping the scoreboard ticking over. Listowel had chances to increase their tally too, but were just bit off target with their efforts.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-09, Listowel Emmets 0-04.

At the re-start the hosts again dominated the early exchanges with Killian Spillane pointing two frees on the trot. Listowel replied with a pointed free of their own through Darragh Lynch, before a great team move by Templenoe ended with Adrian Spillane drilling the ball to the net for the perfect finish. This made the score Templenoe 1-11, Listowel 0-05 with 43 minutes on the clock. But with the new rules in play, a nine points advantage is not quite the comfort cushion it was previously.

Credit to Listowel they hit back swiftly with 3 points, which included a 2 pointer free from Sam Tarrant as they upped their intensity for the last quarter. Then as the game entered the final stretch the encounter was blown open again when Listowel substitute Tiernan Pierse found the net with a well struck shot. Several minutes of injury time followed in a tense finish and Listowel came within two points of the hosts twice in that time with Conor Sweeney and John Carmody finding the range. But kudos to Templenoe when they needed to dig deep the most they found a way to add 2 late scores from Killian (f) and Adrian Spillane. There was one last chance for Listowel with a close in free, but Cormac Mulvihill’s rocket of a shot was well saved by the Templenoe defence on the goal line.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-13, Listowel Emmets 1-10.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-05 (4f), Adrian Spillane 1-02, Mark Casey 0-02, Colin Crowley 0-03 (1 2pointer), Gavin Crowley 0-01.

Listowel Emmets: Tiernan Pierse 1-00, Sam Tarrant 0-03 (2f) (1 2pointer), Darragh Lynch 0-02 (2f), Jack Enright 0-02 (f) (1 2pointer), Conor Sweeney 0-01, John Carmody 0-01, Darragh Leahy 0-01.

Wides:

Templenoe 4

Listowel Emmets 7

Teams:

Listowel Emmets: Jack Enright, Michael Kennedy, Darragh Leahy, Ciaran Pierse, Eddie Browne, Ger McCarthy, Thomas Kelly, Joe Grimes, Darragh Carey, Jamie McVeigh, Sam Tarrant, Pa Walsh, Adam O’Rourke, Conor Sweeney, Darragh Lynch.

Subs Used: Cormac Mulvihill, Tiernan Pierse, Ben Carey, John Carmody, Darragh Hudson.

Referee: John Purcell.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 16 March 2025; Hits: 381

Garvey’s County Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Final.

Templenoe 0-09, Dingle 1-16.

Templenoe bowed out of the county senior championship last Sunday in Fitzgerald Stadium after a powerful second half display from Dingle saw them safety through to the last four.

Templenoe started very well and had the first two scores of the contest courtesy of Killian Spillane and John Rice with a long-range effort. Dingle replied with Niall Geaney splitting the posts before John Rice put over a second point from distance. But Dingle were now starting to settle into the game and had three of the next four scores with two of their county players Paul Geaney (2) and Tom O’Sullivan reducing the margin to one point before the end of the first quarter. In between Mark Casey was on target with his effort for Templenoe. The score after 15 minutes of play was Templenoe 0-04, Dingle 0-03.

Soon after Paul Geaney levelled the scores, before his counterpart at the other end Killian Spillane fired over three points on the trot to put Templenoe three points ahead with 22 minutes played. Templenoe were good value for their lead at that stage and hopes were high that Templenoe could keep it going and be there or there abouts by the final whistle. However, it was Dingle who had the better finish to the first half with Dylan Geaney (2), Paul Geaney and Matthew Flaherty all chipping in to flip the lead in their favour just before the break. Templenoe did put together a few attacks in between but crucially they failed manufacture scores.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-07, Dingle 0-08.

At the restart Dingle immediately laid down a marker for the second half with Barry Dan O’Sullivan extending their lead with a white flag, before Paul Geaney added two more to put Dingle four points clear. Then Templenoe suffered a scare when Cathal Bambury fisted a dropped short free from Paul Geaney to the net, but the goal was disallowed after the referee adjudged that Bambury was in the square. Killian Spillane ended a 16 minutes scoring drought for Templenoe with a pointed free to keep Templenoe well in the contest. However, minutes later Templenoe would endure a double whammy that effectively put the game to bed by the end of the third quarter. The first of which was a goal for Dingle’s Paul Geaney that came about from a turnover and this time the goal stood despite protests as to whether the turnover in the lead up was legit. This made the score 0-08, 1-11. The second sucker punch came when Josh Crowley Holland was issued a second yellow card which reduce Templenoe to 14.

Killian Spillane did pull one score back with a pointed free but try as they might Templenoe never really looked getting a badly need goal to bring them back into the game. Instead, Dingle pushed on and comfortably closed the game out with Cathal Bambury, Tadhg Browne, Paul Geaney (2) and Niall Geaney all finding the range to book their spot in the county semi-final.

Final Score: Templenoe 0-09, Dingle 1-16.

Templenoe senior footballers are now finished for another year, so well done to all the players and management who have continued to do the club proud by reaching the last eight of the county championship for the fifth year in a row and staying up in the Division 2 which was a key objective. Templenoe were also very close to making to the semi-final stage of the County Club Championshipa and only narrowly missing out.

Scorers:

Dingle: Paul Geaney 1-07 (3f), Niall Geaney 0-02, Dylan Geaney 0-02, Tom O’Sullivan 0-01, Matthew Flaherty 0-01, Barry Dan O’Sullivan 0-01, Cathal Bambury 0-01, Tadhg Browne 0-01.

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-06 (4f), John Rice 0-02, Mark Casey 0-01.

Wides:

Templenoe: 4

Dingle: 3

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, John Rice, Mark Casey, Tadhg Morley, Kieran McCarthy, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Colin Crowley, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Killian Spillane, Daniel Crowley, Aidan Crowley.

Subs Used: Patrick Clifford, John Spillane.

Dingle: Gavin H Curran, Tom O’Sullivan, Connor O’Sullivan, Michael Flannery, Brian O’Connor, Darragh O’Sullivan, Tom Leo O’Sullivan, Barry Dan O’Sullivan, Billy O’Connor, Brian Devane, Matthew Flaherty, Niall Geaney, Dylan Geaney, Paul Geaney, Tadhg Browne.

Subs Used: Cathal Bambury, Conor Flannery, Sean Og Moran, Eoghan de Hora, Brendan Kelliher.

Referee: Eamonn Moran (Ballydonoghue)

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 06 October 2024; Hits: 2038

Garveys SuperValu County Senior Football Championship, Round 2.

Templenoe 1-16, Shannon Rangers 1-12 (AET).

Templenoe have qualified for the county championship senior quarter-final, after overcoming Shannon Rangers in an entertaining game that went all the ways to extra time. In doing so, Templenoe have maintained the club’s proud record of reaching the last eight of the county championship every year since Templenoe’s debut season in the county championship back in 2020.

The game was played on a dry afternoon at Fitzgerald Stadium last Sunday. Shannon Rangers started the brighter with Jack Kennelly (mark) and John Coolahan splitting the posts to get them off the mark. It took Templenoe a while to settle before their sharpshooter Killian Spillane put over two points from play either side of a Jack Kennelly white flag for the north Kerry side. This made it 0-02 to 0-03 in favour of the Rangers at the end of the first quarter.

Templenoe were the dominant side in the second quarter and they made it count with a brace of points from Kieran McCarthy, Gavin Crowley, Brian Crowley and John Rice. Then Templenoe almost had a goal when a diagonal ball across the goal from Colin Crowley was nearly fisted to the net from Killian Spillane only to be denied by Pa Carmody. Jack Kennelly pointed another free just before the break to leave two points between the sides at the interval.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-06, Shannon Rangers 0-04.

Shannon Rangers enjoyed a purple patch at the beginning of the second half. Four unanswered points from Dara Keane, Jason Foley, Jack Kennelly and Evan Boyle saw them re-take the lead by two before Killian Spillane cut the deficit to the minimum once more with a converted free. Then came the Templenoe goal in sweet move involving Josh Crowley Holland and Killian Spillane who put Tadhg Morley through on goal and Morley executed his shot perfectly giving Rangers keeper Pa Carmody no chance. Colin Crowley added another point immediately after to put Templenoe 1-08 to 0-08 ahead at the end of the third quarter.

Templenoe consolidated their lead with two more points from Brian Crowley and Killian Spillane to extend Templenoe’s lead to five points coming into the home stretch. Credit to Shannon Rangers they kept plugging away and they brought Templenoe’s lead back down to three points courtesy of two quick scores from Brendan O’Neill and Jack Kennelly. The announcement of 5 minutes injury time gave hope to the Rangers as Templenoe retreated to defend their lead. Then a high ball in from the north Kerry side broke kindly to Kevin Goulding and he fired home the equalizer to bring the game into extra-time. Templenoe did have one last chance to win the game in normal time, but a placed ball effort from Colin Crowley went narrowly wide of the posts.

Full Time Score: Templenoe 1-10, Shannon Rangers 1-10.

Buoyed by their injury time goal to draw the game at the end of normal time, Shannon Rangers duly got the first score in extra-time through Jack Kennelly. But Templenoe were having none of it and reignited with the next four points on the trot courtesy of Adrian Spillane, Brian Crowley (2) and well won and converted mark from Killian Spillane.

Extra-Time, Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-14, Shannon Rangers 1-11.

Shannon Rangers tried hard for a second goal by hitting a few probing balls in towards the Templenoe goal, but the Templenoe defence cleared their lines each time and went on to make sure of their hard earned win with two late points from Kieran McCarthy and Adrian Spillane either side of pointed free from Jack Kennelly.

Final Score (AET): Templenoe 1-16, Shannon Rangers 1-12.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-05 (2f) (1m), Brian Crowley 0-04, Tadhg Morley 1-00, Kieran McCarthy 0-02, Adrian Spillane 0-02, Gavin Crowley 0-01, John Rice 0-01, Colin Crowley 0-01.

Shannon Rangers: Jack Kennelly 0-07 (3f) (1m), Kevin Goulding 1-00, John Coolahan 0-01, Dara Keane 0-01, Jason Foley 0-01, Evan Boyle 0-01, Brendan O’Neill 0-01.

Wides:

Templenoe: 4

Shannon Rangers: 7

Teams:

Subs Used: Ríain O'Byrne, John Spillane, Daniel Crowley.

Shannon Rangers: Pa Carmody, David Mulvihill, Tadhg O’Carroll, Jack Gogarty, Brian Mason, Jason Foley, Kevin Goulding, Robert Stack, Jack O’Sullivan, Adam Segal, Evan Boyle, Dara Keane, John Coolahan, Jack Kennelly, Luke Rochford.

Subs Used: Danny Wren, Shaun Wren, Dara Slattery, Brendan O’Neill, Conor Toomey, David Lynch, Liam Guiney, Daith Toomey.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 22 September 2024; Hits: 1890

Garveys SuperValu County Senior Football Championship, Round 1.

Templenoe 0-11, Feale Rangers 0-10.

A strong second half display by Templenoe saw them edge out Feale Rangers by the minimum at Templenoe GAA Grounds on Sunday in round 1 of the county championship.

The game was played in ideal conditions with little or no breeze on a lovely September afternoon. The hosts were fast out the traps with two points on the board inside the first minute courtesy of Colin Crowley and Killian Spillane. Feale Rangers then started to get on top and countered with the in-form Cormac Dillon firing over two frees and one mark before Killian Spillane tied the scores again at the end of the first quarter with a free to make the score 0-03 apiece.

Templenoe found it difficult to penetrate a well organised Feale Rangers defence in the second quarter with three wides from three attempts. Feale Rangers meanwhile did manage to keep the scoreboard ticking over with Cormac Dillon (2) and Cormac Mulvihill putting the visitors three points to the goods before the break. Indeed, they could have had more only for their shooting to let them down a bit and they were also denied a goal when Templenoe keeper Mark Looney made a crucial save in the 17^th minute.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-03, Feale Rangers 0-06.

Whatever got said in the Templenoe dressing room at half time had the desired effect with a much-improved display from the hosts in the second half. Killian Spillane made no mistake with two frees before adding a third from play between the 32^nd and the 38^th minute. However, Feale Rangers kept their noses in front with Cormac Dillon continuing his scoring spree with two more frees. Soon after Templenoe were awarded a penalty when Tadhg Morley made a great burst forward, before he was taken down inside the box. Up stepped Brian Crowley and he did strike his penalty well, but Feale Rangers keeper Jack Enright spread himself brilliantly to deflect his shot out for a 45. Aidan Crowley subsequently converted the 45 to make the score 0-07 to 0-08 approaching the end of the third quarter and it was all to play for.

Both sides made a number of substitutions in the final quarter, among them was John Spillane who make a welcome return to competitive action for Templenoe for the first time in three years. Templenoe kept up their intensity and made it count with four unanswered points between the 47^th minute and the 55^th minute with their scorer in chief Killian Spillane doing the business from both frees and play before Gavin Crowley scored their last point with a well executed effort. This put Templenoe three points ahead coming into the home stretch. A late surge from Feale Rangers saw them earn two more points through Jack McEilligott and Cormac Dillon, but the hosts held on to maintain their proud unbeaten first round record in the county senior championship since their debut season at this level in 2020.

Final Score: Templenoe 0-11, Feale Rangers 0-10.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-08 (5f), Aidan Crowley 0-01 (1 ’45), Colin Crowley 0-01, Gavin Crowley 0-01.

Feale Rangers: Cormac Dillon 0-08 (5f) (2m), Cormac Mulvihill 0-01, Jack McElligott 0-01.

Wides:

Templenoe: 7

Feale Rangers: 8

Teams:

Subs Used: John Spillane, Cian Hallissey.

Feale Rangers: Jack Enright, Aaron O’Connor, Conor O’Keeffe, Jack McElligott, Darragh Behan, Shane Stack, David Foran, Cillian Trant, Eddie Healy, Ted Moloney, Cormac Mulvihill, Aaron Kennelly, Cormac Dillon, Martin Stack, David Keane.

Subs used: Darragh Lynch, Rian Quinn, Thomas Dillon, Aaron Carey.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 17 September 2024; Hits: 1213

Kerry Petroleum Senior Football Club Championship, Group 1, Round 3.

Kenmare Shamrocks 0-13, Templenoe 0-13.

A draw was enough to see Kenmare Shamrocks join Rathmore in the semi-final stages of the senior club championship by virtue of their head-to-head result against Spa who finished on the same amounts of points. For Templenoe it was case of so close and yet so far in this competition after two draws and one defeat by the narrowest of margins.

There was a very large crowd in attendance for this local derby game. Kenmare Shamrocks won the toss and opted to play into the town end for the first half. But it was Templenoe who shone brightest in the first quarter as they outscored the hosts by 0-01 to 0-05. Some slick play by the visitors saw them open the scoring with Gavin Crowley and Killian Spillane getting them off to a good start. Seanie O’Shea who was closely marked by Tadhg Morley throughout got Kenmare Shamrock’s sole score in the first quarter from a mark. The hosts were forced to make an early substitution after Tommy Cronin had to retire injured and he was replaced by Jack O’Sullivan. Templenoe meanwhile continued their lively start with Aidan Crowley from a 45, Killian Spillane from a free and Brian Crowley from play putting Templenoe four points to the good by the 16th minute.

The second quarter saw Kenmare Shamrocks come much more into the game, while Templenoe just didn’t quite click in the same period with their shooting letting them down. Four unanswered points from the hosts saw them get back level by the break courtesy of scores from Kevin O’Sullivan and Seanie O’Shea with three, two of which came from placed balls.

Half Time Score: Kenmare Shamrocks 0-05, Templenoe 0-05.

On resumption Templenoe pulled two points clear again with Killian Spillane thumping two frees over the bar. Kevin O’Sullivan replied with his second point of the day, but Templenoe with Killian Spillane continuing to cause problems for the Kenmare Shamrocks defence tagged on two more points soon after to open-up a three points gap for the visitors. Kenmare Shamrocks introduced Paul O’Connor to add a bit of experience to their attack and a point from David Hallissey did reduce the margin to two, but Templenoe substitute Patrick Clifford used his pace to good effect to hand pass the ball over the bar to make the score 0-07 to 0-10 by the end of the third quarter.

Kenmare Shamrocks had a good record of turning the contest in their favour against Templenoe down through the years and no-one was doubting their ability to turn this game. Three points from Dara O’Shea, Tommy O’Sullivan Atlantic and Sean O’Shea (f), either side of a Colin Crowley white flag for Templenoe saw the hosts reduce the margin to the minimum as the game entered the home stretch. Tom Murnane levelled the scoring with six minutes left to play and the excitement was palpable. John Rice traded scores with David Ciuciu to level the scores once more and then Ciuciu added another to put Kenmare Shamrocks in front for the first time. Time was fast running out for Templenoe who needed to win this game to have any hope of qualifying, but they just couldn’t find a path to goal and ultimately to had to settle for a draw with Killian Spillane levelling the scores at the death.

Final Score: Kenmare Shamrocks 0-13, Templenoe 0-13.

Scorers:

Kenmare Shamrocks: Seanie O’Shea 0-05 (3f) (1m), David Ciuciu 0-02, Kevin O’Sullivan 0-02, David Hallissey 0-01, Dara O’Shea 0-01, Tommy O’Sullivan (Atlantic) 0-01, Tom Murnane 0-01.

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-07 (4f), Colin Crowley 0-01, Gavin Crowley 0-01, Aidan Crowley 0-01, Brian Crowley 0-01, Patrick Clifford 0-01, John Rice 0-01.

Wides:

Kenmare Shamrocks: 3

Templenoe: 7

Teams:

Kenmare Shamrocks: Kieran Fitzgibbon, Cian O’Sullivan, Tommy O’Sullivan, Dara Crowley, Dara O’Shea, Darragh O’Connor, Tommy Cronin, David Hallissey, James McCarthy, Shane O’Sullivan, Seanie O’Shea, Kevin O’Sullivan, Jack Tangney, Tommy O’Sullivan (Atlantic). Jimmy Lehane.

Subs used: Jack O’Sullivan, Tom Murnane, Paul O’Connor, David Ciuciu Stephen O’Brien,

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, John Rice, Mark Casey, Tadhg Morley, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley ©, Colin Crowley, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Killian Spillane, Brian Crowley, Aidan Crowley

Subs Used: Patrick Clifford, Kieran McCarthy.