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

Templenoe 1-11, Rathmore 2-09.

Rathmore have made it through to the semi-final stages of the senior club championship after they withstood a late rally from Templenoe to win by the narrowest of margins at Templenone GAA Grounds on Sunday.

There was a large crowd in attendance for this game. Templenoe had wind advantage for the first half and immediately opened the scoring with a pointed free from Killian Spillane. A few minutes later a counter-attack from Rathmore ended with Andrew Moynihan rising highest to fist the ball to the net after a precision pass across the square from John Moynihan. Killian Spillane replied with another pointed free for Templenoe, but then the hosts suffered a second sucker punch when John Moynihan got goal number 2 for Rathmore, after he finished the ball soccer style to the net. Two minutes later a long range point effort from Adrian Spillane dropped just short with a combination of the goalkeeper and the crossbar keeping it out, but then the vigilant Josh Crowley who kept following the ball in was rewarded when he reacted fastest to palm the ball to the net. Templenoe subsequently added a point from play from Killian Spillane to make the score all square Templenoe 1-03, Rathmore 2-00 at the end of the first quarter.

A purple patch from Rathmore between the 17th minute and 23rd minute saw them hit four unanswered points, with Shane Ryan (2), James Darmody and Fionn Murphy all contributing. It could have been more only for Templenoe keeper Mark Looney to pull off a superb save from Shane Ryan. To their credit Templenoe finished the first half well, with Aidan Crowley from a 45 and Killian Spillane (2) reducing the margin to the minimum once more. However, Templenoe would ultimately regret their six wides tally in the first half, while Rathmore only hit one wide against the wind.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-06, Rathmore 2-04.

The third quarter saw Rathmore outscore Templenoe by three points to one, with James Darmody, Shane Ryan (f) and Ciaran Collins all splitting the posts to really put it upto the hosts. In between Adrian Spillane had a goal bound effort cleared from the line, but they did pull one point back with Killian Spillane thumping over a placed ball to make the score 1-07 to 2-07 at the end of the third quarter.

There was still plenty of time, but Templenoe just seemed to be a little over-anxious at times in the second half and had possession turned over on numerous occasions as a result. Nonetheless, no one could question their resolve and two points in quick succession from Adrian Spillane and Aidan Crowley put just one point between the sides with 10 minutes of normal time remaining. Soon after Shane Ryan nailed another free for the visitors, but then was a break in play after an injury to the unfortunate James Darmody of Rathmore, who to be taken off the field on a stretcher. A point from Cathal Ryan three minutes into injury time, looked to have sealed the deal for Rathmore, but Templenoe were not finished and they so nearly had a goal when Sean Sheehan got the ball in a great position only to pull his side wide of the posts. Two pointed frees followed from Killian Spillane which gave Templenoe hope that they could still salvage a result from this game, but it was not to be as Rathmore won possession of the last kick out with that the referee blew for full time.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-11, Rathmore 2-09.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-08 (6f), Josh Crowley Holland 1-00, Aidan Crowley 0-02 (1 “45”), Adrian Spillane 0-01.

Rathmore: Shane Ryan 0-04 (3f), John Moynihan 1-00, Andrew Moynihan 1-00, James Darmody 0-02 (1f), Cathal Ryan 0-01, Fionn Murphy 0-01,Ciaran Collins 0-01.

Wides:

Templenoe: 7

Rathmore: 5

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Kieran McCarthy, 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, Michael Hallissey.

Rathmore: William Casey, Ciaran Collins, Andrew Moynihan, Dan Murphy, Fionn Holohan, Paul Murphy, Thomas Holohon, Brendan O’Keeffe, Cathal Ryan, Darragh Nagle, Fionn Murphy, Brian Friel, James Darmody, Shane Ryan, Darragh Nagle.

Subs used: Chrissy Spiers, Alan Dineen, Brian Moynihan.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 05 August 2024; Hits: 1311

Result

Templenoe 2-11, Spa 1-14

Pic Credit - Spa GAA Facebook Page

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 28 July 2024; Hits: 1425

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 11.

Templenoe 0-10, Castleisland Desmonds 1-08.

Templenoe ended their county league campaign with a home defeat to Castleisland Desmonds last Sunday. The hosts went into this contest safe in the knowledge that their place in Division 2 for next year was already assured, but a crucial goal from Desmonds Luke Curtin early in the second half ultimately denied Templenoe from finishing on a high note.

Templenoe had wind advantage for the first half which was evenly fought with the sides level at 0-03 apiece after 18 minutes of play. The Templenoe scores came courtesy of Aidan Crowley, John Rice and Gavin Crowley, while Castleisland Desmonds replied each time with points from Steven Barlett (f), Shane O’Connell and Adam O’Donoghue (f).

The second quarter was more of the same with both sides matching each other point for point right up to the interval. Castleisland took the lead for the first time in the 21st minute through another Steven Bartlett free, but the hosts replied with a brace of points from Josh Crowley Holland with one from a placed ball, and one from play. The closing minutes of the first half saw PJ Curtin and Denis O’Connor trade scores with Aidan Crowley.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-06, Castleisland Desmonds 0-06.

On resumption, Desmonds rocked Templenoe with 1-01 within three minutes of the restart to put a bit of daylight between the sides for the first time. The goal came from Luke Curtin following a counterattack with Templenoe found wanting at the back, which was preceded by a pointed free from Adam O’Donoghue. Templenoe narrowed the deficit to two points by the end of the third quarter with Aidan Crowley raising two white flags in a row to make the score 0-08 to 1-07.

Both sides made a few changes for the final quarter. Luka Brosnan kept Desmonds in the driving seat after he fisted the ball over the bar, but that would also be Desmonds last score. Templenoe were desperate to get something out of this game and they eventually reduced the arrears to one point after Josh Crowley Holland and Aidan Crowley planted two frees over the bar. Templenoe huffed and puffed but just couldn’t land the equalizer in the time remaining and were left to rue numerous missed chances on the day.

That said the main objective for Templenoe in this year’s county league campaign was not to get relegated to Division 3 and credit to our players and management they achieved just that. Templenoe have maintained our proud position in the top two divisions of the county league since 2015, which included 4 years operating in Division 1, so well done to all.

Final Score: Templenoe 0-10, Castleisland Desmonds 1-08.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Aidan Crowley 0-05 (2f), Josh Crowley Holland 0-03 (2f), Gavin Crowley 0-01, John Rice 0-01.

Castleisland Desmonds: Luke Curtin 1-00, Steven Bartlett 0-02 (2f), Adam O’Donoghue 0-02, Shane O’Connell 0-01, PJ Curtin 0-01 (1m), Luka Brosnan 0-01, Denis O’Connor 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Martin Reilly, Kieran O’Neill, Ciaran Crowley, Kieran McCarthy, Gavin Crowley, Mark Casey, Josh Crowley Holland, Patrick Clifford, Hugh Granville, Colin Crowley, John Rice, Colm Breen, Aidan Crowley, Michael F O’Connor.

Subs used: Dan O’Connor, Ronan O’Connor, Jason O’Shea.

Castleisland Desmonds: Steven Barlett, Luke Curtin, Brian Leonard, Gearoid Leonard, Luka Brosnan, Denis O’Connor, Maurice Hickey, Shane O’Connell, Colm Roche, Sean Prendiville, Adam O’Donoghue, Micheal Walsh, PJ Curtin, Tomas Lynch, Cian H O’Connor.

Subs used: Sean Lynch, Paraic O’Connor, Graham O’Connor, Chris Devane.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 23 June 2024; Hits: 1443

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 7 (Backgame):

Austin Stacks 3-09, Templenoe 1-04.

An understrength Templenoe travelled to Tralee last Tuesday evening to take on Austin Stacks. Although not reflected on the scoreboard, Templenoe played quite well on the evening, but the concession of two goals in quick succession just before the break was hammer blow for the visitors. The half time score was Austin Stacks 3-04, Templenoe 0-01.

Templenoe went on to outscore Austin Stacks by 0-05 to 1-03 in the second half, but a comeback was always going to be a bridge too far.

Final score: Austin Stacks 3-09, Templenoe 1-04

Team & Scorers:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Martin Reilly, Kieran O’Neill, Ciaran Crowley, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley ©, Joseph Sheehan, Josh Crowley Holland 0-01, John Rice, Kieran McCarthy, Colin Crowley 1-02 (1-00 pen), Hugh Granville, Colm Breen, Aidan Crowley 0-01, Michael F O’Connor.

Subs used: Danny Cahalane, Michael O’Sullivan.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 19 June 2024; Hits: 835

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 10.

Listowel Emmets 1-16, Templenoe 2-13.

Templenoe made the long trip to Listowel last Saturday evening and after a proverbial game of two halves with the strong breeze a big factor, Templenoe fought back from been 10 points down at the break to draw at the death for a crucial county league point.

Listowel Emmets had the wind to their backs for the first half and they wasted no time in making it count, as they outscored the visitors by 1-05 to 0-01 in the first quarter. The Listowel scores came from Darragh Lynch (2), Joe Grimes, Cormac Mulvihill and Eddie Healy, while their goal was fired home by Adam O’Rourke. Templenoe’s sole score in that period came from Martin Reilly.

The second quarter saw the hosts keep their foot on the accelerator and extend the margin to 10 points by the interval, with Sam Tarrant (2), Darragh Lynch (2), Sean Keane, Pa Walsh and Aaron Carey all chipping in. Although, the visitors were falling further behind they did manage to tag on a few scores of their own through Aidan Crowley (3) and Brian Crowley to keep their slim hopes alive.

Half Time Score: Listowel Emmets 1-12, Templenoe 0-05.

At the re-start the hosts actually increased to 12 points courtesy of points from Sean Keane and Jack McElligott, but then a goal and a point in quick succession from Cian Hallissey and Brian Crowley respectively would finally spark the visitors into life. Three points followed from Colin Crowley, Brian Crowley and Aidan Crowley, before Mark Casey rifled the ball to the net for a pivotal goal to make the score 1-14 to 2-09 midway through the second half.

Suddenly there was only two points separating the sides, Listowel Emmets briefly stemmed the visitors momentum with two points of their own, but Templenoe kept coming and got their just reward with further scores coming from Aidan Crowley (2), John Rice and Brian Crowley to snatch a draw at the jaws of defeat.

Final Score: Listowel Emmets 1-16, Templenoe 2-13.

Scorers:

Listowel Emmets: Darragh Lynch 0-04 (3f), Adam O’Rourke 1-00, Sean Keane 0-02, Sam Tarrant 0-02, Joe Grimes 0-01, Cormac Mulvihill 0-01, Eddie Healy 0-01, Pa Walsh 0-01, Aaron Carey 0-01, Jack McElligott 0-01.

Templenoe: Aidan Crowley 0-06 (2f), Brian Crowley 0-04, Cian Hallissey 1-00, Mark Casey 1-00, John Rice 0-01, Martin Reilly 0-01.

Teams:

Listowel Emmets: Jack Enright, Michael Kennedy, Cormac Mulvihill, Pa Walsh, Jack McElligott, Eddie Browne, Eddie Healy, Dylan Quinn, Joe Grimes, Darragh Leahy, Jamie McVeigh, Aaron Carey, Sean Keane, Sam Tarrant, Darragh Lynch, Adam O’Rourke.

Subs Used: Cillian Holly, David Keane, Sean Gilbert, Jake O’Sullivan, Rob Heffernan.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Joseph Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Ciaran Crowley, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Casey, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, John Rice, Hugh Granville, Josh Crowley Holland, Aidan Crowley, Colin Crowley, Brian Crowley, Cian Hallissey.

Subs used: Michael F O’Connor, Colm Breen, Ronan O’Connor.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 09 June 2024; Hits: 894

Credit Union County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 9.

Beaufort 2-12, Templenoe 1-15.

Beaufort and Templenoe served up an entertaining encounter with an exciting finish that ended in a draw for the second year running at Beaufort GAA Grounds last Saturday evening.

The game was played on a beautiful evening with the slight breeze favouring Templenoe in the first half. Beaufort opened the scoring with a pointed free from Darragh O’Connor, Templenoe countered with a placed ball effort Colin Crowley. Then Beaufort tagged on two points on the trot from Fergal Hallissey (45) and Darragh O’Connor from play, while at the other end Templenoe hit four consecutive wides on a somewhat frustrating opening quarter for the visitors. But to their credit Templenoe did tie the scores by the end of the first quarter with Aidan Crowley pointing a 45 after Beaufort keeper Fionn O’Neill had made a great save from Brian Crowley and then Brian Crowley himself split the posts to make it 3 points apiece after 15 minutes.

Darragh O’Connor and Aidan Crowley both gave an exhibition of scoring for their respective teams throughout the game with both players finishing up with 7 points each. They traded scores to make it 5 points apiece after 25 minutes and then soon after the hosts scored their first goal of the game after they opened up the Templenoe defence in a move that ended with Ciaran Kennedy planting the ball in the net. Templenoe replied with points from Sean Sheehan, Josh Crowley Holland and Aidan Crowley for a strong finish to the first half, but Beaufort still had the edge at the break after Mark Neary and Fergal Hallissey with another 45 put them two points to the good.

Half Time Score: Beaufort 1-07, Templenoe 0-08.

On resumption Colin Crowley and Ríain O'Byrne with the latter calmly slotting over his first county league point traded scores with Padraig Doona and Darragh O’Connor to keep the margin at two points. However, then the visitors hit a purple patch to score 1-03 on the bounce and lead by 1-13 to 1-09 by the end of the third quarter. It looked like a surprise result might be on the cards and the hosts who are also the table toppers were stunned. The points came from John Rice and Aidan Crowley (2), while the goal came about after good work by Aidan Crowley saw him pass the ball across the square to the unmarked Colin Crowley who palmed the ball to the net.

Beaufort probed the Templenoe defence and a speculative ball in was gathered and the referee adjudged that the Beaufort attacker was held up illegitimately by the Templenoe defence. A penalty resulted and up stepped Ronan Murphy who make no mistake with the finish. Templenoe were still just about in front, but there was still 12 minutes remaining. Points from Brian Crowley and Aidan Crowley had Templenoe two points ahead with just four minutes left, but Beaufort are not top of the table for no reason and they grinded out two late points from their sharpshooter Darragh O’Connor to earn a share of the spoils.

Final Score: Beaufort 2-12, Templenoe 1-15.

Scorers:

Beaufort: Darragh O’Connor 0-07 (3f), Ciaran Kennedy 1-01, Ronan Murphy 1-00 (pen), Fergal Hallissey 0-02 (2 45s), Mark Neary 0-01, Padraid Doona 0-01.

Templenoe: Aidan Crowley 0-07 (3f, 2 45s), Colin Crowley 1-02 (1f), Brian Crowley 0-02, Josh Crowley Holland 0-01, John Rice 0-01, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Ríain O'Byrne 0-01.

Teams:

Beaufort: Fionn O’Neill, Donnchadh Coffey, Ger Hartnett, Ciaran O’Sullivan, Nathan Breen, Ethan Coffey, Danny Healy, Mark Neary, Fergal Hallissey, Darragh O’Connor, Ciaran Kennedy, Padraig Doona, Ronan Murphy, Sean Coffey, Liam Carey.

Subs used: Liam Curran.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Mark Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Ríain O'Byrne, Kieran McCarthy, Gavin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, John Rice, Hugh Granville, Josh Crowley Holland, Ciaran Crowley, Colin Crowley, Brian Crowley, Aidan Crowley.

Subs used: Cian Hallissey.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 02 June 2024; Hits: 827

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 8.

Templenoe 0-10, Glenbeigh-Glencar 1-11.

Templenoe hosted Glenbeigh-Glencar in round 8 of the county league last Sunday. A below par display by Templenoe saw them lose out to Glenbeigh-Glencar who gave a more assured performance on the day.

Templenoe had wind advantage for the first half and had an okay first quarter to lead by 0-03 to 0-01, with Brian Crowley from an acute angle, Martin Reilly and Colin Crowley (f) all contributing, while Glenbeigh-Glencar had their opening score from Keilen O’Sullivan. Then the visitors went level with two points on the trot – one through Colin McGillycuddy from a mark before Keilen O’Sullivan added his second point from play. Colin Crowley edged Templenoe ahead again with another placed ball in the 21st minute, but that would be Templenoe’s last score for the remainder of the first half. Templenoe did have chances to add to their tally, but they were inclined to cough up possession which was a bit of a feature throughout the game and they also hit a few wides. In contrast, the visitors were more cohesive and made better use of their possession when on the offensive to manufacture four more points before the break with Darran O’Sullivan proving he still had plenty in his locker and Liam Smith among their scorers.

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

On resumption, Colin Crowley slotted over another free for the hosts, but Glenbeigh replied with a sucker punch after they burst up the field in well worked team move involving Jack Brosnan and Darran O’Sullivan who passed across the square for Caolim Teahan to palm home for a simple finish. This extended the margin to five points but there was plenty of time for Templenoe to launch a fight back and in fairness to the hosts they did rally. Three points on the bounce from Daniel Crowley, Brian Crowley and Colin Crowley (f) saw Templenoe reduce the deficit to two points with the score reading 0-08 to 1-07 after 49 minutes of play. However, that was as close as Templenoe could get. Darran O’Sullivan put a bit of daylight between sides again soon after with two points in quick succession. Templenoe didn’t let Glenbeigh out of sight and stayed in touch with two Colin Crowley points either side of points from Rian O’Donovan and Caolim Teahan, but what the hosts really needed at that stage to rescue this game was a green flag and they just couldn’t pull it off.

Final Score: Templenoe 0-10, Glenbeigh-Glencar 1-11.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Colin Crowley 0-06 (5f), Brian Crowley 0-02, Martin Reilly 0-01, Daniel Crowley 0-01.

Glenbeigh-Glencar: Darran O’Sullivan 0-04 (1f), Caolim Teahan 1-01, Colin McGillycuddy 0-01 (1m), Keilen O’Sullivan 0-02, Liam Smith 0-01, Rian O’Donovan 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Ríain O'Byrne, Martin Reilly, Gavin Crowley, Ciaran Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Josh Crowley Holland, Hugh Granville, Patrick Clifford, Kieran McCarthy, Daniel Crowley, Brian Crowley, Colin Crowley.

Subs used: Mark Casey, Cian Hallissey.

Glenbeigh/Glencar: Cian Knight, Oisin O’Connor, Tommy Quirke, Ciaran Doyle, Jack Brosnan, Pa Kilkenny, Shane Riordan, Colin McGillycuddy, Liam Smith, Darran O’Sullivan, Liam Roche, Sean T Sheahan, Caolim Teahan, Gavan O’Grady, Keilen O’Sullivan.

Subs used: Adrian O’Connor, Dara Casey, Rian O’Donovan.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 26 May 2024; Hits: 781

Kellehers Toyota Central Region Division 2 Final (Match report courtesy of Tuosist GAA Club Facebook page)

BALLYMACELLIGOT 1-17,

NA FIANNA 2-05.

Hard luck to Na Fianna Minor footballers who performed admirably against Ballymacelligott on Monday evening in the final of the Kellehers Toyota Tralee Central Region Division 2 League competition played in Cromane.

As expected this was always going to be a difficult assignment considering that Ballymac had played in Division One of this years County League while Na Fianna had competed in Div.3. This along with the fact that Na Fianna were without the services of County minor Donncha O'Sullivan who was ruled out for the competition made the task all the more daunting, but fair play the lads tried hard and if anything the scoreline probably should have been closer than Ballymacs nine point winning margin if it were not for a number of missed scoring opportunities on the evening.

The team and management however can be happy with their campaign in the league overall. The experience gained playing at this level for the first time along with two excellent wins in the competition over Division One sides John Mitchell's and Austin Stacks will surely stand to the team later on in the Championship.

Many thanks to Patrick Casey and the Cromane club who had the field in splendid shape and to referee Billy O'Shea along with his umpires and linesmen for a job well done and also the Cental League for organising the competition and sponsors Kellehers Toyota Tralee. Congratulations to Ballymacelligot team and management on their win in what was an enjoyable and sporting game of football played in the best of spirits.

Na Fianna :

Josh Lenane, Eoin Casey, Jack Wiggans, Jonah Kirby,

Michael O'Mahony, Michael Casey, William Davies, Adam Corridan, Colm Ryan, Sean Casey, Darragh Murphy, Caoilte O HUrdáil, Cillian O'Sullivan, Oghie Burns, Tom Clifford.

Subs :

Patrick Moran, Shay Mulvany, Sam O'Sullivan, Fionán O'Sullivan, Fionán Foley, Jamie Gallivan, Finn O'Byrne.

Management :

John Harrington, Vincent Casey, David Macgillycuddy, Sean O'Sullivan

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 23 May 2024; Hits: 1518

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 6.

Templenoe 1-13, Kenmare Shamrocks 1-08.

There was a big turnout for this local derby game on a beautiful evening at Templenoe GAA Grounds. Both Templenoe and Kenmare Shamrocks went into this match on the back of mixed results from the previous rounds which left them both at the lower half of the league table.

Templenoe received a big boost ahead of the game with the return to the team of Josh Crowley Holland from abroad for the first time in over one year. Templenoe started well with the opening two points coming from Daniel Crowley and Colin Crowley (f), but Kenmare countered with Jack Tagney (m) and Paul O’Connor (f) both splitting the posts. John Rice picked up a slight injury and had to temporarily leave the field for treatment and in that time, Kenmare created a goal opportunity and they made no mistake with Jimmy Lehane getting a shot in to take the ball past Mark Looney in the Templenoe goal. Credit to Templenoe they regrouped quickly and responded admirably with five unanswered points courtesy of Brian Crowley (2), Colin Crowley (f), Mark Casey with an excellent long-range effort and Patrick Clifford. This made the score 0-07 to 1-02 after 18 minutes of play.

Then the game looked like it might take another twist, when Kenmare were awarded penalty. Up stepped Tommy O’Sullivan but he pulled his spot kick just wide of the post and big let off for the hosts. The closing minutes of the first half saw Jack Tagney and Pearse O’Brien (f) exchange scores with Daniel Crowley and Brian Crowley. The game was played in a sporting manner throughout despite the local rivalry, but tensions did rise slightly before the half time whistle which resulted with Kenmare’s Paul O’Connor receiving his marching orders following an off the ball incident with Gavin Crowley.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-09, Kenmare Shamrocks 1-04

Templenoe had numerical advantage for the second half, but sometimes this can work both ways and no one was underestimating the ability of Kenmare to overcome this setback. Jimmy Lehane reduced the margin to one point shortly the restart, to which Templenoe responded with a lovely point from an acute angle through Colin Crowley (f). Then in the 38th minute Brian Crowley was fouled in the square to earn the hosts a penalty and the aforementioned Brian Crowley took it with aplomb to put Templenoe five points clear. In the ensuing passages of play both teams traded a few wides before Kieran Fitzgibbon landed a 45 over the bar to make it 1-10 to 1-06 after 46 minutes of play.

Soon after Brian Crowley restored Templenoe’s lead to five points, but Kenmare kept plugging away and hit back with a white flag from Zack O’Shea. Coming into the home stretch Patrick Clifford did well to fire over a point from close range and then Daniel Crowley added another to give the hosts a six-points cushion coming into injury time. Kenmare made a few bursts up the field in search of a goal towards the end and they offer a threat, but Mark Looney and his defence coped effectively and succeeded in not conceding any late goal from the visitors. Five minutes of injury time were played, Templenoe did lose John Rice to a black card and Darren Allman had one last point for Kenmare, but there was no way Templenoe were going to let this game slip and held on for a deserved five points victory.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-13, Kenmare Shamrocks 1-08

Scorers:

Templenoe: Brian Crowley 1-04 (1-00p), Colin Crowley 0-03 (3f), Daniel Crowley 0-03, Patrick Clifford 0-02, Mark Casey 0-01.

Kenmare Shamrocks: Jimmy Lehane 1-01, Jack Tagney 0-02 (1m), Paul O’Connor 0-01 (f), Pearse O’Brien 0-01 (f), Zack O’Shea 0-01, Kieran Fitzgibbon 0-01 (1 45), Darren Allman 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Ciaran Crowley, Kieran McCarthy, Gavin Crowley, Mark Casey, Sean Sheehan, John Rice, Josh Crowley Holland, Patrick Clifford, Martin Reilly, Daniel Crowley, Brian Crowley, Colin Crowley.

Subs used: Hugh Granville, Ríain O'Byrne, Cian Hallissey.

Kenmare Shamrocks: Kieran Fitzgibbon, Dara O’Shea, Tommy O’Sullivan, Cian O’Sullivan, Zack O’Shea, James McCarthy, Tommy Cronin, Shane O’Sullivan, David Hallissey, Jack Tagney, Kevin O’Sullivan, Jack O’Sullivan, Pearse O’Brien, Paul O’Connor, Jimmy Lehane.

Subs used: Tommy O’Sullivan (Atlantic), Darren Allman.

Details: Category: Match Reports; Published: 05 May 2024; Hits: 918

Credit Union County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 5.

John Mitchels 1-09, Templenoe 1-09

An injury time point from Sean Sheehan salvaged a draw for Templenoe away to John Mitchels last Sunday.

The match was played in showery weather conditions with a cross field breeze in play, which kept the linesman busy throughout the game. Templenoe’s John Rice and Daniel Crowley traded points with Darragh Cunnane and Shane O’Connor to open the scoring and leave the sides level at two points apiece after five minutes of play. Then a well worked move from Templenoe saw Brian Crowley advance on goal and he executed his shot to the far corner of the net giving Mitchels keeper Sean Broderick no chance. The hosts replied promptly with a white flag from Alan O’Donoghue before Cian Holden got inside the Templenoe defence for a goal of their own, this made the score John Mitchels 1-03, Templenoe 1-02 at the end of the first quarter.Buoyed by their goal, John Mitchels tagged on two more quick points through Alan O’Donoghue (f) and Conor Hurley to extend their lead to three points. Templenoe’s shooting for much of the first half was letting them down, but they did have the final say of the half with Colin Crowley splitting the posts from play.

Half Time Score: John Mitchels 1-05, Templenoe 1-03

Templenoe outscored their opponents by four points to one in the third quarter, courtesy of points from Gavin Crowley, Brian Crowley and not to be outdone by Colin Crowley with two converted frees, while Mitchels sole score in that period came from the boot of Cian Holden. This made it 1-06 to 1-07 in favour of the visitors with 43 minutes on the clock. It all made for an exciting last quarter with both teams giving it their all in a battle for two valuable county league points. Two points from Mitchels corner forward Mikey Kelleher either side of another pointed free from Colin Crowley had the sides level at 1-08 apiece with just four minutes of normal time remaining. Then it looked like the hosts might snatch a win when Mikey Kelleher found the range again for his third point to put them ahead by the minimum. Templenoe were fast running out of time, but then with the game two minutes into injury time Sean Sheehan used his experience well to pop over the equalizer from close range after the Mitchels defence had failed to clear their lines from the previous Templenoe attack.

Final Score: John Mitchels 1-09, Templenoe 1-09.

Scorers:

John Mitchels: Cian Holden 1-01, Mikey Kelleher 0-03, Darragh Cunnane 0-01, Shane O’Connor 0-01, Alan O’Donoghue 0-02 (2f), Conor Hurley 0-01.

Templenoe: Colin Crowley 0-04 (0-03), Brian Crowley 1-01, Sean Sheehan 0-01, John Rice 0-01, Daniel Crowley 0-01, Gavin Crowley 0-01.

Teams:

John Mitchels: Sean Broderick, John Horgan, Jack Myers, Ciaran White, Nathan Rogers, Akeem Molloy, Brian O’Donnell, Patrick Kearney, George Bastible, John Carmody, Cian Holden, Darragh Cunnane, Alan O’Donoghue, Peter Murphy, Mikey Kelliher.

Subs used: Conor Hurley, Shane O’Connor, Sean Corkery, Paudie White.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Ciaran Crowley, Kieran O’Neill, Ríain O'Byrne, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley, Michael Hallissey, Sean Sheehan, John Rice, Kieran McCarthy, Colin Crowley, Martin Reilly, Daniel Crowley, Brian Crowley, John Moriarty.

Subs used: Hugh Granville, Cian Hallissey

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

Templenoe 1-12, Ardfert 3-10.

Templenoe hosted Ardfert in the fourth round of the county league on Sunday. Three goals from the visitors after a rocky opening quarter helped them come away from Templenoe with a full share of the spoils.

The game was played in beautiful sunshine with the breeze favouring Templenoe in the first half. Fionan Egan (f) and Kieran McCarthy swapped points to open the scoring. Then county player Killian Spillane showed his class to put the ball in the net from close range, following good work by Colin Crowley. Fionan Egan replied with a point from play for the visitors, but the hosts were dominating proceedings in the opening quarter and they made it count with four unanswered points courtesy of Colin Crowley (2), Brian Crowley and Killian Spillane. Nathan O’Driscoll (f) traded scores with Killian Spillane from a mark to leave score 1-06 to 0-03 after 16 minutes of play.

Then against the run of play a rocket of a shot from Ardfert wing back Earnan Ferris on the run ended in the top corner of the net for a brilliant goal. This blew the contest wide open. Nathan O’Driscoll followed this up with a point and then Templenoe were rocked by a second Ardfert goal after a speculative ball in towards the Templenoe goal broke kindly to Darragh Courtney and he finished it perfectly. Suddenly the hosts who appeared to be coasting in the first quarter, found themselves one point down. Gary O’Riordan added another point for the visitors, but Templenoe regrouped and had the final two scores of the first half from Gavin Crowley and Mark Casey to leave the sides all square at the interval.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-08, Ardfert 2-05.

On resumption Templenoe continued where they left off with two points on the trot from Colin Crowley and Killian Spillane. But then the visitors who just seemed to be that bit better with their decision making when on the offensive than their opponents, landed another sucker punch on the hosts when Jordan Brick buried the ball to the net after he was put through on goal. This seemed to suck a bit of the life out of Templenoe and soon after Killian Spillane had to make way to compound matters for the home side. Ardfert hit the next four points in a row in an at times scrappy second half, through Tiernan O’Sullivan, Fionan Egan (2f), and Jordan Brick. This made the score 1-10 to 3-09 with 51 minutes played.

Templenoe tried hard to create openings in the Ardfert defence but had little joy and ultimately had to settle for two late frees from Colin Crowley. Ardfert made sure of their win with an Earnan Ferris point shortly before the full-time whistle.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-12, Ardfert 3-10.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 1-03 (1f) (1m), Colin Crowley 0-05 (2f), Kieran McCarthy 0-01, Brian Crowley 0-01, Gavin Crowley 0-01, Mark Casey 0-01.

Ardfert: Earnan Ferris 1-01, Jordan Brick 1-01, Darragh Courtney 1-00, Fionan Egan 0-04 (3f), Nathan O’Driscoll 0-02 (1f), Gary O’Riordan 0-01, Tiernan O’Sullivan 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Ciaran Crowley, Kieran O’Neill, Ríain O'Byrne, Mark Casey, Gavin Crowley, Mike Hallissey, Sean Sheehan, John Rice, Kieran McCarthy, Brian Crowley, Martin Reilly, Killian Spillane, Colin Crowley, Hugh Granville.

Subs used: Daniel Crowley, John Moriarty.

Ardfert: Nicky O’Sullivan, Jack Kearney, Iarla Courtney, Trevor Wallace, Tiernan O’Sullivan, Stephen Leen, Earnan Ferris, Liam Og O’Connor, Darragh Courtney, Jordan Brick, John Egan, Gary O’Riordan, Sean Brosnan, Nathan O’Driscoll, Fionan Egan.

Subs: Harry Wallace, Keelan Best