Credit Union County Senior Football League, Round 7 Match Report, Templenoe V Currow

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 7.

Templenoe 4-10, Currow 2-13.

Templenoe welcomed the visit of Currow for round 7 of the county league last Sunday. After somewhat of a roller coaster, Templenoe held on to win by three points against a Currow side that refused to say die. This win means that Templenoe are now surely safe from relegation and with four rounds remaining to be played anything could happen in the promotion race, with only four points separating the teams at the top of the table from ninth place Glenbeigh-Glencar.

The game was played in dry conditions although it did rain a bit towards the end. The visitors started well with Pa McCarthy (f) and former Kerry senior player Seamus Scanlon opening the scoring. Scanlon was deployed at full forward and was dangerous throughout, but overall Kieran O’Neill and the Templenoe defence did a decent job of limiting his influence. Patrick Clifford and Stephen O’Sullivan got Templenoe off the mark in the fourth and fifth minutes, before Currow struck three unanswered points from Pa McCarthy (2f) and Luke Fitzgerald to make the score 0-02 to 0-05 at the end of the first quarter. Templenoe’s first goal came about when Patrick Clifford kicked in a direct ball to Aidan Crowley, Crowley turned and applied a lovely finish with the ball hitting the inside of the crossbar before landing in the net. A minute later Patrick Clifford added a goal of his own after he used his speed to take him past the Currow defence and he made no mistake with the finish. The purple patch for the hosts continued with Colin Crowley popping the ball over the bar to extend their lead to four points. However, the visitors to their credit didn’t panic and hit back with Pa McCarthy splitting the posts from frees and from play to keep them well in the game, while in between Mark Casey raised a white flag for Templenoe.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 2-04, Currow 0-08.

The second half couldn’t have started better for the hosts, with the referee awarding a penalty after Aidan Crowley was taken down. For the second weekend in a row Stephen O’Sullivan stepped up and calmly struck the spot kick giving the keeper no chance. Then just two minutes later Currow were hit with another hammer blow, when Stephen O’Sullivan combined brilliantly with Aidan Crowley before despatching the ball to the net for his second and Templenoe’s fourth goal of the day. The hosts were now eight points to the good and looked to be cruising or so we thought. Currow however had other ideas and didn’t read that script, a goal from Luke Fitzgerald in the 37^th minute with points either side from Pa McCarthy and John Buckley blew the contest wide open again to make the score 4-04 to 1-10. Colin and Gavin Crowley put a bit more day light between the sides once more with two well taken scores before the end of the third quarter. The visitors though were doggedly keeping up their fight with substitute John O’Connor finding the range from play and from a placed ball either side of a Stephen O’Sullivan pointed free for the hosts. O’Sullivan then put Templenoe 4-09 to 1-12 ahead with two more scores and only seven minutes of normal time remaining. Not only that, but the visitors were now down to 14 players after John O’Connor was issued a black card by the referee. Anyone intending to leave early and beat the match traffic had to think again, when Currow corner forward John Buckley rifled the ball to the top corner of the net and then immediately after Pa McCarthy fired over a point and suddenly there was only two points between the sides with five minutes left to play. Templenoe were certainly making hard work of this game, but much to the relief of the home support Stephen O’Sullivan pointed a free in injury time to bag a full share of the spoils for the hosts.

Final Score: Templenoe 4-10, Currow 2-13.

All at Templenoe GAA Club wishes a speedy recovery to Currow’s Gearoid Coffey who picked a serious leg injury in the second half.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 2-05 (1-00p) (4f), Patrick Clifford 1-01, Aidan Crowley 1-00, Colin Crowley 0-02 (1m), Mark Casey 0-01.

Currow: Pa McCarthy 0-08 (6f), Luke Fitzgerald 1-01, John Buckley 1-01, John O’Connor 0-02 (1f), Seamus Scanlon 0-01.

Wides: Templenoe 10, Currow 2.

Teams:

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

Subs used: John Moriarty, Hugh Granville.

Currow: Shane O’Leary, Kevin Fitzgerald, Gearoid Coffey, Alex Fleming, Luke Fitzgerald, Mike Hannifin, Seamus Brosnan, Seamus Scanlon, Dan O’Shea, Dan O’Sullivan, Conor Sheahan, Sean Brosnan, John Buckley, John Curtin, Pa McCarthy.

Subs used: John O’Connor, Adam Healy, David Moriarty.  

Pic - The Templenoe Senior Team wearing their new Jersey's which were kindly provided by our main club sponsor, The Ring of Kerry Golf Club

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Acorn Life County U21 Football Championship.

Hard luck to the Kenmare District U21's who lost out to East Kerry in a exciting match played in Gneeveguilla on Monday evening.

Final Score:

East Kerry 2-13, Kenmare District 2-08

Pic - East Kerry Facebook page

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Credit Union County SFL Division 2, Round 3, Templenoe V Currow

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Published: 16 May 2023

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Lee Strand County U13 League, Phase 2 - Div 7B Fixtures:

Lee Strand County U13 League, Phase 2 - Div 7B Fixtures:

Round 1 - 14th May:

Templenoe/Tuosist/Sneem/Derrynane 🆚 Kerins O’Rahillys - Venue: Sneem GAA Grounds.

Round 2 - 21st May:

Currow 🆚 Templenoe/Tuosist/Sneem/Derrynane

Round 3 - 28th May:

Templenoe/Tuosist/Sneem/Derrynane 🆚 Rathmore

Throw in times for all games is 6pm.

Templenoe/Tuosist/Sneem/Derrynane U13's after playing playing Kerins O'Rahillys on Sunday 14th May

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Credit Union County Senior Football League, Round 6 Match Report, Kenmare V Templenoe

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 6.

Kenmare Shamrocks 0-07, Templenoe 1-09.

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

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

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

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

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

Scorers:

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

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

Teams:

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

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

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

Subs used: Kieran McCarthy, Hugh Granville.

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Credit Union County SFL Round 6, Kenmare Shamrocks V Templenoe

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Club Notes: 12th May

Congratulations to our U15 footballers who are through to the Lee Strand County U15 League Div 6 final following their semi-final win over Cordal this evening on a score line of Templenoe/TuosistSneem/Derrynane 2-12(18) Cordal: 2-5(11)

Fixtures:

Credit Union County Senior Football League Division 2.

Kenmare Shamrocks V Templenoe

Saturday 13th May @7pm in Fr Breen Park, Kenmare

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GAA Championship 2023

The GAA Senior Football Championship is in full swing and Templenoe have a lot of interest in various teams accross the country.

May 2023

Connacht Senior Football Final - Galway V Sligo

Best of luck to our former player Pat Spillane with Sligo in the Connacht SFC final this Sunday.

Full time score

Galway 2-20, Sligo 0-12

Article :

Gaa.ie Match Report:  https://www.gaa.ie/football/connacht-gaa-football-senior-championship/galway-sligo/2381227/

Munster Senior Football Final - Kerry V Clare

Best of luck to the Kerry Team who play Clare in the Munster Senior Football Final, especially our Templenoe representitives, Tadhg Morley, Adrian Spillane & Killian Spillane.

We would also like to mention Noel O'Neill who is playing on the Kerry Primary game at half time in the Munster Final, and wish him the best of luck.

Full Time Score

Kerry 5-14, Clare 0-15

Article:

Gaa.ie Match Report - https://www.gaa.ie/football/munster-gaa-football-senior-championship/kerry-clare/2381237/

 Picture Credit - Kerry GAA Twitter & St Johns National School, Kenmare Facebook

All Ireland U20 Semi Final:

Mark Casey was on the Kerry panel that lost out to Sligo in the All Ireland U20 Semi Final in a tight match.

Sligo 1-08, Kerry 0-09

Articles:

Irish Examiner Match Report - https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41133253.html

Gaa.ie Match Report - https://www.gaa.ie/football/gaa-football-all-ireland-u20-championship/sligo-kerry/2381211/

April 2023

Munster U20 Football Final:

Congratulations to Mark Casey who was on the Kerry panel who beat cork to claim the Munster U20 Football title on Monday evening , 24th April

Articles:

Munster U20 Final match report - Irish Examiner: https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41123998.html 

Munster Senior Football Championship & Connacht Senior Football Championship

Pat Spillane is lining out with Sligo team which has qualified for the Connacht Football Final.

Teddy Doyle was playing on the Tipperary team who played Kerry on Saturday evening, where Tadhg Morley, Adrian Spillane and Killian Spillane were on the match day panel for the Green & Gold.

Articles

Pat Spillane Interview - Extra.ie:  https://extra.ie/2023/04/22/sport/gaa/spillane-family-pat?

Pat Spillane Interview - Independant: https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/he-never-puts-pressure-on-me-pat-spillane-jr-on-stepping-out-of-his-fathers-shadow

Tadhg Morley Interview - Independant: https://www.independent.ie/sport/come-on-fk-this-this-has-to-be-the-year-tadhg-morley

4 Templenoe players from Munster Semi Final, Kerry V Tipperary - Pic from @moynahin_tim on Twitter

Pictures taken from Kerry GAA Facebook & Sligo GAA Facebook

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Coiste na nÓg Results

Lee Strand County U15 League

Templenoe/Tuosist/Sneem/Derrynane 6-09 (27)

Spa 0-10 (10)

Central Region U17 Football League Div 5 RD 2

St Marys/Renard 3-08 (17)

Templenoe/Tuosist/Sneem/Derrynane 2-16 (22

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Credit Union County SFL Match Report, Templenoe V Glenbeigh / Glencar

County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 5.

Templenoe 1-07, Glenbeigh-Glencar 0-15

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

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

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

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

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

Scorers:

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

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

Teams:

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

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

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

Subs used: Sean Quirke.

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