Clonlara 1-11
Ballyea 1-11

CLARE’S YEAR OF the draw was confirmed this afternoon as for the second successive Sunday, there would be no winner in the senior final in Cusack Park.

Following in the footsteps of Cratloe and Kilmurry Ibrickane’s dramatic stalemate the previous week in the football version, a replay would also be forced in the hurling decider after Cathal ‘Tots’ O’Connell popped up with a last-gap 65th minute equaliser to deny Ballyea a first ever title.

Trailing by five by the 40th minute, Ballyea seemed to gather momentum at the perfect time, inspired as ever by Tony Kelly who finally escaped the clutches of fellow county senior Oisin O’Brien to reel in Clonlara before substitute Martin O’Leary accelerated past Clonlara’s last line for a levelling goal in the 53rd minute at 1-9 to 1-9.

Kelly nudged Ballyea in front for the first time in almost 30 minutes, only for O’Connell to regain parity on the hour mark.

However, as tensions heightened a scrappy period eventually saw a poor Clonlara clearance fall straight to talisman Kelly to fire over from 60 metres in the 62nd minute.

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Clonlara refused to panic though and were given one last chance as a puck-out broke perfectly for O’Connell to fire over and ensure another day out for the sides.

In a low-scoring tense encounter, Gearoid O’Connell operated superbly as a sweeper for Ballyea who thanks to three early Kelly frees were 0-4 to 0-2 clear by the end of the opening quarter.

Cathal O’Connell and Darach Honan got Clonlara back on terms as the half developed and their hopes of a first county title in eight years were boosted going in at half-time after Colm Galvin blocked down a clearance and was put through on goal by Oisin O’Brien to billow the net and give Clonlara a 1-5 to 0-5 lead.

Tony Kelly scored only eight seconds into the new half, only for John Conlon to cancel it out on the puck-out while Galvin and Honan eventually pushed Clonlara five clear by the 40th minute.

Missed chances meant that they couldn’t see out the game though and it almost came back to hurt them as Kelly and O’Leary got Ballyea to the brink of a first senior crown.
In the end though, a second bite of the cherry was merited for both sides who will be expected to lock horns once more in a fortnight’s time.

Scorers for Clonlara: Cathal O’Connell 0-4 (2f); Colm Galvin 1-1; John Conlon, Darach Honan 0-2 each; Nicky O’Connell (1f), James Hastings 0-1 each

Scorers for Ballyea: Tony Kelly 0-9 (4f, 1’65); Martin O’Leary 1-1; Cathal Doohan 0-1

Clonlara

1. Ger O’Connell
25. Paul McNamara
7. Domhnall O’Donovan
27. Cillian Fennessy
9. Cormac O’Donovan
5. Nicky O’Connell
6. Neil Ryan
4. Oisin O’Brien
13. James Hastings
19. Paraic O’Loughlin
8. Colm Galvin
11. Cathal O’Connell
14. John Conlon (Captain)
15. Michael O’Loughlin
10. Darach Honan

Subs:
22. Michael White for P. O’Loughlin (44)
23. David Fitzgerald for M. O’Loughlin (57)
29. Garrett Kennedy for Ryan (60)
2. Shane O’Brien for McNamara (64, inj)

Ballyea

1. Kevin Sheehan
7. James Murphy
3. Jack Browne
4. Brian Carrigg
6. Paul Flanagan
5. Gearoid O’Connell
2. Joe Neylon
8. Tony Kelly
9. Stan Lineen (Captain)
10. Niall Deasy
11. Gary Brennan
12. Cathal Doohan
13. Pat Joe Connolly
14. Eoghan Donnellan
15. Pearse Lillis

Subs:
17. Martin O’Leary for Neylon (Half-Time, inj)
18. Damien Burke for Connolly (38)
19. David Egan for Donnellan (60)

Referee: Rory McGann (Newmarket-on-Fergus)

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Thurles Sarsfields 0-27
Kiladangan 1-15

ON THE DAY a club legend passed away, Thurles Sarsfields claimed a 35th Tipperary senior hurling championship crown.

A minute’s silence for Mickey ‘The Rattler’ Byrne was impeccably observed before throw-in and when play got underway, the Blues stamped their authority all over proceedings to claim a third successive title.

It’s the first time Sars have managed three-in-a-row since the 1960s and they have a fortnight off before an AIB Munster quarter-final against the Waterford champions.

Aidan McCormack scored six points from play, Richie Ruth five, and Pa Bourke added seven of his nine points from placed balls as Sars won with nine points to spare against Kiladangan at Semple Stadium.

In front of 6,546 spectators, Sars established a 0-15 to 0-6 interval lead and were in cruise control.

Within the opening ten minutes, they had nine points on the board, Ruth knocking over four of those in a blistering start for the Blues.

It took Kiladangan, appearing in their first Dan Breen decider since 1938, until the 22nd minute before registering their first score from play, Willie Connors on target, but Sars kept the scoreboard ticking over.

Barry Hogan with Richie Ruth of Thurles Sarsfields.

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On a number of occasions, goal opportunities were there to be exploited as Sars broke from deep positions but they were content with points instead.

Former Hurler of the Year Lar Corbett got in on the scoring act with a long-range special in the 21st minute and while Kiladangan did score three of the last five points of the first half, the men from the North were facing an uphill battle ahead of the second half.

They drew the second period but were 12 points behind, 0-9 to 0-21, before Joe Gallagher hammered home a consolation goal in the 46th minute.

Ronan Maher, one of Tipp’s All-Ireland SHC winning heroes, claimed the man of the match award and his magnificent sideline cut in the 43rd minute was arguably the score of the game, from almost 70m out.

Scorers for Thurles Sarsfields: Pa Bourke 0-9 (7f), Aidan McCormack 0-6, Richie Ruth 0-5, Ronan Maher (1 sl) & Conor Lanigan 0-2 each, Stephen Maher, Stephen Lillis & Lar Corbett 0-1 each.

Scorers for Kiladangan: Darragh Egan 0-6 (5f), Joe Gallagher 1-1, Willie Connors 0-3 (1 65s) Ruairí Gleeson 0-2, Johnny Horan, Paul Flynn & Tadhg Gallagher 0-1 each.

Thurles Sarsfields:

1. Patrick McCormack

4. Michael Cahill
5. Stephen Lillis
2. Stephen Maher

7. Denis Maher
6. Pádraic Maher
3. Ronan Maher

9. Stephen Cahill
10. Billy McCarthy

19. Tommy Doyle
11. Aidan McCormack
12. Pa Bourke

13. Conor Lanigan
15. Richie Ruth
14. Lar Corbett

Subs:

17. Rory Dwan for D Maher (50)
8. John Maher for Lanigan (52)
20. David Kennedy for Corbett (59)
18. Kevin O’Gorman for Ruth (60+3).

Kiladangan:

1. Barry Hogan

2. James Quigley
3. Hughie Flannery
4. Fergal Hayes

5. David Sweeney
6. Alan Flynn
7. Darren Moran

8. Johnny Horan
9. Martin Minehan

10. Joe Gallagher
13. Willie Connors
12. Ruairí Gleeson

15. Tadhg Gallagher
11. Darragh Egan
14. Paul Flynn

Subs:

21. Jack Loughnane for Minehan (24)
17. Eoin Kelly for Horan (45)

Referee: John McCormack (Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams)

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Dr Crokes 2-16
Kenmare District 1-12

Damian Stack reports from Fitzgerald Stadium

DR CROKES ARE kings of the Kingdom again after a powerful display saw them run out seven point victors over Kenmare District in today’s county senior final at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Pat O’Shea’s men had their homework well done on the combination side, especially their kick-out strategy.

Kieran Fitzgibbon was put under severe pressure and, from the turnovers forced from him and his team, Crokes gained an early foothold in the game.

It wasn’t until Kieran O’Leary’s goal on twenty six minutes, however, that the full extent of Crokes control of the game became apparent. O’Leary slipped inside his man, Dara Crowley, and scored a brilliant individual goal.

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Kenmare did have their moments in the first half and in the minutes before the goal their star man from the semi-final, Adrian Spillane, was beginning to come into his own following a move to the middle of the park.

O’Leary’s goal saw helped Crokes to a 1-7 to 0-6 lead at the break. It was a lead they extended by a further four in short order after the interval.

Micheál Burns pointed confidently on thirty one minutes. Then two minutes later Gavin White set up Johnny Buckley for a well taken goal to all but end the game as a contest.

Kenmare did strike back through a Teddy Doyle goal (assist from Killian Spillane), but it had no real effect on the Crokes who were by now purring confidently.

Over the space of the next six minutes they scored five points on the bounce (three for a hugely impressive Brian Looney and two from man of the match Colm Cooper).

The victory secured from the Killarney men their fifth county championship in seven seasons and such was the quality of the performance that their ambitions surely do not stop there. The Munster championship awaits.

Dr Crokes Brian Looney up against Kenmare’s Stephen O’Brien

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Scorers for Dr Crokes: C Cooper 0-7 (0-3 frees); B Looney 0-4, K O’Leary 1-1, J Buckley 1-0, S Murphy (0-1 ’45), A O’Donovan, J Kiely, M Burns 0-1 each.

Scorers for Kenmare: P O’Connor 0-8 (0-7 frees), T Doyle (1-0), A Spillane and K Spillane (0-2 each).

Dr Crokes

S Murphy

J Payne
M Moloney
F Fitzgerald

G White
A O’Sullivan
D O’Leary

A O’Donovan
J Buckley

D Casey
G O’Shea
B Looney

C Cooper
K O’Leary
E Brosnan

Subs:

M Burns for A O’Sullivan (half-time)
L Quinn for D O’Leary (48)
J Kiely for G O’Shea (48)
M Milner for E Brosnan (56)
P J Lawlor for A O’Donovan (58)
T Brosnan for K O’Leary (59)

Kenmare District

K Fitzgibbon (Kenmare)

D Crowley (Kenmare)
G Crowley (Templenoe)
K O’Neill (Templenoe)

P Clifford (Templenoe)
D O’Shea (Kenmare)
J Spillane (Templenoe)

T Morley (Templenoe)
P O’Shea (Tuosist)

S O’Shea (Kenmare)
A Spillane (Templenoe)
T Doyle (Templenoe)

S O’Brien (Kenmare)
P O’Connor (Kenmare)
K Spillane (Templenoe)

Subs

K O’Sullivan ( Kenmare) for P Clifford (28)
F O’Sullivan (Tousist) for P O’Shea (h/t)
M Crowley for J Spillane ( h/t)
P Spillane S O’Shea (55 mins)
S O’Leary for T Doyle (60 mins)

Referee: Brendan Griffin (Clounmacon)

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BALLYGUNNER AND PASSAGE will square up for the Waterford SHC final at Walsh Park next Sunday in a repeat of the 2013 decider.

Passage  1-13
Dungarvan 1-12

Owen Connors nailed an injury time winner as 14-man Passage scraped past Dungarvan after a frantic conclusion. The skipper produced 0-9 for Peter Queally’s charges to reach their first final in three seasons.

In a slow burner, substitute Conor Carey lashed to the top corner to create a 1-10 to 0-7 lead with twelve minutes remaining. Eoin Kelly also came off the bench to strike two points and assist another.

Dungarvan responded with 1-4, including a fortuitous goal from Kenny Moore, to squeak ahead. Two Connors frees regained a narrow advantage for Passage entering stoppage time. Kieran Power levelled the scores for the sixth occasion. Connors popped up with the clincher on 63 minutes after Kelly broke the ball in his direction. Michael Kiely had a late opportunity to force a replay but his point attempt dropped short into Eddie Lynch.

This represented the eighth championship meeting between these clubs since 2010. Dungarvan won the initial group game back in June.

Connors shot the last four points of the first half (three frees and a 65) to leave Passage 0-6 to 0-4 ahead. The sides traded two points apiece in the opening quarter. Ryan Donnelly was twice denied goals by Darragh and Eddie Lynch. Passage full forward Liam Flynn received a straight red on seventeen minutes for an off the ball offence.

Patrick Curran was convinced that he registered a goal for Dungarvan but the sliotar popped back out off the crossbar. Alan Kissane consulted with his umpires before ruling out the score. The Blues pushed 0-4 to 0-2 up with Curran and Sean Ryan on target. Connors shouldered the responsibility towards the tail end of the half and his accuracy swung the match in favour of the Eastern men.

Scorers for Passage: Owen Connors 0-9 (5fs, 1 65’); Conor Carey 1-0; Eoin Kelly 0-2; Adam Roche, Liam Flynn 0-1 each.

Scorers for Dungarvan: Patrick Curran 0-8 (7fs, 1 65’); Kenny Moore 1-1; Sean Ryan, Kieran Power, Ryan Donnelly 0-1 each.

Ballygunner 1-18
Mount Sion 0-11

Ballygunner remain on course for three in a row following a decisive ten point victory over great rivals Mount Sion.

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Brian O’Sullivan scored 1-5 from play as the champions seized control during the second quarter of the contest. Pauric Mahony finished the sixty minutes as top scorer on 0-9 while Stephen O’Keeffe and Philip Mahony minded the house.

The holders opened fire in the closing ten minutes of the half to assume a 1-13 to 0-5 advantage.

With wind assistance, the Gunners surged four points clear in the first quarter. On 24 minutes, Pauric Mahony picked out Brian O’Sullivan with a crossfield pass and the captain finished to the far corner of the cobwebs. Mahony claimed six points including two beauties from play. Six players got on the scoresheet for Denis Walsh’s men.

Sion staged a mini recovery on the resumption with four unanswered singles through Stephen Roche, Michael Gaffney, John Dee and Stephen O’Neill. Two Mahony frees halted that momentum however.

David O’Sullivan drove forward to tee up his brother Brian and the player of the hour tagged on another from near the sideline. The winners currently hold a twelve match unbeaten record in the Waterford SHC.

Scorers for Ballygunner: Pauric Mahony 0-9 (6fs), Brian O’Sullivan 1-5, Peter Hogan, Shane O’Sullivan, Billy O’Keeffe, Tim O’Sullivan 0-1 each.

Scorers for Mount Sion: Martin F O’Neill 0-4 (3fs), Stephen Roche 0-2; Mark Hoban, Stephen O’Neill, John Dee, Michael Gaffney, Owen Whelan 0-1 each.

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St Thomas 1-11
Gort 0-10

WHAT A DIFFERENCE 60 seconds can make, as this Galway senior hurling final turned in a minute in favour of St Thomas, who won the title for just the second time in their history.

Sean Skehill struck the crucial goal 14 minutes from time for the 2013 All-Ireland club champions, but seconds beforehand Gort’s Michael Mullins had a goal chalked out for a square ball at the other end.

In a game that was ruined by the strong wind and lashing rain throughout, both teams were fortunate to only have one man each sent off, with Gort’s Tadhg Linnane and St Thomas’ Gerald Kelly both shown straight red cards in added-time.

Playing against a stiff breeze on a very wet surface, St Thomas looked to be the sharper team from the off, but they struggled to show that dominance on the scoreboard.

Aiden Helebert gave Gort the lead in the fourth minute, but seconds later former Galway senior James Regan levelled matters from distance.

Pakie Lally and David Sherry battle for possession.

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A Conor Cooney free was matched by one from Helebert as the sides were level at 0-2 each after ten minutes.

The freetakers soon exchanged frees again, but Gort goalkeeper Gavin Lally came to his side’s rescue after 16 minutes with a brilliant save to deny Sean Skehill.

Bernard and Darragh Burke did manage to open out a two-point lead for their side, but Gort hit the last three scores of the half, two of which came from Paul Killilea, to take a 0-7 to 0-6 lead at the break.

In a battle of the placed ball experts, Conor Cooney put St Thomas on the road to victory with three brilliantly struck frees from distance as they took over in the second half.

But after Michael Mullins’ goal was disallowed, and Skehill struck at the other end St Thomas’ eased to a second title in five years.

Scorers for St Thomas: C Cooney 0-6 (6f), S Skehill 1-0, B Burke 0-2, Darragh Burke 0-1, J Regan 0-1, B Farrell 0-1.

Scorers for Gort: A Helebert 0-8 (6f), P Killilea 0-2.

St Thomas:

1 Patrick Skehill

2 Fintan Burke
4 Cathal Burke
10 Eanna Burke

12 James Regan
5 Shane Cooney
7 Donal Cooney

13 Bernard Burke
8 David Burke

11 Conor Cooney
6 Darragh Burke
9 David Sherry

14 Brendan Farrell
3 Sean Skehill
15 Kenneth Burke

The teams march behind the band before the game.

Source: Mike Shaughnessy/INPHO

Subs:
19 Gerald Kelly for Darragh Burke (52)
6 Darragh Burke for Sherry (54)
17 Anthony Kelly for Sean Skehill (57)
22 Colin Fallon for K Burke (64)

Gort:

1 Gavin Lally

2 Taghg Linnane
3 Mark McMahon
4 Michael Cummins

5 Pakie Lally
22 Greg Lally
6 Aidan Harte

7 Sylvie Og Linnane
9 Jack Grealish

10 Paul Killilea
11 Albert Mullins
12 Aidan Helebert

13 Richie Cummins
14 Michael Mullins
8 Jason Grealish

Subs:
24 Gerard O’Donoghue for Killilea (33-35)
24 Gerard O’Donoghue for M Mullins (35)
15 Wayne Walsh for Greg Lally (48)

Referee: Leonard Fay (Athenry).

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THE DEATH HAS occurred this morning of the Mickey ‘The Rattler’ Byrne, a five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with Tipperary, at the age of 93.

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The Rattler enjoyed plenty triumphs with Tipperary as part of the All-Ireland winning setups in 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1958.

He also won four Munster senior hurling medals and eight National hurling league medals.

At club level he lined out for Thurles Sarsfields and was part of a team who were immensely successful. He won a record haul of 14 county senior hurling medals and 16 Mid-Tipperary senior hurling medals.

In 1999 Byrne was named at right corner-back on the Tipperary Team of the Millennium and at the time of the passing he was also President of the Thurles Sarsfields club.

Tipperary county board chairman Michael Bourke paid tribute to the late ‘Rattler’.

“Mickey Byrne better known as The Rattler was a unique character whose death leaves a huge void in the annals of Tipperary Hurling and Folklore.

“As Tipperary County Board Chairman, I am privileged to have known The Rattler and to see at first hand the charisma and warmth that he exuded to everyone in his presence.

“His record on the hurling playing fields speaks for itself and will stand the testament of time for one who dedicated his life to Tipperary and his club Thurles Sarsfields.

“While we all mourn the sad loss of Mickey his loss will be felt most by those who loved him and knew him the best, his family.

“On behalf of Tipperary County Board I extend our heartfelt condolences to the Byrne family and also to his club, Thurles Sarsfields, on the sad passing of Mickey. His family have lost a father while Tipperary hurling has lost another of its greatest sons.”

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ON THE OUTSKIRTS of Ennis, a five-minute drive from the town heading West, lies the village of Ballyea.

Well-known faces such as 2013 Hurler of the Year Tony Kelly and former All-Star Tony Griffin come from here but it’s a club with a football twist.

Club chairman Paddy Moylan rattles through the team-sheet and the list contains some familiar names, Kelly and Gary Brennan chief among them.

In 2016, Kelly was joint-captain of Davy Fitzgerald’s Clare senior hurlers, while Brennan captained the footballers to an All-Ireland quarter-final appearance.

You can drive to neighbouring Clondegad in a matter of minutes from Ballyea.

Clondegad is football country but many of their players are also proficient with stick and small ball.

Brian Carraig’s corner back for Ballyea, James Murphy plays at wing-back and Eoin Donnellan’s at full-forward.

Former Clare star Tony Griffin lined out in the 2003 county SHC final for Ballyea.

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Then there’s Brennan, the All-Star football nominee who’s expected to line out at centre forward in the county SHC final against Clonlara.

A couple of years ago, the talk in Clare was that Fitzgerald had set his sights on Brennan for the hurlers, on the back of some barnstorming displays at full-forward for Ballyea.

So that’s four Clondegad men on the Ballyea hurling team, while Kilmihil, 20 minutes from Ballyea, are represented by Stan Lineen, Ballyea’s captain incidentally, and corner forward Pat Joe Connolly.

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In the other corner, Cathal Doohan is a club footballer with Lissycasey and you have Pearse Lillis at wing-forward, a Clare senior footballer who lines out for Cooraclare at club level in the big ball code.

Goalkeeper Kevin Sheehan, corner back Joe Neylon, full-back Jack Browne, wing-back Gearóid ‘Gudgy’ O’Connell, centre back Paul Flanagan, flying midfielder Kelly and wing-forward Niall Deasy are Ballyea born and bred.

Pearse Lillis shoots for goal in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final defeat to Kerry.

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Kelly, Browne, O’Connell and Flanagan have all worn the Clare senior shirt with distinction in recent times, and are All-Ireland U21 medallists.

But the reason why players from football clubs are lining out for Ballyea, a hurling club, is quite simple, as Moylan explains.

“Ballyea is a hurling club only, we don’t have football.

“Gary (Brennan) lives in Ballyea but he’s predominantly a footballer.

“We’re on the western periphery of hurling in Clare. To the west of us is football only, there are no hurling clubs.

Ballyea’s Jack Browne in action for Clare.

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“That’s why we would have some footballers coming into Ballyea. It’s either don’t play hurling or come to us.

“But these guys love their hurling, and have played hurling with Ballyea since they were kids. They would have started with the U8s and U10s.

“And so while Clondegad is right beside us, three or four minutes between us, rather than a dual club, you have two clubs (one hurling, one football).

“There have been attempts to start hurling clubs in West Clare but there’s isn’t enough of a demand.”

Ballyea have never won the Canon Hamilton Cup and today’s final marks their first time on the big stage since 2003, when Griffin was in his pomp.

“At that stage, we were senior B,” Moylan recalls.

“We got a good run in the senior B and that got us into the quarter-finals of the senior A. We got a run to the final, lost to Clarecastle, and lost the senior B final that year as well.

“In 2004, we won the senior B final and went senior A. We’ve been senior A, senior B ever since.”

In recent years, Ballyea have been knocking hard at the door, contesting county quarter-finals and a semi-final but struggling to make that final step.

Now they’re here, thanks a county quarter-final victory over Crusheen and a last four success against Feakle.

Clonlara celebrate county SHC glory in 2008.

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Clonlara are 8-15 favourites, flip the numbers and you can have a punt on Ballyea, and while Moylan acknowledges the scale of the task at hand, he’s quietly confident.

“Clonlara last won the Canon Hamilton in 2008 but they’d been knocking on the door before that, and were beaten finalists last year.

“Every line on their team has serious county players. We’re up against it but it’s good to be there and it’s still 15 on 15 come Sunday. We’ll do our best.

“The local school are really behind this, and the entire parish. The kids are really enjoying it – it’s an All-Ireland for the kids from the parish. They would know all the lads, which makes it that bit more special for them.”

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Monaleen players celebrate winning the Limerick county senior final

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COLM O’ROURKE HAS guided Simonstown Gaels to their first Meath senior final since 2004 with a semi-final win against Gaeil Colmcille in Navan today.

The Sunday Game analyst and former county star’s charges edged a tight affair by 0-14 to 0-12 at Pairc Tailteann.

Colm O’Rourke has guided Simonstown Gaels back to a county final.

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Kells club Gaeil Colmcille’s wait for a return to the county final continues — they haven’t reached a decider since 1991.

Navan’s Simonstown Gaels will face Donaghmore/Ashbourne or Skyrne in the county final with the second semi to take place tomorrow afternoon in Navan.

Elsewhere, Monaleen’s remarkable season got even better as the club secured their first football title since 2011.

Monaleen recently won the Limerick premier intermediate hurling title to secure their status as a dual senior club next season.

And their footballers beat heavyweights Dromcollogher-Broadford in this evening’s county final by 2-14 to 1-11.

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Mourneabbey 3-5 St Val’s 2-7

MOURNEABBEY’S LADIES FOOTBALLERS have completed a remarkable three-in-a-row with a thrilling one-point victory in today’s Cork championship final against St Val’s.

The Clyda side have been defeated in the last two All-Ireland finals but keep coming back for more.

Today’s result also compounds the misery of Val’s who have now lost in three successive county finals to Mourneabbey who had county stars Ciara and Doireann O’Sullivan among their ranks.

It was an evening full of drama at CIT, Mourneabbey’s Ellie Jack getting the first goal of the game with just one minute on the clock.

Jack added another in the first half and Mourneabbey were well in control at half-time, leading 3-3 to 1-4.

The champions couldn’t shake off Briege Corkery’s Val’s though, who kept chipping away at their lead.

However, after a nervy finale Mourneabbey held on for another impressive victory.

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Breaffy 1-14 Crossmolina Deel Rovers 0-11, Knockmore 0-10 Aghamore 0-8

MAYO STARS AIDAN O’Shea, Conor O’Shea and Rob Hennelly were all on target as Breaffy advanced to the semi-finals of the Mayo SFC this afternoon.

Tommy O’Reilly got the all-important goal in the second half as Breaffy secured a 1-14 to 0-11 win against Crossmolina Deel Rovers.

The two O’Sheas were heavily involved at MacHale Park for last year’s finalists while goalkeeper Hennelly scored with two long-range frees.

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They will be joined in the semi-finals by Kevin McLoughlin’s Knockmore after they clinched a two-point victory against Brendan Harrison’s Aghamore.

Alan Freeman kicked five points for Aghamore but it was McLoughlin’s side who ultimately prevailed.

There is another double-header of quarter-finals tomorrow afternoon with reigning Connacht and Mayo champions Castlebar Mitchels taking on Andy Moran’s Ballaghaderreen (14.00) and Ballintubber in action against Garrymore (15.30).

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