Senior League Semi-finals

Drom-Inch 5-24

Nenagh Eire Og 1-02

It was a very one-sided affair in Drom-Inch GAA on Saturday last as Drom-Inch blitzed an under strength and very young Nenagh Eire Og outfit to march into the league final. The county champions dominated from the offset with Mary Bourke excellent in attack and together with Anne Eviston and Antoinette Kennedy the points started to fire over. Two first half goals from Mary Bourke and Anne Eviston increased Drom-Inch’s lead with the Nenagh defence having no answer to the onslaught. A brilliantly taken point from Eabha O’Brien was the highlight of the half for Nenagh who trailed the home side 2-16 to 0-1 at the break. Credit to the young Nenagh side they fought until the final whistle despite Drom-Inch’s dominance. Their hardwork paid off with a goal from Ciara Morris in the second half. They were unlucky not to have a second goal but Drom-Inch keeper Ciara Dempsey was on hand to save a Nenagh penalty. Drom-Inch will now go on to meet Eire Og Annacarty in the league final.

Eire Og Annacarty 0-16

Silvermines 1-08

In a keenly contested opening half Annacarty led Silvermines 6 points to 4 at half time on Saturday in the Senior League semi-final. The Silvermines scores coming from Eimear Murphy, Sarah Madden and Rebecca Forde. Both sides exchanged further points at the start of the second half before a Joanne O’Brien goal on the 40^th minute put Silvermines into the lead 1-07 to 9 points. The goal seemed to spring Annacarty into life and they responded brilliantly with 4 unanswered points to swing the lead back in their favour 13 points to 1-7. In the final quarter Silvermines struggled to break down the Annnacarty defence and could only muster a further point before the end of the game. Both sides produced a very tough physical game of camogie but Annacarty’s greater scoring threat and ability up front ensured they ran out 5 point winners. Leah Heffernan produced a brilliant second half performance at full forward with some lovely taken points off both her left and right. For Silvermines Aisling Carey was excellent in goals denying Annacarty a green flag on a number of occasions. Maria Moroney and Sarah Madden were also very good. For Annacarty Orla O’Brien was excellent in midfield while Ciannait Walsh and Orla Walsh were also standout performers while Siobhan O’Neill was excellent on the frees.

Silvermines: Aisling Carey, Anna Stapleton, Neassa Murray,Maria Moroney, Eimear Murphy,Louise McLoughlin, Aine Tuohy, Miriam Murphy, Rachel Kennedy,Elaine Murphy,Sarah Madden, Nicola Butler, Rebecca Forde, Ciara Ryan, Ciara Grace, Subs used: Joanne O’Brien, Abbie O’Dwyer, Ciara Malsh

Intermediate League Semi-finals

Boherlahan Dualla 2-08

Kilruane MacDonagh's 1-07

Played in Kilcommon in glorious sunshine on Saturday evening May 7^th, this game was closely contested all through. Kilruane started the better and led by 2 points to 1 after 5 minutes of play. Boherlahan however were to score the next 3 points with Emma Horgan accurate from frees. Clodagh Horgan finished a great passing movement to put Boherlahan 1-05 to 0-03 clear after 20 minutes and maintained this 5 point lead at halftime , leading 1-06 to 0-04.

An Amy Quinlisk free to the net followed by a Lisa Cahill point put just 2 points in it after 40 minutes but another Boherlahan goal 2 minutes later by Leah Baskin gave Boherlahan the cushion they were not to relinquish. Amy Quinlisk had scored a hat-trick of goals against Boherlahan in their Group game so Boherlahan marked her very tightly in this fixture. Shauna Heffernan and Lisa Cahill were very busy for Kilruane with Sarah Delaney winning a lot of 50/50 ball for Boherlahan in the centre forward area. Lauren Horgan made an important late save as Kilruane pressed late on. Ali O’ Kelly narrowed the gap with a point. Boherlahan’s passing out of defence and up front when running at Kilruane was very effective.

Boherlahan Dualla now face Newport  / Ballinahinch in the final due for Saturday evening May 14^th.

Newport Ballinhainch 5-12

Toomevara 5-04

Newport Ballinahinch will play Boherlahan Dualla in the Intermediate league final after an 8 point victory over Toomevara. Amazingly both sides raised 5 green flags each throughout the hour. Toomevara goals came from Mary Flaherty and two each from Katie Ryan and Laoise Cummmins.

Toomevara: Sarah McCarthy, Joanne O’Farrell, Lauren Ryan, Jennifer Ryan, Jillanne Quirke, Sheila Ryan, Niamh McCormack, Laura O’Meara, Gemma McCarthy, Mickayla Doran, Shauna Quirke, Laoise Cummins, Aisling McCormack, Mary Flaherty, Laura Bergin.

Junior A League Final

Kiladangan 2-10

Holycross Ballycahill 1-10 (AET)

All roads led to Puckane for the Junior A League County Final between Holycross Ballycahill and Kiladangan. The spectators were treated for a cracker of a game with extra time needed before a winner could be declared. Kiladangan’s Maria Minehan opened the scoring with a point from play, moments later Elaine Brennan levelled the score with a point for Holycross Ballycahill. Kiladangan’s Emma Mulqueen and Eva Seymour added two more points to the scoreline, however Holycross Ballycahill’s Linda Fanning added 4 more points, one from play, 2 converted frees and a 45 as the game ebbed and flowed back and forth. Kiladanagan dominated the last minutes of the half with a point each from Emman Cahalan and Emman Mulqueen before Meabh Ni Riain blasted a goal into the back of the Holycross Ballycahill net. One last point from Emma Gavin added to the Kiladangan tally resulting in a half time score of Holycross Ballycahill 0-5, Kiladangan 1-6.

The start of the second half saw Holycross Ballycahill make a blistering start. A brilliant passage of play between Julie Brennan, Sara Gleeson and Linda Fanning, saw Linda bury the ball into the back of the net. A free for Holycross Ballycahill saw Linda step up and convert another point. Kiladangan finally got on the scoreboard for the second half with a point from Paula Kelly. 2 more frees and a point from play saw Linda again add to the Holycross Ballycahill tally. Two excellent points from Kiladangan’s Emma Mulqueen and Paula Kelly had both teams level at 1-9 a piece at full time.

Extra time was a titanic battle however Kiladangan got off to the best possible start with a goal from Maria Minehan, followed by a point from Holycross Ballycahill’s Linda Fanning. Another 2 points from Kiladangan and one from Holycross Ballycahill, saw Kiladangan come out victorious with final score of Holycross Ballycahill 1-11, Kiladangan 2-11 after an exhilarating contest from two excellent sides.

Holycross Ballycahill: Sarah Ryan, Gemma O’Dwyer, Aisling Slattery (C), Claire McGrath, Clodagh Morris, Anna Gavin, Kate Dwan, Jodie Maher, Fiona Judge, Elaine Brennan, Katie Ryan, Julie Brennan, Roisin Comerford, Sara Gleeson, Linda Fanning, Siobhan Ryan, Mary Kate Cahill, Cathy Dundon, Mary Dwan, Mags Fanning, Dervla Flanagan, Bridin Ryan, Meabh Ryan

Kiladangan: Emma Cahalan, Theresa Collins, Chloe Culhane, Lisa Devery, Emma Gavin, Claire Gavin, Aoife Gleeson, Sara Grace, Eadaoin Hackett, Niamh Hackett, Margaret Hayes, Eimear Hogan, Paula Kelly (C), Meabh Kennedy, Ruth Kenney, Katie Lynch, Nicola McGrath, Michelle McLoughlin, Eimear Meagher, Jane Minehan, Maria Minehan, Cara Mulcahy, Oibhia Mulhall, Emma Mulqueen, Caoimhe Noonan, Meabh Ni Riain, Sorcha O Mahony, Kealy Power, Aoibheann Ryan, Ava Seymour, Sineard Seymour

Junior B Semi-final

Moycarkey -Borris 1-18

Portroe 1-06

Portroe lined out without 5 of their starting team knowing they would have it all to do up against last years county finalists. Moycarkey Borris stormed ahead and had 3 points on the scoreboard within 5 mins. Moycarkey’s movement and scoring ability saw them register 1-9 in the first half with 1-2 coming from Kate Ralph. It took Portroe until the 22^nd minute to register their first score a point from play from Yasmin Madden. This was followed by 2 pointed frees by Tishy O’Halloran leaving the half time score Moycarkey Borris 1-9 Portroe 0-3.

With a couple of positional changes in the second half Portroe’s forward line were gaining more possession. However Moycarkey’s midfield and half forward line were still causing a lot of problems for the Portroe defence. Emma O’Sullivan was excellent throughtour finishing with 5 points in total while Catriona Walsh, Clodagh Fallon and Rachel Ralph also got their names on the scoresheet. Moycarkey went on to score another 9 points in this second half while the experienced Tishy O’Halloran converted 3 points from frees and scored a goal in the last few minutes of the game for the North Tipp side. An impressive win for Moycarkey Borris to book their place in the league final where they will meet Cashel King Cormacs. They will be disappointed though to have finished the game with 13 players as a result of two yellow cards for Maria Kinane and a straight red card for Kate Ralph.

Portroe: Nessa O’Driscoll, Grace Kennedy, Geraldine O’Halloran, Aimee Murphy, Yasmin Madden (0-1), Tishy O’Halloran(1-5 (5F)) Sophia Madden, Claire O’Brien, Grace Mulrooney, Michelle O’Halloran, Elaine Reidy, Katie Ryan, Alanna Freeman, Aoibhe Ryan, Leila Madden. Subs: Lauren Quinn (45 mins for Sophia Madden), Molly Dower.

Moycarkey Borris: Molly O’ Dwyer, Kate O’ Keefe, Karen Mullins, Ellen Maher, Eva Carroll,Maria Kinane, Amy Callahan, Kate Ralph(1-03), Emma O’Sullivan(0-05), Catriona Walsh(0-4), Clodagh Fallon(0-2), Rachel Ralph(0-2), Caoimhe O’ Sullivan(0-), Berni Bergin, Alisha Kearney(0-1)

Junior B Semi-final

Cashel King Cormacs 2-14

Carrick Swans 2-05

Cashel booked their place in the Junior B league final thanks to a 9 point win against Carrick Swans. Cashel had a good spread of scorers with Clodagh Moloney finishing with 1-04, Clodagh O’Gorman 1-01, Keeva O’Donoghue 5 points, Hannah Butler 3 points and Ella Shelly 1 point. For Carrick Swans it was two substitutes that found the back of the net Cailin Powell and Lolo Corcoran. Sarah Connolly at centre forward finished with 3 points, while Kelly Ryan and Katie Murphy also scored a point each.

Carrick Swans: Cassidy Lonergan, Michelle King, Eibhlis Kennedy, Stephaine Clery, Katie Norris, Emer Walsh, Sarah Walsh, Kelly Ryan, Emma O’Halloran, Sarah Jane Brophy, Sarah Connolly, Sadie Haey, Katie P Murphy, Kayleigh Ryan, Sarah Waters. Subs used: Shannon Powell, Cailin Powell, Lolo Corcoran, Keelyn Ryan, Abbey O’Doherty, Niamh O’Halloran

Junior B2 semi-final

Annacarty  5-10

Ballybacon Grange 0-3

Despite the best efforts and plenty of fight from Ballybacon Grange they had no answer for a very strong Annacarty side who dominated the scoring and qualified for the final where they will meet the winners of Holycross Ballycahill and Shannon Rovers which was due to be played last night.