Offaly have been promoted to Division Three after defeating Antrim by 1-13 to 1-7 at Tullamore this afternoon.

The win sees the Faithful County secure runners-up spot in the bottom tier and they will now face Longford in the Division Four final on April 25th.

Longford, meanwhile, who were already assured of promotion, maintained their unbeaten record as they finished out the campaign with a six-point victory over Carlow at Dr Cullen Park, 1-18 to 1-12.

Today's other match in the division saw London stun Wicklow at Baltinglass, 2-8 to 0-12.

Offaly - A Mulhall; B Darby, J Ledwith, D Brady; N Darby, J Moloney, J O'Connor; G Guilfoyle (0-3), N Smith; E Carroll, N McNamee, A Sullivan; B Allen (0-6, 3f), N Dunne (1-1, 0-1'45), W Mulhall (0-3, 1f). Subs: E Rigney for J Ledwith, P Cunningham for W Mulhall, J Evans for N Dunne, N Bracken for B Allen.

Antrim - C Kerr; J Laverty, C Burke, D Lynch; C McGuinness, R Johnston, T Scullion; B Hasson, O Gallagher; C Murray, CJ McGourty (1-4, 0-4f), M Fitzpatrick; J Crozier (0-1), M Pollock (0-2, 1f), R Murray. Subs: P McBride for D Lynch, D McAleese for R Murray, N McKeever for M Fitzpatrick, R McGrady for O Gallagher, J Carron for B Hasson, M Kane for P McBride (BC).

Referee - L Devenney.

***

Longford - G Higgins; F Battrim, T Gallagher, B Devine; A Rowan, C Farrelly, D Brady; B Gilleran (0-1), C Quaine; S Doyle (0-1), M Quinn (0-2), P Gill (0-2); R McNerney (0-5, 2f), B Kavanagh (0-6, 3f), L Connerton (0-1). Subs: P McKeon for B Gilleran, D Reynolds (1-0) for S Doyle, R McIntyre for P Gill, B O'Farrell for D Brady, R Connor for A Rowan, F McGee for C Quaine.

Carlow - R Molloy; BJ Molloy, S Redmond, K Nolan; M Fitzgerald, D St Ledger (0-1), B Kavanagh; S Gannon (0-3), D Foley; A Kelly (0-1), J Murphy (1-1), D Hayden; E Finnegan, B Murphy (0-2, 1f), D O'Brien (0-1). Subs: D Kelly for B Kavanagh, C Moran (0-1) for E Finnegan, D Moran for M Fitzgerald, H Gahan for D Foley, E McCormack (0-2f) for B Murphy, M Meaney for J Murphy.

Referee - J Bermingham.

***

London - D Traynor; P Butler, P Galvin, M Walsh; D McGreevy, C Carty, D McCarthy; C Greene, M Carroll (1-0); S Conroy (0-2f), M Gottsche (0-1f), B Smith; A O'Hara (1-3), L Mulvey (0-1f), P McGoldrick (0-1). Subs: J Finn for S Conroy, A Moyles for P McGoldrick, B Kavanagh for D Traynor, S Devine for P Butler (BC), S Buckley for B Smith.

Wicklow - A Murphy; P Cunningham, A McLoughlin (0-1), B Kennedy; C Murphy, P McLoughlin, K Murphy; D Woods, D Healy (0-1); M Kenny, S Kelly, D Hayden; P Cronin (0-2), T Kelly (0-1), J McGrath (0-6, 5f, 1'45). Subs: R O'Brien for D Woods, P McWalter for M Kenny, P Byrne for T Kelly, M Mangan (0-1) for K Murphy, C French for D Hayden, K Rogers for C Murphy.

Referee - G McCormack.

Tweet

Most Read Stories