All-Ireland Club IFC: Naomh Eanna and Kilcummin are Croker bound
January 20, 2019
The Kilcummin players celebrate with the Munster club IFC trophy at Mallow
Naomh Eanna of Antrim and Kerry’s Kilcummin will contest this year’s All-Ireland Club IFC final at Croke Park on Saturday, February 9th.
Naomh Eanna booked their final ticket courtesy of an impressive 3-9 to 0-11 semi-final success over An Spideal of Galway at Pairc Tailteann today.
First-half goals from Kristian Healy (2) and Joe Maskey boosted the Ulster champions into a 3-4 to 0-7 interval lead and they maintained their grip on proceedings throughout the second-half.
Kilcummin, meanwhile, edged out Two Mile House of Kildare by 0-11 to 0-10 at the Gaelic Grounds.
The Kerry champions overcame a slow start which saw them concede the first three points of the contest to take an 0-8 to 0-6 lead into the break.
It was nip and tuck throughout the second-half but they held on to win by the narrowest of margins with a long range Philip Casey free proving to be the difference between the sides at the final whistle.
The loss of Kildare star Peter Kelly to a black card early on proved costly for the Leinster champions.
Naomh Eanna - P Flood; K Jennings, D Gault, M McNamee; C Lyttle, J McAuley, C McAuley; E Gibson, J Maskey (1-0); P Healy, R Scott (0-1), K Healy (2-0); M Morgan, O Eastwood (0-7, 6f), E Nagle (0-1). Subs: C O'Neill for M Morgan, P Curran for E Gibson, D Walsh for O Eastwood.
An Spideal - M Breathnach; E O Droighneain (0-1), E O Conlain, L Kelly; C O Laoi, M O Curraoin, S O Droighneain; D Mac An Ri, P E O Curraoin (0-1); S O Curraoin (0-1), A O Laoi (0-4f), L O Conghaile; B Connolly, C Lee (0-3f), C O Caoimh. Subs: B Mac Cathmhaoil for E O Droighneain (BC), A O Curraoin (0-1) for L O Conghaile, A O Droighneain for C O Caoimh (BC).
Referee - N Cullen.
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Kilcummin - B Kealy; D Maher, D Moynihan, C O'Leary; W Maher, P Casey (0-2f), S O'Leary; K Murphy (0-2), K Gorman; S McSweeney, G O'Leary (0-1), P Nagle; N Duggan (0-3, 2f), I Devane, M Keane (0-3). Subs: K Teahan for P Nagle, D O'Leary for W Maher, J McCarthy for I Devane, K McCarthy for N Duggan.
Two Mile House - D Cordonnier; A May, W Burke, F Breen; J Collins, M Kelly (0-1), N Sherry; C Doolan (0-1), P Kelly (0-2); T O'Connor, C Healy (0-2), A Cregg; C Keogh, M Sherry, A Casey (0-4f). Subs: S Darcy for M Kelly (BC), G Burke for J Collins, S White for A Cregg, J Darcy for C Keogh.
Referee - B Judge.
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