ACL Div.2: Shandonagh 6-15 Mullingar Shamrocks 2-9
A heavy defeat for Mullingar Shamrocks in this ACL Div. 2 match played in Baltic, Artic or whatever other word is appropriate to convey the freezing conditions that the latest High Pressure visit brought.
Jake Costello opened the scoring for Shandonagh from the start but from the restart Neill Hannigan fielded superbly and set up Paul Keating who equalised. Shandonagh added two points and mid-way through the half added two killer goals courtesy of Brian Donnelly and Brian Kavanagh who intercepted the restart from Donnelly’s goal. Three kicks two goals and it looked ominous. A big block from Conor Fitzpatrick prevented an earlier goal. Two Ross Corroon points and one from Gavin Pierce revived hopes but goals from Jake Costello, Rory O’ Brien and Brian Donnelly and a two-pointer from Donnelly brought ominous back into play. Conor Heffernan cracked a shot off the crossbar before the break. It was great to welcome Conor back to action after 12-month absence due to a serious knee injury. Marc Eivers and Ryan Kelly got in a bit of training before the game and are progressing nicely and should be ready for before the season ends. Conor Heffernan wasn’t the only Conor to return to active service as Conor Fagan also made a welcome return.
Jake Costello opened the scoring for Shandonagh from the start but from the restart Neill Hannigan fielded superbly and set up Paul Keating who equalised. Shandonagh added two points and mid-way through the half added two killer goals courtesy of Brian Donnelly and Brian Kavanagh who intercepted the restart from Donnelly’s goal. Three kicks two goals and it looked ominous. A big block from Conor Fitzpatrick prevented an earlier goal. Two Ross Corroon points and one from Gavin Pierce revived hopes but goals from Jake Costello, Rory O’ Brien and Brian Donnelly and a two-pointer from Donnelly brought ominous back into play. Conor Heffernan cracked a shot off the crossbar before the break. It was great to welcome Conor back to action after 12-month absence due to a serious knee injury. Marc Eivers and Ryan Kelly got in a bit of training before the game and are progressing nicely and should be ready for before the season ends. Conor Heffernan wasn’t the only Conor to return to active service as Conor Fagan also made a welcome return.
The half-time score read 5-8 to 0-4 but to their credit, Shamrocks fought to the end and shaded the second half scoring. Conor Heffernan pointed at the start and Gavin Pierce collected the restart and pointed. Killian Mooney pointed; Tommy Daly and Gavin Pierce combined and Killian finished to the net. Tommy Daly was alert when the ball rebounded from the post and goaled before ‘Conor Heffernan’ and Gavin Pierce completed the Shamrocks total with a point each which brought our total to 2-9 (We did score 2-9!). In between Shandonagh topped up their half-time score and added 1- 7 to bring their total to 6-15.
Mullingar Shamrocks: Liam Flood; Ryan Blundell, Conor Fitzpatrick, Ben McNamee; Ronan Byrne Pearse Corroon, Matthew Shaw; Ciaran Kiernan, Andrew Shaw; Paul Keating (0-1), Killian Mooney (1-1), Neill Hannigan (Conor Fagan); Gavin Pierce (0-3), Ross Corroon (0-2) [Tommy Daly 1-0], Conor Heffernan (0-2) [Darragh Hughes].
Please Note: Change of Time
Mullingar Shamrocks Minor League game v St Lomans Gaa tomorrow (Thursday) will now throw in at 5.45 instead of 6.30 to facilitate players from both sides who are involved in the Musical.
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Under-16 League: Mullingar Shamrocks 5-6 Millmore Gaels 3-6.
