Carrigaline Under-Age GAA Celebrate a Successful Year

The Annual Awards Night of Carrigaline Under-Age GAA Club was held on Friday January 16th in the Club Pavilion. About 150 players from under-10 to under-16 along with many of their parents were in attendance. Guests of Honour included Very Rev. Fr Bertie O’Mahony P.P., Daithi O Donovan (Club President), Billy Walsh (Club Chairman), Mícheál McSweeney (Secretary of County Bord-na-nOg), Lorraine Houlihan (Principal, Scoil Mhuire Lourdes) and Peter Murphy (Intermediate Hurling Captain).
Before the Awards ceremony got under way sausages, chips and refreshments were served up to the players, thanks to the efforts of Tony Barry, Paddy Finn and helpers in the kitchen.
Under-Age Club Chairman, Bernie O Mahony welcomed everybody and paid tribute to the various teams, their mentors and parents who had contributed in making 2008 a most successful year. He paid a special tribute to the management and players of the Intermediate Hurling team who had brought the first adult County Title in either hurling or football to the club by defeating Bandon in the County Final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in October. He also thanked schools coach Pat Spratt for the great work being done in conjunction with the teachers in the local schools.

Each Guest of Honour spoke and complimented the club on the excellent work being done for the young people in the community and wished them well for 2009.
The various team managers complimented their playing panels, fellow-mentors and parents for their help, dedication and commitment throughout 2008 and then introduced the players as they came up to receive their medals from Intermediate Hurling captain, Peter Murphy.
Medals were presented to the various teams in recognition of their successes in Carrigdhoun competitions during 2008.
Under l6: Carrigdhoun Football Championship
Under I4: Carrigdhoun Hurling League
Under 12: Carrigdhoun Football League
Under 11: Carrigdhoun Hurling League
Under 10: Carrigdhoun Football League
Congratulations were extended to the following players who represented Cork and special presentations were made to them on behalf of the club by Dáithi O Donovan.
Fe15 Hurling: Robert O’Shea and Cillian McSweeney
Fe 15 Football: Michael Lynch, Stephen Dwane and Cillian McSweeney
Fe 14 Hurling: Killian McIntyre
Fe14 Football: Shane Griffin and Killian McIntyre
A special presentation was made by Chris Allen, on behalf of the under-16 players and their parents, to manager Eamonn Hennessy for the excellent and dedicated work he has done with that group of players over the past three years.
Following the presentations refreshments were served to the adults in the Club Lounge while the players had the opportunity to win some attractive spot prizes in the hall.

Carrigaline Under-Age GAA

Hurlers Advance in Féile

Féile Fé-14 Iomáint

Carrigaline 3-8 Ahan 2-5
Carrigaline made the long journey to Castletownkenneigh on Sunday afternoon last and following a very competitive game advanced to the second round of the Féile Iomáint where they will face fellow-Carrigdhoun side Sliabh Rua.
The home side made a dream start when they goaled in the first minute but Carrig fought their way back and a goal from Daniel O’Reilly enabled them to lead 1-5 to
1-3 at the interval.
In the second half Carrigaline continued to take the game to their opponents but poor shooting let them down. Further goals from Killian O’Mahony and Danny Cremin eventually sealed the win.
Best for Carrig on the day were Killian O’Mahony, Stephen McGuire, Jack Murphy, Brian Lynch and Darragh Corcoran.

City Fé-13 Football League

Carrigaline 2 -5 St. Michaels 0-13

It was always going to be a difficult encounter when Carrigaline welcomed last years county champions, St. Michaels, for their home city league game on last Saturday week. Both teams were unbeaten in this league campaign so far, so one record was going to give way. Michaels opened the better of the two teams by firing over a succession of four classy points with the only reply from Carrig being an Adam Coholan point. The Carrig defence was under severe pressure but the back line led by David Kirk and impressive goalkeeper Ryan Mc Carthy stood firm and kept a clean sheet. An excellent individual goal by midfielder Matthew O Reilly carrying the ball from the centre of the field passing the Michael’s back line and hitting the roof of the net brought Carrigaline back to level terms. Michaels hit a further five points but another point from Matthew left Carrigaline four points down at half time.
Carrigaline came out in a more positive manner in the second half and after conceding two early points laid siege to the Michaels goal. A long pass from the midfield found the unmarked Donal O Regan who scored Carrigaline’s second goal. Three more points, two from Brian Coakley and one from Adam Coholan had Carrigaline trailing by a single point. A last minute point for Michaels saw them taking the honours by two points.
On the day Carrigaline gave a great team performance with solid displays from Michael McGrath, Kieran Kavanagh and Brian Coakley. Unfortunately Darragh Buckley left the field of play after a collision and his presence was badly missed. The Carrigaline boys can be proud of their performance particularly in the second half.

Squad : Ryan McCarthy, Cathal Murphy, David Kirk, Kealen Daly, Darragh Buckley, Matthew O’Reilly, Kieran Kavanagh, , Eoin O’Connor, Daniel O’Reilly, Donal O’Regan, Brian Coakley, Mark Linehan, David Corkery, Michael McGrath , Adam Coholan, Jake Wilshire, Daniel Canty, Darren O’Mahony, Josh Cooney, Darragh Greally ( out through injury), Brion Noonan Jason Kiely,

Nemo Glas 1-0 Carrigaline 2-14

After the disappointment of the previous week losing narrowly to league leaders Michaels, it was important for Carrigaline to get back into winning ways. Carrigaline travelled to Trabeg to face what turned out to be a weak Nemo Glas team. Darragh Buckley lost the toss which meant that Carrig played against a strong breeze in the first half. This didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the Carrigaline players and they raced into a nine point lead at half-time. Full credit must go to stand in goalkeeper John Maxwell who showed impressive control in the goal. Carrigaline made changes at half time to ensure the squad was fully utilised. There were strong performances from the midfield pairing of Eoin O Connor and Daniel O Reilly and from the ever improving Mark Lenihan. After some well taken scores from Brian Coakley (0-4) and Matthew O Reilly (2-6) the Carrigaline side ran out comfortable winners on a scoreline of 2-14 to 1-0 .

Squad : John Maxwell, B Noonan, David Kirk, Daniel Canty, Darragh Buckley, Kieran Kavanagh, Mark Linehan, Eoin O’Connor, Daniel O’Reilly, Michael McGrath, Brian Coakley, Adam Coholan, Jason Kiely, Matthew O’Reilly, Josh Cooney, Gearoid O’Donovan, Darren O’Mahony and Darragh Greally.

City Fé- 12 Football League

Carrigaline (2) 6-9 Fermoy 2-3

Carrigaline travelled to Fermoy on Sunday 29th and came away with a good win. Fermoy led by four points before Carrig registered their first score, but a purple patch midway through the first half saw them score 2-3 without reply. Emmet O’Mahony was in total control at centre forward at this point and along with the midfield pairing of Adam Williamson and Elijah Harrington, ensured that Carrig went in ahead at half time. It was more of the same in the second half with James Lordan at full back and Cian Drynan on the wing playing excellently and when Dean Foley added a brace of goals, it was curtains for Fermoy.

Carrigaline (1) 4-8 Ballincollig 2-3

Carrigaline registered their second win of this league with a fine win over Ballincollig on Saturday 21st From the start Carrig were totally focused and played some great football. They could have led by more at half-time but for a misunderstanding at the back which gifted Ballincollig a goal. There was no let up in the second half however and they ran out deserving winners. This was good team performance but in particular Peter O’Reilly was back to his best form and Sean Gray ably handled the Ballincollig danger-man. Up front Evan Ryle was in fine form too and linked well with Stephen O’Reilly for the match’s best goal.

Carrigaline (1) 2-3 Douglas 3-9

Third game up in the City League for Carrig saw them lose to Douglas on Sunday 29th last. Management admitted afterwards that this was not the best performance from their team and that quite simply a number of players did not play well on the day. This is a fine Douglas side which will take some beating in the forthcoming championship, but Carrigaline, on their day, are well capable of matching their near-neighbours.

City Fé-11 Football League (Section 1A)

Carrigaline 5-6 Glanmire 3-6
This was a very entertaining game between two evenly-matched teams played at Glanmire on Saturday last. There were excellent displays for Carrig by Shay Simpson, Aaron Drinan, Chris Vaughan, Matty Aneiros, Chris Murray, Andy O’Reilly,Evan O’Brien and Naythan Coleman.

City Fé-11 Football League (Section 1B)

Carrigaline 5-8 Blarney 3-2
Carrigaline had a deserved win over Blarney at the latter’s venue on Friday evening last. Carrigaline were well on top throughout and had fine displays from full-back Dylan Quinn, David Stack, Declan and Kieran Maye, Shane Barry, Conor O’Driscoll, Michael Murphy, Malachy Armstrong, Luke McCabe and Mark Kent.

City Fé-15 Hurling League

Carrigaline hosted Nemo on Saturday last in their first City Hurling League game of 2009 and ran out convincing winners in an excellent team display.
Cillian McIntyre, Kevin O’Connell and Breifne Creedon were outstanding in a game in which all panel members contributed handsomely.

Fixtures (City Leagues)

Saturday April 4th
Under-11 Football v Nemo Dubh (Away) 2.00p.m.
Under-13 Hurling v Ballygarvan (Home) 4.00p.m.
Under-15 Hurling v Glen Rovers (Away) 4.00p.m.

Sunday April 5th
Under-11 Football v Ballinora (Home) 3.00p.m.

Carrigaline Under-Age GAA
A Feast of Football
Last weekend was a busy one on the playing fields for the young footballers of Carrigaline. The under-11’s had a very comfortable victory over Whites Cross in their first City League game. The under-12 teams were in action in the City and Carrigdhoun Leagues. The under-13’s recorded a good win over Ballincollig while the under-14’s also had a facile win over Bride Rovers in the first round of the Féile Peil. The under-15’s got back on the winning track with victory over Ballincollig in the City League while a depleted under-16 team went down to St Michaels in the County League.

City Fé-12 Football League

St. Michaels 0-3 Carrigaline 1 1-9

Carrig kicked off their City League Section 1 campaign with a comprehensive win over St. Michaels in Mahon on Saturday last. This was a big physical St. Michaels side but better football on the day ensured a good win for Carrig. There were good displays all through but Caleb O’Connell, Kieran Dwane and Oran Buckley particularly impressed.

Whitechurch 2- 8 Carrigaline 2 0-4

Carrig travelled to WhiteChurch for their first City League Section 2 game on Sunday 15th. It proved to be a hard day at the office. Whitechurch hit the front early and kept the pressure on throughout. In truth a number of players did not play up to form, with too much work being left to a few. Despite some trojan work from Adam Williamson in midfield, James Lordan at full back and substitute Elijah Harrington, the result was never in doubt.

Carrigdhoun Fé-12 Football League

Carrigaline Rebels 1-9 Ballinhassig 0-3

The first South East League Under 12 match on Monday 16th resulted in a good win for Carrigaline Rebels in Ballinhassig. Rebels were in control throughout and but for some wayward shooting, could have been much further ahead by halftime. Stephen Walsh, Cian Drinan and Colin Maguire showed well in the backline, while up front Emmet O’Mahony and Elijah Harrington always looked dangerous. The match was effectively sealed in a five minute period midway through the second half, when corner forward Simon Darcy rounded his man and rifled home the only goal of the match, quickly following this with a fine point.

City Fé-13 Football League

Ballincollig 0-1 Carrigaline 5-14

The Carrigaline under 13 footballers played their second city league game on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Ballincollig and recorded a comfortable win over the home side.
After two minutes Carrigaline opened the scoring with a well taken point by centre-back Matthew O Reilly. Four more points were added one each by B. Coakley and D. O Reilly and full forward M. McGrath taking the other two. Carrigaline were dominating the game at this stage with the half-back line and midfield well on top. A goal from the in-form full forward M. Mc Grath put Carrig totally in command. Such were their dominance that the score at half-time was 4-8 to no score.
Ballincollig played with the breeze in the second half but their fight-back never materialised. Carrigaline scored another 1-6 to win this game comfortably. Full forward M. McGrath, with a man of the match performance, scored two super goals and in all seven Carrigaline players got on the score sheet. However the real bonus of this win was the great team work of passing and unselfish play from the full back line all the way through to the full forward line.

Team. R Mc Carthy, D Greally. D Kirk, K Saly, K Kavanagh, M ‘O Reilly, D Buckley, E ‘O Connor, D ‘O Reilly, D ‘O Regan, B Coakley, G ‘O Donovan, D ‘O Mahony, M Mc Grath, J Kiely. Subs; J Maxwell, D Canty, J Cooney.

City Fé-15 Football League

Carrigaline 3-11 Ballincollig 1-3

The under-15 footballers got back to winning ways with this victory over Ballincollig at Carrigaline on Saturday last. Carrig were always in command in this game and led by 2-8 to 0-2 at the interval. Goalscorer, Louis Fitzgerald and Kevin Martin with three points were very sharp. Others to shine were Shane Griffin, Killian McIntyre, Paudie Kingston, and Jamie de Puis.

County Under-16 Football League

Carrigaline under-16’s found the going tough on Sunday afternoon last when they were beaten by St Michaels. Carrigaline, minus a number of regulars, put in a good first-half performance to be only trailing by a goal at the break after playing some excellent football. The second half was completely one-sided with Michaels taking some fine scores. Carrigaline, to their credit, fought to the end with Cillian McIntyre knocking over three outstanding points.

Under-16 Footballers off to a Good Start

County Under-16 Football League 2009.

Carrigaline 4-8 Pedlars Cross 1-9.

In Carrigaline’s first competitive outing of the year in this newly structured County Football League the game was in the balance until the final quarter when Carrigaline produced a storming finish helped by a brace of goals from Michael Lynch.
The first half was a tight affair; the West Cork team opened the scoring with two excellent points before Carrig settled into the game and started to dominate around the middle of the park with some excellent fielding from Jamie Kind, Stephen Dwane and Eoin Moynihan. Points from Robert O Shea, Dwane and Lynch had Carrig on level terms mid way through the 1st half and just before the break they stretched their lead when the on-fire Lynch rounded the corner back and from an acute angle sent his powerful shot to the net to take a two-point lead in at the break.
On the turn around the stiff breeze which aided Pedlars Cross in the opening half seemed to reduce itself to a puff for the second period and the home team took advantage, scoring 1-1 without reply to go 2 points ahead. As the game heated up nicely with some hard tackling, Carrigaline roared back into the game with great work from the backs and the midfield driving forward at every opportunity. The forwards were getting quality ball and they didn’t disappoint, scoring 3-3 in the final 20mins. Lynch and Cillian McIntyre goaled but it was a cracking goal from Cillian McSweeney with an awesome shot from 30 metres which went in off the crossbar that sealed this hard earned victory.

Carrigaline 5-10 Clonakilty 1-1.

Carrigaline Under-16’s produced another good performance to run out comfortable winners over a gallant Clonakilty team. This game started in perfect weather conditions but they deteriorated midway through the first half after a prolonged sleet shower.
Carrigaline with the aid of the breeze scored 2-6 during the opening half with goals from David Drinan and Michael Lynch and some excellent points from the other forwards after fine approach play.
Carrig continued where they left off in the second half and made full use of their bench with all subs keen to make an impression. They continued to take their scores right up to the end with Dylan O’Brien scoring 2-1 and points from Lynch, Moynihan and Drinan.

Mixed Fortunes for Under-15 Footballers

The Under-15 footballers got their City campaign off to a winning start when they proved too strong for Bishopstown at Carrigaline. They were well on top throughout this game and ran out comfortable winners on a 6-15 to 2-6 scoreline.
Peter Mullane was a tower of strength at centre-back while the two Shane Griffins played well. David O Donovan had his shooting boots on, notching two well-taken goals.

Carrig entertained Mallow and after a closely-fought and entertaining game the visitors took the league points on a 3-6 to 1-9 scoreline. Robert Foster had an excellent game at full-forward while Brian Lynch got the score of the game with a tremendous solo-point. Others to shine were Jason Brady at corner-back and midfielder Killian McIntyre.

Nemo 3-6 Carrigaline 1-9
This was a great game of football between two evenly-matched teams played at Trabeg.
Nemo led by 0-7 to 0-4 at the interval only for Carrig to draw level early in the second half. A two-goal burst from the home side saw them stretch into the lead once again. A tenacious fightback by Carrig yielded 1-3 to tie the scores once again. It was anybody’s game at this stage but it was the home side that snatched it with a last-gasp goal.
Best for Carrig were Jason Brady, Stephen McGuire, Jamie dePuis and Darragh Corcoran.
Shane Griffin suffered an unfortunate injury in this game which will keep him out of action for a number of weeks. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back to full fitness as soon as possible.

Under-13’s Hang on for Victory

The Under-13 footballers got their City League campaign off to a winning start on Saturday last when they overcame visitors Inniscarra on a 3-4 to 2-5 scoreline.
Carrig were well in control in the opening period and played a good brand of combined team football which put them into a 2-3 to 0-0 half-time lead. Brian Coakley goaled from the penalty-spot and Daniel O Reilly got the other major to give them a comfortable lead.
The second half proved far from comfortable as Inniscarra came back strongly and it took a fisted goal from Adam Coughlan near the end of the game to clench victory for Carrig.
Corner-backs, Darren O Mahony and Cathal Murphy were very dependable throughout while David Kirk and Matthew O Reilly formed a strong central defensive spine. Full-forward, Micheal McGrath also had a fine game.