Moy (Tyrone) 1-5
An Ghaeltacht (Kerry) 0-6
Jason O’Connor reporting at Semple Stadium
THERE WAS DRAMA at the end of an otherwise poor All-Ireland Intermediate Club Semi-Final, as a Colm Cavanagh ball and a Sean Cavanagh break provided the catalyst for Harry Loughran’s late goal in Moy’s victory over 14-man An Ghaeltacht.
The Kerry side led for most of a tight encounter, but it took 17 minutes for the game’s opening score to arrive through An Ghaeltacht’s PJ Mac Laimh, with a free from Sean M Ó Conchúir edging them further ahead.
Sean Cavanagh put Moy on the scoreboard in the 21 st minute and soon levelled matters from a free, but the Tyrone side missed four decent opportunities to take the lead, leaving both sides on two points apiece at the end of a turgid first-half.
The second-half’s first score came straight from the throw-in courtesy of Brian Ó Beaglaoich, but Cavanagh managed to draw a foul from Marc Ó Sé in responding for Moy.
Both All-Ireland winners got tangled up after An Ghaeltacht’s next score but the straight red card for Éanna Ó Conchúir was a bigger talking point in the 42nd minute as they appeared to be at a major numerical disadvantage.
An Ghaeltacht looked to have overcome that setback when a further Ó Beaglaoich point and a Sean M Ó Conchúir free put them 0-6 to 0-3 in front at the start of six additional minutes.
A late goal from Moy Tír na nÓg’s Harry Loughran to level the game! pic.twitter.com/PFRSA57DuG
— The GAA (@officialgaa) January 27, 2018
Loughran’s goal two minutes later changed matters however. He added a further point, while substitute Connall Duffy chipped in with an insurance score to claim a two-point win for Moy.
An Ghaeltacht were left to rue Mac Laimh putting a chance at salvaging matters wide but it is Moy who will go on to play Michael Glaveys of Roscommon in next Saturday’s
decider in Croke Park.
Scorers for Moy: Harry Loughran (1-1), Sean Cavanagh (0-3, 2f) and Connall Duffy (0-1)
Scorers for An Ghaeltacht: Sean M Ó Conchúir (2f) and Brian Ó Beaglaoich (0-2 each), PJ Mac Laimh and Dara Ó Sé (0-1 each)
Moy
1. Nathan Brady
2. Patrick Mackle
3. Tomás McNicholl
4. Thomas Conlon
5. Mark Gribbin
6. Niall Conlon
7. Eunan Deeney (Capt)
8. Colm Cavanagh
9. Tom Loughran
10. Declan Conroy
11. Harry Loughran
20. Emmet Rafferty
13. Ryan Coleman
14. Seán Cavanagh
17. Adam Currie
Subs:
15. Connall Duffy for Rafferty (46)
28. Diarmuid McKeown for Conroy (52)
An Ghaeltacht
1. Tomas Mac an tSaoir
2. Peter Paul Sauerland
3. Marc Ó Sé
4. Cathal Ó Luing
5. Brian Ó Beaglaoich
6. Pádraig Ó Sé
7. Colm Ó Muircheartaigh (Capt)
8. Roibeard Ó Sé
14. Eanna Ó Conchúir
10. Ciarán Ó Coileáin
11. Dara Ó Sé
12. PJ Mac Laimh
13. Tomás Ó Sé
17. Sean Ó Bambaire
15. Seán M Ó Conchúir
Subs:
19. Gearóid Mac an tSaoir for Mac Laimh (50)
12. PJ Mac Laimh for Sauerland (58)
18. Cathal Mac Gearailt for Ó Coileáin (60 +1)
Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
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I could get over them having wanted to play for England if they were going in fully committed, but the way Bamford seems to be yanking McCarthy’s chain has me seriously questioning him. In or out ffs. We’ve always been technically weaker than other teams but team spirit and commitment has generally been what’s bridged that gap. It can’t be under-valued or taken for granted. If he’s this non-committal, odds are he’s not going to give 100% when he comes in. That’s not to say being born and raised in Ireland is any guarantee of this. Just compare Jon Walters and Stephen Ireland. Bamford really not endearing himself though by ignoring Mick’s calls and the like.
@ScewMadd: totally agree! Whether you like Bamford for not he does have links to Ireland but the “I’ll consider my options” stuff is getting really old.
@ScewMadd: he’s had serious injuries. If Leeds lost him now then it would be disastrous for their promotion bid. Bamford stalling for the moment makes perfect sense. Leeds fans would never forgive him if an injury for Ireland against Gibraltar cost them the promotion they crave
@Stanley Baggins: completely agree I don’t want him near that Ireland squad until the season is over for Leeds.
I agree with Kevin Kilbane that Patrick Bamford’s first choice was England, but Ireland aren’t in a position to be picky right now. He’d be a very good addition to the Ireland squad at the moment.
@James Clancy: Spot on,yesterday’s squad announcement showed the squad needs to be supplemented with quality.
@James Clancy: not buying it, your either Irish or English, not just Irish when your not good enough for England
@emmetnichol: reality is vast majority of players would pick England over Ireland if they’ve been born and raised there. Its a more natural choice and u have your agent in your ear telling you how many more zeros on your career earnings it’ll make. Kilbane is the exception. He was immersed in Irish culture since birth.
Clinton could have played for the mighty Jamacia but he decided on us..legend
Granny rule players used to declare for Ireland because it put them in the shop window. If they nutmegged Baggio in a game then that often resulted in a move to Liverpool or Everton a few weeks later.
Today players even in the championship are on such nice money that they don’t need International football anymore to retire wealthy…. So when a great player wants to play International football for us where we pay nothing to them in return, even if they only decided at 25 years old to join, then we should still welcome them with open arms.
Sweet god… do we ever learn. Laughing stock..
You can only laugh at the very small minority who knock granny rule players when we’ve just named a squad containing the likes of Glen Whelan and Padraig Amond. No disrespect to those two at all who are wonderful professionals but they’re hardly Aldridge, Townsend, Houghton etc
Another Clinton Morrison, albeit a lot more talented
@Seán Ó’Sionúir: The Clint did very well for us.
@Seán Ó’Sionúir: you should watch the sky YouTube interview of Clinton on playing for Ireland. He’s was 100% committed to the irish setup from the outset, unlike wasters Bamford, Rice, Grealish, Noble, Nolan etc
@Facundo: you should leave Noble out of that list, he was approached and did the honourable thing and said he felt English so he wouldn’t declare for us.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
@Panch Murphy: Yeah and he also went out of his way to have a whisper in rice’s ear about declaring for England, along with rats John Terry, gold and sullivan, swaying his decision. Beautiful human beings, all 4 of them
Quality will improve by picking Irish players over English players starting at under age level