Results
Munster intermediate football final
- Cill na Martra (Cork) 3-12 Mungret St Paul’s (Limerick) 0-10
Ulster intermediate football final
- Cullyhanna (Armagh) 1-10 Ballyhaise (Cavan) 0-12
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CORK’S CILL NA Martra and Armagh’s St Patrick’s Cullyhanna lifted the provincial club intermediate football titles on offer today.
In the Munster final in Mallow, Cill na Martra had 11 points to spare over Limerick’s Mungret St Paul’s. Cork senior forward Dan Ó Duinnín scored 2-2 for the winners, managed by former Tipp and Roscommon boss John Evans.
Maidhc Ó Duinnín also raised a green flag for the Cork team who were ahead 2-9 to 0-1 at the break and in control.
Craobh Idirmheánach na Mumhan @MunsterGAA @OfficialCorkGAA @AIB_GAA
— Cill na Martra CLG (@GAACillnaMartra) December 10, 2023
Scór deiridh
Cill na Martra: 3-12(21)
Mungairit : 0-10(10)
Seaimpíní na Mumhan! Cill na Martra abú! ⚪🔵⚪
It was a tighter affair in Castleblayney as Armagh’s St Patrick’s Cullyhanna lifted the Ulster title with a 1-10 to 0-12 victory over Cavan’s Ballyhaise.
Captain Pearse Casey kicked the winning point, while Caolan Reavey scored the only goal of the game.
The provincial football action concluded with today’s finals and the line-ups have now been confirmed for the All-Ireland semi-finals in the various grades.
Those games will be played on the weekend of 6-7 January.
All-Ireland football semi-finals
Senior
- Castlehaven (Cork) v St Brigid’s (Roscommon)
- Glen (Derry)v Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin)
Intermediate
- Cill na Martra (Cork) v Castlerea St Kevin’s (Roscommon)
- St Patrick’s Cullyhanna (Armagh) v Allenwood (Kildare)
Junior
- Listowel Emmets (Kerry) v Lahardane MacHales (Mayo)
- Arva (Cavan) v Milltown (Kildare)
Great article. I’m sure some of the unions will snap him up
The IRFU should be hiring him, we’re badly in need of a top level ref.
@Jim Demps: Absolutely Jim some of the refs in the PRO14 over the last few years have been poor enough.
Doyle is certainly better than most of them imo.
@TL55: Since John Lacey stepped away we have been crying out for a top referee. Frank Murphy and Andrew Brace have a good bit to go to be considered top quality refs. I’m not a fan of George Clancy either but I thought he did a top notch job in the Leinster v Ulster game.
To think ben whitehouse is still reffing international games and pro 14 games
So much of good refereeing is in the communication to the players-in almost all sports and Doyle was good in that regard. I remember him reffing a Japan and Ireland senior game couple of years back which I couldn’t believe at the time but he didn’t do anything untoward and hopefully for him he’ll be back into the swing of things somewhere asap
@Baz: Alain Rolland regularly reffed France because he was registered as an Irish ref, there was also a Nordie ref registered as Scottish though he never popped up as a ref at men’s international level. The Scottish union could do a lot worse than hiring Doyle as they haven’t had an international level men’s XVs ref for yonks. Their best ref works the 7s series and some of the women’s tournaments, I think I’ve only seen him do maybe one pro14 game.
He’s a sound man, JP.
Hopefully he can stay in Rugby fulltime.
But what actually is a Gowl ?
@Daragh Curtis: An old wooden ship from the American civil war era.
@Cian Nolan: perhaps, but I don’t think this was what POM was referring to.
It’s a word for the female genitalia, interestingly enough (from yesterday’s Irish Times) from the Irish word gabhal meaning crotch. Gabhal mná apparently is the full version.
@Daragh Curtis: Robb Stark is one. You’re welcome
@Decko49: nailed it!
@Daragh Curtis: A gowl is essentially what the “C-word” is everywhere else.