Clare 1-26
Limerick 2-18
Eoin Brennan reports from Gaelic Grounds
CLARE SECURED THEIR first Munster intermediate title in five years after a storming finish eventually brushed off the challenge of hosts Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds this evening.
Extra time was required to finally separate these neighbours after a compelling seesaw battle throughout.
However, despite twice being reduced to 14 men in normal and extra time, it was the Banner county who finished much the stronger to secure only their second ever provincial intermediate title.
In an evenly-matched opening half, both sides had their periods of dominance before Limerick’s injury-time haul of 1-1 ensured parity by the break.
The influential Ronan Lynch, who started at centre-forward opened the scoring after 40 seconds only for Feakle duo Shane McGrath and Oisin Donnellan to raid for 1-4 over the next ten minutes including a 10th minute goal from the latter who shrugged off his marker to fire to the left corner at 1-4 to 0-3.
Up the other end, goalkeeper Daniel Vaughan produced an excellent save to deny Aaron Gillane, only for the Patrickswell man to finally billow the net in the 19th minute after a clever pass from David Dempsey to lower the arrears to the minimum.
Unanswered points from Ryan Taylor (2) and Davy Conroy offered the visitors a four point cushion as the half drifted into additional time.
However, a Pat Ryan solo goal and a fourth Lynch point saw Limerick tie up the game at 2-6 to 1-9 as the teams entered the dressing rooms.
It was a far more tense second period, particularly when Clare’s Dara Walsh was dismissed for two yellow cards in the space of 60 seconds in the 40th minute.
However, with Lynch uncharacteristically misfiring from placed balls, Limerick failed to build upon their numerical advantage as the sides were level of five occasions before extra time was forced by Clare corner-back Rory Hayes at 1-16 to 2-13.
Once Clare restored their full complement for extra time however, there was only going to be one winner as substitutes Shane Gleeson (5) and Ben O’Gorman (2) inspired their side to victory and a place in the All-Ireland final against either Kilkenny or Wexford on Saturday 6 August.
Scorers for Clare: Shane Gleeson 0-7 (4f); Shane McGrath 0-5 (4f); Oisin Donnellan 1-1; Davy Conroy 0-3; Ryan Taylor, Michael O’Neill, Ben O’Gorman 0-2 each; Kevin Hehir, Jason McCarthy, Danny Russell, Rory Hayes 0-1 each.
Scorers for Limerick: Ronan Lynch 0-6 (2f); Aaron Gillane 1-2 (2f); Willie Griffin 0-3 (2f, 1’65); Pat Ryan 1-0; Barry Murphy 0-2; Kevin O’Brien, Andrew La Touche Cosgrave, David Dempsey, Lorcan Lyons, Mark Carmody 0-1 each.
Clare
1. Daniel Vaughan (Tulla)
2. Rory Hayes (Wolfe Tones)
3. Eoin Quirke (Whitegate)
4. C Cooney (O’Callaghan Mills)
6. Aidan McGuane (Kilmaley)
5. Jason McCarthy (Inagh-Kilnamona)
7. Dara Walsh (Éire Óg)
8. David Conroy (St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield)
9. Kevin Hehir (Inagh-Kilnamona)
10. Oisin Donnellan (Feakle)
11. Shane McGrath (Feakle) (Captain)
12. Daragh Corry (Tulla)
15. Colin Crehan (O’Callaghan’s Mills)
14. Ryan Taylor (Clooney-Quin)
13. Michael O’Neill (Kilmaley)
Subs
21. Shane Gleeson (Cratloe) for Corry (HT)
19. Ben O’Gorman (Wolfe Tones) for Donnellan (43)
22. Danny Russell (Éire Óg) for Taylor (52)
20. Mark Lynch (Tulla) for McGrath (58)
23. Michael O’Shea (Smith O’Brien’s) for Crehan (68)
17. Eoin Enright (Kilmaley) for Hehir (74)
18. Shane Taylor (Broadford) for Lynch (79)
Limerick
1. Eoghan McNamara (Doon)
2. Mike Casey (Na Piarsaigh)
3. Barry Lynch (Feohanagh)
4. Sean Flanagan (Feohanagh)
7. Colin Ryan (Pallasgreen)
9. Lorcan Lyons (Monaleen)
5. Mark Carmody (Patrickswell)
11. William O’Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh)
12. Andrew La Touche Cosgrave (Monaleen)
10. David Dempsey (Na Piarsaigh)
6. Ronan Lynch (Na Piarsaigh)
8. Pat Ryan (Doon)
13. Aaron Gillane (Patrickswell)
14. Kevin O’Brien (Patrickswell)
15. Peter Casey (Na Piarsaigh)
Subs
24. Oisin O’Reilly (Kilmallock) for O’Brien (43)
21. Barry Murphy (Doon) for Ryan (54)
19. Willie Griffin (Adare) for Gillane (60)
20. Mike Fitzgibbon (Feohanagh) for R. Lynch (63)
8. Pat Ryan for O’Donoghue (70)
18. Darragh Fanning (Pallasgreen) for Casey (70)
Referee: Joe Larkin (Cork).
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Mike Ditka is an idiot. His response was entirely predictable.
Unsure where this protest is going. Aside from anything else, it’s been fun to see the likes of Ditka, Jerry Jones etc. get their knickers in a twist.
It really is quite scary how jingoistic some old people in America are. It’s a feckin national anthem lads, get over yourselves. There are things bigger than you or it.
Kapernick is fast turning into an absolute hero. There’s nothing wrong with being proud of your country and it’s military, but putting a flag and some quaint old song ahead of people’s lives has no place in today’s society.
Think the whole thing a class issue rather than a racial issue. The entire protest is a load of codswallop.
@ET PHONE HOME: Class and race go hand in hand in America
Facts please Stephen.
Not your opinion!
It’s marked as an opinion piece…
Hi Eddie,
A) It’s an opinion piece as Redzone has been for five years now.
B) It’s clearly marked as opinion piece.
C) As for facts, Keith Lamont Scott was shot dead by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer, Mike Ditka is an idiot and Colin Kaepernick has right on his side. Not sure what more ‘facts’ you need.
D) Have a nice evening.
Oooooo, that’s a deep burn Eddie….
Are those Eddie’s options? I would go with E. Read the piece first before commenting! I ain’t no journalist writer type person but it’s always best to leave out such things as calling someone ‘an idiot’, regardless of how true it may be, it just stoops to a level it doesn’t need to go. ‘The moral high ground to which you aspire could turn into into a slippery slope.’ As for my option… I’m gonna pick D.
Another fact might be that he had a gun and disobeyed both the police officer and his relative who were shouting at him to stop multiple times. Another fact might be that 5 white men were also shot dead by police the same day. Another fact might be that not one of those shootings resulted in race riots where black people were getting attacked by vicious mobs of whites, looting stores, destroying public and private property. A reactive opinion on those facts might be that were such riots were to take place the people perpetrating them would not be mollycoddled by the media and referred to as “protesters”. There are 2 sides to every story. I respect your opinions and thank you for writing the article but my personal assessment of the facts leads me to a conclusion different to yours. Which I am sure you will respect also.
What the some of the cops have been doing is totally wrong but there are 30 shootings plus a week in Chicago black/black crime and there has never been any protests about it.
They are all on the bandwagon at this stage. CK tryna be relevant because he hasn’t been that on a football field in almost 3 years
Colin Keapernick is performing a peace civil protest designed to engage. It’s worked, it seems blacks aren’t allowed to protest peacefully or with violence without criticism. Fyi, there have been many many protests about crime in Chicago and beyond. You just don’t hear about it, why? Because their black and Noone gives a chit….. until those protests are about the white establishment.
I think one thing everyone can probably agree on is that the race issue and trouble at the moment in the US is one hell of a complex , emotive and deeply polarising subject. Rights , wrongs , double standards and hypocrisy on both sides.
YouTube Shannon Sharpe he’s brilliant at explaining. You will understand it after.