Mike O’Halloran on a historic day for Kilmoyley Hurling Club…
Kilmoyley 0-24
Courcey Rovers 0-21
A three point win for Kilmoyley over Courcey Rovers after extra time has crowned Kilmoyley Munster Intermediate Hurling Champions.
Kilmoyley were a point ahead after the first water break six points to five,at the second water break they were behind by two thirteen points to eleven.
Courcey Rovers led by four points on fifty minutes fifteen points to eleven, Kilmoyley fought back to end the game level seventeen points all to bring the game to extra time.
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It was nip and tuck in the first period of extra time but Kilmoyley went in at halftime in extra time two points up 0-19 to 0-21.
After four minutes of the second period, Courcey Rovers had drawn level 0-21 all, Kilmoyley went ahead in overtime by three points 0-24 to 0-21. Courcey Rovers had one last gasp effort when they were awarded a 65, but the 65 was driven low and Kilmoyley defended it well and they ran out winners to huge celebrations. Scroll down for photos…
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.Supporting Kilmoyley at Páirc Ui Sinn on Sunday. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
Mike O’Halloran on Kilmoyley’s win yesterday in the Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship semi-final at Páirc Ui Rinn…
Kilmoyley 1-12
Dunhill 2-07
What a fantastic result for the Kilmoyley men.
They used all their resilience, power, skill and self belief to overcome the Waterford champions in a titanic struggle to the end.
Kilmoyley went to the first water break on level terms with Dunhill 1-01 0-04. The Dunhill goal came from their impressive corner forward Eamonn Murphy after he won the ball behind his man and blasted to the net.
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By halftime, Kilmoyley were ahead by two points 1-07 to 1-05, the Kilmoyley goal coming from a touch by their goal poacher supreme Maurice O’Connor just before halftime.
Supporting Kilmoyley at Páirc Ui Sinn on Sunday. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
In fairness, Kilmoyley needed that goal as they were under pressure. By water break two Kilmoyley held the most slender of leads 1-10 2-06.
It was nip and tuck till the end with Dunhill driving long balls into the Kilmoyley square in the hope that their very dangerous full forward Shane Casey might bag another goal to add to his earlier one, but Kilmoyley stood firm and managed the tense ending in the way they can.
Supporting Kilmoyley at Páirc Ui Sinn on Sunday. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
Kilmoyley introduced Matthew Flaherty to curb the threat of Cillian Bonner and also introduced Robert Collins who used his power to settle things around the half forward line.
Scorer in chief Daniel Collins bagged 0-07, Maurice O’Connor stuck 1-03, Adrian Royle tapped over 0-01 and Tom Murnane added 0-01.
Supporting Kilmoyley at Páirc Ui Sinn on Sunday. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
Kilmoyley will be happy to get out of Cork with a win while not playing at their best. They can now face the final with Courcey Rovers in the confidence that they have room to improve. Courcey Rovers had a one point win over Mungret St Pauls 1-18 to 1-17 after extra time.
.Michael Curran with his Hall of Fame award presented by Chairman of Kilmoyley GAA Club Joe Walsh. At back is Mike Curran, Bridie Curran, David Clohessy and Pat Dineen, Chairman of North Kerry Hurling Board at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
WHILE the ‘big one’ wasn’t on show this year, around 120 of the Kilmoyley GAA faithful showed up in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night for their annual social.
The seniors came agonisingly close to winning the county championship in 2018, but they’ll be back this summer to try and claim a 25th senior title said Chairman Joe Walsh.
“We’ll have a few players back from injury this year so we’d be hoping to be challenging in the latter stages of the championship again.”
With regards to the next generation of hurlers in the parish, Joe said it’s challenging at the moment.
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“Numbers are very tight in the underage teams. Last year we went in with St Brendan’s in the minors and we may have a similar situation again this year,” said Joe.
A number of awards were presented including the Hall of Fame to Michael Curran, the Senior Player of the Year to Kieran McCarthy and James McCarthy was Intermediate Player of the Year.
Presentations on the night were included Intermediate North Kerry Championship Medals, Intermediate North Kerry League Medals, Senior North Kerry Leage Medals, while special guests on the night are Kilmoyley Players with All Ireland Minor B Hurling Medals. Scroll down for photos…
Aine Quane and Eilis Gillespie at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Caroline and Brendan Harris at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot CreanJohn McCarthy, Triona Brassil and Gavin O’Connor at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Nora and Declan Lovett at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot CreanPat and Mary Griffin and Bridie Curran at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.TJ and Fiona Harris and Christy Walsh at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot CreanAidan McCabe and Kelly O’Shea at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Tom Nolan and Mary Ryan with Fr Francis Nolan at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot CreanMaurice and Oonagh Murnane at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.
.Chairman of Kilmoyley GAA, Joe Walsh, presents the Hall of Fame Award to Denis Treacy at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Also included is Denis’ daughter Maureen and her husband Timmy Spillane. Photo by Dermot Crean
IT wasn’t a vintage year for Kilmoyley GAA, but around 150 of the club faithful gathered to honour a club great and look back on the year at their annual social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night.
Chairman of the club, Joe Walsh, said it was a quiet year by their standards.
“We got to the semis of the championship and the intermediates reached the semi-finals as well. Hopefully the hunger is back and we’ll look forward to the championship this year, which promises to be another great one,” said Joe.
The main award on the night was the Hall of Fame which went to Denis Treacy, recognised for his years of commitment and dedication to the club as a player, mentor and official.
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Denis, the current Vice-President of the Club, won a minor county championship in hurling and football in 1953, he played Kerry junior and minor in 1954. He played with his brothers Michael and Sean in the Kerry hurling championship final in 1955, before emigrating to London the following year.
He was to return to Kilmoyley to win a championship with his home club in 1971, scoring in all the games that year. He then got involved in underage and helped to club to Féile na nGael success in 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1987.
As well as Denis, the 1991 All-Ireland Féile na Gael winning team were also honoured on the night.
Senior club player of the year went to Daniel Collins, while David Ryan received the club Intermediate Player of the Year award. The Intermediate team also collected their North Kerry junior league medals.
Tim Moynihan of Terrace Talk was MC for the night which was enjoyed by all into the wee hours. Scroll down for photos…
Anne and Joe Murnane with John and Anne Stack at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean.Triona Brassil and Aine Quane at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot CreanShane, Lorna, Regina, Mary and Michael O’Regan at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean.Triona Curran, Bríd Horan and Aoife Godley at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot CreanTom Godley,David Godley, Conor Corrigan, Catherine Godley at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean.James McCarthy and Sean Griffin at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot CreanMary Walsh, Ronan Walsh and Margaret Walsh at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean.Tom Lawlor, Therese O’Leary and Willie O’Leary at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot CreanJoe Walsh, Hannah and Eddie O’Flaherty at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean.Padraig and Liz O’Sullivan and Eilish and Ollie Diggin at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot CreanDylan McCabe, Sinead Coleman, Katie Kearney and Kevin Crowe at the Kilmoyley GAA Club Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean.
Mike O’Halloran was at the Credit Union County Hurling League Final 2017 between Ballyduff and Kilmoyley yesterday…
Ballyduff 4-12
Kilmoyley 3-12
Ally O’Connor of Ballyduff receives his Man of the Match award. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
Kilmoyley, even though understrength, powered into the lead when within a minute of the start, Maurice O’Connor blasted past Pa Enright who was deputising for PJ Gorman.
Daniel O’Carroll and Aiden Boyle replied with points for Ballyduff. Philip Maunsell and Padraig Boyle swapped points before Tom Murnane drove over from distance.
Daniel O’Carroll reduced the margin to one point and Kilmoyley were well in the game, until the four Boyles decided to bag a goal each within minutes.
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Michael first kicked the ball to the net, then Aiden received from Padraig and shot past Aiden McCabe.
Liam and Padraig got in the act with their goals while in-between, Maurice O’Connor had a point leaving the score 4-4 to 1-3. By halftime Ballyduff led by three goals 4-6 to 1-6.
Action from the game. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
Liam Boyle opened the scoring in the second half with a point and it looked like Ballyduff might run away with the game. Maurice O’Connor had other ideas though when he struck for another goal on thirty nine minutes.
Maurice added two points in a row on 49 and 50 minutes, the score at this stage was 4-10 to 2-1. Padraig Boyle pushed it out to a six point game two minutes later, a 65 from him put seven between them, only for Jordan Brick to reduce it to six again.
Maurice O’Connor made it a nervy last few moments for the county champions when he fired in another goal, but Ballyduff held out to win. Ally O’Connor was man of the match when he mopped up everything at the back for Ballyduff.
This was a nice pipe opener for Ballyduff and prepares them well for the the test provided by Kanturk in the Munster Championship next weekend. On this display a win there would not be a surprise.
The victorious Ballyduff team. Photo by Mike O’HalloranThe Kilmoyley team. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
.Declan Lovett (seated centre) accepts the Hall of Fame award from Chairman of Kilmoyley GAA Club Joe Walsh at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Also included are seated; Noreen Lovett, Nora Lovett and Karen Daly. Back; John Nolan, Xavier Lovett and Tom Daley. Photo by Dermot Crean
2016 was another good year for Kilmoyley GAA Club. But then again, any year you win the county senior hurling championship is certainly one worth celebrating – especially when you win back to back titles.
And that’s just what around 200 of the club faithful did at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night at their annual social.
It was a time to reflect on past glories and look forward to what should be another intriguing year on the field. Joe Walsh, Chairman of the club, spoke about 2016.
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“It was fantastic year. We had a new manager and when you win one you got to work harder for the next one and that’s what happened. The whole panel worked so hard all year. Both games against Ballyduff in the final were epic. They played six games to win it which is the first time I can recall that happening,” said Joe.
Progress in the Munster Intermediate Championship was also noteworthy.
“We beat Monaleen for the first time in the competition but we came up short against Lismore. It was a great experience for them though, as it was the first time we had a win in Munster,” said Joe.
He said the intermediate team had a good year despite falling at the final hurdle, while there’s always work to do in the juvenile setup with good coaches in charge.
There were three trophies on display – the Neilus Flynn County Championship trophy, the County League and North Kerry Championship. There were also awards handed out to Donal Kennedy for Intermediate Player of the Year, Colman Savage for Senior Player of the Year and Tom Murnane received an award for winning an Inter-Provincial title with Munster.
The annual Hall of Fame award was given on the night and the worthy recipient this year was Declan Lovett who was attending with his family.
“I feel very humbled because there are so many people who could receive it. You really appreciate when your own club does something like this for you,” Declan told TraleeToday.ie.
The former Principal of Kilmoyley school won five senior championship medals in 1962, ’63 and ’64 and in 1970 and ’71 and instilled the love of hurling in his pupils over the years. A deserving recipient then. Scroll down for photos…
Pia Thornton and Sean Maunsell at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Gretta O’Connell and Gillian Gentlemen at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanJohn Murphy, Laura Collins, Maura Murphy and Padraig Murphy at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanCorcoransMary O’Regan, Lorna O’Regan, Regina O’Regan and John Moriarty at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanJason Roche, Conor Corrigan, Marcus Leane, Darragh Nolan and Ronan Walsh at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Louise Ryan and Kevin Burke at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanPaddy O’Sullivan, Kathleen O’Sullivan, Anne Fitzgerald and John Fitzgerald at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Kim Geraghty, Fergie O’Loughlin, Catherine and Tom Godley at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanWoody O’Leary, Xavier Lovett, Noreen Lovett and Therese O’Leary at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Annette Nolan, Marianne Nolan, Fr Francis Nolan, Rebecca Tobin and Brian Nolan at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanJim Brick, Joe Walsh, TJ Maunsell and Patrick O’Connor at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Leanne Ryan, Ian Brick and Triona Brassil at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanMicheál Regan, Lorraine Regan, Claire Savage and James Savage at the Kilmoyley GAA Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mike O’Halloran watched Kilmoyley defeated by Lismore on Saturday in the Munster Intermediate Hurling Final…
Lismore 2-14
Kilmoyley 0-13
The Kilmoyley side before the match on Saturday. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
A disappointing day then for Kilmoyley in Mallow in the the Munster Intermediate Hurling Final.
Things looked great at halftime when Kilmoyley drew level just before the short whistle, to leave the halftime score seven points all. Daniel Collins had scored all the Kilmoyley points.
Collins was to score a further six points in the second half, but it wasn’t going to be enough, because straight after the restart, Lismore scored a point and then bagged a messy goal, to put the first clear daylight between the teams.
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Lismore seemed nervous up to this point, but the goal gave them the confidence to take an extra step with the ball while clearing their lines, thus giving them a little more time to pick out their forwards for scoring opportunities.
There was no way back for Kilmoyley when the second goal came. Kilmoyley tried as they might to try to get into the game but they could not break down the Lismore defence.
Kilmoyley fans with Sean Walsh at the game. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
Kilmoyley could win no ball from their own puck out and were unable to pick the ball cleanly. Even when the ball did go to hand it was often lost in the tackle.
Of course Daniel Collins was the stand out man for Kilmoyley, but let’s shout out for Colman Savage who kept Dan Shanahan to one single point.
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Credit too to Aiden McCabe who made two fantastic saves to keep Kilmoyley in the game in the first half.
Paudie O’Connor was excellent at midfield, Tom Murnane had a fair old battle with Maurice Shanahan, but it’s fair to say that when the game opened up Shanahan had the upper hand.
So the quest for the Kerry senior hurling champions to win the Munster Intermediate Championship goes on.
KIlmoyley fans at the game on Saturday. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
Kilmoyley prepared well for this game but just came up against a better team on the day, it would also be fair to say that nothing went right for Kilmoyley up front and a couple unforced errors ended up in goals for Lismore.
The experience gained from their participation in this final will stand them in good stead for the future.
Kilmoyley fans at the game on Saturday. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
.Captain of the 2015 Kerry County Championship winning team Sean Maunsell, Chairman of Kilmoyley GAA Club Joe Walsh and captain of the Kerry team Daniel Collins with the Neilus Flynn Cup, the Division 2A League trophy won by Kerry, the Christy Ring Cup and the Minor B All-Ireland trophy at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE was a lot of silverware on show at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night.
The occasion was the Kilmoyley GAA club social and they had much to celebrate as county senior and intermediate hurling champions.
Not only was the Neilus Flynn county senior championship trophy present, but the Christy Ring and Division 2A League trophies won by the Kerry seniors were also on show, as well as the Minor B All-Ireland hurling cup.
With Daniel Collins captaining the Kerry side in the coming season there was a lot to look back on, and indeed forward to, in 2016.
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“We’d a fantastic year really,” said Chairman of the club, Joe Walsh. “We won the intermediate championship, which is a great feat in itself as we had about 27 players used already for the seniors. If we only won that we’d be celebrating anyway, but then the seniors won so you can imagine the type of year we’ve had,” said Joe.
Joe felt having the county championship matches held around the clubs in north Kerry brought something special this year.
“It was great, you’d be travelling only a short distance to a game and the different clubs were well able to facilitate the games. First round games can still be held in the clubs this year, but Austin Stack Park will be up and running and that’s the place for the semi-finals and final. We’re looking forward to it being open again,” said Joe.
And what of 2016?
“Hopes are high for this year but after tonight there’s no looking back at the past. The rest of the teams in the county will be going hammer and tongs for the title and we wouldn’t expect anything less from them…and that’s what we’ll be doing as well,” said Joe.
Of course there were a number of presentations on the night.
Kerry Senior Championship, Intermediate Championship and North Kerry Junior League medals were given out, while individuals were also honoured.
The Hall of Fame award was presented to Willie O’Leary, Intermediate Player of the Year was Brendan Harris, while Senior Player of the Year was given to Daniel Collins.
A great night of celebrations, but you got the feeling that laurels will not be rested upon in Kilmoyley for 2016.
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.Norette Casey, Clodagh Walsh and Kristen Curran at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Richard and Phil Flaherty, Margaret Carroll and Trish O’Connor at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanClaire, James, John and Agnes Godley at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Kevin Burke, Louise Ryan, Róisín O’Regan, Niamh Leen (“Causeway!”) and Shauna Crowe and Robert Collins at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Gillian and Richard Gentleman, Kathleen and Paddy O’Sullivan, Liz O’Sullivan, Ollie and Eilish Diggins and Paudie O’Sullivan at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Mary, Declan and Aislinn Dowling at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanSheila Ann Dee and Caroline Corridon at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanGavin Dooley, Billy Stack, Erin Stack, Triona Curran, David Godley and Shayne Stack at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanAoife Godley, Sarah McCarthy, Caitlyn Brick, Sarah Walsh, Saoirse Sheehy at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanChristy Walsh, Hurling Officer with Kerry County Board Ger McCarthy, Stephen Brick, captain of Kilmoyley team Sean Maunsell, captain of the Kerry team Daniel Collins, David Brick, Billy Brick, Jimmy Brick, Ian Brick and Joe Walsh, Chairman of Kilmoyley GAA club with the Division 2A League trophy won by Kerry, the Neilus Flynn Cup, the Christy Ring Cup and the Minor B All-Ireland trophy at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanDoreen, Douglas and Jessica Fitzell at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanSarah Collins, Orla Young, Mairead O’Mahony, Aine Brassil and Gráinne Leen at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanLuke Fitzell, Sean Dowling and Sean Nolan at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanMary Brick, David Brick, Wiliam Brick and Clara Leahy at the Kilmoyley GAA social at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
