Senior Football Championship Quarter Final Vs Fr. Casey's

Saturday afternoon will see our senior footballers line out in the county quarter final in what is a repeat of last year’s fixture against Fr. Casey’s. We came out second best on that occasion but it’s fair to say our lads have taken a bit of wind to their sails in recent weeks and will be entering the tie confident of overturning last years result. Huge credit must go to Latcha for steadying the ship after what was a challenging start to the campaign.

Fr. Casey's come into this quarter final having finished 2nd in their group. Their only loss came in the opening round to defending champions Newcastle West.

📍 The Bog Garden, Rathkeale.
📅 Saturday 28th September
⌚ 16:00

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Round 1: Na Piarsaigh 0-03 Mungret 2-14

A tough night at the office. While entering the game with a long list of injuries, our young team that took to the field must be commended for their exceptional work rate and application throughout the 60 minutes. It was certainly a difficult evening but no doubt stood to these lads in the games that lay ahead. It must be notes the challenges that our manager Micheál Lynch had to tackle in the build up with four of our regular starters unavailable due to injury with Evan Sweeney, Cathal McMullan, Evan O’Brien and Shane Walsh all ruled out. Eoghain Sherlock, Ruaidhrí Ó Conail, Ian Leonard and Jack Barry were all away for the game while Dean, Ralph and Dylan were all carrying knocks. The opening minutes of the game saw our centre back Conor Mc Loughlin suffering a serious shoulder injury that saw him miss the round 2 and 3. A huge positive to take were the multiple senior debuts. The two Jordan brothers, Adam and Darragh both lining out at 10 and 12 respectively, along with Tommy Glynn, he having flown back from Germany especially for the game. Louis Murphy, Matty Walsh and Stanley Dike all made their debuts off the bench. While Friday was a tough evening, better days lay ahead for our lads.

Team: Evan Condon, Ralph Leonard, Jack McCarthy, Christy O’Hagan, Fionn O’Tiarnaigh, Conor McLoughlin, Rueben McCarthy, Gordon Brown (0-01), Ronan Hula, Adam Jordan, Evan Egan, Darragh Jordan, Tommy Glynn (0-01), Dean McLoughlin (0-01), Dylan Cronin. Subs: Louis Murphy for Locky, Tom McKeon for Darragh Jordan, James Linnane for Adam Jordan, Matty Walsh for Deano, Stanley Dike for Dylan.

Round 2: Na Piarsaigh 2-09 Ballylanders 1-13

Report

The second round saw us suffer an agonising 1-point loss to Ballylanders in a game where we saw glimpses of what was to come later in the championship. You can see James Dalys detailed and colourful report here that captures all the action both on and off the pitch.

Team: Evan Condon, James Linnane, Ralph Leonard, Fionn O'Tiarnaigh, Ronan Houlihan, Cathal McMullan, Rueben McCarthy, Gordan Brown (0-02), Jack McCarthy, Dean McLoughlin, Evan Sweeney, Eoghain Sherlock (0-01), Evan Egan (0-01), Dylan Cronin (0-04), Tommy Glynn (1-01).

Subs: Kevin Nolan (1-00,P) for Dean McLoughlin (15mins)injury, Diarmuid Ryan for James Linnane (HT)injury, John Robinson for Reuben 49mins, Louis Murphy for Evan Condon (injury time), James Linnane for Ralph Leonard injury time.

Round 3: Na Piarsaigh 2-11 St. Kieran's 1-11

Our lads were starting to come good. An incredible performance from start to finish in a game that kickstarted our senior footballers revival in this years championship. Once again, you can see the full match report here.

Report

Team: Eoghain Sherlock, Christy O'Hagan, Shane Walsh, Jack McCarthy, Fionn O'Tiarnaigh(0-01), Ralph Leonard, Ronan Houlihan, Ruaidhrí Ó Conail, Rueben McCarthy, Ian Leonard, Evan Sweeney(0-02, 1f), Dylan Cronin(1-07, 3f, 1-00P), Gordon Brown(0-01), Evan Egan, Cathal McMullan.

Subs used: Sam Jordan for Evan Sweeney, Darragh Jordan for Evan Egan, James Linnane for Cathal McMullan.

Round 4: Na Piarsaigh 1-08 Monaleen 0-10

We backed up our exceptional performance in round 3 with our first ever senior championship victory over Monaleen in round 4. A game that saw Locky’s return from injury along with Dylan maintaining his outstanding form up front. We ground out a win in very tough conditions.

Report

Team: Eoghain Sherlock, Christy O'Hagan, Shane Walsh, Jack McCarthy, Fionn O'Tiarnaigh(0-01), Ralph Leonard, Ronan Houlihan, Ruaidhrí O'Conail, Rueben McCarthy, Ian Leonard, Kevin Nolan(0-01), Dylan Cronin(1-06, 0-02f, 0-02m), Gordon Brown, Conor McLoughlin, Jack Barry.

Subs: Dean McLoughlin for Kev Nolan.

Round 5: Na Piarsaigh 1-07 Adare 0-10

Back to Clarina for round 5 against a fancied Adare side. The half time score probably didn’t reflect well on our efforts but all changed in the second period with Evan Egan scoring a goal for the ages and chipping in with 3 points as well. The result saw us back into a county quarter final in a turnaround to what many thought may be a relegation battle after our opening 2 games.

Report

Team: Eoghain Sherlock, ⁠Christy O'Hagan, ⁠Shane Walsh, ⁠Jack McCarthy, ⁠Fionn O'Tiarnaigh, ⁠Ralph Leonard, ⁠Ronan Houlihan, ⁠Conor McLoughlin,⁠ ⁠Ruaidhrí Ó Connail, Dylan Cronin(0-03, 0-01f), Evan Sweeney, ⁠Cathal McMullan, ⁠Gordon Brown, ⁠Evan Egan(1-03, 0-02f), ⁠Dean McLoughlin.

Subs used: Ian Leonard for Cathal McMullan(HT), Tommy Glynn for Dean(41 mins), Eoin Hogan(0-01) for Hula(48 mins).

Subs not used: James Linnane, Matthew Walsh, ⁠Darragh Jordan, ⁠Adam Jordan,⁠ ⁠Aaron Rush, ⁠Jamie Wilson, ⁠Louis Murphy, ⁠Stanley Dike, ⁠Colm Downey.