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South Down 3-11 Leitrim 2-12

Favourites South Down were pushed all the way by a resurgent Leitrim in an open and exciting encounter at windswept Pairc Sean Mhic Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon yesterday.

The home side got off to a terrific start leading 1-6 to 0-2 after 25 minutes, but when the Leitrim keeper Fintan McKiernan dropped the ball into his own net following a 65 by John Brown, it left the half-time score just 1-7 to 1-6 in Leitrims favour.

A second Leitrim goal in the 42nd minute by Colm Hayes extended their lead, but two South DownÓgoals by Jonathon McCusker and John OKane between the 44th and 48th minute put the visitors ahead for the first time and despite a late rally resulting in three Leitrim points without reply in the closing minutes, the visitors held out.

scorers —

South Down: J McCusker1-2, J Brown (1-165), J OKane1-1 each, K Maxwell( 0-1f), K Sloan(0-3f) 0-3 each, A Brown 0-1.

Leitrim: C Hayes 1-5 (0-4f), K OConnor 1-0, C Cunniffe 0-4 (0-2f), D Poinaird 0-2, B Carroll 0-1.

SOUTH DOWN — G McMullen; N Conway, B McAleenan,M Murphy; J McGrath, M Duggan,A Higgins; T Jennings, K Maxwell; J McCusker, J Brown,E McGuinness; J OKane,K Sloan,A Brown.

LEITRIM — F McKiernan; nÓglancy,J Keane,K McGrath; V McDermott,M Poinaird,D Tiernan; J Glancy,C Cunniffe; B Carroll,C Hayes,S Feeney;D Poinaird,K OConnor,T Cronin.

Subs: M McKeon for K McGrath.

REF — A Kelly (Galway).

24-Mar-08 by Irish Independant.ie

The three top posts remain unchanged for 2008 following last nights Hurling AGM in the Bush Hotel.

Chairman: Paddy Phelan

Secretary: Mickey Dorrigan

Treasurer: Martin Cuniffe

11-Jan-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

The following is the schedule of games for Leitrim in the Allianz National Hurling League 2008.

Allianz National Hurling League 2008 – Division4

Round 1 – Sunday, Feb 10th at 2:30pm
Leitrim v Cavan

Round 2 – Sunday, Feb 17th
Leitrim have a BYE

Round 3 – Sunday, March 9th at 2:30pm
Fermanagh v Leitrim

Round 4 – Sunday, March 16th at 2:30pm
Monaghan v Leitrim

Round 5 – Sunday, March 23rd at 2:30pm
Leitrim v An Dún Theas

Finals:

Top Two Teams contest the Roinn IV Final

Promotion/Relegation

Promotion and Relegation to be confirmed after December meeting of Ard Chomhairle.

01-Nov-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

The All – Ireland under 14 C hurling blitz for weaker Counties will take place in Leitrim on Saturday 25^th August 2007.   Six Counties have confirmed their participation, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Longford, Louth and Sligo.

Participating Counties have been drawn into two groups as follows.

Group 1 ….. 1. Donegal   2. Leitrim    3. Louth 

Venue …….. St. Mary’s GAA park Ck – on – Shannon.

Venue …….. Annaduff GAA park ( On the N4 East, 10 min. drive from Ck – on – Shannon)

We would ask Counties playing in the first game to be at their venue not later than 10.30am.

Panels to consist of 24 players.

Full hurling rules except unlimited use of subs.

Final will be contested between the top team in each group.

Two points for a win, one for a draw. If teams finish level aggregate score will decide.

Light refreshments will be provided.

For further information please contact Thomas Keenan 087-6591049 or Kevin Brisco 087-9407063.

22-Aug-07 by Thomas Keenan

Skehana 1?10
St. Mary?s 0?6

St. Mary?s, aided by a strong breeze, grabbed a 0 ? 6 to 0 ? 4 halftime lead over Skehana in Sunday?s Connacht Club Junior final in Athleague.

Clement Cunniffe shot three points for Mary?s with Dana Regan, James Glancy and Vinny McDermott Scóring a point each.

Skehana halftime sub John McHugh, who hit a goal and two points, put his side on the road to victory in the second period when St. Mary?s failed to score.

Skehana: Tomas Hansberry, Cathal Jordan, Damien Costello, Padraig Scanlon, Mark Farrell, Derwin Costello, Eamon Hansberry, Sean Mannion, Jarlath Fahy, Brendan Costello, Peter Kelly 0 ? 1, Joey Glynn 0 ? 6, Thomas Costello, Simon Roche 0 ? 1, Fintan Finnerty. Subs John McHugh 1 ? 2 for Roche (ht.), Mark Costello for E. Hansberry (60 mins.), Fergal Costello for Fahy (60 mins.).

St. Mary?s: Alan O?Shea, James McGreal, Niall Clancy, David Tiernan, Padraig McWeeney, James Keane, Sean Walsh, Fearghal Carroll, Clement Cunniffe 0 ? 3, Vinny McDermott 0 ? 1, James Glancy 0 ? 1, Thomas Cronin, Breian Carroll, Donal O?Grady, Dana Regan 0 ? 1. Subs Martin Coles for B. Carroll (45 mins.), Olcan Conway for Cronin (54 mins.).

Referee: Michael Carroll (Roscommon).

19-Nov-06 by PJ Leddy

Sunday, November 5

Scotland 2-13 Ireland 2-5

There was a Leitrim connection as Clement Cuniffe and James Clancy participated in the Shinty comptition as Scotland collected their first Croke Park win over Ireland on a 2-13 to 2-5 scoreline after a high-skilled and entertaining international clash at Headquarters on Sunday.

The visitors ground-hurling skills were perhaps the difference in the end as the Irish side struggled to come to terms with the illegality of handling the sliotar.

Gary Innes, of the Fort William club, fired the Scots into an early four-point lead with two well taken scores off the ground from dead-ball situations.

Sean Silkes Ireland did fight back with a point from sharpshooter Kevin McGarry and a goal from Kerrys JohnÓgriffin to leave the sides level at 1-1 to 0-4 after 18 minutes.

The second quarter, however, saw Scotland impose their dominance. A wonderful interchange of ground hurling ended with Victor Smith striking a clean shot to the roof of Graham Clarkes net in the 27th minute.

Kevin Thain and Ronald Ross, both of the Kingussie club, added a further three points to the Scottish tally to leave Ireland facing a six-point deficit at the interval.

It was a clean but physical first half with a lot of timber being broken and the Scots sticks standing up better in the challenge.

After the break, Fermanaghs McGarry kept Ireland in touch and when Kildares Paudie Reidy scored a goal in the 66th minute, after great work by Leitrims James Glancy, it seemed as though a comeback was on the cards.

Any resurgence, though, was quickly quashed when, a minute later, some excellent dribbling from Ross ended with a goal for the Scots.

Substitute Gordon MacKinnon then added another two-pointer for the visitors as the Irish challenge faded.

TEAMS and ScórERS:

Ireland – G Clarke (Down), J Bermingham (Wicklow), D Coulter (Down), C Cunniffe (Leitrim), K Divilly (Kildare), A Gaul (Carlow), J Griffin (Kerry) (1-0), P McCormack (Armagh), P Reidy (Kildare) (1-0), K McGarry (Fermanagh) (0-5), R Mulry (Roscommon), M O Neill (Wicklow), G Savage (Down), D Shaw (Carlow).

Substitutes – P Gannon (Meath) for D Coulter (59th min), J Glancy (Leitrim) for J Griffin (59th min), M Kettle (Antrim) for R Mulry (50th min) and T Lennon (Roscommon) for K Divilly (26th min).

Scotland – S MacNeil (Fort William), A Robertson (Fort William), A MacLeod (Kingussie), A MacKay (Lochcarron) (0-2), D Dando (Inveraray), N Campbell (Newtonmore), D MacRae (Newtonmore), K Ross (Lochcarron), G Innes (Fort William) (0-4), J Stewart (Kilmallie), J Clark (Fort William), V Smith (Fort William) (1-0), K Thain (Kingussie) (0-3), R Ross (Kingussie) (1-2).

Subs – P MacKenzie (Lochcarron) for J Clark (70th min), R Graham (Inveraray) for K Ross (53rd min) and G MacKinnon (Fort William) (0-2) for J Stewart (49th min).

Referee – E Morris (Dublin).

Article – Courtesy of Gaa.ie

06-Nov-06 by Gaa.ie