Parish League Final
Kilmurry 6-08
Finnachtas 1-09
Kilmurry are the 2022 Parish League Champions. After a tantalizing display under lights on Wednesday 16th March in front of a sizeable attendance. Conditions were perfect and the field was in great condition for the 10th and final match in the 2022 campaign.
Finnachtas were without a number of players due to the Croke Cup final the following day so Mikey Corbett arranged for a number of replacements to be drafted in.
Jamesie Hassett on sight of the programme for the night and and seeing the replacements dubbed them the United Nations of Hurling! Tom Sheehan, the scoreboard operator, was asked should the scoreboard names be changed prior to the game, but he indicated they were fine as they were - Smb and Visitors. Tom a staunch village man was firmly supporting the village team and dubbing Kilmurry from the edge of the parish as the visitors!
The game itself started at quite a pace and there was a bit of an edge with some players getting very acquainted with each other. Ultimately however the firepower and youth that Kilmurry possessed won the day out in the end. The Agnews, Cathaoir and Tiernan and Seadna Morey contributed 5-4 between them.
As the goals racked up for Kilmurry what initially was a hill for Finnachtas very quickly became a mountain. Despite the best efforts of David O' Connor who contributed 0-08 for Finnachtas they just could not match the firepower and finishing of the Kilmurry side. A late introduction, Paul Madden scored a goal for the ages in the closing minutes but alas it made no difference.
On the night, best for Finnachtas were David O' Connor, Ronan Tuohy, Paul Fitzpatrick and Danny Morey. On the Kilmurry side, Cathaoir and Tiernan Agnew as well as Seadna Morey, Sean Macnamara and the Careys Brian and Christy stood out.
The Mikey Sheedy perpetual cup was presented to winning Captain Brian Carey by Declan Sheedy and his family. Declan spoke about how proud he was to be presnting the cup to a fellow Kilmurry man and how your neighbours and the parish are everything.
Well done to everyone who took part including the U9s who did very well in the warm-up game. Overall an enjoyable campaign with 10 games, what better way to prepare for Team pre-season!
Well done to winning manager Jamesie Hassett and Captain Brian Carey.
There were some drinks and celebrations including the Junior B League Medal presentations from 2021 in Gleesons bar afterwards.
Some awards made on the night included the following:
1. Biggest Score in one Game - Luke Keogh, 8-6 for Cappa v Mountain when it was 10-aside!
2. Top Scorer in Tournament, Tiernan Agnew
3. Oldest Player - Niall Gilligan, 46
4. Best Young Player, Seamus O' Connell
5. Best Most Experience player, Paul Fitzpatrick, 40
6. Moment of the Tournament, Cian Fawls penalty
7. Worst Dressed, Tiernan Agnew, Baggy Pink Tracksuit Bottoms!!
Kilmurry Scorers
Tiernan Agnew 2-2
Cathaoir Agnew 2-0
Seadna Morey 1-2
Sean MacNamara 0-1
Ciaran Hassett 0-1
Seamus O' Connell 0-2
Finnachtas Scorers
David O' Connor 0-8
Ronan Tuohy 0-1
Paul Madden 1-0
Man of the Match - Cathaoir Agnew
Top Scorer -Tiernan Agnew (8-6)
Score of the Match - Paul Madden with a wonder goal near the end, dipped just under the cross bar after a shot from out on the wing. Big question - Did he mean it??
Referee - Kieran Liddane
Match Officials - Adrian Hogan, Aidan O' Conor, Danny Reddan, James Scanlon
Camera Man - Tom Culbert
Commentary - Syl O' Connor, Sean Chaplin, Ian Chaplin, Danny Reddan
First Aid & Photography - Helen Seago
Photography - David Farrell
