Harry Harden landed five points for Naomh Muire at the weekend
Cloughaneely 0-16
Naomh Muire 1-16
Joey Gillespie found the back of the Cloughaneely net with only 30 seconds gone on Saturday evening, a goal that would prove crucial to Naomh Muire picking up two league points.
Seamus Doogan and Shaun Maguire answered with two points for the home side while Jack O'Donnell scored the first point for the visitors, which was followed by two points from Cathal Fee with Harry Harden adding another.
Shaun Maguire and Shaun Curran posted two points for Cloughaneely leaving a goal between the teams.
Daniel Devlin then scored the first two-pointer of the game which was followed by another point from Harden, before he also managed to score a two-pointer for Naomh Muire before they were dealt a blow just before the half time whistle when Seamus McGonagle showed Daniel Gallagher a straight red card which left Naomh Muire with fourteen men for the remainder of the game.
A point from Pádraig Coyle and two more from free kicks taken by young Donnachadh Ó Baoighill left Cloughaneely trailing by five points at half time.
Naomh Muire started the second half stronger with points from Cathal Fee and Jack O'Donnell while Maguire once again answered for the home side.
Patrick Gillespie, Harden and Fee all picked up a point while Donnachadh Ó Baoighill scrode a free kick for Cloughaneely.
The hosts battled hard and left Naomh Muire scoreless for the next twelve minutes while Shaun Curran, Lorcan McGee, Seamus Doogan, Patrick Doohan and Maguire all picked up points for the home side reducing the seven point margin to two with four minutes left in the game.
Joey Gillespie scored a further point for Naomh Muire which Curran answered with a score from a free kick while a fisted point from Cathal Fee left a goal between the sides when the final whistle was blown and Naomh Muire returned to the Rosses with two league points.
Cloughaneely scorers: Shaun Maguire 0-4; Shaun Curran 0-4, 2f; Donnachadh Ó Baoighill 0-3,3f; Seamus Doogan 0-2; Pádraig Coyle 0-1; Lorcan McGee 0-1; Patrick Doohan 0-1.
Naomh Muire scorers: Cathal Fee 0-5; Harry Harden 0-5, 1 2pt; Joey Gillespie 1-1; Jack O'Donnell 0-2; Daniel Devlin 0-2, 1 2pt; Patrick Gillespie 0-1.
Cloughaneely: Shaun McClafferty, Remy Moran, Cian McFadden, Patrick Doohan, Cormac Coyle, Darren McGeever, Michéal McHugh, Shaun Curran, Seamus Doogan, Tomás Ó Raghallaigh, Donnachadh Ó Baoighill, Sean Geaney, Pádraig Coyle, Shaun Maguire, Ciaran Scanlon.
Subs: Lorcan McGee for Ó Raghallaigh (8), Jamie McGeever for McHugh (24), David Geaney for Scanlon (54)
Naomh Muire, Íochtar na Rosann: Tuathal Lunny, Conor Cannon, Ferdia Doherty, Corrthaigh Doherty, Jack O'Donnell, Fintan Doherty, Daniel Gallagher, Patrick Gillespie, Darragh Doherty, Joey Gillespie, Daniel Devlin, Shaun Burns, Harry Harden, Paul Boyle, Cathal Fee.
Subs: Adam O'Brien for Boyle (47)
Referee: Seamus McGonagle (Aodh Ruadh)
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