Goals make the difference as Naomh Muire see off Naomh Padraig, Uisce Chaoin

Eoin Martin and Daniel Devlin scored the goals as Naomh Muire edged out Naomh Padraig, Uisce Chaoin on Sunday afternoon.  

Naomh Padraig led by a point at half-time at the end of a low-scoring first half as the two teams battled with a swirling Storm Kathleen that made scoring almost impossible. 

Naomh Padraig 1-2, Naomh Muire 1-1 was the score at the break. Wing-back Mickey McCarron scored the Naomh Padraig goal and Devlin tucked away the Naomh Muire goal. 

The second period was a close affair with Naomh Muire having edged one ahead, 1-5 to 1-4  when, five minutes from time, Martin struck for Naomh Muire’s second goal to cap a top-class performance and ultimately clinch the win for the men from the Rosses. 

Naomh Padraig scorers: Mickey McCarron 1-0; Dermot Keaveny, Rory Hirrell 0-2 each; Cormac McColgan, Peter Grant 0-1 each.

Naomh Muire scorers: Eoin Martin 1-5; Daniel Devlin 1-0, Jack O’Donnell 0-1. 

Naomh Padraig: Oran McCauley; Dan McMenamin, Caolan Harkin, Cormac Kelly; Mickey McCarron, Darragh McIntyre, Oisin McIntyre; Cathal McColgan, Cormac McColgan; Rory Hirrell, Eunan Mullan, Jason McCallion; Andy McCarron, Dermot Keaveny, James McColgan. 

Naomh Muire: Lee Boyle; Conor Cannon, Ferdia Doherty, Daniel Gallagher; Fintan Doherty, Hugh Sweeney, Shaun Burns; Adam O’Brien, Darragh Doherty; Jack O’Donnell, Paddy McCafferty, Darragh White; Harry Harden, Daniel Devlin, Eoin Martin. 

Subs: Danny Ward for D White (48); Patrick Gillespie for H Sweeney (53).

Referee: Anthony McCallig (Naomh Ultan).