{"id":145578,"date":"2025-10-26T02:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T02:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145578\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T02:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T02:59:09","slug":"buttevant-end-99-year-wait-for-county-glory-with-impressive-win-over-st-nicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145578\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttevant end 99-year wait for county glory with impressive win over St Nick’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

It almost took them a century but Buttevant are celebrating county glory once again after landing the McCarthy Insurance Group Premier JFC title after a comfortable win over St Nick\u2019s.<\/p>\n

99 years on from the club\u2019s last county football success at adult level, the North Cork club have made new history after a deserved success in this final on Saturday at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh.<\/p>\n

On such a huge occasion, it did help that Buttevant were wind-assisted in the first half. They built up a commanding lead with four two-pointers in the first half giving them a seven-point buffer at the interval.<\/p>\n

Conor Hanlon, influential throughout from centre-forward, kicked three orange flags, all in the first half.<\/p>\n

Joey Hanlon\u2019s charges kept their opposition at arms-length in what was a very professional and mature performance to win by eight points.<\/p>\n

St Nick\u2019s ended with 14 men following a late Robert Downey red card.<\/p>\n

\"CHAMPIONS:CHAMPIONS: Buttevant’s Michael O’Neill slots the ball past St. Nick’s goalkeeper Ross Cronin. Pic: Eddie O’Hare.<\/p>\n

Buttevant made the most of the wind advantage early on. David Hanlon and Mark Lenahan added points inside five minutes before two-point king Conor Hanlon kicked two successive orange flags.<\/p>\n

The winners took a firm grip on proceedings with a goal after 12 minutes. Mark Lenahan sent a delicious ball into the square where Michael O\u2019Neill fetched the ball brilliantly and slotted it to the back of the net, 1-6 to 0-0.<\/p>\n

The concession of the green flag did wake St Nick\u2019s from their slumber. A pair of Jack O\u2019Sullivan efforts, one from a free, and efforts from Danny Morris and Dave Dunlea did leave them five points adrift after 18 minutes.<\/p>\n

But Buttevant\u2019s ability to kick two-pointers has been a key part of their game all year. They put together two on the trot from Mark Lenahan (free) and Conor Hanlon, 1-10 to 0-4.<\/p>\n

An O\u2019Sullivan free and a nice point from sub Dean Brosnan did keep St Nick\u2019s just about in touch, with Cork hurler Robert Downey very effective around the middle, 1-10 to 0-6 at the break.<\/p>\n

The city outfit required a strong opening to the new half given they had now the wind at their backs.<\/p>\n

Morris did point for his team to leave six points between the sides only to be cancelled out by a Conor Hanlon free.<\/p>\n

\"StSt Nick’s Jack O’Sullivan shoots from Buttevant’s John O’Neill during the McCarthy Insurance Group Premier JFC final at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chalimh. Pic: Eddie O’Hare.<\/p>\n

The same player tacked on two quick-fire white flags, one from a free, to push Buttevant 1-13 to 0-7 clear after 39 minutes.<\/p>\n

St Nick\u2019s never wilted, Dean Brosnan and O\u2019Sullivan (free) left their team still with a slim chance with a quarter of the game remaining.<\/p>\n

They couldn\u2019t reel in their opposition though as the game petered out. The sides traded white flags as Buttevant led 1-14 to 0-10 with five minutes to go.<\/p>\n

Another Conor Hanlon free copper-fastened his side\u2019s advantage approaching added time.<\/p>\n

St Nick\u2019s evening ended on a sour note when Robert Downey received a straight red card for an off-the-ball incident as tempers flared.<\/p>\n

Buttevant finally claim county glory.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Buttevant: C Hanlon 0-11 (3 2 pt, 0-3 f), M Lenahan 0-3 (1 2pt f), M O\u2019Neill 1-0, D Hanlon 0-1.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for St Nick\u2019s: J O\u2019Sullivan 0-4 (0-3 f), D Brosnan, D Morris 0-2 each, E Downey, D Dunlea 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n BUTTEVANT: R Donovan; M Walsh, J Whelan, K Crowley; S Madigan, K Bowles, J O\u2019Neill; A O\u2019Neill, K Lenahan; M Lenahan (c), C Hanlon, A Trimm; D Hanlon, M O\u2019Neill, A Horgan.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: K Sheehan for J O\u2019Neill (h-t), D Ryan for M O\u2019Neill (43), B O\u2019Riordan for S Madigan (47), B O\u2019Connor for A O\u2019Neill (55), P Behan for A Horgan (57).<\/p>\n

\n ST NICK\u2019S: R Cronin; D Dunlea, S Horgan, C Horgan; F O\u2019Driscoll, E Varian, D Wall; R Downey, D Coughlan; G Marshall, J Brosnan, E Downey; J O\u2019Sullivan, E O\u2019Leary, D Morris (c).<\/p>\n

\n Subs: D Brosnan for D Coughlan (23), J Corkery for G Marshall (h-t), L Quilligan for E O\u2019Leary (37), Z Lynch for D Morris for (46), C McCarthy for J Brosnan (53).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: Brian Crowley (Castlehaven).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It almost took them a century but Buttevant are celebrating county glory once again after landing the McCarthy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1263,9,10,24,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-145578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork-sport","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-cork-gaa","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-featured-news","14":"tag-featurednews","15":"tag-headlines","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-latest-news","19":"tag-latestnews","20":"tag-main-news","21":"tag-mainnews","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-top-stories","24":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115438234219260992","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}