{"id":157754,"date":"2025-11-01T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/157754\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:02:09","slug":"donoughmore-land-first-muskerry-title-since-2011-after-battling-back-in-epic-replay-against-aghinagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/157754\/","title":{"rendered":"Donoughmore land first Muskerry title since 2011 after battling back in epic replay against Aghinagh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Donoughmore 2-15 (2-3-9) Aghinagh 2-14 (2-2-10)\n <\/p>\n

\u00a0The Ross Oil Muskerry Junior A Football Championship title is heading to Donoughmore after winning this absolutely thrilling final replay in the most dramatic of fashion against Aghinagh.<\/p>\n

This is the first time since 2011 that Donoughmore have won the Mid Cork football crown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trailing by six points with just three minutes remaining they looked dead and buried. But two late fisted goals from Sean O\u2019Hanlon and a point by Gavin O\u2019Sullivan sparked wild scenes of celebrations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\" The Donoughmore team celebrate their win in the Ross Oil Junior A football final replay at Macroom. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

Donoughmore began brightly and led 0-4 to 0-1 after five minutes, with scores from Scott Barrett, Declan Keating and a two-pointer by Gavin O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n

Aghinagh though went up the gears as the half progressed, with Con Buckley and Liam Twohig showcasing their talents in the attacking third of the pitch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aghinagh then found the back of the net. It was an exquisite finish from Twohig, who slotted impressively to the net, with his side leading 1-8 to 0-4 after 23 minutes. Donoughmore ended the opening half strongly and points by Declan Keating and O\u2019Sullivan saw them reduce the deficit down to four points, as Aghinagh led 1-9 to 0-8 at half time.<\/p>\n

Early second-half scores by Twohig and Buckley saw Aghinagh extend their lead. But Donoughmore found a wave of momentum again, with O\u2019Sullivan, Keating and Kevin O\u2019Connell all pointing with the score at 1-12 to 0-12 in favor of Aghinagh after 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

When Aghinagh found the top corner of the net thanks to Sean Cummins, followed by points from Cummins and Twohig, the side from Rusheen looked to have completed their mission.<\/p>\n

\" Matthew McCarthy, Aghinagh wins this ball from Mark Lucey, Donoughmore. Picture Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

Dnoughmore clearly did not read the script. Heading into second-half stoppage time, a long ball was fisted to the net by O\u2019Hanlon to see just three points between the two teams.<\/p>\n

Donoughmore were not finished there as O\u2019Hanlon was on hand to finish from close range in what was another fisted goal.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan proved a reliable scorer all day so it was fitting he had the decisive say, keeping his composure to slot over from a placed ball to edge his side ahead.<\/p>\n

When referee Pat O\u2019Leary blew his final whistle, there were scenes of sheer euphoria from Donoughmore. The Aghinagh players and management were left absolutely shellshocked.<\/p>\n

\" Donoughmore joint captains Declan Keating and Daniel Forde holding the trophy aloft. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Donoughmore: S O\u2019Hanlon 2-1, G O\u2019Sullivan 0-7 (2 2pt f, 0-2 f, 0-1 45), D Keating 0-5 (1 2pt f, 0-2 f), S Barrett, K O\u2019Connell 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Aghinagh: L Twohig 1-8 (1 2pt, 0-4 f), S Cummins 1-1, C Buckley 0-3 (1 2pt), S Corkery, S O\u2019Riordan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n DONOUGHMORE: K O\u2019Riordan; F Honohan, M Foley, S Broderick; R Honohan, J Crowley, K O\u2019Connell; S O\u2019Hanlon, M Lucey; A Dinan, G O\u2019Sullivan, D Holland; D Keating, J McCarthy, S Barrett\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n Subs: D McDonnell for Barrett (24, inj), D Morrissey for McCarthy (39), L O\u2019Sullivan for Honohan (43), J Murphy for Dinan (51), D Forde for Foley (59).<\/p>\n

\n AGHINAGH: J McCarthy; D O\u2019Callaghan, D O\u2019Riordan, TJ Buckley; D Ambrose, L O\u2019Leary, T Buckley; S Corkery, T Morgans; S O\u2019Riordan, C Buckley, M McCarthy; W Coakley, L Twohig, G O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: S Cummins for O\u2019Sullivan, T Sheehan for O\u2019Riordan (both 43), J Kearney for Buckley (52), A Twomey for Coakley (53).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: Pat O\u2019Leary (Kilmurry). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donoughmore 2-15 (2-3-9) Aghinagh 2-14 (2-2-10) \u00a0The Ross Oil Muskerry Junior A Football Championship title is heading to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[10417,24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-157754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gaelic-football","9":"tag-cork-gaa","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115476702722351222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157754","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=157754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}