A northside derby of sustained edge and spice went the way of Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG.<\/p>\n
The Mon\u2019s full-time outburst of emotion – from both players and teaching staff – captured the worth and importance of this victory over their near neighbours.<\/p>\n
In what was just the second time the two schools on the northside of Cork city had run into each other in the Harty Cup, this was the first occasion Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG had claimed local spoils.<\/p>\n
Following on as it does from their comprehensive O\u2019Callaghan Cup final win over the Sidney Hill establishment last spring, the balance of power in that raised pocket of Cork city now firmly rests up Monastery Road. And oh did they celebrate such at Cathal McAllister\u2019s final whistle.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just local pride at stake here, mind. With neither having managed victory on the opening day – Christians lost, Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG drew – both sides required a victory to both restart their campaign and stave off early elimination.<\/p>\n
The two-point victory for Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 Mainn\u00edn\u2019s students lifts them to three points in the Group 4 table and in a healthy position to advance to January\u2019s quarter-finals. For Christians, this second successive defeat means they cannot now finish in the top half of Group 4. Progression has moved beyond reach.<\/p>\n
After falling 1-2 to 0-1 behind inside six minutes, Christians proceeded to reel off 2-6 without reply – provided by seven different players – to hold a commanding 2-7 to 1-2 lead by the 13th minute.<\/p>\n
Eoghan O\u2019Shea, from a free, banged in their opening goal. Sean Hurley sniped their second off a delivery broken down to him by Ben Hegarty.<\/p>\n
In a free-scoring and thoroughly enjoyable first-half, which Christians finished 2-14 to 2-11 in front, they registered not a single wide.<\/p>\n
A couple of converted placed-balls from Gabh\u00e1n \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in and Craig \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in began the Mon\u2019s road back into contention midway through the first half. That journey was fast-tracked when a Josh \u00d3 Brosnach\u00e1in delivery was not dealt with at the edge of the Christians square and Callum \u00d3 Cofaigh, who had a brilliant duel throughout with David Kingston, blasted to the net.<\/p>\n
A couple of yellow cards were flashed early in the second half to deal with what would be most accurately described as a shemozzle. It was the sole flashpoint throughout, albeit the edge to proceedings and verbals flowing in either direction were far more sustained in their prevalence.<\/p>\n
The prominent Trevor \u00d3 Bruadau, \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in, and \u00d3 Brosnach\u00e1in brought Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG level at 2-14 apiece by the 41st minute. Christians, by this juncture, had tallied their opening wide, along with two more, and a fourth effort short.<\/p>\n
James Murray opened their second half account also on 41 minutes, but a pair from \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in and \u00d3 Cofaigh shoved the Mon ahead for the first time since the ninth minute.<\/p>\n
An Eoghan O\u2019Shea brace to leave the scoreline reading 2-17 to 2-16 on 48 minutes represented the last occasion Christians would lead. In the 29 minutes after half-time, they managed just four white flags.<\/p>\n
The latest Mon three-in-a-row from Ryan \u00d3 Cr\u00f3in\u00edn, \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in, and \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in opened up a two-point gap – 2-19 to 2-17 – with eight minutes remaining. A two-point gap that would also stand as the difference at game\u2019s end.<\/p>\n
Christians twice reduced the deficit to the minimum. No equaliser was found. They were made to work ferociously hard for an opening, never mind a flag. The basics of hooking and blocking were executed superbly by the students in white and blue, exemplified by corner-back Nathan \u00d3 Cofaigh.<\/p>\n
Gabh\u00e1n \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in’s sixth free and eighth overall was the injury-time clincher.<\/p>\n
Although unbeaten after two outings, the likelihood is that last year\u2019s semi-finalists will still need to mine some sort of a result in their final group outing against Templemore on account of Tulla, who they drew with three weeks ago, facing a Christians side with nothing to play for.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Gaelchol\u00e1iste AG: C \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in (1-5, 0-1 free); G \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 \u201865); C \u00d3 Cofaigh (1-2); T \u00d3 Buadau (0-2); R \u00d3 Cr\u00f3in\u00edn, SJ \u00d3 Dalaigh, J \u00d3 Brosnach\u00e1in, R \u00d3 Buachalla (0-1 each).<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for CBC: E O\u2019Shea (1-6, 0-4 frees); S Hurley (1-2); J Murray, M Murphy, M Quill (0-2 each); J Hegarty, B Hegarty, M Brosnan (free) C Lawton, B Power (0-1 each).<\/p>\n
\n GHAELCHOL\u00c1ISTE MHUIRE AG: J \u00d3 Gabhl\u00e1in (F\u00e1naithe na Ghleanna); N \u00d3 Cofaigh (Na Piarsaigh), R \u00d3 Cr\u00f3in\u00edn (Na Piarsaigh), R \u00d3 Buachalla (F\u00e1naithe na Ghleanna); SJ \u00d3 Dalaigh (Naomh Uinseann), J \u00d3 Brosnach\u00e1in (F\u00e1naithe na Ghleanna), G \u00d3 Duibhir \u00d3 hArracht (Na Piarsaigh); T \u00d3 Bruadau (Naomh Uinseann), E Mac Eoch\u00e1n (F\u00e1naithe na Ghleanna); G \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in (F\u00e1naithe na Ghleanna), C \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in (Na Piarsaigh), J \u00d3 Cathal\u00e1in (Na Piarsaigh); D \u00d3 Scannl\u00e1in (Na Piarsaigh), L \u00d3 Muirthile (Na Piarsaigh), C \u00d3 Cofaigh (Na Piarsaigh).<\/p>\n
\n Subs: D de Barra (D\u00fabhghlas) for J \u00d3 Cathal\u00e1in (45); J \u00d3 Riain (An Bhlarna) for Mac Eoch\u00e1n 54); A \u00d3 Murch\u00fa (Naomh Uinseann) for \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in (62).<\/p>\n
\n CBC: K Flood (Ballygarvan): J Costello (Clonakilty), D Riordan (Kilworth), D Kingston (Mallow); M Brosnan (Glen Rovers), C Connolly (Glen Rovers), M Murphy (Midleton); C Lawton (Midleton), J Murray (St Finbarr\u2019s); J Hegarty (Ballinora), J O\u2019Mahony (Glen Rovers), M Quill (Blackrock); B Hegarty (Ballinora), E O\u2019Shea (Ballinhassig), S Hurley (\u00c9ire \u00d3g).<\/p>\n
\n Subs: B Power (Ballincollig) for B Hegarty (52).<\/p>\n
\n Referee: C McAllister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A northside derby of sustained edge and spice went the way of Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG. The Mon\u2019s full-time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[74907,24,18,129,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-164703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gaa-harty-cup","9":"tag-cork-gaa","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-hurling","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115498616352803017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164703","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=164703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}