{"id":19084,"date":"2025-08-23T21:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/19084\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T21:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:37:08","slug":"newmarket-hang-on-to-edge-eire-og-in-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/19084\/","title":{"rendered":"Newmarket hang on to edge \u00c9ire \u00d3g in thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Newmarket 1-18 (1-2-14)\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

\n \u00c9ire \u00d3g 0-19 (0-1-17)\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

Seven points up, then level in seven minutes. Newmarket needed a final-quarter push and they found it, edging \u00c9ire \u00d3g in Carrigadrohid on Saturday evening to keep their Senior A hopes alive.<\/p>\n

Cathal Browne\u2019s goal in the 41st minute put them 1-12 to 0-8 ahead, but that lead was immediately wiped out by their opponents. By the 49th minute, it was 0-15 to 1-12.<\/p>\n

Conor O\u2019Keeffe, who was immense up front, got the badly needed settling score on 51. Then Alan Ryan teed up Barry O\u2019Connor, before Darren O\u2019Keeffe added another. Three ahead, but \u00c9ire \u00d3g kept coming.<\/p>\n

A brace of points from Daniel Goulding, either side of one from Barry O\u2019Connor, after a brilliant pass from Darren O\u2019Keeffe, 1-16 to 0-17.<\/p>\n

But Newmarket hit back with two, Browne and Ryan O\u2019Keeffe on target. \u00c9ire \u00d3g needed goals, with just minutes to go in added time.<\/p>\n

Colm O\u2019Callaghan could easily have netted thrice. But he ended the game with none. The second of three chances arriving in the 62 minute. Jerome Kelleher to O\u2019Callaghan, his goal effort tipped over by a brilliant Josh O\u2019Keeffe save, three points.<\/p>\n

Brian Hurley with the next ball in. O\u2019Callaghan rose high to punch it \u2013 but the ball never dropped. The white flag no help to their fortunes. The whistle blew, Newmarket hanging on for a huge win last year\u2019s PSFC relegation victims.<\/p>\n

The first half was tight, five times the sides drew level. Newmarket edged in front at the break thanks to a brilliant Darren O\u2019Keeffe two-pointer. The second half began in their favour too, with the first two scores adding to that lead.<\/p>\n

Then, the game changer; one of many Newmarket turnovers won. Hugh O\u2019Connor won possession, offloaded to David Cottrell as he hit the deck, to Aidan Browne, and finally to Cathal Browne. He buried it.<\/p>\n

\" Cathal Browne fires in the second-half goal that put Newmarket seven in front. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

\u00c9ire \u00d3g responded immediately. O\u2019Callaghan forced a save, Jack Murphy popped over a free, Johnny Galvin added two points. Quickfire points from Rian O\u2019Flynn, then Brian Hurley off the bench, and Ronan O\u2019Toole to complete the seven unanswered.<\/p>\n

Level in a matter of minutes, though Newmarket would have the final say.<\/p>\n

A disappointing result for the Ovens side after their first-round defeat of Kanturk. The pressure on for their last round fixture with Kilshannig.<\/p>\n

\u00c9ire \u00d3g had started well, getting a point on the board after 13 seconds, courtesy of no. 13 Dylan Foley. Two minutes after, Eoin O\u2019Shea added another, but the pendulum immediately swung from one moment. One turnover.<\/p>\n

Rory Lynn, who was exceptional at wing-back, forced the turnover. Newmarket countered, Aidan Browne finished with a two-pointer. Ninety seconds on from that and they were two ahead, after points from Conor and Ryan O\u2019Keeffe.<\/p>\n

\u00c9ire \u00d3g hit back with two, then Newmarket answered with the same. 0-6 to 0-4 after 14 minutes.<\/p>\n

But Colm O\u2019Callaghan got \u00c9ire \u00d3g back in front, first after Colm Clifford got by his man and played a one-two with O\u2019Callaghan \u2013 who bounced off two Newmarket challenges, before the Cork senior gave it back to Clifford, and he pointed from close range.<\/p>\n

Then Jack Murphy came to the fore with a brilliant solo effort, before O\u2019Callaghan played a quick one-two with Daire McCarthy, before looping one over and between the posts.<\/p>\n

\" Midfielder Mark Griffin in action for Eire \u00d3g. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Newmarket\u2019s Cork senior Hugh O\u2019Connor wrestled through two challenges to score. Ryan O\u2019Keeffe added another. Eoin O\u2019Shea levelled again for \u00c9ire \u00d3g, but Darren O\u2019Keeffe\u2019s second-half score put Newmarket ahead \u2013 and their backs saw them home. Tireless, relentless, never letting \u00c9ire \u00d3g get the goals they needed.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for \u00c9ire \u00d3g: C O\u2019Callaghan 0-3, D Foley, R O\u2019Flynn, J Galvin (tp), J Murphy (1f), D Goulding (1f), E O\u2019Shea 0-2 each, D Clifford, B Hurley (f), R O\u2019Toole, C Clifford, 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Newmarket: C O\u2019Keeffe 0-5, C Browne 1-1, D O\u2019Keeffe (1 tp), R O\u2019Keeffe 0-3 each, H O\u2019Connor (1 f), A Browne (tp), B O\u2019Connor 0-2 each.<\/p>\n

\n \u00c9IRE \u00d3G: C Kelly; C Clifford, M Brady, C McGoldrick; D Dineen, C O\u2019Callaghan, D McCarthy; M Griffin, D Clifford; R O\u2019Flynn, R O\u2019Toole, J Galvin; D Foley, E O\u2019Shea, J Murphy.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: B Hurley for O\u2019Shea, D Goulding for Foley (both 43), H Murphy for D McCarthy (44), J Kelleher for O\u2019Toole (51), J Mullins for Dineen (54).<\/p>\n

\n NEWMARKET: J O\u2019Keeffe; M Browne, B Daly, P Allen; R Lynn, A Ryan, A Browne; C Browne, D Cottrell; D O\u2019Keeffe, C O\u2019Keeffe, D Hannon; B O\u2019Keeffe, R O\u2019Keeffe, H O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: B O\u2019Connor for Hannon (41), K O\u2019Sullivan for B O\u2019Keeffe (51).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: Alan Long (Argideen Rangers)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newmarket 1-18 (1-2-14)\u00a0 \u00c9ire \u00d3g 0-19 (0-1-17)\u00a0 Seven points up, then level in seven minutes. Newmarket needed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1263,10417,9,10,24,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-19084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork-sport","9":"tag-gaelic-football","10":"tag-breaking-news","11":"tag-breakingnews","12":"tag-cork-gaa","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-featured-news","15":"tag-featurednews","16":"tag-headlines","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-latest-news","20":"tag-latestnews","21":"tag-main-news","22":"tag-mainnews","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-top-stories","25":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19084","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=19084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}