{"id":194693,"date":"2025-11-22T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/194693\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T17:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:36:13","slug":"buttevant-see-off-plucky-ahane-to-book-final-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/194693\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttevant see off plucky Ahane to book final spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buttevant: 2-15 (2-0-15)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ahane: 0-11 (0-1-9)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another big victory for Buttevant in the provincial arena as they got past Ahane of Limerick in the AIB Munster Club JFC semi-final at Kildorrery on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Avondhu outfit hammered Shamrocks by 25 points in the quarter-final, but they were tested in this one against a gallant Ahane side.<\/p>\n

Buttevant ended up with six different scorers, just two points coming from frees and surprisingly enough, no orange flags.<\/p>\n

After a slow start, a strong second quarter resulted in Buttevant leading by six points at the short whistle.<\/p>\n

The game was still in the melting pot in the closing stages. The Avondhu team led by four points until a black card for Ahane\u2019s P\u00e1draig Harnett changed the momentum of the game.<\/p>\n

The eventual winners finished well to win by 10 points.<\/p>\n

Joey Hanlon\u2019s team will now take on Kerry\u2019s Ballymacelligott in the decider in two weeks.<\/p>\n

\" Kevin Lenahan, Buttevant, bursting past Liam \u00d3g Glynn, Ahane. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

Buttevant made a fast start with a Conor Hanlon point after 20 seconds, but it was a nervy start from them.<\/p>\n

Ahane replied with well-worked efforts from D\u00f3nal Dawson and Ronan Fox.<\/p>\n

After seven minutes though, Buttevant goaled, which was a real settler.<\/p>\n

An inspirational run from captain Mark Lenahan resulted in the forward unleashing a powerful shot into the roof of the net.<\/p>\n

The teams traded points in what was a very even start, 1-2 to 0-3 after 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Conor Hanlon kicked over a straightforward free, but their opposition were structured and brave and a pair of Liam \u00d3g Glynn efforts, one which was a free, left Ahane a point behind with 13 minutes to the break.<\/p>\n

Buttevant finished the half better as they slowly got into their stride. The black and amber put together four points on the bounce.<\/p>\n

Mark Lenahan with two brilliant white flags and also a pair of efforts from Aaron Horgan, 1-7 to 0-5 after 26 minutes.<\/p>\n

After being unlucky not to kick over a two-pointer, Mark Lenahan got the last score of the opening half with a point from an acute angle, 1-8 to 0-5 at the interval.<\/p>\n

\" Mark Lenahan, Buttevant, races past P\u00e1draig Harnett, Ahane. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

There was definitely an improved display from Buttevant on the resumption with sub Kevin Sheehan and a Conor Hanlon free tacking on efforts.<\/p>\n

There was a lull though as Ahane kicked over three unanswered points, all from Glynn with two coming from frees.<\/p>\n

Buttevant always had that extra gear to push on. Conor Hanlon extended the advantage to six points until Buttevant\u2019s goalkeeper Ronan Donovan was called into action to deny Harnett a goal.<\/p>\n

With a quarter of the game remaining, Ahane were still within distance of their opposition.<\/p>\n

The teams swapped points with midfielder Gavin Rowsome playing a key part in Ahane remaining in the game.<\/p>\n

A Dawson orange flag left Ahane four points adrift after 51 minutes, 1-12 to 0-11.<\/p>\n

A crucial moment came three minutes from time when Harnett received a black card for a cynical foul.<\/p>\n

\" Buttevant players David Hanlon and Aaron Trimm putting pressure on Ahane keeper Tristan O’Sullivan. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

It changed the momentum as Buttevant finished strong. They scored 1-3 without reply to win by 10 points.<\/p>\n

David Hanlon with the goal right at the very end.<\/p>\n

It just wasn\u2019t Ahane\u2019s day. Dawson missed a penalty in the middle of Buttevant\u2019s scoring spree, which would have cut the gap to three points.<\/p>\n

Not a brilliant performance, but Buttevant won\u2019t care, they power on.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Buttevant: M Lenahan 1-5, C Hanlon 0-5 (0-2 f), D Hanlon 1-1, A Horgan 0-2, S Madigan, K Sheehan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Ahane: L \u00d3g Glynn 0-5 (0-3 f), D Dawson 0-3 (1 2pt), R Fox, M Donnellan, P Donohue 0-1 each.<\/p>\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, B O\u2019Riordan, A Horgan.<\/p>\n

Subs: K Sheehan for B O\u2019Riordan (29), D Ryan for A Horgan (31, inj), B O\u2019Connor for J O\u2019Neill (47), D Keane for A O\u2019Neill (50), J O\u2019Brien for K Crowley (63).<\/p>\n

AHANE: T O\u2019Sullivan; A Donohoe, P O\u2019Grady, D O\u2019Connell; I Keatley, P Donohue, C O\u2019Connell (c); G Rowsome, R Fox; P Harnett, L \u00d3g Glynn, P Hussey; D Dawson, M Donnellan, A O\u2019Connell.<\/p>\n

Subs: M O\u2019Neill for P Donohue (h-t), M Kearney for I Keatley (43), J Lydon for A O\u2019Connell (54), J Clifford for R Fox (inj), W McCormack for L \u00d3g Glynn (both 59).<\/p>\n

Referee: Evan Horan (Kerry).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buttevant: 2-15 (2-0-15)\u00a0 Ahane: 0-11 (0-1-9)\u00a0 Another big victory for Buttevant in the provincial arena as they got…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,24,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-194693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-cork-gaa","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115594565506753697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194693","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=194693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}