{"id":201785,"date":"2025-11-26T20:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/201785\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:29:08","slug":"gaelcolaiste-mhuire-advance-to-the-dr-ocallaghan-cup-final-with-a-late-flurry-of-goals-to-beat-spioraid-naomh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/201785\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire advance to the Dr O&#8217;Callaghan cup final with a late flurry of goals to beat Spioraid Naomh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu Scores Scores\">Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG\t4-22<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Scores Scores\">Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh\t3-21<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG have qualified for the Dr O\u2019Callaghan Cup decider after they defeated Col\u00e1iste Mhuire an Spioraid Naomh in the first semi-final on the 4G Pitch at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire will meet CBC or St Colman\u2019s College, who play each other in the second semi-final on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">This game was in the balance until the final whistle as Col\u00e1iste Mhuire an Mhainistir Thuaidh out-goaled Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh by two to one in the closing stages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Approaching the final quarter, Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh got their second goal from a penalty, which had to be re-taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh opened the scoring with two points, including a free by James Naughton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">SJ \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh opened Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire\u2019s account with a point from play, but Callum Caplice restored Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh\u2019s two-point advantage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">L\u00facas \u00d3 Muirthile added a point from play for Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">This was followed by the game\u2019s first pointed free by Craig \u00d3 Suilleabh\u00e1in, to level matters at three points apiece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">A point by Craig \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in put Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire into the lead for the first time in the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">This was cancelled out in the ninth minute when Conor O\u2019Donoghue set up Neil Crowley for the game\u2019s opening goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">In the second quarter, CJ Barrett and Jamie Dineen tagged on points from play for Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">O\u2019Donoghue chipped in with three frees. Josh \u00d3 Brosnacah\u00e1in, Evan Mac Eoch\u00e1n, Donal \u00d3 Scannl\u00e1in and \u00d3 Cofaigh each replied with points for Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire. They also converted three frees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">A minute into stoppage time at the end of the first half, \u00d3 Cofaigh won possession from Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire\u2019s puck-out to drill home his side\u2019s first goal. This left Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire leading 1-13 to 1-10 at half time. Barrett scored two points for Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh and O\u2019Donoghue also converted a 65.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in replied with three points from play for Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire and \u00d3 Cathasaigh also got a point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh were awarded a penalty in the 42nd minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Naughton had his shot saved by Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire\u2019s net-mender Josh \u00d3 Gabhl\u00e1in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The penalty had to be re-taken and Crowley got Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh\u2019s second goal. \u00d3 Cofaigh replied with a second goal for Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire midway through the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Deep into stoppage time, \u00d3 Cofaig and \u00d3 Muirthile got goals for Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire. Naughton replied for Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu TeamsDetails TeamsDetails\">\n            Scorers for Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire: C \u00d3 Cofaigh 2-2; C \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in 1-6 (0-2f, 0-1 65); G \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in 0-5 (0-2f); L \u00d3 Muirthile 1-1; E Mac Eoch\u00e1n 0-3; J \u00d3 Brosnach\u00e1in 0-2; T \u00d3 Bruadau, SJ \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh, \u00d3 Duibhir \u00d3 hArracht\u00e1in 0-1 each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu TeamsDetails TeamsDetails\">\n            Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh: C O\u2019Donoghue 0-9 (0-4f, 0-1 65); J Naughton 1-4 (0-2f); N Crowley 2-0 (1-0 pen); CJ Barrett 0-4; J Dineeen, A Cussen, D McGuirk, C Caplice 0-1 each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu TeamsDetails TeamsDetails\">\n            Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire: \u00d3 Gabhl\u00e1in (Glen Rovers); N \u00d3 Cofaigh (Na Piarsaigh), R \u00d3 Cr\u00f3in\u00edn (Na Piarsaigh), S \u00d3 Laocha (St Vicnent\u2019s) (Glen Rovers); SJ \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh (St Vincent\u2019s), J \u00d3 Brosnach\u00e1in (Glen Rovers), G \u00d3 Duibhir \u00d3 hArracht\u00e1in (Na Piarsaigh); E Mac Eoch\u00e1n (Glen Rovers), T \u00d3 Bruadau (St Vincent\u2019s); J \u00d3 Riain (An Blarna), C \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in (Na Piarsaigh), G \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in (Glen Rovers); C \u00d3 Cofaigh (Na Piarsaigh), L \u00d3 Muirthile (Na Piarsaigh), D \u00d3 Scannl\u00e1in (Na Piarsaigh).\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu TeamsDetails TeamsDetails\">\n            Subs: D De Barra (Douglas) for E Mac Eoch\u00e1n; E \u00d3 Murch\u00fa (Glen Rovers) for R \u00d3 Cr\u00f3in\u00edn; R \u00d3 Buachalla (Glen Rovers) for J \u00d3 Riain; AJ \u00d3 Murch\u00fa (St Vincent\u2019s) for SJ \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu TeamsDetails TeamsDetails\">\n            Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh: C O\u2019Donovan (Ballinhassig); C Caplice (Bishopstown), C Walsh (Ballygarvan), D McGuirk (St Finbarr\u2019s); S Young (Bishopstown), D Enright (Inniscarra), A Cussen (Ballinhassig); D Lyons (Ballinora), J Dineen (Inniscarra); B O\u2019Brien (Bishopstown), C O\u2019Donoghue (St Finbarr \u2019s), J Drinan (Ballinora); J Naughton (Douglas), N Crowley (Bishopstown), CJ Barrett (St Finbarr\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu TeamsDetails TeamsDetails\">\n            Subs: A Curley (St Finbarr\u2019s) for O\u2019Brien (54), S Laverty (Ballinora) for Dineen (60).<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu TeamsDetails TeamsDetails\">\n            Referee: Michael O\u2019Mahony (Kilbrittain).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG 4-22 Col\u00e1iste an Spioraid Naomh 3-21 Gaelcol\u00e1iste Mhuire AG have qualified for the Dr O\u2019Callaghan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-201785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-gaa","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115617894477791478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201785","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=201785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}