{"id":21548,"date":"2025-08-25T05:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T05:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21548\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T05:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T05:29:17","slug":"naomh-aban-through-to-pifc-knockout-phase-after-strong-finish-against-glanmire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21548\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomh Ab\u00e1n through to PIFC knockout phase after strong finish against Glanmire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Naomh Ab\u00e1n 1-10 (1-0-10) Glanmire 0-8 (0-1-6\n <\/p>\n

Naomh Ab\u00e1n finished strong to book their place in the knockout stages of the McCarthy Insurance Group Premier IFC as they defeated Glanmire in Coachford on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

A coolly converted penalty by D\u00f3nal \u00d3 Ceallaigh when the teams were level with seven minutes remaining proved to be decisive as Naomh Ab\u00e1n made it two wins out of two in Group 2.<\/p>\n

Both sides were victorious in their opening fixture just over three weeks ago, Glanmire defeating Bandon while Naomh Ab\u00e1n overcame Rockchapel.<\/p>\n

Bandon and Rockchapel\u2019s 1-12 apiece draw on Saturday meant that these two sides remained joint top of the standings \u2013 although Naomh Ab\u00e1n claimed first place on scoring difference \u2013 heading into this fixture, giving the winners a chance to seal their place in the knockout rounds.<\/p>\n

\" Naomh Ab\u00e1n manager Jimmy Allen.\u00a0Picture: David Keane.<\/p>\n

Glanmire were dealt a blow shortly before throw-in as Ronan McSweeney was forced to withdraw after injuring his ankle in the warm-up.<\/p>\n

Despite opening the scoring with a Daniel Molden free, the late change soon took its toll as Naomh Ab\u00e1n scored five points without reply by the end of the first quarter, the pick of the scores coming from Darragh \u00d3 Laoire and D\u00f3nal \u00d3 Ceallaigh.<\/p>\n

But Glanmire hit back impressively early in the second quarter as they levelled terms by the 24th minute, with Molden\u2019s two-point free helping to swing momentum in their favour.<\/p>\n

The two teams soon swapped points before an Ed \u00d3 M\u00edr free \u2013 he took over responsibility for dead-ball situations after Maidhc \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn withdrew with a knock \u2013 edged Naomh Ab\u00e1n into a 0-7 to 0-6 lead at the break.<\/p>\n

Glanmire, who also picked up three yellow cards in the first period, started the second with 14 men after substitute Harry Jones was shown a black card before the interval.<\/p>\n

But they dug deep and shortly after his sin bin had ended, it was Jones who kicked them in front with 19 minutes remaining, 0-8 to 0-7.<\/p>\n

\" Glanmire’s James Crowley has his shot blocked by Ed \u00d3 M\u00edr, Naomh Ab\u00e1n, during their Premier IFC clash at Coachford. Picture: David Keane.<\/p>\n

But that would be Glanmire\u2019s last score of the evening as Naomh Ab\u00e1n rallied and after D\u00f3nal \u00d3 Ceallaigh levelled the scores once again, he soon won and then slotted a crucial penalty into the far bottom left corner of the net.<\/p>\n

Glanmire, who effectively finished the game with 14 men as Darren Kenneally was also shown a black card for conceding the penalty, battled until the end.<\/p>\n

But all they could muster was a couple of two-point efforts that drifted wide before Dara Mickey and Ed \u00d3 M\u00edr sealed Naomh Ab\u00e1n\u2019s place in the last six with superb strikes from open play late on.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Naomh Ab\u00e1n: D \u00d3 Ceallaigh 1-2 (1-0 pen), E \u00d3 Mir 0-3, M \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn 0-2 f, J \u00d3 Donnch\u00fa, D \u00d3 Laoire, D \u00d3 Loinsigh 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n Glanmire: D Molden 0-4 (1 2pt f, 2f), C Crowley, C McCarthy, H Jones, L Hackett 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n NAOMH AB\u00c1N: E \u00d3 Luasa; S \u00d3 Math\u00fana, C \u00d3 D\u00e9as\u00fanaigh, C de R\u00f3iste; J \u00d3 Donnch\u00fa, D \u00d3 Lionsigh, \u00c9 \u00d3 Criod\u00e1in; S \u00d3 Riord\u00e1in, C \u00d3 Donnch\u00fa; M \u00d3 Criod, M \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn, W MacCarthaigh; D \u00d3 Ceallaigh, D \u00d3 Laoire, E \u00d3 M\u00edr.<\/p>\n

\n Subs:\u00a0D \u00d3 hAllmh\u00e1in for M \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn (24), N \u00d3 Ceallaigh for W MacCarthaigh (46), D \u00d3 Ceoch\u00e1in for S \u00d3 Riord\u00e1in (58).<\/p>\n

\n GLANMIRE: B O\u2019Connell; C Nelligan, C O\u2019Donovan, O Kelleher; B Murphy, D Kenneally. D Murray; C Crowley, T Hourihan; D Hogan, D Lynch, B Galvin; C McCarthy, D Molden, J Crowley.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: H Jones for D Lynch (12), L Hackett for J Crowley (h-t), R McCarthy for B Galvin (46), A Marron for C Nelligan (52), K Kenneally for B Murphy (56).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: John Enright (Ballyteague).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naomh Ab\u00e1n 1-10 (1-0-10) Glanmire 0-8 (0-1-6 Naomh Ab\u00e1n finished strong to book their place in the knockout…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-21548","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":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21548","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=21548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}