All-Ireland SFC Preliminary Quarter-Final
Louth 1-9 Cork 1-8
By Dan Bannon at Páirc Grattan, Inniskeen
Louth have made it to the All-Ireland quarter final for the first time in their history with a one point victory over Cork at Inniskeen.
It had been 67 years since the Wee county defeated the Rebels in the championship, the 1957 All-Ireland final.
In the third minute of injury time, Sam Mulroy calmly kicked over the winning point from a free.
With history on the kick, there was no doubting the talisman in that moment. Cue an emotional pitch invasion from Louth supporters.
After a slow start coupled with energy conservation phases of play Tommy Walsh’s effort lifted the home crowd with a shot that sprung Niall McDonnell into action.
Craig Lennon the hero four weeks ago opened the scoring for the hosts but Brian O’Driscoll and Colm O’Callaghan sandwiched the Louth score.
Cork led for the opening quarter until Sam Mulroy found the range and Ryan Burns swivelled over after some good work from Tommy Durnin on his home club pitch of Inniskeen Grattans.
Urged to shoot by the crowd and with his eye firmly in, Burns quickly added to his tally. With that burst, Cork crept into the game.
O’Callaghan continued on his stunning form to hit a brace off either foot. John Cleary clearly identified Louth’s weakness to concede from distance the week previous against Kerry.
With that tactic and those three scores in a row Cork took the ascendancy on the scoreboard before half time. Better was to come from the Leesiders.
Cork full back Daniel O’Mahony flicked over McDonnell in a rapid move down the right channel to stun Louth before half time. Mulroy softened the blow to make it 1-5 to 0-5 at the turn.
In the second half Louth were more dominant and struck three in a row to level while stifling Cork from finding the target. In that run, Paul Mathews skied the ball over the bar and spurned a huge goal chance.
Cleary’s side were lacking ideas, but Brian Hurley curled over to keep the visitors noses back in front. Louth had played a lot of football, but were still behind. They needed inspiration and it came once again in the form of Donal McKenny.
Last weekend’s goalscorer, McKenny scored in the same fashion as last week. A shot from Conor Grimes followed in from the Ardee man after he pounced.
McKenny lashed home and Mulroy added the winner.
Scorers for Louth: Sam Mulroy 0-4 (4fs), Donal McKenny 1-0, Craig Lennon 0-2, Ryan Burns 0-2, Paul Mathews 0-1.
Scorers for Cork: Colm O’Callaghan 0-3, Daniel O’Mahony 1-0, Chris Óg Jones 0-2, Brian Hurley 0-1, Rory Maguire 0-1, Brian O’Driscoll 0-1.
Louth: Niall McDonnell; Donal McKenny, Dan Corcoran, Dermot Campbell; Bevan Duffy, Conal McKeever, Anthony Williams; Tommy Durnin, Ciarán Byrne; Conor Early, Ciaran Keenan, Craig Lennon; Conor Grimes, Sam Mulroy, Ryan Burns.
Subs: Paul Mathews for Byrne (26), Leonard Grey for Early (63), Liam Jackson for Burns (67).
Cork: Christopher Kelly; Kevin Flahive, Daniel O’Mahony, Maurice Shanley; Rory Maguire, Tommy Walsh, Matty Taylor; Ian Maguire, Colm O’Callaghan; Ruairí Deane, Mark Cronin, Brian O’Driscoll; Chris Óg Jones, Brian Hurley, Steven Sherlock.
Subs: Thomas Clancy for Walsh (23), Eoghan McSweeney for Deane (51), Seán Powter for Sherlock (57), Conor Corbett for Cronin (60).
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan).
The Co-Op Superstores Divisions/Colleges Premier Senior Hurling Semi Final Draw;
The Co-Op Superstores Divisions/Colleges Premier Senior Hurling championship draw took place on Tuesday 2nd July and resulted as follows;
Muskerry v UCC
Imokilly v Avondhu
Ties to be played on the weekend of August 9th to 11th
McCarthy Insurance Group County Football league finals details;
The McCarthy Insurance Group county football league finals have been arranged for Friday 5th and Saturday 6th July as follows;
FRIDAY 5th JULY:
Div 1; Nemo Rangers v Carrigaline @ Shanbally 7.30pm
Div 2; Clonakilty v St Michaels @ Ballygarvan 7.30pm
Div 5; Adrigole v Buttevant @ Kilmurry 7.30pm
Div 7; Canovee v Cullen @ Clondrohid 7.30pm
SATURDAY 6th JULY;
Div 3; Kanturk v Castletownbere @ Ballingeary 4pm
Div 4; Naomh Aban v Uibh Laoire @ Macroom 6pm
Div 6; Gabriel Rangers v Ballinora @ Clonakilty 2pm
Entry is by advanced ticket sales only from gaacork.ie/tickets
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The Green Club Programme was established to support Gaelic Games clubs in taking simple and effective sustainability action in their grounds and activities. The Programme is structured around the themes of Energy, Water, Waste, Biodiversity and Travel & Transport and is designed to promote sustainability awareness and action in GAA clubs and communities.
Phase 1 of the Green Club Programme ran from 2021 to 2023 with the participation of over 30 clubs from across Ireland. These trail-blazing Green Clubs established Green Teams, carried out club audits and engaged in exciting sustainability partnerships and projects. The experience and input of the Phase 1 Green Clubs led to the development of the GAA’s first-ever Green Club Toolkit
What is the Green Club Toolkit and where can I find it?
The GAA Green Club Toolkit was launched in December 2022. It contains resources, advice and guidance, tailored especially for GAA clubs and members, in the areas of Energy, Water, Waste, Biodiversity and Travel & Transport. The Toolkit also contains inspiring, practical case studies from Green Clubs from across the island of Ireland.
The Toolkit is available to all GAA, LGFA and Camogie clubs and members at: https://learning.gaa.ie/greenclub
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The Green Club Programme is a partnership between the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association and local authorities across Ireland. This partnership had its origins in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Champions Programme launched by the Department of Communication, Climate Action, and Environment in September 2019. Both the GAA and Carlow County Council were among the twelve inaugural SDG Champions and their initial collaboration led to the signing of a Green Club Memorandum of Understanding between the local authority County and City Management Association (CCMA) and the Gaelic Games organisations and an ongoing-working relationship between the GAA and the Climate Action Regional Offices. The GAA is continuing as an SDG Champion in the current iteration of the programme for 2023/24, with Clare County Council now representing the Local Authority sector. For more info visit https://www.gaa.ie/stories/gaa-announced-as-sdg-champion/
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Green Clubs Sustainable Development Goals
LGFA CEO Helen O’Rourke, Chairman of CCMA Michael Walsh, Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael John Horan, Chariman of Local Autority Climate Change Steering Group Ciarán Hayes, Camogie Operations Manager Alan Malone, DCCAE Katie Aherne, and former Wexford hurler Diarmuid Lyng pictured at the GAA Local Authority SDG Launch at Croke Park.
SDGs
In September 2015, 193 countries met in New York and signed the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This Agenda has become the guide to the world’s social, economic, and environmental actions to achieve a sustainable future by 2030. The framework consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs). Each of these goals has a number of targets associated with it (169 in total). Indicators identify the data that will be used to measure progress towards these targets and to determine if it has been achieved successfully by 2030.
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The GAA has been award SDG Champion Status for Goals 3 – Good Health & Wellbeing, 4 – Quality Education, 15 – Life on Land and 17 – Partnerships.
We are committed to developing healthy and sustainable communities. Good Health & Wellbeing are direct outcomes of participation in physical activity and meaningful social engagement. We offer opportunities for both through quality coaching and initiatives delivered by our Community & Health Department, such as the Healthy Club Project. We are innovators in Quality Education through our Coach Education and Officer Development Programmes as well as in mainstream education with our GAA Future Leaders Transition Year Programme. The GAA club ensures that the Association has a footprint in the physical environment of nearly every community in Ireland.
Conscious of our impact on the physical environment, we endeavour to work in harmony with our surroundings to support biodiversity and life on land and are building a Green Club Toolkit to further our contribution in a sustainable way. By building partnerships with other stakeholders at all levels of the Association, the GAA endeavours to embed sustainable development concepts and practices throughout the organisation. Our Clubs have been innovators in addressing many of Ireland’s social concerns and are already rising to the challenge of supporting the SDGs.
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Louth edge out Cork to qualify for All-Ireland Quarter Final;
All-Ireland SFC Preliminary Quarter-Final
Louth 1-9 Cork 1-8
By Dan Bannon at Páirc Grattan, Inniskeen
Louth have made it to the All-Ireland quarter final for the first time in their history with a one point victory over Cork at Inniskeen.
It had been 67 years since the Wee county defeated the Rebels in the championship, the 1957 All-Ireland final.
In the third minute of injury time, Sam Mulroy calmly kicked over the winning point from a free.
With history on the kick, there was no doubting the talisman in that moment. Cue an emotional pitch invasion from Louth supporters.
After a slow start coupled with energy conservation phases of play Tommy Walsh’s effort lifted the home crowd with a shot that sprung Niall McDonnell into action.
Craig Lennon the hero four weeks ago opened the scoring for the hosts but Brian O’Driscoll and Colm O’Callaghan sandwiched the Louth score.
Cork led for the opening quarter until Sam Mulroy found the range and Ryan Burns swivelled over after some good work from Tommy Durnin on his home club pitch of Inniskeen Grattans.
Urged to shoot by the crowd and with his eye firmly in, Burns quickly added to his tally. With that burst, Cork crept into the game.
O’Callaghan continued on his stunning form to hit a brace off either foot. John Cleary clearly identified Louth’s weakness to concede from distance the week previous against Kerry.
With that tactic and those three scores in a row Cork took the ascendancy on the scoreboard before half time. Better was to come from the Leesiders.
Cork full back Daniel O’Mahony flicked over McDonnell in a rapid move down the right channel to stun Louth before half time. Mulroy softened the blow to make it 1-5 to 0-5 at the turn.
In the second half Louth were more dominant and struck three in a row to level while stifling Cork from finding the target. In that run, Paul Mathews skied the ball over the bar and spurned a huge goal chance.
Cleary’s side were lacking ideas, but Brian Hurley curled over to keep the visitors noses back in front. Louth had played a lot of football, but were still behind. They needed inspiration and it came once again in the form of Donal McKenny.
Last weekend’s goalscorer, McKenny scored in the same fashion as last week. A shot from Conor Grimes followed in from the Ardee man after he pounced.
McKenny lashed home and Mulroy added the winner.
Scorers for Louth: Sam Mulroy 0-4 (4fs), Donal McKenny 1-0, Craig Lennon 0-2, Ryan Burns 0-2, Paul Mathews 0-1.
Scorers for Cork: Colm O’Callaghan 0-3, Daniel O’Mahony 1-0, Chris Óg Jones 0-2, Brian Hurley 0-1, Rory Maguire 0-1, Brian O’Driscoll 0-1.
Louth: Niall McDonnell; Donal McKenny, Dan Corcoran, Dermot Campbell; Bevan Duffy, Conal McKeever, Anthony Williams; Tommy Durnin, Ciarán Byrne; Conor Early, Ciaran Keenan, Craig Lennon; Conor Grimes, Sam Mulroy, Ryan Burns.
Subs: Paul Mathews for Byrne (26), Leonard Grey for Early (63), Liam Jackson for Burns (67).
Cork: Christopher Kelly; Kevin Flahive, Daniel O’Mahony, Maurice Shanley; Rory Maguire, Tommy Walsh, Matty Taylor; Ian Maguire, Colm O’Callaghan; Ruairí Deane, Mark Cronin, Brian O’Driscoll; Chris Óg Jones, Brian Hurley, Steven Sherlock.
Subs: Thomas Clancy for Walsh (23), Eoghan McSweeney for Deane (51), Seán Powter for Sherlock (57), Conor Corbett for Cronin (60).
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan).