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The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Delighted Down star declares ‘the county is booming' after win over Louth seals All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final
CEILUM DOHERTY reckons Down football is 'blooming' after they got the better of Louth in Newry's Páirc Esler yesterday. The Mourne men saw off the Leinster champions by a point to seal their place in an All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final at a minimum. Advertisement 2 Down beat Louth to secure an All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final Credit: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile 2 Ceilum Doherty declared football in the county was blooming Credit: Stephen Marken/Sportsfile A win in their final game against Monaghan will secure their spot in a quarter-final. And Doherty — who scored two points — said: 'The county is blooming. People are looking to get out to watch football . 'They're seeing neighbouring counties doing very well. So that only gives you the bite and the teeth to get out and watch games and, look, it's amazing. 'I'm delighted there's a lot of children there to see it and hopefully we can show them the direction and that's the future of Co Down.' Advertisement Read More on GAA But the Mourne had to withstand a fierce fightback from Louth. And they needed a last-ditch block from Adam Crimmins to deny Tommy Durnin a chance to level it. Down thought they had blown the Wee County away en route to a nine-point interval lead. Their torch was lit when Odhran Murdock caught the throw-in with one hand and proceeded to stroke over a two-pointer inside 14 seconds. Advertisement Most read in GAA Football Ryan Magill, Ryan McEvoy and Doherty tagged on points before Danny Magill's two-pointer and a converted two-pointer from Murdock put Down clear. Sam Mulroy's free was all Louth could muster in the first quarter. Tipperary GAA star 'had to do live apology on RTE' the day after cursing during All-Ireland interview - Louth finished the half with Ryan Burns, Conor Grimes , Ciarán Downey and Mulroy on target but further scores from Danny Magill and Pat Havern gave Conor Laverty's men a healthy lead at the interval. Down managed to remain nine points ahead with 15 minutes to go. Advertisement But the Leinster champions cut that lead down to five and then to only one point. Four two-pointers from Mulroy and another by Craig Lennon swung the game and momentum was fully behind Louth. But Down grabbed points from Shay Millar, Havern and Magill to stay ahead. And when it came to the crunch, it was Crimmins who became the hero for the Mourne men. Advertisement Louth must beat Clare in their final group game to reach the preliminary quarter-finals. DOWN : R Burke, P McCarthy, P Fegan, C Doherty 0-2, R Magill 0-1, P Laverty, M Rooney, A Crimmins 0-2, R McEvoy, D Magill 0-6, 1tp, O Murdock 0-5, 1tp, 1tpf, F McElroy, J Guinness , P Havern 0-6, 1tp, J McGeough 0-1. Subs : C Mooney 0-1 for Guinness 46 mins; S Millar 0-1 for McEvoy 48; E Branagan for McElroy 50; F Murdock for Rooney 63. LOUTH : N McDonnell, D Nally, D Campbell, D McKenny, C McKeever 0-1, P Lynch, C Lennon 0-3, 1tp, T Durnin 0-2, 1tp, C Byrne, B Duffy , C Downey 0-4, C Grimes, C Keenan, S Mulroy 0-12, 2tp, 2tpf, R Burns 0-2. Subs : D McDonnell for Duffy h-t; A Williams for Lynch 41 mins; P Mathews for Grimes 61; Kieran McArdle for Byrne 61; D McKeown for Keenan 68. REFEREE : D Gough (Meath) [N Mooney (Roscommon), 21]. Advertisement
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Down edge Louth for second All-Ireland group stage win
Down made it two wins from two in the group stage of the All-Ireland series as they survived a late Louth fightback to win 0-25 to 0-24 at Pairc a delayed start to the game in Newry, Odhran Murdock kicked a fine two pointer a minute into the game to set Conor Laverty's men on their added two more points before a free from Sam Mulroy got Louth on the board after eight two-pointers from Danny Magill and Murdock further stretched Down's lead and they eventually moved nine clear before Niall McDonnell was thwarted by Ryan McEvoy in front of rattled off four points in a row to cut the gap, but a late scoring blitz helped Down to lead 0-16 to 0-7 at two-pointer and another effort from Mulroy helped the Leinster champions to chip away at Down's lead, reducing it to six points, but three in a row from the hosts helped them to re-establish their McKenny hit the post for Louth with Mulroy, Craig Lennon and Tommy Durnin scoring three straight two-pointers for the visitors as they moved to within three points of the had the momentum and got back to within one, before Mulroy's attempt after the hooter was blocked as Down held on for a narrow comfortably dispatched Clare in their first game, the Mournemen are in a commanding position ahead of facing Monaghan at a neutral venue in the final round of group games in a fortnight.
The Irish Sun
18-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Down extend Clare's wait for win in All-Ireland series as three goals inspire 17-point rout for Tailteann Cup holders
CLARE'S long wait for an All-Ireland series win now stands at SEVEN games after the Banner suffered another hammering, this time to Down. The Tailteann Cup holders made light work of Peter Keane's men at Cusack Park as the hosts failed to recover from a Munster final throttling by Kerry. The Banner are in their third year in the Sam Maguire series but have yet to taste victory. There was little suggestion that Down would inflict such a setback here but based on last year's NFL Division 3 meeting in Newry — which the Ulster men won 3-15 to 1-10 — it was a game fraught with danger. Emmet McMahon kicked off the scoring for Clare but 13 minutes later, Down had 1-4 on the board with John McGeough netting. The Banner rallied in the second quarter especially when Alan Griffin ended a confident Clare move with a major. Read More on GAA Pat Havern and Danny Magill were constant thorns in Clare's defence and both scored at will. After 23 minutes, Down increased their lead to ten and Clare were barely hanging on. Ryan McEvoy, Havern, and Danny Magill kept Down's score tally ticking over and with nearly ten minutes of injury time in the first half, the visitors struck four more with Havern hitting three and McGeough on the mark to leave the them 2-17 to 1-6 to the good at the break. Clare now had the breeze but it was of little use as the Mournemen were in no mood to surrender ground. Mark McInerney led a mini-revival for the home team with five points, including a two-pointer, before Eoin Cleary added another score but the nearest the Banner got to their rivals was ten points. Most read in Sport Sub Caolan Mooney hit the third Down goal as Clare failed to score for 15 minutes before Emmet McMahon fired a two-pointer. Up next for DOWN is a home battle with Leinster champions Louth a week on Saturday, while CLARE face a trip to Monaghan the following day. DOWN : R Burns; P McCarthy, P Laverty, R Magill; M Rooney 0-1, P Fegan, C Doherty; D Guinness 1-1, J Guinness 0-2; D Magill 0-7, 2tp, O Murdock 0-2, R McEvoy 0-1; J McGeough 1-1, P Havern 0-9, 2tp, 3f, A Crimmins 0-3. Subs : C Mooney 1-0 for Doherty 35+2 mins (inj), P Brooks for R MaGill 45, S Millar for McEvoy 54, F Murdock for Guinness 60, C McCrickard for McGeough 63, D Scullion for Murdock 67. CLARE : E Tubridy; R Lanigan, C Brennan, M Doherty; C Rouine, I Ugweuru, C Meaney; B McNamara, E McMahon 0-5, 1tp, 2f; G Murray, E Cleary 0-1, D Coughlan 0-2; M McInerney 0-6, 1 tp, 1f, K Sexton, A Griffin 1-1. Subs : A Sweeney, for Brennan 15 mins (inj), D Walsh for Murray 35+2, F Kelleher for Meaney h-t, S Griffin for McNamara 60 (inj), J Stack 0-1 for Cleary 63. REFEREE : P Neilan (Roscommon). 1 Daniel Guinness of Down shoots to score his side's second goal despite the attention of Ronan Lanigan of Clare Credit: Tom Beary/Sportsfile
