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The 42
a day ago
- Sport
- The 42
Kildare put four past Sligo to clinch place in Tailteann Cup quarter-finals
Tailteann Cup results Kildare 4-19 Sligo 1-24 Leitrim 3-9 Tipperary 0-10 Antrim 1-22 London 0-14 Fermanagh 0-25 Wexford 1-17 Carlow 1-15 Longford 1-20 FOUR-STAR KILDARE held off a late Sligo revival to clinch top spot in Group 1 and book their place in the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals. Goals from Daniel Flynn (2), James McGrath and Alex Beirne had the Lilywhites leading by 11 points inside the final quarter at Dr Hyde Park. Advertisement But a string of two-pointers saw Sligo reel Kildare in and cut the gap to just four points before they ran out of time. Tony McEntee's side finish as group runners-up and go into the draw for the preliminary quarter-finals, which takes place on Sunday evening at 6.15pm. In Group 1′s other game, 1-1 apiece from Jack Flynn and Tom Prior helped Leitrim to a 3-9 to 0-10 win over Tipperary, but it wasn't enough to extend their summer as they finish with the worst record of the third-placed teams. In Group 3, Antrim booked their place in the preliminary quarter-finals with a 1-22 to 0-14 win over London in Newry, substitute Niall Burns scoring the game's only goal late on. Fermanagh are straight through to the last eight as Group 4 winners thanks to a 0-25 to 1-17 victory against Wexford in Sunday's curtain-raiser at Croke Park, Conor Love starring with an individual 0-9, eight from play. Related Reads Ruthless Donegal put Cavan to the sword in 19-point win Roscommon-Meath draw rollercoaster contest, Down edge Louth Paddy Durcan returns to inspire Mayo to a victory that keeps their dreams alive Wexford finish as group runners-up, while Carlow also progress in third place despite their 1-20 to 1-15 defeat to eliminated Longford. Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here
Irish Times
a day ago
- General
- Irish Times
Tailteann Cup: Kildare and Fermanagh join Limerick and Wicklow in quarter-finals
Kildare may have secured the home quarter-final that they wanted in the Tailteann Cup on Sunday afternoon, but Sligo's late rally at Dr Hyde Park highlighted some of the vulnerabilities of the competition favourites. It finished 4-19 to 1-24 in favour of Brian Flanagan's side, with Daniel Flynn once again proving his value as he hit 2-3, following up from his tally of 2-4 against Tipperary last time out. Playing with a strong breeze at their backs, Kildare responded to Cian Lally's early goal for Sligo by hitting three of their own in the first 15 minutes. Flynn hit the first, toe-poking in a rebound after Aidan Devaney saved his initial effort, then James McGrath powered forward to find the bottom corner of the net and Alex Beirne added a third. But a pair of two-pointers was a poor return on a day when kickouts from the town end were easily covering 80 metres of ground if needed. A half-time score of 3-11 to 1-7 was not an insurmountable lead, though it looked a lot more convincing when Flynn added his second goal and Kildare led by 15 points with 50 minutes played. READ MORE Eventually Sligo found their shooting boots. Niall Murphy was unmarkable close to goal, shooting 0-10 in total from nine kicks, while Pat Spillane came off the bench to shoot two doubles. The lead briefly went down to two points (4-17 to 1-24) but Lee Deignan and Alan McLoughlin both missed the target from distance, Cian Lally turned down another scorable effort from range, and Mark Dempsey made a crucial fingertip save to prevent Murphy from playing in O'Connor with just the goalkeeper to beat, all in the last five minutes. In Group 1's other game, Leitrim won their first game of 2025 against Tipperary in Mullingar, but as the last-ranked third place team, their season still came to an end. In a low-scoring first half, Cian Smith's two-pointer was the only score in the opening 15 minutes, and goals from Jack Flynn and Tom Prior pushed Leitrim 2-2 to 0-3 ahead at half-time. Joe McGloin settled the game when his goal put nine points between the sides after 56 minutes. Leitrim didn't manage another score for 12 minutes, but still saw out the game 3-9 to 0-10. That result meant Antrim needed to beat London by at least eight points to keep their season alive, and they did that in Newry, running out 1-22 to 0-14 winners. London actually led 0-14 to 0-13 going into the final quarter, but Antrim came with a wet sail as Niall Burns (1-1), Dominic McEnhill (0-6) and Ryan McQuillan (0-4) scored well. Longford were the only team already eliminated going into Sunday's games, but despite that they turned out in style against Carlow in Tullamore, shooting seven first-half two-pointers to go with Oran Kenny's goal. Matthew Carey racked up 0-15 in total, including five of those first-half doubles, in a 1-20 to 1-15 win that pushed Carlow into third spot in the group. Fermanagh confirmed their passage through to the last eight in Croke Park where they outscored Wexford 0-9 to 0-4 in the final quarter. Seán Nolan's goal had Wexford in front by five with 30 minutes played, but Fermanagh grew into the game with Conor Love (0-9) leading their attack. Fermanagh now join Kildare, Limerick and Wicklow in the quarter-finals as group winners. In the preliminary quarter-finals next weekend, the home teams will be Sligo, Wexford, Offaly and Westmeath. They will be drawn to face Carlow, Antrim, Laois and New York on Sunday evening. Weekend Tailteann Cup results Group 1: Leitrim 3-9 Tipperary 0-10; Kildare 4-19 Sligo 1-24 Group 2: Offaly 3-16 Laois 3-18; Wicklow 3-29 Waterford 0-21 Group 3: Westmeath 0-18 Limerick 0-19; Antrim 1-22 London 1-14 Group 4: Carlow 1-15 Longford 1-20; Fermanagh 0-25 Wexford 1-17
Irish Independent
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Kildare survive Sligo's second-half comeback to top group and clinch home Tailteann Cup quarter-final
Kildare have topped Group 1 of the Tailteann Cup after an entertaining four-point victory over Sligo in Dr Hyde Park, despite a sensational second-half comeback from the Yeats men.
RTÉ News
a day ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Kildare just about see off Sligo's fightback
A windy afternoon in this roller coaster of an Irish summer led to yet another huge second-half turnaround this Tailteann Cup contest in Roscommon between Sligo and Kildare. In the end Sligo didn't quite complete their comeback from 15 points adrift against the Lily Whites, so it was Kildare who secured a home quarter-final in the competition and Sligo will instead have to play host to either Carlow, New York or Antrim next weekend in a preliminary quarter-final. For a Kildare side that is high on talent but equally afflicted with doubt and weak spots, this was a mixed bag of a performance. Concerns over their inability to score goals has been a feature all year long but the return of Daniel Flynn has certainly made a huge difference in that regard. The rampaging full-forward added 2-3 today to his 2-4 haul against Tipperary last time out, and even with Darragh Kirwan still absent, Brian Flanagan's attack looks a lot more potent with Flynn back in harness. Against that however must be considered their ongoing issues with two-pointers, as they only scored two in the first half, despite playing with a ferocious breeze that saw Cian Burke easily hit a couple of kickouts down to the Sligo 45m line. One of those was an Alex Beirne free for a 'breach', and that wasn't the first time Sligo were to pay heavily for that infringement. Late in the game when the 15 point lead was cut to two and Sligo had their opponents on the rack, another three-man-up breach allowed Beirne to kick a relieving point that stemmed the tide. Moreover, Flanagan will look at how Sligo took over at centre field for the final quarter, and how his side coughed up far too many chances. Wides from Alan McLoughlin and Lee Deignan were to prove crucial in the dying minutes, as was Cian Lally's refusal to pull the trigger from 45 metres out with time and space. Lally scored once in the game, a stunning goal that immediately lit a match under this contest. Daniel Flynn replied in kind, collecting a pass from Alex Beirne and scoring at the second attempt, after his first effort was parried by Aidan Devaney. Colm Dalton set up James McGrath for their second with Alex Beirne hammering the ball into the roof of the net for their third after 15 minutes. Crucially however, Kildare struggled to tack on enough points to really and truly put Sligo away. 3-11 to 1-7 at half-time was far from game over, though points from Callum Bolton and Flynn at the start of the second half added an extra few degrees of incline to the hill that Sligo had to climb, and when Flynn got on the end of a team move and finished to the Sligo net with his left ten minutes into the second half, the was soon to be pushed out to 15 points (4-15 to 1-9). When they sit down to reflect on the game, Sligo will regret that it took them so long to take meaningful bites out of that lead. With just 15 minutes remaining the gap was still 11, Sligo had yet to kick a two-pointer from play, and Kildare were picking off enough scores on the break to keep their Connacht opponents at bay. But in the modern game, no lead is safe, and three doubles in the space of five minutes, two from the boot of Pat Spillane, gave the crowd plenty to shout about in the closing stages. By then, Sligo had taken control at midfield where Cian Lally and Canice Mulligan were winning the kickout battle, and despite some touch-tight defending from Mark Dempsey, Niall Murphy seemed to be able to find the posts from all sorts of angles. With five minutes to play, Murphy lobbed up a shot and let the wind do the rest to reduce the gap to two points, 4-17 to 1-24. Kildare supporters might like to think that when the pressure was on, their side stepped up and did what was needed to see out the win. To those in attendance, it felt a lot more like Sligo had the chances, but they just didn't take them. In a Tailteann Cup where Kildare are the uneasy favourites, both of these counties have the talent to be contenders, but they have shortfalls they'll need to address too. Kildare: Cian Burke; Mark Dempsey, Brian Byrne, Harry O'Neill; Tommy Gill (0-02), David Hyland, James McGrath (1-00); Kevin Feely, Brendan Gibbons; Colm Dalton (0-03, 1tp), Alex Beirne (1-06, 1tpf, 0-01 45, 0-01 free), Ben McCormack; Ryan Sinkey (0-02), Daniel Flynn (2-03), Brian McLoughlin (0-01). Subs: Jimmy Hyland for McCormack (2), Niall Kelly (0-01) for Hyland (28), Callum Bolton (0-01) for Gibbins (half-time), Kevin Flynn for Bolton (49), Jack McKevitt for Gill (67). Sligo: Aidan Devaney; Paul McNamara, Eddie McGuinness, Evan Lyons; Brian Cox, Darragh Cummins, Jack Lavin; Alan Reilly, Patrick O'Connor (0-03); Cian Lally (1-00), David Quinn (0-02), Canice Mulligan (0-02, 1tp); Alan McLoughlin (0-02 frees), Shane Deignan, Niall Murphy (0-10, 1tpf, 0-02 frees). Subs: Luke Towey for McNamara (half-time), Ross Doherty for Lavin (43), Donal Conlon for Deignan (49), Pat Spillane (0-05, 2tp) for Reilly (49), Lee Deignan for Cummins (67) Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon).
Irish Examiner
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Kildare secure home quarter-final as they see off Sligo in Tailteann Cup
Tailteann Cup Group 1: Kildare 4-19 (4-2-15) Sligo 1-24 (1-4-16) Kildare secured their home quarter-final and a weekend's rest by overcoming Sligo in Dr. Hyde Park this afternoon, but Tony McEntee's side exposed a vulnerability in the Tailteann Cup favourites that will give hope to a handful of other counties over the next month. The return of Daniel Flynn has addressed what was perceived as a significant Kildare weakness by giving them a cutting edge in front of goal and the Johnstownbridge man starred in Roscommon with 2-3, including a second half goal that looked as if it had killed off the Sligo challenge. But despite holding a 15-point lead 10 minutes into the second half, Kildare started to flounder at midfield, even against a Sligo side that took far too long to start to exploit the strong wind. With 15 minutes to play there was still 11 points between the teams, and even though kickouts from the town end goal were reaching the opposition 45m line, Sligo had raised just one orange flag, that from a free. Then Pat Spillane came off the bench to kick a pair of them, Canice Mulligan added another, and the crowd was roused into life. By then, Sligo had taken control at midfield where Cian Lally and Mulligan were winning the kickout battle, and despite some touch-tight defending from Mark Dempsey, Niall Murphy seemed to be able to find the posts from all sorts of angles. With five minutes to play, Murphy lobbed up a shot and let the wind do the rest to reduce the gap to two points (4-17 to 1-24), and when they reflect on this game during the week, Sligo will know that they had their chances to keep that momentum going. Lee Deignan put one two-point attempt wide, Lally turned down the chance to take on another when he had time and space some 50 metres out, and the game ultimately hinged on a handpass from Murphy where he looked to connect with Patrick O'Connor in behind the Kildare full-back line, but on a weekend where there were several last-ditch defensive plays that changed results, a fingertip interception from Dempsey averted the danger. Two insurance points later, Kildare were confirmed as winners, but not in the comprehensive manner than many might have expected when they scored three goals in the first 15 minutes. Sligo's Lally got the game out to a sensational start by slicing through the centre of the Kildare defence and rifling the ball into the top corner, but on the next attack Flynn replied in kind, collecting a pass from Alex Beirne and scoring at the second attempt, after his first effort was parried by Aidan Devaney. Colm Dalton set up James McGrath for their second with Alex Beirne hammering the ball into the roof of the net for their third after 15 minutes. Crucially however, Kildare struggled to tack on enough points to really and truly put Sligo away, with good peripheral defence restricting them to just two two-pointers. Excellent points from Flynn, Callum Bolton, and then a fourth goal from the left foot of the rampaging full-forward, looked like it might have been enough. Instead Sligo – eventually – found their attacking rhythm. It wasn't enough to win the game, but what they did will make for interesting viewing for Kildare's future opponents in what looks like a wide-open competition. Scorers for Kildare: D Flynn (2-3), A Beirne (1-6, 1tpf, 1 45, 0-1f), J McGrath (1-0), C Dalton (0-3, 1tp), R Sinkey and T Gill (0-2 apiece); N Kelly, C Bolton and B McLoughlin (0-1 apiece). Scorers for Sligo: N Murphy (0-10, 1tpf, 0-2f), P Spillane (0-5, 2tp), C Lally (1-0), P O'Connor (0-3); D Quinn, C Mulligan (1tp), A McLoughlin (2f) (0-2 apiece). KILDARE: C Burke; M Dempsey, B Byrne, H O'Neill; T Gill, D Hyland, J McGrath; K Feely, B Gibbons; C Dalton, A Beirne, B McCormack; R Sinkey, D Flynn, B McLoughlin. Subs: J Hyland for McCormack (2), N Kelly for Hyland (28), C Bolton for Gibbins (ht), K Flynn for Bolton (49), J McKevitt for Gill (67). SLIGO: A Devaney; P McNamara, E McGuinness, E Lyons; B Cox, D Cummins, J Lavin; A Reilly, P Kilcoyne, D Quinn, C Lally; C Mulligan; A McLoughlin, S Deignan, N Murphy. Subs: L Towey for McNamara (ht), R Doherty for Lavin (43), D Conlon for Deignan (49), P Spillane for Reilly (49), L Deignan for Cummins (67) Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon).
