St Brendan's CS 3-20 Dublin North 0-11:A SUPERB second-half performance saw St Brendan's Community School, Birr, record an emphatic 18-point victory over Dublin North at Clareen yesterday.
St Brendan's led by only 1-6 to 0-5 at half-time having shot 10 wides. Dublin North cut the lead to three points five minutes into the second half and looked set to challenge but Birr took control and over the next 17 minutes outscored their opponents by 2-10 to 0-1.
ST BRENDAN'S CS: S Corcoran; J Keeshan, B Mulrooney, J McIntyre; B Dunne, B Harding, S Coughlan (0-2); S Kinsella, D Egan (0-2, frees); C Hogan, C Kennedy (1-1), A Kealey (0-2); K Connolly (0-7, 0-2 frees), T Carroll (2-5), O O'Carroll. Subs: A Hynes (0-1)for Hogan (48 mins), C Coughlan for Kealey (52 mins), L Brady for Dunne (55 mins), C Murray for Keeshan (56 mins), M Hough for Connolly (56 mins).
DUBLIN NORTH: S McDermott; D Fitzgerald, A Kehoe, N Ring; F Power, D Byrne (0-3, 0-2 '65s', 0-1 free), S Burke; O O'Meilidigh (0-1), F Breathnach; D Rushe, E Keogh, C O'Neill; D Kelly (0-1), M Brennan (0-3, 0-2 frees), E Fallon (0-1). Subs: L McClelland (0-2, both '65's)for Kehoe (43 mins), J Hetherton for Rushe (45 mins), P Keaney for Byrne (46 mins), D Casey for Kelly (48 mins), O Boland for Fallon (53 mins).
Referee: M Kirwan.
