PIFC: Cill na Martra hit Na Piarsaigh for five goals

Cill na Martra 5-13 Na Piarsaigh 2-7

A WELL-DRILLED Cill na Martra moved into the Premier Intermediate Football quarter-finals after they cruised to a comfortable win over Na Piarsaigh in Cloughduv.

The Muskerry men put some beautiful sequences of play together and many of those concluded in scores while Shane Ó Duinnín and Micheál Ó Deasúna were two men on a mission.

Despite Na Piarsaigh scoring the opening goal, a powerful strike from Kevin O’Meara, the first half belonged to Cill na Martra.

A push on Ó Duinnín granted Martra a penalty after a quarter of an hour. Micheál Ó Deasúna stepped up and slotted it home with composure.

Five minutes later two more of the Ó Duinníns were involved in a major moment. This time Daniel Ó Duinnín came onto a lay-off from Ciarán Ó Duinnín and fired it home to give his side a seven-point advantage.

The first-half drama did not end there though. In what was surely supposed to be a pass to a Na Piarsaigh forward, Alan Hogan’s looping ball ended up in the net to the surprise of everyone with three minutes to go before the short whistle: 2-10 to 2-4.

The second half was stop-start. An injury to Cill na Martra midfielder Antón Ó Cuana halted play for nearly 10 minutes and a detrimental black card and red card double for Na Piarsaigh meant the evening would only go from bad to worse. Gordon Joyce received a second yellow while Ross O’Sullivan saw black for back-chatting. 

Críostóir Ó Meachair palmed the ball into an empty net to extend the lead and Man of the Match Shane Ó Duinnín bagged two goals.

Scorers for Cill na Martra: S Ó Duinnín 2-5, M Ó Deasúna 1-3 (0-2 f), D Ó Duinnín, C Ó Meachair 1-0 each, D Ó Conail 0-3, D Ó hUrdail, F Ó hEalaithe 0-1 each.

Na Piarsaigh: S Forde 0-5 (0-1 f), K O Meara, A Hogan 1-0 each, E Dorgan, A Burke 0-1 each.

CILL NA MARTRA: P Ó Criodain; C Mac Lochlainn, G Ó Mocháin, F Ó Faoláin; D Ó Conail, T Ó Corcora, C Ó Fóirréidh; A Ó Cuana, G Ó Goillidhe; D Ó hUrdail, C Ó Duinnín, D Ó Duinnin; S Ó Duinnín, M Ó Deasúna, M Ó Duinnín.

Subs: F Ó hÉalaithe for T O Corcora (17), C Ó Croinín for A Ó Cuana (43), C Ó Meachair for M Ó Duinnín (54), A Ó Loingsigh for M Ó Deasúna (62), E Ó Conaill for D Ó hUrdail (62).

NA PIARSAIGH: A O’Sullivan; D McGuire, E Gunning, S Bowen; D Spillane, G Joyce, E Dorgan; P Rourke, A Burke; K Buckley, S Forde, S Cooke; K O’Meara, A Hogan, C Hogan.

Subs: K Moynihan for A Burke (40), R O’Sullivan for K O Meara (52) , A Burke for D McGuire (58).

Referee: Shane Scanlon (Newcestown).