Senior A Post Primary All Ireland Semi Final
Loreto Kilkenny 1-19 Presentation Athenry 1-8
By Aoife Lanigan, PRO
Loreto are through to the Corn Sceilge All Ireland Post Primary Senior A Final after defeating Presentation Athenry in Palmerstown last Saturday
Loreto opened the scoring with a pointed free from Ona Kennedy and she added a second pointed free a minute later. Presentation Athenry then converted two frees through Katelyn Walsh (f) & Mollie Noone, the visitors only response of the first half
Hollie Ryan scored two excellent points from play for Loreto. Ona Kennedy added another pointed free for the Kilkenny school after the opposition’s defense were deemed to have overcarried the sliotar
Hollie Ryan scored her third point to put Loreto 0-6 to 0-2 ahead. Ona Kennedy scored the final three points of the first half to leave the interval score 0-9 to 0-2 in favour of Loreto
On the resumption of play, Clodagh Burke tagged on a pointed free for Presentation Athenry. Ona Kennedy added to her tally with another free for Loreto. Katelyn Walsh scored Presentation Athenry’s fourth point (first from play)
Ona Kennedy tacked on the next two points for Loreto, the latter point being the most impressive, it looked like it was wide, but it somehow curled in and went over the bar
Loreto’s midfielder Eleanor Doheny slotted over the homeside’s thirteenth point. Clodagh Burke converted a pointed free for the Connacht side before Emma Hogan & Lucy Boyd added a point each for Loreto
Over the next five minutes, Presentation Athenry added two points through Clodagh Burke (f) and Katelyn Walsh (f) and Ona Kennedy slotted over a further two pointed frees for Loreto
In the 56th minute, Holly Ryan hit the sliotar towards the Presentation Athenry goal, Loreto substitute Kate Dowling fielded it, turned and buried the sliotar into the bottom left corner of the net. From the puck out, Presentation Athenry went on the attack & substitute Anna Jordan scored a consolation goal
Shannon Doheny & Shauna Mahony scored a point each for Loreto. Heading towards full time, Eva McGlynn tacked on a point for Athenry
A short time later, the Referee blew the full time whistle with Loreto winning by 11 points 1-19 to 1-8
Loreto will now face Ursuline, Thurles in All Ireland Final where they will be bidding for their 11th title and fourth in a row on Saturday 21st February, venue & time to be confirmed
A very notable aspect to the game was the pin-point accuracy of the free taker from the home side Ona Kennedy who scored 11 points and she is related to the great Dan Kennedy of 1947 fame
Scorers – Loreto – Ona Kennedy 0-11 (11f), Kate Dowling 1-0, Hollie Ryan 0-3, Shauna Mahony, Shannon Doheny, Eleanor Doheny, Emma Hogan, Lucy Boyd 0-1 each
Presentation Athenry – Anna Jordan 1-0, Clodagh Burke 0-3 (2f), Katelyn Walsh 0-3 (1f), Mollie Noonan, Eva Gilchrist 0-1 each
Loreto – Ella Walton (Captain) (Tullaroan), Jill O’Brien (Danesfort), Erin Morrissey (Bennettsbridge), Grace Brennan (Tullaroan), Ciara Hickey (St Lachtain’s), Ona Kennedy (Windgap), Chloe Teehan (St Brigid’s), Shannon Doheny (Tullaroan), Eleanor Doheny (Tullaroan), Holly Ryan (Bennettsbridge), Shauna Mahony (Danesfort), Aoife Kirby (The Harps), Emma Hogan (Dicksboro), Lucy Boyd (Clara), Leah O’Donovan (John Lockes)
Subs – Kate Dowling (Dicksboro) for Emma Hogan, Katie Chambers (Dicksboro) for Hollie Ryan, Ali Greany (Dicksboro) for Ciara Hickey, Megan Trait (Dicksboro) for Aoife Kirby, Eva Tynan (Dicksboro) for Jill O’Brien, Sophie Roberts (Dicksboro) for Leah O’Donovan, Lucy Drennan (Young Irelands), Cara Duggan (Dicksboro), Siofraidh Kennedy (Conahy Shamrocks), Ava Medlar (Barrow Rangers), Ava Phelan Windgp), Eimear Brennan (Young Irelands), Caoimhe Fitzgerald (Young Irelands), Oonagh Fitzgerald (Clara), Emily Lauhoff (James Stephens), Laua Leahy (James Stephens), Lucy Lennon Walsh (James Stephens), Sian Bolger (St Martin’s), Eilish Keating (Young Irelands), Lily Ryan Murray (Dicksboro), Rebecca Smith (Barrow Rangers), Sinead Cash (Tullaroan), Saidhbh Farrell (Young Irelands), Katie Mulcahy (Bennettsbridge)
Presentation Athenry – Ciara Doyle, Kate Dunleavy Captain, Tarron Kilkenny, Saoirse Couihan, Maeve Feeney, Katie Leen, Emily Rabbitte, Isobel Whyte, Sinead Feeney, Clodagh Glennon, Kerri O’Driscoll, Eva McGlynn, Katelyn Waslh, Eamma Deely, Mollie Noone
Subs – Anna Jordan for Mollie Noone, Caoimhe Caulfield for Maeve Feeney, Kate Kennedy, Jessica McGlynn, Jane Callanan, Kiera Mernagh, Niamh Kilgannon, Alison Canavan, Ciara O’Connor, Siun Murphy, Cadhla Fox, Gemma Cloonan, Kate Sunderland, Chloe Keane, Lily Mae Feeney, Katie Noone, Ruth Kelly, Molly Mulry, Aoibhe Corcoran, Lauren Gannon, Eile Cronin, Saoirse O’Donnell, Lillian Walsh, Abbie Donohoe, Leah Mullins, Ciara Mullins, Lilian Shannon, Holly Mahon, Aoife Grealish, Aishling Kelly, Ailbhe Mulhall, Amanda Conway
Ref – Mike Ryan, Tipperary
By PRO Thu 12th Feb
