{"id":233419,"date":"2026-01-08T02:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T02:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/233419\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T02:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T02:22:08","slug":"o-dalaigh-shines-as-limerick-ease-past-callow-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/233419\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d3 D\u00e1laigh shines as Limerick ease past callow Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"

Munster Hurling League Group B round 2<\/p>\n

Limerick 1-28 Cork 0-16<\/p>\n

Donnacha \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh made it three goals in two games as a strong Limerick selection cruised past an inexperienced Cork side in Group B of the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League.<\/p>\n

\u00d3 D\u00e1laigh (1-03), free-taker Tom Morrissey (0-06), Peter Casey (0-04), and Cian Lynch (0-03) were among 13 different Treaty scorers in the 15-point win before 2,362 fans at the Gaelic Grounds.<\/p>\n

While both sides lined up without their college contingent, John Kiely went with a more seasoned team featuring seven All-Stars, including William O’Donoghue at centre-back, Casey at centre-forward, and Gear\u00f3id Hegarty on the edge of the square.<\/p>\n

Ben O\u2019Connor has yet to call upon last year\u2019s All-Ireland starting team as he handed out debuts to Ballyhea wing-back Tom Hanley, Castlelyons midfielder James Kearney, and Liscarroll\/Churchtown Gaels wing-forward Colin O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien got off to the perfect start by slotting the opening point and Hanley would also swing over a fine score before the break.<\/p>\n

Those were the Rebel highlights as Limerick otherwise showed their superiority throughout. In the first half alone, they peppered 27 shots at the posts across 30 minutes against Cork\u2019s 10.<\/p>\n

\"Robbie
\nCork’s Robbie O’Flynn in action against Matthew Fitzgerald, centre, and Darragh O’Donovan<\/p>\n

Wides delayed their progress, firing 11 by the break. Morrissey looked bright as he slotted their opening pair, including a 65, before teeing up Lynch for a no-look snapshot which travelled over the black spot.<\/p>\n

Jack O\u2019Connor escaped down the middle for a Cork goal chance, but converted goalkeeper Colin Ryan showed sharp reflexes to save down low.<\/p>\n

They had another chance when Se\u00e1n Desmond intercepted Ryan\u2019s pass, but directed his shot just over rather than into the empty net from 30 yards out.<\/p>\n

Robbie O\u2019Flynn registered the point of the match when speeding past two defenders and splitting the posts without taking the sliotar to hand. They trailed by one, but the gap only grew from there.<\/p>\n

Lynch, Casey, and \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh profited from advanced turnovers as Cork tried to work the sliotar out from short puck-outs.<\/p>\n

Wing-backs Chris Thomas and Matthew Fitzgerald also came forward for scores. \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh had a sight of goal but fired wide, by which stage the wide count was approaching 10-nil.<\/p>\n

Darragh O\u2019Donovan pointed with his final act for a 0-16 to 0-07 half-time lead, and Mike Casey arrowed over with his first touch on the resumption.<\/p>\n

That sparked a six-point streak, although Hegarty was somehow denied a goal as Ger Millerick\u2019s last-gasp block protected the empty net.<\/p>\n

Hugh Flanagan fired wide with another goal chance before teeing up \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh to rifle home in the 50th minute.<\/p>\n

Subs registered on both sides, with Jack Cosgrove and James Finn off the mark for Limerick, and Brian O\u2019Sullivan and Matthew Barrett pointing for Cork.<\/p>\n

Limerick: C Ryan; B Murphy, S Finn, E Stokes; C Thomas (0-01), W O\u2019Donoghue, M Fitzgerald (0-01); C Lynch (0-03), D O\u2019Donovan (0-01); J English (0-03), P Casey (0-04), T Morrissey (0-06, 3f, 2 65s); G Hegarty (0-01), D \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh (1-03), P O\u2019Donovan (0-02). Subs: J Fitzgerald for D O\u2019Donovan (h-t), M Casey (0-01) for O\u2019Donoghue (h-t), E Hurley for P Casey (43), D O\u2019Shea for Thomas (46), H Flanagan for Lynch (46), J O\u2019Connor for Hegarty (56), J Cosgrove (0-01) for P O\u2019Donovan (56), J Finn (0-01) for Fitzgerald (56).<\/p>\n

Cork: B Saunderson; C Doolan, E Roche, G Millerick; T Hanley (0-01), E Twomey, C Tobin (0-01); C Darcy, J Kearney; Colin O\u2019Brien (0-01), Colm McCarthy (0-03, 2f), J O\u2019Connor (0-02); J Cahalane (0-01), S Desmond (0-02), R O\u2019Flynn (0-02). Subs: B O\u2019Sullivan (0-02, 2f) for Colin O\u2019Brien (h-t), Cormac O\u2019Brien for Kearney (h-t), J Casey for Tobin (52), M Barrett (0-01) for McCarthy (52), B O\u2019Flynn for Darcy (52).Referee: T Walsh (Waterford).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Group A of the Munster Hurling League, Waterford racked up a huge score against Kerry at Cappoquin Logistics Fraher Field, winning by 6-25 to 0-06 in Dungarvan.<\/p>\n

In football, Offaly progressed to the semi-finals of the Dioralyte O’Byrne Cup, thanks to a 2-13 to 0-15 defeat of Meath at Gracefield GAA Club in Portarlington. First-half goals from Cormac Egan and Jordan Hayes proved decisive for the Faithful County.<\/p>\n

\"Bryan
\nBryan Menton (l) made his 150th appearance for Meath<\/p>\n

Offaly will now meet Westmeath, who got past Louth 2-15 to 0-15 in the other quarter-final at St Loman’s in Mullingar. Brian Guerin and Brandon Kelly found the net for Westmeath.<\/p>\n

In the O’Byrne Shield competition, Colm Hulton’s goal proved pivotal as Carlow saw off Wexford by a 1-13 to 0-13 margin to advance to the semi-finals where they will meet Laois on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It was also a busy night in the Dr McKenna Cup. Ois\u00edn O’Neill (penalty), Tiernan Kelly and Sean Conlon got the goals as Armagh overcame Down 3-10 to 0-10 in Section A at P\u00e1irc Esler, Fermanagh edged out Cavan by a 1-12 to 1-10 scoreline at Tempo Maguires GAC in Section B, while Derry put in a strong second-half display to see off Antrim 2-16 to 0-07 at Owenbeg in Section C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Munster Hurling League Group B round 2 Limerick 1-28 Cork 0-16 Donnacha \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh made it three goals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-233419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}