\n St Mary\u2019s Macroom 2-12\n <\/p>\n
\n Ursuline Thurles 2-7\n <\/p>\n
St Mary\u2019s Macroom were crowned Munster Ladies Football PPS Junior A champions at Banteer on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Cork side staged a remarkable comeback in the second half to deservedly come out on top.<\/p>\n
They trailed by 2-4 to 1-1 at half-time and had conceded two late goals that saw Ursuline Thurles in prime position to retain their title.<\/p>\n
But in the second half, the Cork side took over, led by Naomh Aban\u2019s Rois\u00edn N\u00ed Liath\u00e1in, amongst others.<\/p>\n
She was outstanding after the break, and her tally of 0-8 played a crucial part in their win.<\/p>\n
Added to a goal from Olivia King, who found the back of the net with her first touch after coming on, St Mary\u2019s hit 1-8 without reply to take the title as they totally dominated after the break.<\/p>\n
They won the All-Ireland Junior B championship last year and stepped up a grade this season, and on this performance, don\u2019t rule them out winning back-to-back titles.<\/p>\n
It took Ursuline Thurles just 20 seconds to take the lead when Orla Pamplin pointed from their first attack as the Tipp side were quicker to settle.<\/p>\n
She increased their lead five minutes in as St Mary\u2019s were finding it hard to get a foothold in the game.<\/p>\n
But they started to settle, and N\u00ed Liath\u00e1in\u00a0got their first score after 10 minutes, to make it 0-2 to 0-1.<\/p>\n
With 17 minutes gone, they took the lead when a good team move saw Shauna Keane get the game\u2019s opening goal.<\/p>\n
N\u00ed Liath\u00e1in and Evie McMahon had combined well to set her up to see the Cork side lead by 1-1 to 0-2.<\/p>\n
Leah O\u2019Connell drove forward to point for Ursuline Thurles, and with 26 minutes gone, they were back on level terms, thanks to a Rosanna King point.<\/p>\n
Two minutes later, they got their first of their two goals when Pamplin set up Melanie Flannery to score.<\/p>\n
From the restart, they regained possession, with Sophie Moynihan\u2019s effort coming back off the post.<\/p>\n
However, Anna Doyle was quickest to react to the breaking ball to slot home Ursuline Thurles\u2019 second goal, as they led 2-4 to 1-1 at half-time.<\/p>\n
Early scores from Cliona O\u2019Brien and N\u00ed Liath\u00e1in\u00a0reduced the deficit, before Flannery and Sophie Moynihan replied for Ursuline Thurles.<\/p>\n
St Mary\u2019s then took over, with two more from N\u00ed Liath\u00e1in, making it 2-6 to 1-5.<\/p>\n
Evie McMahon and O\u2019Brien scored, and with 44 minutes gone, there was only a point in it, 2-6 to 1-8.<\/p>\n
A minute late, and St Mary\u2019s took the lead when N\u00ed Liath\u00e1in\u00a0played King in to score their second goal. <\/p>\n
They added points from Hannah Sweeney and N\u00ed Liath\u00e1in, and with time running out, they were 2-12 to 2-6 in front. Flannery scored late on, but by then it was no more than a consolation score as the Cork side ran out deserving winners.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for St Mary\u2019s Macroom: R Ni Liathain 0-8 (5f), S Keane, O King 1-0 each, C O\u2019Brien 0-2, E McMahon (f), H Sweeney 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n Ursuline Thurles: M Flannery 1-2 (1f), A Doyle 1-0, O Pamplir 0-2, L O\u2019Connell, R King, S Moynihan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n St MARY\u2019S MACROOM: L Hodman (Naomh Fionnbarra); T Browne (St Val\u2019s), S Cronin (Naomh Fionnbarra), H O\u2019Shea (Macroom); P Murphy (Macroom), A O\u2019Riordan (St Val\u2019s), K Murray (St Val\u2019s); Orla O\u2019Brien (St Val\u2019s), H Sweeney (Naomh Fionnbarra); R Ni Liath\u00e1in (Naomh Aban), E McMahon (St Val\u2019s), C O\u2019Brien (Macroom); S Keane (St Val\u2019s), Orlaith O\u2019Brien (Macroom), B Prendeville (St Val\u2019s).<\/p>\n
\n Subs: O King (St Val\u2019s) for Orlaith O\u2019Brien (41), K O\u2019Riordan (St Val\u2019s) for H Sweeney (52).<\/p>\n
\n URSULINE THURLES: S Heaney; M Lonergan, R O\u2019Brien, C Farrell; L Ryan, L O\u2019Connell, M Jones; O Pamplin, C Fitzgerald; S Deegan, S Moynihan, J Shanahan; R King, M Flannery, A Doyle.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: A Mockler for A Doyle (48), A Moran for J Shanahan (60).<\/p>\n
\n Referee: Grainne Sands, Down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Mary\u2019s Macroom 2-12 Ursuline Thurles 2-7 St Mary\u2019s Macroom were crowned Munster Ladies Football PPS Junior A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-267956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267956","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=267956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}