{"id":343497,"date":"2026-03-13T03:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T03:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/343497\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T03:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T03:22:13","slug":"cillian-myers-murray-kicks-three-late-two-pointers-as-st-finbarrs-edge-out-eire-og","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/343497\/","title":{"rendered":"Cillian Myers-Murray kicks three late two-pointers as St Finbarr’s edge out \u00c9ire \u00d3g"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Finbarr\u2019s: 0-14 (0-4-6)\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00c9ire \u00d3g: 0-10 (0-0-10)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spearheaded by two-point king Cillian Myers-Murray, St Finbarr\u2019s came good to defeat \u00c9ire \u00d3g in the McCarthy Insurance Group Division 1 Football League at a bitterly cold Togher on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

After being held on the opening day on home soil by Knocknagree, the Barrs will be glad to have picked up a victory mainly down to the shooting of Myers-Murray and an all-round much improved display in the second 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

The hero kicked three late two-pointers, all from frees, to hand his side the victory.<\/p>\n

Brian Roche\u2019s side fell well below the standards that they have set in recent years for a good chunk of this game. They only hit one point in the first half albeit they were against the wind.<\/p>\n

They still looked in bother with 17 minutes remaining as they trailed by five points, but they rallied to prevail by four points.<\/p>\n

The reigning Division 1 League champions and Premier SFC winners were severely depleted for various reasons hence why they made no subs.<\/p>\n

Trevor Howe made his debut for the Togher side and should be very proud with how he played in defence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00c9ire \u00d3g remain on a point after they drew with Castlehaven last Sunday week. They will be frustrated considering they had this game in the palm of their hands for the majority.<\/p>\n

\" Adam Lyne and Bill O’Connell of St Finbarr’s put the pressure on Mark Griffin of \u00c9ire \u00d3g. Picture: Jim Coughlan<\/p>\n

St Finbarr\u2019s got the first score after seven minutes through a Myers-Murray free, but they would fail to score again for the remainder of the opening 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

They had their chances but nothing came to fruition. They were forcing the issue too much.<\/p>\n

\u00c9ire \u00d3g largely controlled the proceedings as they were much more efficient and composed on the ball. The Ovens side were aided by a strong wind in this half.<\/p>\n

Ronan O\u2019Toole, Conor McGoldrick, Mark Griffin and Ois\u00edn O\u2019Shea all pointed for the away team as they led 0-4 to 0-1 after 22 minutes.<\/p>\n

Excellent \u00c9ire \u00d3g defending led by Michael Corkery and Daire McCarthy did help their side curb St Finbarr\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n

Brian Thompson and sub Colm Clifford gave \u00c9ire \u00d3g a 0-6 to 0-1 half-time lead.<\/p>\n

Wind-assisted St Finbarr\u2019s registered their first score in 24 minutes when Bill O\u2019Connell bisected the posts.<\/p>\n

Clifford and a nice Jerome Kelleher effort gave \u00c9ire \u00d3g a healthy six-point advantage.<\/p>\n

\" Alan O’Connor on the move for St Finbarr’s against Ois\u00edn O’Shea and Brian Thompson of \u00c9ire \u00d3g. Picture: Jim Coughlan<\/p>\n

Myers-Murray and Cian O\u2019Sullivan did raise white flags for St Finbarr\u2019s before sub Dylan Foley pushed \u00c9ire \u00d3g 0-9 to 0-4 clear after 39 minutes.<\/p>\n

St Finbarr\u2019s awoke from their slumber from this juncture on. They brought the deficit back to the bare minimum with Luke Hannigan\u2019s orange flag the pick of those scores. Myers-Murray (mark) and another O\u2019Connell effort with the other points, 0-9 to 0-8.<\/p>\n

\u00c9ire \u00d3g sub Cathal Kirwan converted an easy free and it did look like they had weathered the storm with four minutes left.<\/p>\n

Not to be. Three two-point frees from Myers-Murray gave St Finbarr\u2019s a four-point victory as \u00c9ire \u00d3g were left with regrets in what was an opportunity missed for them.<\/p>\n

Scorers for St Finbarr\u2019s: C Myers-Murray 0-9 (3 2pt f, 0-1 f, 0-1 m), L Hannigan (1 2pt), B O\u2019Connell 0-2 each, C O\u2019Sullivan 0-1.<\/p>\n

\u00c9ire \u00d3g: C Clifford 0-2, B Thompson, C McGoldrick, O O\u2019Shea, J Kelleher, R O\u2019Toole, M Griffin, C Kirwan (f), D Foley 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

ST FINBARR\u2019S: C Haynes; D O\u2019Kelly, J Burns, J Kennefick; B Hennessy, A O\u2019Connor, T Howe; C Crowley, L Hannigan; A Lyne, E Dennehy, B O\u2019Connell; C Myers-Murray, J Wigginton-Barrett, C O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n

Subs: No subs made.<\/p>\n

\u00c9IRE \u00d3G: C Kelly; C Murphy, M Corkery, D McCarthy; B Thompson, M Griffin, C McGoldrick; O O\u2019Shea, M Kelleher; D Kelly, M Murphy, J Kelleher; R O\u2019Toole, D Healy, B Hurley.<\/p>\n

Subs: C Clifford for M Kelleher (27), D Foley for M Murphy (h-t), C Kirwan for D Healy (35), D Kirwan for D Kelly (40), C Quigley for B Hurley (50), D Dineen for J Kelleher, M Brady for R O\u2019Toole (both 61).<\/p>\n

Referee: David Murnane (Macroom).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Finbarr\u2019s: 0-14 (0-4-6)\u00a0 \u00c9ire \u00d3g: 0-10 (0-0-10)\u00a0 Spearheaded by two-point king Cillian Myers-Murray, St Finbarr\u2019s came good…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-343497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343497","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=343497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}