{"id":381004,"date":"2026-04-04T03:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381004\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:27:08","slug":"carrigtwohill-pick-up-first-win-in-red-fm-division-1-hurling-league-against-fr-oneills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381004\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrigtwohill pick up first win in Red FM Division 1 Hurling League against Fr O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">\n             Carrigtwohill 1-26 Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s 0-18\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Carrigtwohill picked up their first points in the Red FM senior hurling league following their win over Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A goal in the first minute put the home side on their way to victory, a blow that Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s never really recovered from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Carrigtwohill were on top for most of the first half, but credit to O\u2019Neill\u2019s, they were much the better at the start of the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But they found it hard to make inroads into Carrigtwohill\u2019s 10-point half-time lead, and when they did, the home side upped their game again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s are still without a win, but missing Cork players and injuries are not helping their cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Carrigtwohill got off to the perfect start with a goal in the first minute.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5029169_5_articleinlinemobile_DSC06265.jpeg\" alt=\"Carrigtwohill\u2019s James Mulcahy picks up the ball as\u00a0 Fr O\u2019Neill's Mark O\u2019Neill moves in to challenge him during their league clash at Carrigtwohill. Picture:\u00a0 Noel Sweeney\" title=\"Carrigtwohill\u2019s James Mulcahy picks up the ball as\u00a0 Fr O\u2019Neill's Mark O\u2019Neill moves in to challenge him during their league clash at Carrigtwohill. Picture:\u00a0 Noel Sweeney\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Carrigtwohill\u2019s James Mulcahy picks up the ball as\u00a0 Fr O\u2019Neill&#8217;s Mark O\u2019Neill moves in to challenge him during their league clash at Carrigtwohill. Picture:\u00a0 Noel Sweeney<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A superb ball from Tom\u00e1s Hogan put Se\u00e1n Walsh in on goal, and he made no mistake as he found the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He added a point from a free, and when he got his second, from another free, his side were 1-3 to no score in front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Another from him, along with a point from James Mulcahy, pushed them further ahead as Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s were finding it hard to get a foothold in the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Walsh\u2019s third point made it 1-5 to no score, before Tadhg O\u2019Donoghue Brosnan got Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s off the mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Patrick Walsh added a point for Carrigtwohill with Kevin O\u2019Sullivan replying for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mulcahy and Hogan added scores for Carrigtwohill, before Mark O\u2019Keeffe replied for O\u2019Neill\u2019s, to make it 1-9 to 0-3 after 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Two more from Se\u00e1n Walsh, along with one from Justin Oke pushed Carrigtwohill further ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">O\u2019Sullivan, with two, and Diarmuid O\u2019Neill replied for O\u2019Neill\u2019s as they trailed by 1-13 to 0-6 at half time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Credit to O\u2019Neill\u2019s they upped their game after the restart with O\u2019Sullivan hitting two to reduce the deficit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Se\u00e1n Walsh replied, but two more from O\u2019Sullivan made it 1-14 to 0-10 after 37 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Patrick Walsh scored the point of the game three minutes later when he picked up the ball in his own half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He burst past several defenders to split the post with a score that would lift any side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">O\u2019Neill\u2019s kept at it, and two more from O\u2019Sullivan, along with scores from Ronan Looney and O\u2019Donoghue Brosnan, kept their side in contention as they made it 1-17 to 0-15.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5029175_5_articleinlinemobile_DSC06318.jpeg\" alt=\"Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Sullivan tries to break away from the Carrigtwohill defence. Picture: Noel Sweeney\" title=\"Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Sullivan tries to break away from the Carrigtwohill defence. Picture: Noel Sweeney\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Sullivan tries to break away from the Carrigtwohill defence. Picture: Noel Sweeney<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But Carrigtwohill finished the game strongly with sub, Padraig Hogan, hitting three points, and Se\u00e1n Walsh was also on target late on as they ran out deserving winners in the end to get their first win of the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Scorers for Carrigtwohill: S Walsh 1-9 (0-6 f), P Hogan, P Walsh 0-3 each, J Mulcahy, T Hogan, J Oke, C O\u2019Riordan 0-2 each, D Nolan, J Horgan, M O\u2019Connor 0-1 each. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s: K O\u2019Sullivan 0-10 (0-7 f, 0-1 65), R Lowney, T O\u2019Donoghue Brosnan 0-2 each, M O\u2019Keeffe, D O\u2019Neill, E Rooney, R Cullinane 0-1 each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            CARRIGTWOHILL: S Devlin; B Twomey, A Walsh Barry, P O\u2019Sullivan; J Horgan, S De Burca, D Murnane; D Nolan, J Oke; C O\u2019Riordan, P Walsh, T Hogan; J Mulcahy, S Walsh, L O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: M O\u2019Connor for J Mulcahy (h-t inj), P Hogan for T Hogan (40), D Joseph for B Twomey (55), N Coughlan for P O\u2019Sullivan (57), D McCarthy for L O\u2019Sullivan (58).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Fr O\u2019NEILL\u2019S: C Cullinane; M Millerick, O Steele, M O\u2019Neill; R Kenneally, T Millerick, D O\u2019Neill; M O\u2019Keeffe, J Millerick; R Lowney, K O\u2019Sullivan, D Sexton; P Steele, J Hankard, T O\u2019Donoghue Brosnan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: C Lowney for M Millerick (28 inj), R Cullinane for P Steele, B Dunne for D Sexton (both ht), E Rooney for J Hankard (40).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n<p>                Referee: Pa O\u2019Driscoll, Bride Rovers.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carrigtwohill 1-26 Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s 0-18 Carrigtwohill picked up their first points in the Red FM senior hurling league&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-381004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381004","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=381004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}