{"id":385672,"date":"2026-04-07T03:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385672\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:01:09","slug":"carbery-rangers-pick-up-first-win-after-impressive-display-against-cill-na-martra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385672\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbery Rangers pick up first win after impressive display against Cill na Martra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carbery Rangers: 1-17 (1-1-15)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cill na Martra: 1-14 (1-1-12)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carbery Rangers are up and running in the McCarthy Insurance Group Division 1 Football League after an impressive win over Cill na Martra at Rosscarbery on Monday evening.<\/p>\n

The West Cork side came into this Round 3 encounter on the back of two defeats to start their campaign \u2014 and two below-par performances at that \u2014 against Clonakilty and Newcestown.<\/p>\n

They most certainly ticked every box in this one, producing a performance full of courage, spirit and pure grit.<\/p>\n

It was an outstanding team display, with important contributions from the likes of Paul Hodnett, Daragh Hayes and former Cork footballer John O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n

Carbery Rangers did the hard work in the opening 30 minutes. Playing against a gale-force wind, they reached the break level and pushed on in the second half to secure a big win.<\/p>\n

Cill na Martra remain on three points as their positive start comes to an end. They did have to play the final 11 minutes with 14 players following a red card to Ant\u00f3in \u00d3 Cuana. They didn\u2019t do enough to get anything from the game.<\/p>\n

Both teams will meet again in their respective group in the McCarthy Insurance Group SAFC later this year.<\/p>\n

\"CillCill na Martra’s Gear\u00f3id \u00d3 Goillidhe tries to shake off John O’Brien of Carbery Rangers. Picture: Martin Walsh<\/p>\n

Carbery Rangers started well, landing the first three points through a pair of Paul Hodnett efforts and a neat score from Hayes.<\/p>\n

Slowly but surely, the visitors began to get to grips with the game, aided by the wind, with Gear\u00f3id \u00d3 Goillidhe effective in midfield.<\/p>\n

Cill na Martra\u2019s Danny \u00d3 Conaill kicked a two-pointer, followed by efforts from Tadhg \u00d3 Corcora (twice) and a trademark Daniel \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn score, leaving them 0-5 to 0-3 ahead after 14 minutes.<\/p>\n

During that spell, Mark Hodnett had a golden opportunity to goal for Carbery Rangers but failed to convert.<\/p>\n

Cill na Martra added two quick-fire points before the home side struck for goal on 24 minutes when John O\u2019Rourke finished off a flowing move that began with a splendid kick-out from goalkeeper Aaron O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

Paul Hodnett pointed to draw the West Cork men level at 1-4 to 0-7 before the sides exchanged scores approaching the interval, deadlocked at the short whistle, 1-5 to 0-8.<\/p>\n

With the wind at their backs for the second half, Carbery Rangers pushed on. A Paul Hodnett free and points from John O\u2019Brien and Peadar O\u2019Rourke opened up a three-point buffer, 1-8 to 0-8.<\/p>\n

They made the most of a black card shown to Cill na Martra\u2019s \u00d3 Cuana in the 31st minute.<\/p>\n

Further points from Paul Hodnett and Peadar O\u2019Rourke extended the lead before the visitors returned to 15 players.<\/p>\n

Cill na Martra rallied with three successive points \u2014 Daniel \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn\u2019s effort the pick of them \u2014 to close the gap to 1-10 to 0-11 after 48 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"CillCill na Martra’s Daniel \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn determined not to relinquish the ball against John O’Brien of Carbery Rangers. Picture: Martin Walsh<\/p>\n

A minute later, \u00d3 Cuana picked up a yellow card which, added to his earlier black, resulted in a red \u2014 a major blow for the visitors.<\/p>\n

Carbery Rangers seized the momentum from there. Ross kicked three points on the trot to push them five clear with eight minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

The excellent Daniel \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn did find the net to leave just two points between the sides before the teams traded points entering added time.<\/p>\n

A majestic two-pointer from Hayes was undoubtedly the score of the game, giving Carbery Rangers the cushion that proved vital, 1-16 to 1-12.<\/p>\n

Cill na Martra added two of the last three points, but the home side deservedly came out on top.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Carbery Rangers: P Hodnett 0-6 (0-2 f), D Hayes 0-5 (1 2pt), J O\u2019Rourke 1-1, P O\u2019Rourke 0-3, J O\u2019Brien 0-2.<\/p>\n

Cill na Martra: D \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn 1-3, S \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn 0-5 (0-4 f), D \u00d3 Conaill (1 2pt), T \u00d3 Corcora 0-2 each, G \u00d3 Goillidhe, S \u00d3 F\u00f3irr\u00e9idh 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

CARBERY RANGERS: A O\u2019Brien; C Daly, J Kevane, T O\u2019Rourke; J O\u2019Rourke, J O\u2019Riordan, B Hodnett; K Scannell, J O\u2019Brien; P Hurley, P Hodnett, J Hodnett; M Hodnett, D Hayes, P O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n

Subs: B Kerr for P Hurley (22), P Tobin for J O\u2019Brien (53), S Linehan for T O\u2019Rourke (55), C McCarthy for J O\u2019Riordan (57, inj).<\/p>\n

CILL NA MARTRA: M \u00d3 Deas\u00fana; P \u00d3 h\u00c9alaithe, F \u00d3 Faol\u00e1in, D Mac Lochlainn; T \u00d3 Corcora, S \u00d3 F\u00f3irr\u00e9idh, C \u00d3 Cr\u00f3in\u00edn; A \u00d3 Cuana, G \u00d3 Goillidhe; D \u00d3 Conaill, D \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn, A \u00d3 hUidhir; C \u00d3 F\u00f3irr\u00e9idh, A \u00d3 Loingsigh, S \u00d3 Duinn\u00edn.<\/p>\n

Subs: J \u00d3 Loingsigh for P \u00d3 h\u00c9alaithe (29, inj), E \u00d3 Conaill for A \u00d3 hUidhir (53), D \u00d3 Buachalla for T \u00d3 Corcora (62, inj).<\/p>\n

Referee: Cormac Dineen (Douglas).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carbery Rangers: 1-17 (1-1-15)\u00a0 Cill na Martra: 1-14 (1-1-12)\u00a0 Carbery Rangers are up and running in the McCarthy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-385672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-gaa","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385672","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=385672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}