{"id":475302,"date":"2026-05-30T22:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/475302\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:17:11","slug":"patrick-horgan-and-simon-kennefick-hit-goals-against-fr-oneills-to-secure-glen-rovers-top-tier-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/475302\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Horgan and Simon Kennefick hit goals against Fr O’Neill’s to secure Glen Rovers’ top-tier status"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Glen Rovers 2-15 Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s 0-18\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

Glen Rovers had to battle to the wire before securing a crucial win over Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s in the RedFM Division 1 HL in damp conditions at the Glen Field on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The result secured their top-tier status for next season, with Cork legend Patrick Horgan once again leading their scoring with a 1-4 tally. Simon Kennefick got their other goal and while Mark O’Keeffe landed 0-5 from play for their East Cork side, they were shorthanded without their three Cork players.<\/p>\n

\" Mark O’Keeffe with possession for Fr O’Neill’s against Glen Rovers. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Both sides went in threatened by relegation, and in the opening seven minutes, shared six points.<\/p>\n

The Glen struggled for the next 13 minutes as they failed to register a score in this period, while Kevin O\u2019Sullivan, who ended with an impressive 0-13, gave his side a three-point lead. However, in the 24th minute, he was denied a goal when through one-on-one as Glen keeper Cathal Hickey produced a magnificent save.<\/p>\n

The Glen responded to the wake-up call and a superb Dean Brosnan point in the 26th minute brought the teams level again. Horgan showed his experience when striking an unstoppable 20-metre free to the corner of the net, having had a previous attempt saved.<\/p>\n

Simon Quilligan and Horgan finished with points as the Glen went in at the break commanding a five-point lead, 1-10 to 0-8.<\/p>\n

\" Goalkeeper Johnny Swayne drives a puckout for Fr O’Neill’s. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

On the restart, O\u2019Neill\u2019s almost found the back of the net but Hickey parried the sliotar out for a 65 that O\u2019Sullivan duly converted. The energetic Mark O\u2019Keeffe added another point before Simon Kennefick found his range with a white flag for the home side.<\/p>\n

The Glen’s defending was rock solid in the second half, with Conor McCarthy and Liam Coughlan leading the way with grit and determination.<\/p>\n

The striking of O\u2019Sullivan kept the Ballymacoda outfit within distance but they were punished with a clinical Glen goal with 10 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

A high ball was caught by Horgan 30 metres from goal and a classy offload found Kennifick, whose finish was sublime to push the hosts up by five points.<\/p>\n

The closing minutes were frantic as Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s pounded the Glen with a number of high balls into the square but their defence stood tall.<\/p>\n

In the end, Tom\u00e1s Mulcahy and his coaching staff will be happy that their depleted side finally put back-to-back wins together in this league campaign.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Glen Rovers: P Horgan 1-5 (1-4 f, 0-1 65), S Kennefick 1-1, L Quilligan, D Brosnan 0-3 each, M Dooley, D Wall, G Mulcahy 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s: K O\u2019Sullivan 0-13 (0-8 f, 0-3 65), M O\u2019Keeffe 0-5, T Millerick 0-1.<\/p>\n

\n GLEN ROVERS: C Hickey; L Coughlan, E Varian, C McCarthy; F O\u2019Driscoll, L Horgan, A O\u2019Donovan; G Mulcahy, R Dunne; S Kennefick, D Brosnan, L Quilligan; D Wall, P Horgan, M Dooley.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: K Kelleher for M Dooley (h-t), Z Lynch for D Wall (58).<\/p>\n

\n FR O’NEILL’S: J Swayne; M Millerick, D Harrington, R Kenneally; J O\u2019Neill, T Millerick, E Motherway; K O\u2019Sullivan, John Millerick; R Cullinane, P McMahon, M O\u2019Keeffe; C O\u2019Leary, P Steel, M Wall.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: R Hansard for T Steel (h-t), T O\u2019Donoghue-Brosnan for P McMahon (h-t), C Abernethy for C O\u2019Leary (inj 40).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: Colm Lyons (Nemo Rangers).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glen Rovers 2-15 Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s 0-18\u00a0 Glen Rovers had to battle to the wire before securing a crucial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1965,1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-475302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-hurling","tag-cork-gaa","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\/475302","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=475302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}