{"id":528668,"date":"2026-07-02T03:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/528668\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T03:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:28:14","slug":"ben-herlihy-and-adam-kelly-fire-douglas-to-victory-over-carrigaline-in-the-u18p1-football-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/528668\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Herlihy and Adam Kelly fire Douglas to victory over Carrigaline in the U18P1 Football League final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Douglas 2-13 (2-0-13)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carrigaline 0-10 (0-0-10)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ben Herlihy kicked eight points and Adam Kelly hit 2-1 as Douglas overcame Carrigaline in the Rebel Og Coiste Fe 18 Premier 1 Football League final at Ballinlough on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The two clubs were level five times before the city side pulled away and added another underage trophy to their collection, following on from a victory over Nemo Rangers in the U16 equivalent of this competition on Monday.<\/p>\n

Douglas got their reward on Wednesday by navigating a tense first half, before goals from Kelly effectively sealed the win.<\/p>\n

\" Celebrations for Douglas, captained by James Gordon, as he is presented with the cup by Peter Watson of Rebel Og after the win in the Rebel Og Fe18 Premier 1 League Football final: Douglas vs Carrigaline at Ballinlough, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

They did lead 0-6 to 0-4 at the break, a hard earned reward over the nature of the final.<\/p>\n

Things started with a searing run and a cool finish from Ben Delaney as Carrigaline took an early lead.<\/p>\n

Douglas then created a goal scoring opportunity after James Naughton won the ball in midfield and played it through to Tomas Reddington.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The corner forward drew an excellent save from Danny McSorley, and the resulting 45 went wide in the second minute of play.<\/p>\n

Herlihy got things going for Douglas with a free and Delaney replied with a placed ball from a similar position, to restore Carrigaline\u2019s advantage at 0-2 to 0-1.<\/p>\n

Herlihy insured parity by splitting the posts from play, and Alex O\u2019Connell replied by finishing a move that involved Sam Collins and Luke Jordan.<\/p>\n

Herlihy made it 0-3 apiece and Carrigaline hit back with Harry Sisk curling over from just inside the arc.<\/p>\n

Douglas then rattled off three scores without a reply with Conor McLoughlin getting one and Herlihy hitting a brace, to give the club a two point advantage with the scoreboard reading 0-6 to 0-4.<\/p>\n

Carrigaline came out from the break and levelled the scoreboard for a fifth time with Delaney raising two white flags in quick succession.<\/p>\n

Douglas\u2019 response was to win the ball in midfield and play a quick pass to Kelly on the left wing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\" Celebrations for Douglas, captained by James Gordon, after the win in the Rebel Og Fe18 Premier 1 League Football final: Douglas vs Carrigaline at Ballinlough, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

The half forward turned and unleashed a venomous strike that went well beyond the reach of McSorley in the 33rd minute, to push the club in front at 1-6 to 0-6.<\/p>\n

Things got better during Douglas\u2019 next spell in possession as it led to two quick scores for Herlihy, making it 1-8 to 0-6.<\/p>\n

At this point, Carrigaline were very much swimming against the tide and it showed when an effort from Cillian Murphy was immediately cancelled out by Herlihy.<\/p>\n

Douglas got breathing room in the final third, starting with another effort by Herlihy. Kelly then rattled off 1-1, with the goal coming from close range in the 54th minute.<\/p>\n

Emmet Cronin then announced his arrival with Douglas\u2019 final score, while a late brace from Cillian Murphy eased things from a Carrigaline perspective.<\/p>\n

\" (right) Douglas Goal scorer Adam Kelly is congratulated by teammate Ciaran Fitzgerald for in the Rebel Og Fe18 Premier 1 League Football final: Douglas vs Carrigaline at Ballinlough, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Scorers for Douglas: B Herlihy 0-8 (3f); A Kelly 2-1; C McLoughlin, J Naughton, C Fitzgerald and E Cronin 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Carrigaline: B Delaney 0-5 (3f); C Murphy 0-3, A O\u2019Connell and H Sisk 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Douglas: R Hourihane; P Rudden, R McCarthy, C McLoughlin; C McAuliffe, I Butler, J Gordon; J Naughton, C Hallahan; D O\u2019Connor, A Kelly, M Keeshan; B Herlihy, C Fiztgerald, T Reddington.<\/p>\n

Subs: D Barry for Hallahan (37); E Cronin Gordon (45), S Lenihan for O\u2019Connor (52), D O\u2019Donovan for Fitzgerald (58), N Duane for Reddington (58), J Dollard Young for Herlihy (59).<\/p>\n

Carrigaline: D McSorley; C Moloney, G O\u2019Brien, J Bryan; S Collins, M Kiernan, J Scannell; D O\u2019Beolain, O Lynch; H Sisk, L Jordan, E Bowens; A O\u2019Connell, B Delaney, C Murphy.<\/p>\n

Subs: D Scannell for Bowens (39); R Murphy for Sisk (48), E Crowley for Scannell (52).<\/p>\n

Referee: Tom Manley (Inniscarra)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Douglas 2-13 (2-0-13)\u00a0 Carrigaline 0-10 (0-0-10)\u00a0 Ben Herlihy kicked eight points and Adam Kelly hit 2-1 as Douglas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-528668","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\/528668","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=528668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}