{"id":545514,"date":"2026-07-12T06:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/545514\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T06:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:38:12","slug":"redfm-hurling-league-division-7-subs-give-barryroe-the-edge-over-ballinora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/545514\/","title":{"rendered":"RedFM Hurling League Division 7: Subs give Barryroe the edge over Ballinora"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Barryroe 1-15\n <\/p>\n

\n Ballinora 1-13\n <\/p>\n

Impact from the bench was a key plank of victory for Barryroe as they claimed the RedFM Hurling League Division 7 title at Newcestown on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

The Carbery club won a first piece of adult hurling silverware since the 2007 JAHC as the scored the last three points, all three coming from substitutes as part of a 1-6 total from players introduced in the second half.<\/p>\n

The goal, from Ryan O\u2019Donovan on 39 minutes, had given them the edge coming down the stretch but Ballinora swung things back their way as Mike Lordan\u2019s good delivery allowed Ciar\u00e1n O\u2019Donoghue to set up Conor Quirke for a blistering strike to the net \u2013 1-13 to 1-12 with five minutes of normal time left.<\/p>\n

However, last year\u2019s beaten junior A finalists missed chances to extend that advantage and Olan O\u2019Donovan levelled for Barryroe before Conor O\u2019Regan put them back in front \u2013 he was unlucky not to goal.<\/p>\n

The possibility of extra time loomed large but an equaliser was elusive for Ballinora and O\u2019Regan again went close at the other end, denied by a Donnchadh Murphy save, before Ryan O\u2019Donovan made sure of the win with a clinching point.<\/p>\n

\" James Lordan of Ballinora gets a block on the shot of Barryroe’s Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 Buachalla. Picture: Jim Coughlan<\/p>\n

In testing conditions, there was never much to separate the sides. Centre-back James Lordan was to the fore as Ballinora responded to an early two-point deficit by pushing 0-5 to 0-3 ahead, with Alan O\u2019Shea on song from dead balls.<\/p>\n

However, foreshadowing later travails, they failed to take the chance to establish more of an advantage and Barryroe came back well in the closing stages of the first half, frees from Adam McSweeney drawing them level before Quirke sent Ballinora in with a 0-7 to 0-6 lead.<\/p>\n

Goal chances were at a premium in the opening period \u2013 the closest either side came was a half-chance for O\u2019Shea, bravely blocked by Jerome O\u2019Brien \u2013 but after the first two points of the second half were shared, Barryroe found the net.<\/p>\n

While Ryan O\u2019Donovan \u2013 impressive for Carbery footballers the night before \u2013 was the man to finish it just after his arrival, his near-namesake Brian O\u2019Donovan deserved much credit, alert to intercept a Ballinora sideline cut and then providing the pass to set up the chance.<\/p>\n

It left them 1-8 to 0-9 ahead but O\u2019Shea and James Lordan tied the game again and matters remained tight.<\/p>\n

Two from Olan O\u2019Donovan had Barryroe 1-12 to 0-13 in front Quirke gave Ballinora the upper hand again but Barryroe had the stronger finish.<\/p>\n

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Scorers for Barryroe: R O\u2019Donovan 1-2, O O\u2019Donovan (0-2 f), L Murphy (0-2 f), A McSweeney (0-3 f) 0-3 each, M Whelton (0-1 f), B O\u2019Donovan, T \u00d3 Buachalla, C O\u2019Regan 0-1 each.\n <\/p>\n

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Ballinora: A O\u2019Shea 0-7 (0-4 f, 0-1 65), C Quirke 1-2, C O\u2019Donoghue 0-2, J Twohig, J Lordan 0-1 each.\n <\/p>\n

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BARRYROE: M Whelton; D Moloney, J O\u2019Brien, D O\u2019Sullivan; J Moloney, C Dineen, M Ryan; A McSweeney, D McCarthy; J Murphy, T \u00d3 Buachalla, B O\u2019Donovan; S Holland, L Murphy, M Walsh.\n <\/p>\n

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Subs: R O\u2019Donovan for Walsh (33), C O\u2019Regan for Holand (46), O O\u2019Donovan for L Murphy, D Dineen for O\u2019Brien (both 47), C O\u2019Sullivan for J Murphy (52).\n <\/p>\n

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BALLINORA: D Murphy; C Wolfe, T Forde, J Keohane; M Lordan, J Lordan, S Twohig; R Barrow, A Laverty; C O\u2019Donoghue, M O\u2019Brien, J Twohig; A O\u2019Shea, C Quirke, D Dineen.\n <\/p>\n

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Subs: K Murphy for Dineen (half-time), J Trench for O\u2019Brien (43), R Lane for Wolfe (54), B Mayer for O\u2019Shea (60).\n <\/p>\n

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Referee: R King (Kilbrin).\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barryroe 1-15 Ballinora 1-13 Impact from the bench was a key plank of victory for Barryroe as they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-545514","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\/545514","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=545514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}