{"id":605797,"date":"2026-08-27T03:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/605797\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T03:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:10:23","slug":"premier-1-mfc-carrigaline-deliver-polished-display-to-progress-past-nemo-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/605797\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier 1 MFC: Carrigaline deliver polished display to progress past Nemo Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carrigaline: 2-11 (2-1-9)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers: 1-9 (1-2-5)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carrigaline booked their place in the semi-finals of the Cork ETB Rebel \u00d3g Premier 1 MFC after overcoming Nemo Rangers at Shanbally on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

The sides had only met two weeks ago in the group stage, but with three teams finishing level on points, a play-off was required. Holders Ballincollig received the bye, leaving Carrigaline and Nemo to face off once more.<\/p>\n

Nemo had edged the previous meeting by a point, yet this was a more rounded Carrigaline display, one that delivered a deserved five-point win in this quarter-final.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They never trailed, never looked in bother, and produced a polished performance with Ben Corkery-Delaney and Luke Jordan leading the scoring charge. Cork minor Eoghan Ahern was hugely influential around the middle as Carrigaline progressed with confidence.<\/p>\n

Carrigaline will now meet Douglas, while Ballincollig face Clonakilty in the last four.<\/p>\n

Nemo suffered an early blow after just four minutes when goalkeeper Callum McCarthy-O\u2019Donovan picked up a black card. Carrigaline made full use of the numerical advantage, and although it took Nemo until the 22nd minute to raise a score, it was a long way back. The city side trailed by seven at the short whistle and never managed to claw it back.<\/p>\n

\" Denis Kelleher with possession for Nemo Rangers against Carrigaline. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Carrigaline opened with two Corkery-Delaney frees, either side of McCarthy-O\u2019Donovan\u2019s black card for a foul on Conor Murphy. The extra man added to Carrigaline\u2019s control, and they struck 1-1 in two minutes through Jordan, his goal rifled into the roof of the net for a 1-3 to 0-0 lead after 11 minutes.<\/p>\n

Nemo returned to their full complement soon after and finally got off the mark on 22 minutes via a Morgan Corkery free. But Carrigaline dominated the first half, with Matthew Kiernan and Ollie Lynch central to a watertight defence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Corkery-Delaney and Jordan added points, and Jordan was unlucky not to grab a second goal when his effort rattled the crossbar on the stroke of half-time. Carrigaline led 1-5 to 0-1 at the interval.<\/p>\n

Michael Scott pointed for Nemo on the restart as they emerged with renewed intent. The sides traded scores before a Larry Butler two-point free narrowed the gap to four, 1-6 to 0-5 after 36 minutes. McCarthy-O\u2019Donovan then made a smart save to deny Corkery-Delaney, keeping Nemo alive.<\/p>\n

It proved important when Corkery pointed for the team in green and black, but Carrigaline responded with the score of the game \u2014 Corkery-Delaney converting an orange flag from a difficult free to push them 1-8 to 0-6 ahead after 48 minutes.<\/p>\n

\" Eoghan Ahern in action for Carrigaline against Nemo Rangers. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Cormac Sheehan\u2019s two-pointer cut the deficit again, but Carrigaline struck a decisive blow six minutes from time when Corkery-Delaney finished a Jordan sideline delivery to the net. The sides traded points as Carrigaline moved 2-9 to 0-9 ahead entering the final minutes.<\/p>\n

Se\u00e1n Collins\u2019 side closed out with white flags from their only two scorers, Corkery-Delaney and Jordan, sealing the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nemo, in typical fashion, battled to the end and were rewarded with a consolation goal when sub Cian Herlihy finished superbly into the top corner.<\/p>\n

Carrigaline march on, extending their season.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Carrigaline: B Corkery-Delaney 1-6 (0-2 f, 1 2pt f), L Jordan 1-5.<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers: L Butler 0-3 (1 2pt f), C Herlihy 1-0, C Sheehan (1 2pt), M Corkery (0-1 f) 0-2 each, C Power, M Scott 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

CARRIGALINE: D McSorley; C Moloney, G O\u2019Brien, J Bryan; D \u00d3 Beol\u00e1in, M Kiernan, O Lynch; S Collins, C Hanratty; E Ahern, B Corkery-Delaney, Conor Murphy; L Jordan, D Scannell-Murphy, Cillian Murphy.<\/p>\n

Subs: C Buckley for Conor Murphy (34), J O\u2019Grady for S Collins (54), R Murphy for J Bryan (57), J Scannell for O Lynch (63).<\/p>\n

NEMO RANGERS: C McCarthy-O\u2019Donovan; D Geary, J McGorry, A Quinlivan; M McCarthy, D Kelleher, J Randles; C Sheehan, C Power; C Randles, M Scott, L Butler; R Denn, M O\u2019Keeffe, M Corkery.<\/p>\n

Subs: R Horgan for R Denn (4-14, temp), S O\u2019Flaherty for R Denn (32), C Herlihy for D Kelleher (48, inj), M O\u2019Leary for M Scott (56).<\/p>\n

Referee: John Ryan (Macroom).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carrigaline: 2-11 (2-1-9)\u00a0 Nemo Rangers: 1-9 (1-2-5)\u00a0 Carrigaline booked their place in the semi-finals of the Cork ETB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-605797","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\/605797","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=605797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}