![\"Buttevant\u2019s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5226622_1_articleinlinemobile_DSC_1554.jpeg\" "\\"Buttevant\u2019s")
Buttevant\u2019s Kevin Lenehan stands his ground against Ilen Rovers’ Se\u00e1n Connolly. Picture Chani Anderson<\/p>\n\n Buttevant 1-17 (1-5-7)\u00a0\u00a0Ilen Rovers 0-15 (0-1-13)\u00a0\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
Heading into this high-stakes McCarthy Insurance Group Cork IAFC encounter, the objective was clear and simple for Ilen Rovers and Buttevant\u2026 to do whatever it takes to keep their championship dreams alive.<\/p>\n
At the conclusion of a compelling encounter in Carrigadrohid, it was Buttevent who prevailed after an impressive second-half display, digging deep into the well of their stern resolve.<\/p>\n
The 2025 Premier Junior champions Buttevent have built huge momentum in recent years and now look forward to an IAFC quarter-final meeting against Mitchelstown.<\/p>\n
Ilen Rovers settled quicker in the opening half and led 0-6 to 0-0 after 20 minutes. Aidan Fahy opened the scoring with a pair of fine points. This was to be followed by a lovely Ilen Rovers move, which saw Adrian O\u2019Driscoll tee up his namesake Peter, who duly converted a sweetly taken two-pointer.<\/p>\n
Buttevant then got a much-needed score on the board through a Mark Lenahan point from play, with the same man splitting the posts again moments later, with Sean Madigan also slotting over a point.<\/p>\n
A beautiful Dermot Hegarty point was the icing on what was a very productive opening half from Ilen Rovers, who held the advantage at half-time at 0-8 to 0-3.<\/p>\n
Buttevant\u2019s Kevin Lenehan stands his ground against Ilen Rovers’ Se\u00e1n Connolly. Picture Chani Anderson<\/p>\n
Buttevent gradually motored their way up through the gears, with a David Hanlon two-pointer early in the second half a signal of their intent.<\/p>\n
Two Ilen Rovers points from Aaron O’Sullivan and Sean Connolly though saw them lead 0-10 to 0-6 after 40 minutes.<\/p>\n
Another Buttevent two-pointer from Conor Hanlon then reduced the gap down to two points, before Ilen Rovers ensured they held a three-point advantage at the midway stage of the second half when O\u2019Driscoll slotted over.<\/p>\n
Buttevent though were men on a mission. Two further orange flags from Mark Lenahan and Conor Hanlon meant that these two sides were level at 0-12 apiece after 50 minutes.<\/p>\n
Ilen Rovers responded again to edge two points ahead, including another well-taken Peter O\u2019Driscoll score.<\/p>\n
Time and again, Buttevent found the right answers. A Conor Hanlon point and a sweetly taken two-pointer from David Hanlon saw the Avondhu side edge into the lead at 0-15 to 0-14 with five minutes remaining.<\/p>\n
The Buttevent attacking tails were now up. With the game in stoppage time, Mark Lenahan danced his way through the Ilen Rovers defence before converting with a low finish to the net.<\/p>\n
There was still time for a final Buttevent score as Conor Hanlon split the posts, to seal the deal for his side as remain involved at the business end of the championship campaign.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Buttevant: M Lenahan 1-4 (1 2pt), D Hanlon (1 2pt, 1 2ptf), C Hanlon (2 2pts) 0-6 each, S Madigan 0-1.<\/p>\n
\n Ilen Rovers: P O\u2019Driscoll 0-4 (1 2pt), A O\u2019Driscoll 0-3 (0-1f), A Fahy, S Connolly 0-2 each, D Hegarty, A O\u2019Sullivan, S Minihane, A Holland 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n BUTTEVANT: R Donovan; M Walsh, J Whelan, B O\u2019Riordan; A Horgan, A Trimm, K Crowley; K Sheehan, K Lenahan; M Lenahan, D Hanlon, D Ryan; C Hanlon, S Madigan, T O\u2019Connell.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: K Bowles for Horgan (28), D Walsh for Ryan (50), R Fowley for Madigan (51).<\/p>\n
\n ILEN ROVERS: D O\u2019Sullivan; D Coakley, J Collins, S Carey; P Collins, D Hegarty, A O\u2019Sullivan; S Minihane, P O\u2019Driscoll; K O\u2019Driscoll, S Connolly, A O\u2019Driscoll; P O\u2019Driscoll, M Sheehy, A Fahy.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: C O\u2019Driscoll for P Collins (34), D O\u2019Driscoll for K O\u2019Driscoll (41), D O\u2019Donovan for Carey (46), A Holland for Fahy (53).<\/p>\n
\n Referee: Brian Coniry(Crosshaven).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buttevant 1-17 (1-5-7)\u00a0\u00a0Ilen Rovers 0-15 (0-1-13)\u00a0\u00a0 Heading into this high-stakes McCarthy Insurance Group Cork IAFC encounter, the objective…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15389,4365,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-622901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-county-championship","tag-gaelic-football","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622901","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=622901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}