{"id":663799,"date":"2026-10-24T06:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T06:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663799\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T06:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T06:14:13","slug":"late-surge-seals-premier-jhc-glory-for-kilshannig-against-st-catherines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663799\/","title":{"rendered":"Late surge seals Premier JHC glory for Kilshannig against St Catherine’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kilshannig: 1-23\u00a0<\/p>\n

St Catherine\u2019s: 2-19\u00a0<\/p>\n

A second county title on the trot and what a way to do it, as Kilshannig stunned St Catherine\u2019s with a powerful fourth-quarter display to claim the Co-Op SuperStores Premier JHC title following a great battle at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Avondhu side, who won the County JAHC last year, trailed for much of the contest and were six points down with 15 minutes left.<\/p>\n

However, the introduction of \u00c9anna O\u2019Hanlon, along with big displays from the likes of Kieran Twomey, Paddy Walsh and Jack Twomey, steered their team to glory.<\/p>\n

It was a one-point success in the end. St Catherine\u2019s did raise a late green flag, but it proved too little, too late.<\/p>\n

Kilshannig’s fitness, composure and winning mentality proved decisive as they dug deep. Competing at Senior A football level, the Avondhu side looked the fresher outfit when the game entered the melting pot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s more heartbreak for St Catherine\u2019s, who lost back-to-back finals in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

They were seven points clear at the short whistle after a strong second quarter, boosted by a somewhat fortuitous goal just before the break.<\/p>\n

While they had the benefit of the wind in the opening half, they will have regrets over how the closing stages of the second half panned out.<\/p>\n

\" Kilshannig’s Jack Twomey makes a fine catch under pressure from St Catherine’s Philip Keane. Picture: David Keane<\/p>\n

St Catherine\u2019s were aided by a strong wind in the first half, but it was an even start at 0-2 apiece, largely down to the accuracy of Paddy Walsh, who landed two points for Kilshannig, one from a free, as they remained patient against a stiff breeze.<\/p>\n

Colin Ruby nudged the Avondhu men ahead, but St Catherine\u2019s replied with two white flags, with Gear\u00f3id O\u2019Brien\u2019s effort from near the sideline the highlight, for a 0-4 to 0-3 lead after ten minutes.<\/p>\n

However, Kilshannig looked the more confident side, with a strong spine in defence as Colm O\u2019Shea and Bill Curtin hurled a world of ball.<\/p>\n

Jack Twomey was leading the way up front as Kilshannig moved 0-7 to 0-5 ahead with 13 minutes remaining in the half.<\/p>\n

Three St Catherine\u2019s points from Daniel Mangan (free), Matthew Mulcahy and another beauty from O\u2019Brien handed the men from Imokilly the upper hand in a topsy-turvy opening half.<\/p>\n

Eoghan O\u2019Riordan\u2019s physical presence and Kian O\u2019Donoghue\u2019s influence after moving out from full-forward helped St Catherine\u2019s enjoy a sustained spell of pressure as the aforementioned O\u2019Donoghue and Brian Mulcahy pushed their team three points clear, 0-10 to 0-7.<\/p>\n

The sides swapped white flags before a wonderful piece of skill resulted in O\u2019Brien scoring his third point.<\/p>\n

St Catherine\u2019s would lead by seven points at half-time after a goal right on the stroke of the whistle when Matthew Mulcahy\u2019s effort for a point dropped short, deceiving Kilshannig goalkeeper David Kearney as the ball trickled into the net, 1-12 to 0-8.<\/p>\n

\" St Catherine’s Se\u00e1n O’Donoghue and Kilshannig’s Colm O’Shea in a race for possession. Picture: David Keane<\/p>\n

Kilshannig required a strong start to the second half for many reasons, not least because of the wind factor and the scoreline.<\/p>\n

Ruby pointed a minute into the new half, but Kilshannig were wasteful in the early stages.<\/p>\n

The sides traded points in what was a slow-burning second period, with St Catherine\u2019s leading 1-13 to 0-10 after 38 minutes.<\/p>\n

A boomer from full-back Colm O\u2019Shea, arguably the score of the match, left Kilshannig five adrift as they started to get a grip around the middle third, with Jack Twomey excellent.<\/p>\n

A Kieran Twomey free left four in it, but a pair of Mangan efforts, one from a free, settled St Catherine\u2019s, who led 1-15 to 0-12 after 43 minutes.<\/p>\n

They maintained that six-point buffer, 1-17 to 0-14, with a quarter of the game remaining.<\/p>\n

Substitute \u00c9anna O\u2019Hanlon pointed for Kilshannig, but St Catherine\u2019s were keeping their opponents at arm\u2019s length.<\/p>\n

The sides traded white flags until efforts from Diarmuid O\u2019Sullivan and Tom Cunningham left Kilshannig just three points behind, 1-18 to 0-18.<\/p>\n

It was level with five minutes to go when O\u2019Hanlon set up Diarmuid O\u2019Sullivan for an excellent finish to the net.<\/p>\n

\" Kilshannig’s Andy Hourigan wins possession ahead of St Catherine’s Eoin Condon. Picture: David Keane<\/p>\n

Ruby pointed to put Kilshannig in front, but St Catherine\u2019s substitute John Temple levelled proceedings.<\/p>\n

Kilshannig would not be denied. They hit four points on the trot to seal the title.<\/p>\n

Se\u00e1n O\u2019Donoghue struck for a goal right at the end to leave just a point between the sides, but it was Kilshannig\u2019s day.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Kilshannig: K Twomey 0-7 (0-4 f), Diarmuid O\u2019Sullivan 1-2, P Walsh 0-4 (0-1 f), J Twomey, C Ruby 0-3 each, C O\u2019Shea, \u00c9 O\u2019Hanlon, T Cunningham, K Smith 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

St Catherine\u2019s: D Mangan 0-6 (0-5 f), M Mulcahy 1-1, G O\u2019Brien 0-4, S O\u2019Donoghue 1-0, K O\u2019Donoghue 0-2, E Davis (0-1 f), C Leamy, D O\u2019Connell, J Neville, J Temple, B Mulcahy 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

KILSHANNIG: D Kearney; C Murphy, C O\u2019Shea, E Burke; K Twomey (j-c), B Curtin, Darragh O\u2019Sullivan (j-c); A Hourigan, K Smith; D Murphy, J Twomey, T Cunningham; C Ruby, Diarmuid O\u2019Sullivan, P Walsh.<\/p>\n

Subs: R Crowley for K Smith (16-20, temp), \u00c9 O\u2019Hanlon for P Walsh, R Crowley for A Hourigan (both 39), D Guiney for C Murphy (55), P Walsh for R Crowley (59).<\/p>\n

ST CATHERINE\u2019S: E Davis; C Leamy, J Neville, P Keane; C Hegarty (c), E O\u2019Riordan, O Fitzgerald; D O\u2019Connell, E Condon; G O\u2019Brien, S O\u2019Donoghue, M Mulcahy; K O\u2019Donoghue, D Mangan, B Mulcahy.<\/p>\n

Subs: W Leamy for E Condon (46), J Temple for G O\u2019Brien (52), D Morrison for B Mulcahy (55), C Pietropaolo for D O\u2019Connell (57).<\/p>\n

Referee: Niall Hayes (Blarney).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kilshannig: 1-23\u00a0 St Catherine\u2019s: 2-19\u00a0 A second county title on the trot and what a way to do…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-663799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","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\/663799","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=663799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}