{"id":671922,"date":"2026-11-01T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671922\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:00:09","slug":"mccarthy-masterclass-helps-inagh-ease-past-glen-rovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671922\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy masterclass helps Inagh ease past Glen Rovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Munster Club SHC quarter-final: Glen Rovers (Cork) 1-14 Inagh-Kilnamona (Clare) 1-21<\/p>\n

Aidan McCarthy guided Inagh-Kilnamona to a perfect Munster debut with a seven-point victory over Glen Rovers, which sends them into a home semi-final against Thurles Sarsfields.<\/p>\n

Three weeks after lifting the Canon Hamilton Cup, their captain slotted 0-14 (four from play) for a deserved victory in front of 2,890 supporters at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn.<\/p>\n

The fact Inaghe registered 10 wides to Glen’s four underlined the dominant nature of their performance. A late Glen change headlined the pre-match team news.<\/p>\n

Michael Tadhg Brosnan isn\u2019t yet old enough to play in the Cork senior championship, but the Munster and All-Ireland championships are governed by different rules.<\/p>\n

The towering teenager, who played for the Cork minors in 2025 and the U20s this year, was thrown into the fray at centre-forward.<\/p>\n

Miche\u00e1l Mullins was revealed as the late absentee from the Glen team just before throw-in.<\/p>\n

The Cork senior was brought on for the final quarter. Robert Downey was detailed to mark David Fitzgerald, while Eoin Downey initially tagged McCarthy, but he shifted to centre-back and later further forward as the game began to turn against the Glen.<\/p>\n

Brosnan displayed a neat pick-up to assist an early Patrick Horgan point, but the Glen otherwise failed to steer their deliveries past Inagh centre-back James Hegarty and didn\u2019t match the Clare champions\u2019 intense tackling.<\/p>\n

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\nEoin Downey of Glen Rovers is tackled by Mark Callinan of Inagh Kilnamona<\/p>\n

Inagh, playing with the wind, had 10 of the first 11 shots of the afternoon, converting seven. McCarthy had the first four before Fred Hegarty and the fit-again Conner Hegarty, capitalising on a poor puck-out, got in on the act.<\/p>\n

Brosnan released Robert Downey for a point, but Se\u00e1n Rynne\u2019s quick response maintained Inagh\u2019s impetus. The Glen couldn\u2019t put together consecutive points in the entire opening half, while a huge Fred Hegarty score was followed by McCarthy punishing another Glen giveaway.<\/p>\n

There were 10 points between the sides when David Mescall turned past Adam Lynch and spooned the sliotar for Fitzgerald to lash home. But Horgan went for broke from a stoppage-time free, thumping the sliotar to the roof of the net for a 1-12 to 1-05 deficit.<\/p>\n

Two further Horgan frees continued the Glen resistance after the break before showing a sharp touch to assist Lee Quilligan. The second half was dominated by frees, but fine play by Rynne helped to create a standout Mark Callinan point.<\/p>\n

Half-time substitute Zach Lynch could\u2019ve made it a one-score game, but \u00c9amonn Foudy was equal to his drive. Brosnan and Eoin O\u2019Leary had points, but the Glen never got closer than four points.<\/p>\n

When they did, Inagh came strong with the next three. Fitzgerald arrowed over an acute score before regaining the sliotar for McCarthy\u2019s 12th.<\/p>\n

The Glen went for goals down the stretch, with Foudy saving the best chance from a Horgan free.<\/p>\n

Glen Rovers: C Hickey; E Varian, E Downey (0-01), A Lynch; L Horgan, L Coughlan, R Downey (0-01); R Dunne, C McCarthy; D Brosnan, MT Brosnan (0-01), L Quilligan (0-02); S Kennefick, P Horgan (1-08, 1-06f, 0-01 65), E O\u2019Leary (0-01).<\/p>\n

Subs: Z Lynch for McCarthy (h-t), B Moylan for Quilligan (45), M Mullins for Brosnan (46).<\/p>\n

Inagh-Kilnamona: \u00c9 Foudy; S Woods, K White, C Rynne; K Hehir, J Hegarty, D Cullinan; M Callinan (0-01), S Rynne (0-01); D Fitzgerald (1-01), K Guyler, F Hegarty (0-02); D Mescall (0-01), A McCarthy (0-14, 9 frees, 1 65), C Hegarty (0-01).<\/p>\n

Subs: J Mescall for S Rynne (1-4, blood), J McCarthy for Hehir (45, inj), N Mullins for F Hegarty (48), J Guyler for D Mescall (50), G Barry for C Hegarty (52), J Mescall for Guyler (60+2).Referee: A Tierney (Tipperary).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Munster Club SHC quarter-final: Glen Rovers (Cork) 1-14 Inagh-Kilnamona (Clare) 1-21 Aidan McCarthy guided Inagh-Kilnamona to a perfect…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-671922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671922","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=671922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}