{"id":672066,"date":"2026-11-01T20:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T20:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/672066\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T20:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T20:52:10","slug":"erins-own-defeat-carrigtwohill-to-return-to-premier-senior-ranks-first-time-of-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/672066\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin’s Own defeat Carrigtwohill to return to Premier Senior ranks first time of asking"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Erin\u2019s Own 1-17\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

\n Carrigtwohill 0-15\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

And there\u2019s the swift return for Erin\u2019s Own.<\/p>\n

There will be no hanging around in the second tier of Cork hurling. Winners of the top tier on three occasions, Erin\u2019s Own are right back where they belong.<\/p>\n

The 100% record they enjoyed up to this point seldom looked like vanishing. And while Erin\u2019s Own were not at their best on Sunday, they did not need to be. They were never under any threat from their east Cork rivals.<\/p>\n

Erin\u2019s Own enjoyed such comfort across the second period as their lead grew from the minimum of one at the start to the five it was by the finish.<\/p>\n

The third quarter was slow and riddled with missed opportunities, especially from Carrig. They had struck only three wides in the first half, and had seven alone in the second by the 48th minute.<\/p>\n

At that stage, the deficit was merely the goal, 1-12 to 0-12. Three points from Conor Lenihan and one from the excellent Matty O\u2019Riordan had Erin\u2019s Own three in front. Carrig\u2019s hopes lingered only for a Jay Horgan point and another effort from James Mulcahy, who tried so hard to make things happen.<\/p>\n

Carrig remained in the hunt \u2013 far longer than they should have \u2013 but when Lenihan slotted over another a couple of frees, the Erin\u2019s Own lead grew to five. With Carrig still yet to register a goal chance, that five felt like eight.<\/p>\n

\" Peter O’Shea fires over a point for Erin’s Own. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

A Justin Oke white flag dragged the margin back to four, but it was merely their third point of the half, with nine minutes to go.<\/p>\n

They would not register their fourth and fifth points of the half until Barrett added a couple of late frees, by which stage O\u2019Riordan and Peter O\u2019Shea had already put Erin\u2019s Own out of sight.<\/p>\n

The Caherlag side would have been further clear, only for a superb Shane Devlin save to deny substitute Shane Irwin. By the end it made no difference.<\/p>\n

Without Carrig fashioning a green flag of their own, there was only going to be one winner.<\/p>\n

Erin\u2019s Own, for all the comfort they had enjoyed in the opening 13 minutes as their opponents were held scoreless from play, they were dealt a blow when centre-forward Robbie O\u2019Flynn staggered off with only 15 minutes played.<\/p>\n

At that point, he had already scored once and Erin\u2019s Own were well on top in the full-forward line. Finn O\u2019Brien had supplied Maurice O\u2019Carroll for the opening goal after three minutes, and they threatened another major as Carrig looked all out of shape at the back.<\/p>\n

But, O\u2019Flynn\u2019s departure came right as the influence of Aaron Walsh Barry grew in the sweeper role for Carrigtwohill, and right when Matthew Barrett became the catalyst for Carrig\u2019s resurgence. He nailed a couple of frees inside his own half, scored one from play and was involved in the build-up of two more white flags.<\/p>\n

\" Matthew Barrett lands a score for Carrigtwohill. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Oran O\u2019Regan had to leave his sweeping post and pin down the Cork U20. He returned to the free role in the latter half, where again his influence was so great to the Erin\u2019s Own cause. He wasn\u2019t the only defender to stand out, Cian Dunphy was immense in the opening period, scoring once and supplying the long ball in that O\u2019Brien won to set up O\u2019Carroll for the green flag.<\/p>\n

A green flag that fired Erin\u2019s Own in front, and while Carrig would have parity at the 23-minute mark, Erin\u2019s Own were never led after that goal.<\/p>\n

Carrig had done well to fight back and trail by only one at the break, 1-8 to 0-10. That they completely failed to fire in the second period will be even more frustrating, given how close they were after the first half an hour where, again, they were second best.<\/p>\n

They needed a spark, but that spark would not be found. Carrig did so well to get this far without Se\u00e1n Walsh, but how they would have profited had he been there on Sunday. Alas, there would be no joy for Carrig.<\/p>\n

An outstanding Erin\u2019s Own defence made sure of that.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Erin\u2019s Own: Conor Lenihan 0-8 (0-6 f), M O\u2019Riordan 0-5, M O\u2019Carroll 1-0, C Dunphy, O O\u2019Regan (f), P O\u2019Shea, R O\u2019Flynn 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Carrigtwohill:\u00a0J Mulcahy 0-6 (0-4 f), M Barrett 0-5 (0-4 f), J Oke 0-2, J Horgan, C O\u2019Riordan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n ERIN\u2019S OWN: T Dillon; R O\u2019Regan, S Broderick, C O\u2019Connor; O O\u2019Regan; C Dunphy, P O\u2019Shea, C Dooley; C McDonnell, Cathal Lenihan; M O\u2019Carroll, R O\u2019Flynn, M O\u2019Riordan; F O\u2019Brien, Conor Lenihan.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: A O\u2019Sullivan for O\u2019Flynn (15 inj), J O\u2019Carroll for Cathal Lenihan (39), S Irwin for O\u2019Sullivan (47), T Connell for McDonnell (60), E Murphy for O\u2019Carroll (60+2).<\/p>\n

\n CARRIGTWOHILL: S Devlin; B Twomey, P O\u2019Sullivan; A Walsh Barry; S Brennan, S de B\u00farca, D Murnane; J Oke, J Horgan; D Nolan, M Barrett, C O\u2019Riordan; P Walsh, L O\u2019Sullivan, J Mulcahy.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: C Barry for O\u2019Sullivan (38), P Hogan for Nolan (53), S Rohan for O\u2019Riordan (60+1).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: S Scanlon (Newcestown) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erin\u2019s Own 1-17\u00a0 Carrigtwohill 0-15\u00a0 And there\u2019s the swift return for Erin\u2019s Own. There will be no hanging…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15389,1965,1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-672066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-county-championship","tag-hurling","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\/672066","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=672066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}