Newcastle West 1-05 (1-0-5) Mungret St Paul’s 0-12 (0-1-10)
2001 avenged. The future is in their hands. They’ll travel to Kerry to take on Dingle in two weeks in the Munster championship. But, for now, Mungret St Paul’s, for the first time, are the kings of Limerick football. It looks like they’re not going anywhere, anytime soon, either.
An outstanding final display, suffocating so much of Newcastle West’s firepower, led to a deserved victory in Mick Neville Park. Experience is key in finals, and Brendan Giltenane’s 36-minute orange flag proved the crucial score for the city side.
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Eoin Hurley’s goal 10 minutes later was surprisingly the next score of the afternoon. The corner forward offered Newcastle West a lifeline. Yet it also provided the eventual champions with the catalyst to push on for glory.
They outscored the Magpies 0-4 to 0-2 in the remainder of the game, with points from John Hutton (2f), sub Diarmaid Hynes, and Frank Corcoran. They boasted a four-point victory, and Mungret’s greatest day.
In a performance defined by exceptional teamwork, Darragh O’Sullivan’s selfless exhibition rightly saw him rewarded with Man of the Match. The centre forward was at the forefront of all of Mungret’s great play.
Newcastle West veterans Mike McMahon and Iain Corbett kicked two uncharacteristic misses to begin affairs. Mungret captain Hutton opened their account with a free, with James Killian’s curled hook shot doubling their advantage after eight minutes.
Corbett eventually got the West Limerick side underway, jinking one way and another to get off a point. Corner forward Eoin Hurley quickly followed to level the final at 0-2 apiece. Newcastle West would add on just once more in the half, with two chances going abegging. Corbett led a counter attack, yet a mistimed handpass to Hurley stifled any goal opportunity, and resulted in a missed effort for a point.
A fortuitous lobbed shot at goal once again from Corbett was punched away for a ’45 by the retreating Ronan McElligott. Michael Quilligan’s following free failed to split the uprights. Meanwhile between those chances, O’Sullivan’s interplay with Darragh O’Hagan saw him notch a fisted point. Hurley replied from a free almost instantly before Hutton benefitted from an off-the-ground call on Newcastle West, and gave Mungret the lead again from free.
The city side established a low block and Ciaran Uwatse and Jason Hassett were bottling up any threats in the first half. O’Sullivan was beginning to grow immensely into the match at ths stage. His quick ball inside to the semi-final hero Shane Barry stretched their lead to two off the turn and shoot.
A talking point for Kevin O’Hagan heading into the dressing room at half-time would had to have been the four missed opportunities that preluded. Killian Ryan and Barry kicked unlikely wides.
Seamus Hurley came up trumps on two occasions to stop certain goals. The first blocking down Killian from getting a shot off. A goal-line stoppage from that man again on an O’Sullivan shot would have left Mungret sour heading into the break.
Oisin Moss made sure of their opening second half score with a sweet drive off his right. Giltenane came after with his two-pointer when offered plenty of space on the right-hand side.
A piercing run through the middle from Seamus Hurley was rewarded after 45 minutes. It resulted in Newcastle West bringing it back to two with Eoin Hurley’s goal trickling past McElligott’s net.
Dissent from Newcastle West gave Hutton a handy free before super substitute Hynes hit a beautiful long-ranged effort. Now Mungret supporters were dreaming. Emmet Rigter who was unfit to start, kicked a free. Corcoran replied on the opposite end, after a signature run. McMahon drifted inside for the remainder, and a late launched pass to him saw a point for Newcastle West.
However, it was fitting that man of the match O’Sullivan won the last free for Hutton to slot over. The easiest free he has ever scored.
Scorers for Newcastle West: Eoin Hurley (1-2 1f), Iain Corbett, Mike McMahon, Emmet Rigter (0-1).
Scorers for Mungret St Paul’s: John Hutton (0-4 (4f), Brendan Giltenane (0-2 1tp), James Killian, Darragh O’Sullivan, Shane Barry, Oisin Moss, Diarmaid Hynes, Frank Corcoran (0-1).
Newcastle West: Michael Quilligan; Michael Cremin, Darren O’Doherty, Brian O’Sullivan; Ruadhán O’Connor, Séamus Hurley, Aaron Neville; Iain Corbett, Seán Murphy; Mike O’Keeffe, Bryan Nix, Brian Hurley; Thomas Quilligan, Mike McMahon, Eoin Hurley.
Subs: Emmet Rigter for Thomas Quilligan (36), Lee Woulfe for Ruadhan O’Connor (38), Todd Donovan for Sean Murphy (43), Brian Foley for Brian Hurley (50).
Mungret St Paul’s: Ronan McElligott; Jason Hassett, Robert Hegarty, Ciaran Uwatse; Frank Corcoran, Oisin Moss, James Garvey; Darragh O’Hagan, Jack McCarthy; Killian Ryan, Darragh O’Sullivan, James Killian; John Hutton, Shane Barry, Brendan Giltenane.
Subs: Tom Lloyd for James Garvey (38), Diarmaid Hynes for Brendan Giltenane (43), Darragh Bridgeman for James Killian (50), Jack Somers for Shane Barry (55).
Referee: Timmy McGrath (Oola)