A goal at that stage might have really ignited Kenmare – they did play good football at this stage – but they just couldn't translate whatever good they did into scores. The second half always carried with it a whiff of Kenmare playing for respectability, and they Kenmare were very nearly in on goal at the start of the half, but David Mulvihill deftly robbed Darren Allman at the last second. There was still time for one last North Kerry hammer-blow, however, Jack Enright neatly flicking the ball to Oisín Healy to volley home from close range to leave the half-time score 2-6 to 0-4 in North Kerry's favour.
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Kenmare rallied, with Darragh O’Connor winning another free for the accurate Allman to convert, and Zack O’Shea added their first point from play straight from the kick-out. Eddie Healy then picked out his namesake Oisín for a simple mark, and North Kerry were 1-6 to 0-2 ahead. Nevertheless, the writing was on the wall, though, for Shamrocks whose luck was about to run our, and the first goal wasn’t long in coming, Oisín Healy driving confidently to the net with 24 minutes gone. North Kerry missed two chances at scoring before Kenmare kicked a sideline ball backwards, only to spill it, but goalkeeper Vaughan O’Brien saved their bacon by brilliantly saving Jamie Moloney’s effort. Oisín Healy opened their account before Kerry minor Cormac Dillon went on a shooting spree, kicking three frees (having won two of them himself and another by Healy) and adding a point from play off his left leg.ĭarragh O’Sullivan won another free converted by Allman, but Kenmare’s slow build-up was suiting a tenacious North Kerry defence, who were cohesive and disciplined. Kenmare – the only club side to reach the last four of the competition – opened the scoring with a wonderful free from Darren Allman, but things went awry for them rapidly as North Kerry took control on a dreadfully wet evening in Fitzgerald Stadium. The top stories from the Kingdom in news and sport, direct to your inbox every weekĮnter email address This field is required Sign UpĪ couple of first half goals from Oisin Healy laid a sound formation for the winners, who led by eight points at half time, and had a much easier evening of it than their one-point quarter-final win over Austin Stacks a week earlier might have foretold.
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