Official Cavan GAA Thread

[Westside]

St Pats hammered St Pat's Maghera in the MacRory Cup today. Great win. Not sure where that leaves them now.

[rodney trotter]

Yeah a very good win. Play Abbey CBS next Tuesday. There is two groups of twelve, 8 go into the quarter finals, 2 go through automatically and the rest play off. Enniskillen is the remaining game after they play Abbey.
Quarter finals and play offs are played in Feburary.

Omagh, St Pauls Bessbrok Armagh, St MaCartens Monaghan, St Pats Dungannon and Magherafelt Derry , Ballygawley are the teams in the other side.

[Westside]

So the Hastings Cup has been extended to 12 teams. We have Longford Mayo and Offaly.

[rodney trotter]

Danske Bank MacRory Cup

The results of the two Danske Bank MacRory Cup games yesterday mean that the only route to this year's quarter-finals open for both last season's finalists, St Patrick's Maghera and St Paul's Bessbrook, is through the qualifiers.

St Patrick's Cavan 3-12 St Patrick's Maghera 1-10

Holders St Patrick's Maghera will have go through a qualifier before they reach the quarter-finals of this season's Danske Bank MacRory Cup.  That was the fall-out from yesterday's handy league victory for St Patrick's Cavan in Clogher.

In many ways Maghera were the architects of their own down-fall with possession for all three goals coughed up rather easily.

However that really does not do justice to Cavan who were well set-up, defensively and offensively, a team that took the game to Maghera from the start.

Conor Convery opened with a point for Maghera, but the dangerous Ryan Connolly bagged a 4th minute goal for Cavan and they took command of the game, going into a 1-3 to 0-4 lead at the end of the first quarter.

That extended to a 1-7 to 0-5 interval lead with 2 points from Caoimhin O'Reilly and one each from Daragh Gannon and Ronan O'Reilly.

Two more points from Caoimhin O'Reilly and one from Brendan Argue made it 1-10 to 0-5 as Cavan stretched the Maghera defence.

However their momentum was halted for a while after Eamon McGill finished off a neat Maghera move by palming to the net in the 42nd minute.

But any chance of a Maghera resurrection was shut out within 60 seconds around the 47th minute with first Daragh Gannon and then, from the kick-out, Brendan Argue finishing to the Maghera net.

Ben Conaty made it an impressive 3-11 to 1-5, before Maghera hit their best patch in the game with 5 of the last 6 points, 3 coming from the boot of Conor Convery.

Both teams are back in action by the weekend.  Cavan play Group leaders St Michael's Enniskillen on Friday (Drumlane, 2pm) while Maghera are up against St Colman's Newry on Saturday morning.

St Patrick's Cavan : Daragh Gannon 1-3, Ryan Connolly 1-2, Brendan Argue 1-1, Caoimhin O'Reilly 0-4, Ronan O'Reilly 0-1, Ben Conaty 0-1.

St Patrick's Maghera : Eamon McGill 1-0, Conor Convery 0-6, 0-4 frees, Caolan Feeny 0-1, Conor Cassidy 0-1, Liam O'Hara 0-1, Danny Tallon 0-1.



St Macartan's Monaghan 3-11 St Paul's Bessbrook 2-7

This was a pretty competitive fixture between last year's beaten finalists and a St Macartan's side buoyed up by the county's provincial minor success during the summer.

After 22 minutes three points from Jody McGovern had St Paul's in a 0-4 to 0-2 lead.  Two minutes later the complexion of the game changed with Michael O'Dowd firing home the opening goal and the Sem pushed on to lead 1-5 to 0-4 at the break.

Bessbrook came out fired up for the second half and Mícheál McNamee brought them right back into the game with a goal in the 32nd minute.

Aodh Curran responded with a point for Monaghan and in the 37th minute came the crucial score – a goal from Chris McAnenly that seemed to boost the Sem. They added their third goal in the 44th minute when Conor McCarthy was put through on goal.

Although Bessbrook responded within a minute with a Paul Quinn goal, the gap had been opened and points from McCarthy, Aodh Curran and Michael O'Dowd in the final quarter eased the Sem to the top of the qualifying group, level on points with Omagh, whom they play this weekend in their final group game.

St Macartan's need a draw or better to claim an automatic quarter-final spot and a place in the MacCormack Cup final.

St Macartan's Monaghan : Conor McCarthy 1-4, Michael O'Dowd 1-1, Chris McAnenly 1-0, Aodh Curran 0-4, Tom Hayes 0-2.

St Paul's Bessbrook : Mícheál McNamee 1-1, Paul Quinn 1-0, Jody McGovern 0-4, Jarlath óg Burns 0-2.

diff
St   Michael's Enniskillen 4 4 0 0 8 14
St   Patrick's Cavan 3 2 1 0 5 16
Abbey   CBS 3 2 0 1 4 2
St   Patrick's Maghera 4 1 0 3 2 -13
St   Colman's Newry 3 0 1 2 1 -9
St   Patrick's Armagh 3 0 0 3 0 -10

Section B

  Pl W D L Pts Score   diff
St   Macartan's Monaghan 5 4 0 1 8 22
Omagh   CBS 5 4 0 1 8 15
St   Paul's Bessbrook 5 2 1 2 5 -1
St   Patrick's Dungannon 4 2 0 2 4 7
St   Mary's Magherafelt 5 1 2 2 4 -14
St   Ciaran's Ballygawley 4 1 1 2 3 -8
St   Michael's Lurgan 6 1 0 5 2 -21

[mylestheslasher]

Has Ryan Connolly one or two more years as a minor. He has some potential that fella. I hope someone in Pats is keeping his feet on the ground though because with great skills you need a great attitude too.

[rodney trotter]

He has another year Minor, very talented player.

Pats had another good win today in McRory, beat St Michaels Enniskillen 1-8 to 1-5, they had been unbeaten up until todays game

[Westside]

That would put them straight through to the Quarter Finals wouldn't it? It will be another great boost to our underage if we can compete at the highest level of schools football.

[rodney trotter]

Must beat Abbey Newry on Tuesday for a place in the Quarter finals, winner takes all, otherwise into play offs.. They would go into a League final too if they beat Abbey aswell as Quarter finals.


MacRory wins for Cavan and Abbey CBS

November 22, 2013

Danske Bank MacRory Cup

St Patrick's Cavan 1-8 St Michael's Enniskillen 1-5

Abbey CBS 1-25 St Patrick's Armagh 0-4

The last 100% record in the Danske Bank MacRory Cup was lost this afternoon with St Patrick's Cavan defeating St Michael's Enniskillen in Drumlane.

At this point Cavan look to have got up the same head of steam that Bessbrook got going last year to take them to the MacCormack Cup league title and within a point or two of the MacRory title in March.

Cavan will go into the MacCormack final if they avoid defeat in their last game, against the Abbey on Tuesday – and will also claim an automatic spot in the MacRory quarter-finals.

And all that after conceding a seventh minute penalty yesterday in Drumlane.  Enniskillen's Eoin McManus converted the spot-kick to open the scoring.

Cavan came back with points from Brendan Argue and Ben Conaty before taking the lead in the 20th minute with a goal from Brian Sheanan.

Ryan Connolly and Daragh Gannon added points for an interval lead of 1-4 to 1-2, that stretched to 1-6 to 1-2, following points from Argue and Caoimhin O'Reilly in the opening minutes of the second half.

Enniskillen however hit back with 3 points in a row (Eoin McManus, Lee Brennan and Shane Rooney) to make it a one-point game.

Cavan though responded with more pressure and points from Gannon and Connolly sealed the issue.

Meanwhile Abbey had it all too easy against a St Patrick's Armagh side that was already resigned to bottom seed in the quarter-final play-offs.

The Newry side led by 1-9 to 0-3 at the break, with the goal coming from Conor Doyle.  Doyle went on to rack-up 1-7, with Ryan Treanor claiming 0-7, in an 8-25 to 0-4 victory that sets up a winner-takes-all clash with Cavan on Tuesday.

St Patrick's Cavan : Brian Sheanan 1-0, Brendan Argue 0-2, Ryan Connolly 0-2, Daragh Gannon 0-2, Caoimhin O'Reilly 0-1, Ben Conaty 0-1.

St Michael's : Eoin McManus 1-2, Lee Brennan 0-1, Gary McKenna 0-1, Shane Rooney 0-1.

Abbey : Conor Doyle 1-7, Ryan Treanor 0-7, Donagh McAleenan 0-2, Jack Collins 0-2, Conor McCoy 0-1, Padraig McGrath 0-1, Eoin McParland 0-1, Sheagh Dobbin 0-1, Daniel Kane 0-1, Cathair McKinney 0-1, Ryan Magee 0-1.

St Patrick's Armagh : Shane McParland 0-3, Gary Mackin 0-1.



Danske Bank MacRory Cup Tables (after games on Friday 21st November)

Section A

  Pl W D L Pts Score   diff
St   Michael's Enniskillen 5 4 0 1 8 11
St   Patrick's Cavan 4 3 1 0 7 19
Abbey   CBS 4 3 0 1 6 24
St   Colman's Newry 4 1 1 2 3 -4
St   Patrick's Maghera 4 1 0 3 2 -13
St   Patrick's Armagh 5 0 0 5 0 -39



Section B

  Pl W D L Pts Score   diff
St   Macartan's Monaghan 5 4 0 1 8 22
Omagh   CBS 5 4 0 1 8 15
St   Patrick's Dungannon 5 3 0 2 6 21
St   Paul's Bessbrook 5 2 1 2 5 -1
St   Mary's Magherafelt 5 1 2 2 4 -14
St   Ciaran's Ballygawley 5 1 1 3 3 -22
St   Michael's Lurgan 6 1 0 5 2 -21

[rodney trotter]

County Vocational Schools team in the Ulster final

ULSTER INTER-COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL.

Cavan 5-12
Monaghan 0-9.

A sharper, more economical and more clinical Cavan deservedly booked their place in the final of the Ulster Inter-County Vocational Schools championship when they proved too adept in most departments for Monaghan in this entertaining if a little one-sided contest that was played in excellent conditions in Clones yesterday. The final score line though, perhaps does not do justice to Monaghan's efforts as they more than broke even in the possession stakes but it was Cavan's more economical use of the ball and their more clinical finishing, particularly for goals in the second-half, that ultimately proved the difference between the sides. Cvan now play Donegal in the final.
Teams and Scorers: Cavan: Keelan O'Connell, Joseph O'Connell, Cormac Daly, Dean McCarthy, Benjamin Kelly, Mark Magee, Eoin Sommerville, Sean McDermott 2-0, Conor Flanagan, Cathal Maguire 1-0, Conor Bradley 0-4 (1f), Sean Reilly, Bryan McGee, Eoin Doughty 2-2 (0-2f), Adam O'Reilly 0-4. Subs: Daire McEnroe 0-1 for S Reilly, Neal McEnroe for C Flanagan, G Tiernan for B Kelly, Ryan Mannion for A O'Reilly, Rhys Clarke 0-1 for C Maguire.

Monaghan: Adam Counihan, Thomas Courtney, Robert Berg, Cian Freeman, James Daly 0-2, Jason Walshe, Aidan Quinn, Niall Keenan, Sean McMahon, Niall Duffy, Dermot Gleeson 0-1 (f), Eugene McGeough 0-2, Cormac Duffy, James Mealiff 0-2, Stephen McCabe 0-2 (1f). Subs: Paul Connolly for T Courtney, Patrick O'Neill for C Duffy. Referee: Dermot Love (Fermanagh).

[rodney trotter]

Some comeback from St Pats against Abbey CBS today, down 1-7 to 3 at half time, finished 1-12 to 3-6. Draw was enough for a place in the quarter finals of the MacRory and a place in the McCormick league final. They play McCartans in the League final.



November 26, 2013

Danske Bank MacRory Cup

The three league games played  in the Danske Bank MacRory Cup were not decided until the final few minutes in each, and all three had implications on the next stage of the competition.

The results mean potential bumper crowds at the next games with a first south Ulster derby final in over half a century, a south Derry derby and a Newry head to head as well.

And last year's finalists, St Paul's Bessbrook and St Patrick's Maghera, will not progress to the quarter-finals unless they beat neighbouring schools.

Cavan came back from 8 points down to snatch a draw against the Abbey CBS and, not only claim the last remaining automatic quarter-final spot, but also a place in the Danske Bank MacCormack Cup league final next week.  They also remain the only unbeaten team in the competition with 3 wins and 2 draws from their 5 outings.

If they had lost today, then Abbey would have gone through to the quarters, and Enniskillen ended up in the league decider.

Enniskillen, Omagh and St Macartan's Monaghan were already 3 of the 4 automatic quarter-finalists before yesterday with the Sem contesting the league final.

Abbey's failure to hold on to that 1-12 to 1-4 lead during the last 10 minutes means that they will now face neighbours and last season's finalists St Paul's Bessbrook in the play-offs on the last weekend of January.

St Paul's lost an interval lead by conceding 3-3 in the third quarter as Ballygawley jumped two places up the table to set up a play-off with the other Newry side, St Colman's.

Magherafelt's draw with the Academy means that they will face into a south Derry derby with the holders St Patrick's Maghera, while the Academy will be playing St Patrick's Armagh

Summary :

MacCormack Cup finalists : St Macaratan's v St Patrick's Cavan



Automatic quarter-final spots : St Macaratan's, St Patrick's Cavan, St Michael's Enniskillen, Omagh CBS



Play-offs for quarter-final spots (weekend of 31st January / 1st February) :

Abbey CBS v St Paul's Bessbrook

St Ciaran's Ballygawley v St Colman's Newry

St Mary's Magherafelt v St Patrick's Maghera

St Patrick's Academy v St Patrick's Armagh



Eliminated from the competition : St Michael's Lurgan.

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November 26, 2013

Abbey CBS 1-13 St Patrick's Cavan 3-7

For most of this tie, Abbey looked to be in control.  Then they dramatically lost control in the final 10 minutes, conceded 2-2 and ended up in the play-offs as Cavan retained the only unbeaten record in the competition.

What drama there was in that final quarter!

Although Ryan Connolly had smashed home a Cavan goal within a minute of the second half throw-in, that score only pulled the difference between the sides back to 1-7 to 1-3.

Abbey hit six of the next eight points – 3 for Ryan Treanor, 2 for Conor Doyle and 1 from Donach McAleenan – to lead 1-13 to 1-5.

Cavan always carried a threat, as demonstrated by Connolly's goal at the start of the half, but Abbey looked home and hosed.

Thomas Galligan lobbed over a Cavan point before excitement started to rise with Daragh Gannon picking up a fumbled ball and bursting through for a goal.

Connolly dropped over a 45 and then with 3 minutes to go Matthew McKenna's goal brought the teams level.  There were a couple of half-chances after that, but no further scores.

That drama at the end was in contrast to Abbey's early dominance.  Daniel Kane, son of All-Ireland winning captain DJ, scored a 13th minute goal and the Newry side were full valued for their 7 points interval lead.

However the Rannafast Cup success last year seems to have given Cavan a lot of spirit and confidence and they delivered in a bewildering final 10 minutes.

St Patrick's Cavan : Ryan Connolly 1-4, Daragh Gannon 1-1, Matthew McKenna 1-0, Brendan Argue 0-1, Thomas Galligan 0-1.

Abbey CBS : Daniel Kane 1-0, Ryan Treanor 0-5, Conor Doyle 0-4, Donach McAleenan 0-2, Sheagh Dobbin 0-1, Eoin McParland 0-1.

[Denn Forever]

While the talismanic centrefielder will be a huge addition to the side that reached the last eight of this year's All-Ireland, Hyland will be taking no unnecessary risks with him:


It is always good to remind yourself.

[rodney trotter]

Danske Bank MacCormackCup final
Tuesday 3rd Dec, 7.30pm Emyvale
St Patrick's Cavan v StMacartans Monaghan

Preview of the gameDanske Bank MacCormack Cup Final Preview: St Macartan's v St Patrick's Cavan

December 1, 2013 at 10:57 pm


STPATS-STMACARTANSMacCormack Cup Final
St Macartan's v St Patrick's Cavan
Tuesday 7.30pm in Emyvale

The MacRory Cup never fails to amaze.

For the first time in over half a century we have a final between St Macartan's Monaghan and St Patrick's Cavan, the latter boasting the only unbeaten record in this season's race for the most coveted trophy in Ulster Colleges' GAA.

Some will look back on the list of winners of the MacCormack Cup since it was introduced a decade ago and claim that it bears little significance to the team that will walk off with the MacRory in March.  Only Omagh CBS 9 years ago has completed the MacCormack / MacRory double.

However the teams that have contested the league final are usually in contention for the MacRory.  And, for a school new to the top competition, it is an important milestone to reach.

Martin Clarke's St Louis Kilkeel team reached the MacCormack final at the first attempt and nearly pulled off the MacRory back in 2005.

Same last year with St Paul's Bessbrook and now St Patrick's Cavan are building up their confidence for their after-Christmas assault on the MacRory.

Not that the new boys on the block really lacked self-belief.  Most of them played in a terrific Rannafast Cup success last year, traditionally a building block in a good run in the MacRory.

They are unbeaten through the league, and came from behind last week to score 2-2 in the last 10 minutes and snatch a draw with Abbey CBS.

The other team to draw with them is St Colman's – and they came through the same qualifying group as holders St Patrick's Maghera and St Michael's Enniskillen.

Thomas Galligan is playing well in midfield, with captain and centre back Cian McManus driving through and setting up chances for an eager forward line in which Ryan Connolly and Darragh Gannon are setting the scoring standard.

St Macartan's topped Group B with 5 wins, yet they fell heavily in the game they lost!

Despite scoring two goals before St Patrick's Academy raised a flag, the Sem lost by 2-16 to 3-2, an inexplicable collapse when you consider their performances in other games.

Scotstown seniors' key score-getter Conor McCarthy wasn't available for that game, and there is no doubting that he has contributed well since returning to the school side.

Against Dungannon, Cavan minor Tom Hayes hit the net for all three goals and he grabbed his seventh of the campaign last Tuesday against Omagh CBS.

The Cootehill lad, of course, will play against many of the boys he played alongside in the Cavan minor side.

But he has quite a few players beside him who collected the Ulster title with the Farney county in July, including captain Kevin Loughran and three others from the spine of the team Aodh Curran, Mick O'Dowd and Conor McCarthy.

Francis Hughes, a fourth Year student from Clontibret, has made a huge impact at midfield alongside Truagh's Niall Rooney, while there are scorers throughout the attack.

Cavan and Monaghan are serious contenders for the MacRory Cup, and the league title in the school cabinet will add to their confidence levels.

That is why success TONIGHT will mean a lot to either school and that is why it should be an intense game of attacking football.

A hesitant vote to the Sem to end the only unbeaten run left.

St Patrick's Cavan: Mark Fegan, Philip Bogue, Niall Farrell, Donal Monaghan, Shane McManus, Cian McManus, John Joe McGovern, Thomas Galligan, Brendan Argue, Brian Sheanon, Ben Conaty, Caoimhni O'Reilly, Louis Coleman, Darragh Gannon, Ryan Connolly.

Subs: Ryan Brady, Ryan Loftus, James Veale, Ronan O Reilly, Greg Mc Govern, Paudi Donohoe, Kieran Burns, Matthew McKenna, Conor O'Rourke, Shane Moynagh, Thomas Edward Donohoe, David Wilson, David Brady, Jason Walsh, Declan Lunney, Paul Sexton, Christopher Dunne, Daniel Hackett.

St Macartan's: James Morrow, Caolan McIlwaine, Shane Treanor, John Mulligan, Jack Turley, Kevin Loughran, Thomas Lynch, Niall Rooney, Francis Hughes, Michael O'Dowd, Aodh Curran, Brendan Boylan, Conor McCarthy, Tom Hayes and Christopher McAnenly.

Subs: Darragh Hannon, Jamie Smyth, Gary McCaffrey, Francis Maguire, Donal McCarthy, Conor McKenna, James R McKenna, Stephen Mohan, Killian Lavelle, Éimhín Morahan, David McAlister, Daithí Colton, Niall Kearns, Aidan Ward, Aaron Treanor, Cathal McAnespie, Daire Quinn, Thomas O'Brien, James McKenna, James Deery, Jamie Mohan, Caolán McGee.

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[Westside]

Anyone at any of the U21 Championship games? Good win for West Cavan, couldn't make it but they have a very good squad. McLoughlin, Walsh and O'Donnell, Kiernan, Galligan, Farrell and Kelly, Greg McGovern all county Minor and U21 players.

Best of luck to St Pat's tomorrow. I'm sure they have their eyes set on the MacRory but some silverware would certainly give the team a boost.

[Itchy]

Not going well for St pats in McCormack cup final. Half time and they trail 1-3 to 3-5. Pats missed a peno, Tom Hayes got McCartans second goal.

[Itchy]

Lost 3-11 to 1-8.