St Brendan's advance

St. Brendan’s (Ardfert) qualified for the semi-finals of this year’s AIB Kerry county senior hurling championship when they defeated a gallant Abbeydorney side 4-11 to 3-11 at the Austin Stack Park, Tralee, last evening.

St. Brendan’s laid the foundations for victory with a superb first half display that saw them lead at the interval 3-6 to 1-4 with goals coming from Sean Flaherty, John Egan and Brendan Blackwell.

Early in the second half, St. Brendan’s led by 0-11 but Abbeydorney rallied and full forward Tony Maunsell cracked home two goals and some fine points from Brian O’Donovan and Ivan McCarthy narrowed the gap to just a goal but time ran out and Abbeydorney’s fragility in defence in the first half cost them victory.

Scorers: St. Brendan’s: J. Egan 1-6, S. Flaherty 1-2, B. Blackwell, S. Griffin 1-0 each, E. Corridon, J. Best, D. Wallace 0-1 each. Abbeydorney; T. Maunsell 3-0, B. O’Donovan, I. McCarthy 0-5 each, M. Casey 0-1.

ST. BRENDAN’S; L. O’Connor, M. Kearney, C. Flaherty, O. McCarthy, B. Blackwell, E. Corridon, S. Synott, S. Flaherty, B. Flaherty, JP Leen, J. Best, S. Griffin, J. Egan, M. Casey, D. Wallace.

ABBEYDORNEY: I. Maunsell, D. Lawlor, N. O’Connell, M. Hannifan, P. Dineen, A. Healy, K. O’Connell, I. McCarthy, R. Murphy, B. O’Donovan, B. Sheehan, K. Hanafin, D. Ryall, T. Maunsell, K. Dineen, subs. J. McCarthy for R. Murphy, T. O’Connell for D. Lawlor, F. Roche for T. O’Connell.

Referee: P. Sheehy (Causeway).