Carrigaline fend off gritty Kilbrittain to reach decider

CARRIGALINE edged their way to an exhilarating three points triumph over Kilbrittain in a cracking Evening Echo Cork Co IHC semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

At one stage, Carrigaline looked like winning by a score a man, but, with their backs to the wall, Kilbrittain staged a thrilling recovery and came within an ace of achieving a feat that would have bordered on the miraculous.

Carrigaline were on fire right from the word go. Their confidence received an enormous boost in the first minute when, after Kilbrittain’s long serving goalkeeper Oliver Harrington brilliantly deprived Paul Foster, left corner forward Tony Murphy was ideally positioned to knock the rebound to the net.