Inspiring Ó Croinín proves a class apart

Former county star Micéal Ó Croinín showed class is permanent as Naomh Abán had a perfect start to the Cork Premier IFC at Kilmurry on Saturday night.

Lining out at full-forward, Ó Croinín kicked eight points to secure his side’s passage to round three. For Ballinora it’s a second round tie against the losers of the Carrigaline/Mallow tie.

It was a result that didn’t look likely early on as Ballinora began at a blistering pace and it required a goal line save from Anthony Lynch to deny them a goal in the seventh minute. Two evenly matched sides were level twice in the opening half and while scores were scarce, the closeness of the exchanges more than compensated.