Templemore inflict heavy defeat on Coláiste Choilm in opening Harty Cup fixture

Our Lady's Templemore's Padraic O'Shea is tackled by Colaiste Choilm's Cian Ahern during the Harty cup at Sean Treacy Park. Pic: Eddie O'Hare

Harty Cup: Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore: 3-25 Coláiste Choilm: 1-12

Our Lady's Secondary School, Templemore inflicted a heavy defeat on Ballincollig's Coláiste Choilm in this Harty Cup Group 2 opener in Tipperary Town.

Although Eoin Dwyer carried the Coláiste fight, a first-half in which Templemore dominated meant any second-half fightback from the Ballincollig school - who are in their second year at the Harty Cup level - would likely fall short. 

Although Coláiste forward Dwyer did register a fine score after good play from Danny Miskella and Shane Rue O'Sullivan early on, it didn't take long for Templemore to take control of proceedings.

They struck 1-6 without response. The first quarter ended 1-7 to 0-1, with Seán Stapleton scoring the goal after nine minutes after an Eoin Boyle assist.

Coláiste free-taker Dwyer scored a long-range placed ball, but with ten minutes remaining, the Tipp side had a 1-11 to 0-2 lead.

The victors would hit three of the last four points up to the short whistle. 1-14 to 0-4 at half-time.

Coláiste Choilm Tadhg Murphy pointed impressively to open the second-half, but it wasn't long before Templemore rattled the net once more - Philip O'Dwyer profiting on this occasion.

The Ballincollig outfit did hit back with three of the next six points to leave the score at 2-17 to 0-8. Among scores for both sides, Chris Dunne goaled for a third Templemore green flag. 

From there, although Cian O'Connor did grab a goal for Ballincollig, Templemore saw out proceedings rather comfortably. 

Scorers for Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore: P O’Shea 0-10 (0-9 f), P O’Dwyer, C Dunne 1-2 each, J Marnell 0-4, S Stapleton 1-0, C Broderick, E Boyle 0-3 each, J Quinn 0-1.

Coláiste Choilm: E Dwyer 0-8 (0-4 f, 0-1 65), C O’Connor 1-0, T Murphy 0-2, C Ahern, N Buckley 0-1 each.

OUR LADY’S SECONDARY SCHOOL, TEMPLEMORE: C Bourke; T Burke, S Gleeson, N Delaney; M Conroy, C Cahill, S Walsh; C Broderick, P O’Shea; J Marnell, E Boyle, R Morris; P O’Dwyer, S Stapleton, C Dunne.

Subs: J Quinn for S Stapleton (39), B Collier for M Conroy, S Burke for E Boyle (both 53), K Martin for J Marnell (56), D Hoare for T Burke (59).

COLÁISTE CHOILM: D Murphy (Ballinora); S O’Callaghan (Éire Óg), C Herlihy (Inniscarra), J Murphy (Ballincollig); A Heelan (Inniscarra), K O’Leary (Ballincollig), C O’Connor (Ballincollig); D Miskella (Ballincollig), C Ahern (Ballincollig); C Power (Ballincollig), E Dwyer (Ballincollig, j-c), S Rue O’Sullivan (Ballincollig); T Murphy (Ballincollig), C O’Donoghue (Ballinora), N Buckley (Inniscarra, j-c).

Subs: E Donovan (Ballincollig) for C O’Donoghue (38), D Walshe (Ballincollig) for C Power (49), M O’Donoghue (Ballinora) for J Murphy (56), S Twohig (Ballinora ) for S Rue O’Sullivan (59).

Referee: Seán Everard (Moyne/Templetuohy).