St Michaels Ladies win opener
Our Junior team got their Cork Credit Unions Junior County League campaign off to a fantastic start with a strong victory in Round 1 against Knocknagree, played in glorious sunshine at Páirc Mhichíl Naofa in Mahon on Sunday afternoon.
Knocknagree started the brighter of the two sides, controlling the opening stages and moving six points ahead within the first 12 minutes. St Michael’s goalkeeper produced a couple of excellent saves during this period to keep the team in touch. Gradually, St Michael’s settled into the game and dominated the latter part of the first half, scoring 3 goals and 2 points to turn the match around and take a 4-05 to 2-06 lead into halftime.
St Michael’s maintained their advantage throughout the second half, despite a determined Knocknagree side who were clinical with their point-taking. St Michael’s added another 4 goals and 3 points after the break, while limiting Knocknagree to 7 points.
Both squads treated spectators to some excellent football, with impressive individual displays on both sides.
Final Score: by
St Michael’s 8–08 | Knocknagree 2–13
Well done to @knocknagree_lgfa @knocknagreeLadiesFootballClub for a great contest, and we wish you all the best for the season ahead.
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U21 Girls march into final 🟢🟡
Our U21s claimed a great, hard fought victory on Sunday afternoon in the Cork Credit Union U21 Championship Semi-Final against a strong Donoughmore side who had defeated Lisgoold last Sunday. Both teams were very evenly matched, serving up a tight and competitive encounter in windy, blustery conditions at Pairc Mhichíl Naofa in Mahon.
Donoughmore held a narrow one point lead at halftime and created a couple of goal chances during the opening half. The second half remained just as balanced, with the sides finishing level at eight points apiece at full time—sending the match into extra time, as the game had to be decided on the day.
Neither team registered a score in the first period of extra time, but St. Michael’s pulled away in the second half of extra time, scoring three points to Donoughmore’s single score to secure the win.
St. Michael’s will now face St. Colum’s in the final at Easter, with the exact date TBC.
Final Score after extra time St Michaels 0-11 Donoughmore 0-09
Well done to the @donoughmore girls for a great game.
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St Michaels U16 Girls lose out to Macroom
Our U16s fell to a strong Macroom side on Sunday , with the visitors controlling much of the game in windy, blustery conditions at Pairc Mhichíl Naofa in Mahon.
Despite the result, our girls showed great heart and never stopped battling, taking plenty of positives from their performance.
Well done to the @macroomladiesfootball on a very competitive game. Best of luck for the season ahead.
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Seniors win in Castletownbere
Our Seniors had a great win in Round 2 of the Division 2 League below in Castletownbere this morning in very testing conditions. Having led 1-10 to 0-03 with the wind at their backs , they dug out a result with some fantastic work rate and running ,backing each other up all over the pitch , running out deserved winners.Well done to all involved
This morning’s starting 15
Mikey
Luke Carroll Joe Golden Sean Keating
Rob Ahern Conor Hanley Oscar McCarthy
Eoin Hickey Rory Shaughnessy 1-01
Lorcán De Burca Sam Murphy 0-03 (1f) Stephen Ahern
James Ryan 0-03 Eoghan Buckley 0-07 (3 2p 1f) Keith Hegarty
Subs : Emmet Sheehan 0-01 , Paddy Quill , Mykel Burre , Fionnnán Leahy 0-01
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Seniors Lose Opening league match
St Michaels 0-07 (0-2-3) Uibh Laoire 1-16 (1-3-10)
Our Senior footballers opened their Div. 2 campaign with a disappointing defeat in Páirc Mhichíl Naofa this morning. Shorn of a lot of regulars through injury, Michaels battled gamely, but Uibh Laoire were fully deserving of their victory. With conditions poor , it was hard to see anything other than a game of two halves, as the strong breeze blew down the pitch all game. Michaels played with this strong breeze in the opening half but failed to make inroads with Uibh Laoire defending well in the opening quarter. In fact, it was the Inchigeelagh team that settled better, and after a mix up in the Michaels defence, a green flag after 10 mins had them race into a 6 point lead. Soon after, a nicely worked Michaels move saw Keith unlucky to see his effort come back off the post. Luke O’Herlihy found his range and added two fine 2 pointers from play to get us up and running. 4 points at HT was never going to be enough , and although we battled manfully in the second period , Uibh Laoire , through Cathal Vaughan and Ian Jones scored some fantastic long range scores, with 3 two pointers included in their haul of 1-16. Hard luck to all involved, we will dust ourselves down and go again in a few weeks, when we make the long journey to Castletownbere. The best of luck to Uibh Laoire for the remainder of 2026.
Team : M Burke S Keating J Golden L Carroll R Ahern C Hanley O McCarthy K Leahy R Shaughnessy S Ahern S Murphy L D Burca L O’Herlihy 0-07 ( 2 2p 2f) J Ryan K Hegarty
Subs used : A Hennessy L O Sullivan
Juniors lose out to Whites Cross
Our Junior A team put in a very gutsy and determined performance this afternoon in Páirc Mhichíl Naofa against a very experienced Whites Cross outfit. With a lot of players just out of Minor , mixed in with a few experienced campaigners , the result was a bit harsh, and at the end could have gone either way indeed. Playing with a breeze in the opening 30, we played a lovely brand of attacking football and were unlucky not to have been further ahead at half time. Adam Hennessy opened the scoring early from a free he earned himself ,and quickly added another from play, before Whites Cross added their first point. Henno again, with a free, and another from play, quickly edged us 4 to 2 ahead, and after Whites Cross got back to within a point, a quick break upfield involving Paddy Quill and Henno, resulted in Cillian Murphy raising a green flag. The second half was always going to be about us dogging it out, and Whites Cross quickly established a foothold in the early part of the half with a goal, which was quickly followed by a brace of two pointers to establish a five point lead. 3 Liam Sullivan frees on the bounce brought us back into contention however, and when Paddy Quill added one from play, it was game on. Whites Cross had other ideas, and when they added a point from play and another from a free, they moved back into a 4 point lead. Paddy Quill again rounded off a great team move with a fabulous score to leave 3 in it , before David Hogan raised our second green flag to draw level with 2 mins on the clock. With time nearly up, we had a great opportunity for goal, but the Whites Cross keeper stood firm and when the ball worked its way downfield, an indiscretion led to us falling behind again, and following the kick out, another free was converted to leave us on the wrong side of a 1-14 2-09 score line. A load of positives, with some lads making their debuts , more to come from these lads. Well done to all involved on such a positive performance.
Team: Martin Burke James Dineen James Heylin Aidan O’Brien Ross Coleman Mark Drummond Brian Holland Pat Doyle Scott O’Sullivan Jack O’Sullivan Luke Fogarty Paddy Quill 0-02 Adam Hennessy 0-04 (2f) Cillian Murphy 1-00 David Hogan 1-00
Subs Liam O’Sullivan (0-03f) Aaron Giltinan Tadgh Daly Cormac Leahy Mykel Burre
Ricky Fraher (not used )
