Final quarter goals propel Monaleen past Oola in Limerick senior football championship

MONALEEN made it three wins from four in the round robin phase of the Irish Wire Products Limerick senior football championship after the city side edged past Oola 2-13 to 1-9 in their Group 1 clash at St Patrick's GAA Club on Thursday evening. 

Two goals in the final eight minutes, courtesy of Conal O'Duinn from the penalty spot, and subsequently from Steven Kiely, helped Monaleen get back to winning ways and with it take a giant step towards securing a place in the knock-out stages of the championship. 

The result sees Oola remain on three points from their four group games. 

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It was Oola who made the better start and after Mikey O'Brien was hauled down in the fourth minute, Limerick senior star Josh Ryan converted the resultant penalty for 1-0 to 0-0.

Resilient Monaleen hit back strongly and racked up seven points without reply, Shane Dolan notching the first of those scores, as the city side led 0-7 to 1-0.

The sides traded points coming up to half-time as Monaleen, who had lost narrowly to Fr Casey's in their previous outing, led 0-9 to 1-2 at the break.

A pair of Josh Ryan frees reduced Monaleen's lead to just two points shortly after the restart. 

The margin between the sides remained at two points, 0-11 to 1-6, until eight minutes before the end of normal time.

When Jack Canny was fouled as he powered through the Oola defence, Monaleen's inter-county senior player Conal O'Duinn coolly slotted the resultant penalty into the net for 1-11 to 1-6.

Josh Ryan did reply with a two point free for Oola before Monaleen hit back with points from O'Duinn and Steven Kiely. 

The city side then wrapped up the points when the lively Kiely fisted home their second goal after being set up by Canny.

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