St Mochtas Beat Ardee St Marys as Division 1 League Gets Underway

Louth GAA Club Football | Division 1 & Division 2 Round-Up

The new Louth GAA league season got underway over the weekend with wins for St Mochtas, Hunterstown Rovers and Mattock Rangers in Division 1, while St Fechins, Roche Emmets and Stabannon Parnells were among the winners in Division 2.

St Mochtas Edge St Marys in Ardee

Reigning Louth champions St Mochtas made a winning start to their Division 1 campaign with victory over Ardee St Marys on Saturday night in difficult conditions.

Goalkeeper Rory O’Kane proved to be the hero for the visitors when his second-half ‘45 dropped into the net and proved to be the winning goal in a low-scoring encounter.

St Marys started brightly and led at half time by 0-5 to 1-0, with Calum Caffrey and Conor Gillespie among the scorers. However, second-half points from Gerry Garland and Jamie Farrell helped St Mochtas secure the win.

Goalkeeper Rory O’Kane scored the decisive goal from a second-half ‘45’ as St Mochtas defeated Ardee St Marys.

Hunterstown Start With Big Win

Hunterstown Rovers opened their Division 1 campaign in impressive fashion with a comprehensive victory over Dreadnots in Clogherhead.

Goals from Ciaran Russell, Colm Murphy and Dean Burns sealed the win after a dominant first-half performance where Rovers led 0-13 to 0-0 at the break.

Mattock Hold Off Geraldines

Mattock Rangers also started the season with a win, holding off a late Geraldines comeback to record a 1-11 to 1-9 victory.

A goal from Cathal Fleming and two-pointers from Ben McKenna helped the Collon side build a lead that ultimately proved enough.

Division 2 Round-Up

In Division 2, St Fechins produced a strong performance to defeat Sean O’Mahonys, while Roche Emmets recorded an impressive win over St Brides.

Stabannon Parnells also made a winning start to the season with victory over Oliver Plunketts, while St Kevins edged a tight contest against Young Irelands.

O’Raghallaighs and Glen Emmets were also among the winners in Division 2 following victories over Kilkerley Emmets and John Mitchels respectively.