Connacht SHC Round One/St Mary's 1-13 Tubbercurry 1-8: A cracking 15th-minute goal by Stephen McManus set St Mary's up for a deserved four-point win over Tubbercurry at Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry, yesterday.
Donal O'Grady opened the Leitrim champions account after a minute of the first half before Mark Burke levelled for the Sligo side.
McManus's goal put the Saints five points ahead and the Carrick-on-Shannon side were never headed as they led by 1-7 to 0-6 at half time.
A Ray Kilcoyne goal 11 minutes into the second half cut the deficit to two points but the visitors were always in control and never looked like losing.
The absence of their top scorer Paul Seevers, who was married at the weekend, weakened Tubbercurry's chances considerably.
ST MARY'S: P Phelan, S Cardiff, N Glancy, S Walsh, V McDermott, J Keane, D Tiernan, C Cunniffe (0-7, 4 frees and a 65), D Regan (0-1), J Glancy (0-1), B Carroll (0-3), T Cronin, M Coles, D O'Grady (0-1), S McManus (1-0). Subs: P McWeeney for O'Grady (31); B Murray for Cardiff (49); F Carroll for Coles (54).
TUBBERCURRY: M Gorman, A Henry, J Burke, B Gannon, K McDonagh, M Burke (0-6, 5 frees and a 65), D McDonagh, B Walsh (0-1), B Curran (0-1), D Seevers, S Kerins, B Brennan, R Kilcoyne (1-0), R Haughey (0-1), F Cretaro. Subs: T Bruder for Kilcoyne (51); A Wimsey for D McDonagh (58).
Referee: E O'Shaughnessy (Galway).
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