Kelly gives Éire Óg lift

LEINSTER CLUB FOOTBALL - Éire Óg 3-10 Kiltegan 1-12:  TWO FIRST-HALF goals from Éire Óg full forward Mark Kelly set up the Carlow…

LEINSTER CLUB FOOTBALL - Éire Óg 3-10 Kiltegan 1-12: TWO FIRST-HALF goals from Éire Óg full forward Mark Kelly set up the Carlow champions for victory over Kiltegan in this Leinster club football first round tie at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow, yesterday.

Éire Óg were 2-8 to 0-8 ahead in the 52nd minute when Eric McCormack finished to the net.

The Kiltegan goal from Rory Finn came too late for the men from Wicklow.

ÉIRE ÓG:M Hennessy; P Cashin, S Myers, V Kavanagh; A Curran, C McCarthy, B Hennessy; C Bolger, S Gannon; B Carbery (0-3), T Dowling (0-1), W Quinlan (0-1); E McCormack (1-1, 0-1 free), M Kelly (2-1), S Rea (0-3). Subs: P Kingston for Quinlan (39 mins), J Ryan for Curran (39 mins), A Byrne for Rea (51 mins), K Moran for Hennessy (55 mins), N Kenny for McCarthy (59 mins).

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KILTEGAN:A Hanbidge; J Bermingham, A Byrne, S Corrigan; J Farrell, A Foley (0-3), P Finn; J O'Toole, JP Dalton; R Finn (1-0), J Keogh (0-1), A Furlong (0-2); J Doyle (0-1), S Furlong (0-2), D Daly (0-3). Subs: D Hayes for P Finn (12 mins), B Horan for Furlong (49 mins), M Foley for Keogh (54 mins).

Referee:D Fahy (Longford).