Carnew vs St Marys Carlow

 Leinster PPS 2025-2026 South Leinster Senior Football C  Quarter Final

Colaiste Bhride Carnew 8-14

St Mary’s Academy Carlow CBS 0-9

Kilrush 

Eoin Horkan 

Carnew produced a near-flawless display in Kilrush on Wednesday afternoon, overwhelming their Carlow neighbours and laying down an early-season marker in emphatic fashion.

An opening score from CBS wing-forward Conor Dunne hinted at a competitive affair, but the next fifteen minutes belonged entirely to Coláiste Bhríde. In a blistering spell, they rattled off two goals and four points without reply. Carlow minor Fiach Byrne kicked things off before Daniel Duffy crashed home the first goal, tagging on a point moments later. Byrne added two more white flags, and Ryan Doran raised a second green flag to put Carnew firmly in control.

The Wicklow side continued to dominate up to the twenty-minute mark, tagging on three more goals in a remarkable scoring burst. Daniel Byrne applied the finishing touch to the first, followed by further majors from Fiach Byrne and local favourite Jack Sheridan.

The visitors eventually steadied the ship approaching half-time, with midfielder Mikey Hand leading the charge. He clipped over three points, supported by the two corner-forwards, but the gap still stood at a daunting lead at the interval.

Hand again struck early on the resumption, hinting at a possible revival, but any hope of a comeback was quickly snuffed out. Sheridan completed his hat-trick with a quickfire double, while the tireless Byrne continued to wreak havoc out wide, adding two more points.

By the quarter-hour mark, Byrne  added a second goal to his tally, and with the game well beyond doubt, Carnew began to introduce their bench. Duffy doubled his earlier tally, with further points coming from Rhyan Moules and midfielder Milo Quinn.

The loudest roars of the afternoon were reserved for the closing moments, when substitutes Dylan Doyle and the ever-popular Jim O’Brien rounded off the scoring in style.

A special mention has to go to the spine of the Carnew back line as Lee Dagge and Eoin Tomkins were imperious through this game.

A dominant day in Kilrush — and a statement performance from a Carnew side clearly hitting their stride early.

This result sent the Wicklow side into a semi final against neighbours Tullow either next week or after Christmas

Colaiste Bhride Carnew:TJ Hynes;Myron Atkinson,Lee Dagge,Cormac Murphy;Rory Dee,Eoin Tomkins,Rian Buttle;Milo Quinn (0-1),Evan Byrne;Daniel Duffy,Daniel(1-4), Byrne(1-0),Fiach Byrne(2-5) 2fs);Rhyan Moules(0-2 1f),Ryan Doran(1-0),Jack Sheridan(3-0).

Subs Used:Thomas Rawson,Dylan Doyle (0-1),Colin Lawrence,Tom Brennan,Nicky Ryan,Fionn Macken,Ross Weld,Daniel Rawson,Jim O’Brien (0-1f), Michael Farrell.

St Mary’s Academy Carlow CBS:Ryan Gordon;Rhys McCanny,Eduard Muntean,Oisin Byrne;Darragh McEvoy,Eoghan              Kavanagh,Ryan Nolan;Thomas Lawlor,Mikey Hand(0-5);Conor Dunne(0-1),Leon Fitzpatrick(0-1),Daniel Kehoe;Luke Dooley(0-1),Brandon Murnane,Alex Mazur(0-1).

Referee Lar Murphy