Galway’s Dunmore MacHales togged out for the
intermediate men’s cup at the Lidl sponsored Comórtas Peile Páidi
Ó Sé 2019, the famed Gaelic football tournament, also supported by EJ Menswear.com,
Lee Strand Milk and Kerry County Council, which was celebrating its 30th anniversary
year all across the Dingle Peninsula in Kerry last weekend.
Kerry’s Annascaul acquitted Golden Kilfeacle of
Tipperary 4-14 to 0-3 which got them to meet Tubber of Offaly in the
semi-final. On the other side, Kerry’s Lispole beat Armagh’s Ballyhegan
Davitts (1-10 to 0-7) while Dunmore MacHales of Galway beat Millstreet, managed
by former Kerry star Aidan O’Mahoney on a scoreline of 2-9 to 1-7. In the
semi-final, Lispole played Dunmore at home but the Galway lads raced ahead 3
points to no score within 10 minutes. Lispole matched them point for point for
the remining 50 minutes but Dunmore kept their early lead, finishing up on a
scoreline of Dunmore 0-9 Lispole 0-5.
So, Kerry’s Annascaul ended up playing against the
Dunmore lads who were always chasing the game (0-6 to 0-1 at half time).
Although the Galway men converted a 20-yard free into the roof of the net with
ten minutes to go which took them to three behind, 1-8 to 1-5 and Annascaul’s
Sean O’Hara got a straight red card just after that, the local side held out
for the final minutes and won on a scoreline of 1-10 to 1-6.
Comórtas Chairman Pádraig Óg. Ó Sé
said, ‘We are delighted that Dunmore could represent the county in this
special year. The lads were great to deal with, they seemed to enjoy themselves
at the players banquet and we’d welcome them back anytime.”
The festival, founded by Kerry iconic
footballer Páidi Ó Sé, has attracted over 15,000 club players over 30
years and has grown into a major international GAA event with senior,
intermediate and junior competitions and teams from 17 counties,
England, Scotland and the UAE attending this year as well as teams
attending cultural and social events at Comórtas HQ, Páidí Ó
Sé’s pub in Ventry, Co. Kerry.
