Eoghan Monaghan, Arron Potterton, Billy Birmingham, Michael Carr, Dylan Corrigan, James Cully, Conor Barnwell, and Diarmuid Keogh made their senior debut for Kildakey in their win over Kiltale in the Donal O Liongsigh Cup

Kildalkey 2-16 Kiltale 1-18

Kildalkey got up and running in the Donal O Liongsigh cup on Saturday at home v Kiltale.

Liam Carroll was the hero on the day with a last minute winning point after a surging run after switching to centre back from Fullback.

This was a hard fought win as kiltale led by 6 at halftime and were playing well but with the introduction of a few subs Kildalkey upped their game in the second half and closed the gap but kiltale were stubborn and replied every time the village men got a score and it took that late late score from Carroll to seal the win .

Kildalkey had a good mix of youth and experience and had 8 minors from last year togged out on the day and one of them James Cully getting his teams first score and 3 more newcomers also got on the scoresheet Conor Barnwell Michael Carr and Eoghan Monaghan with fine points 

Mattie Cully and a long range shot from Arron Traynor brought their team up to 0-7 but it was Kiltale who led by 6 with 1-10 at halftime.

Darragh Ryan Liam Carroll Arron Traynor and Michael Carr were battling hard in the backs and giving good ball into the boys inside .

Lee Coldrick Cian McGourty and Stephen Murray were making a big impact as second half subs and inside Conor Barnwell and the Cully brothers Mattie and James were getting on top with James hitting a vital goal and straight after that a long Liam Carroll delivery went all the way to the net and it looked good for the blues but Kiltale hit back and levelled again with the game at 2-15 to 1-18 it looked like the game was heading for a draw but Carroll saved the day for the Blues with his late point.

Kildalkey team and scorers: P Fagan, C Lyons, L Carroll (1-1), D Ryan, A Traynor (0-1), M Carr (0-1), C Browne, B Birmingham, E Monaghan (0-1), M Cully (0-4)(2f), A O Brien, C Barnwell (0-5)(4f), J Cully (1-2), M Browne 

Subs: S Murray, L Coldrick (0-1), C McGourty, A Potterton, M Hand, D Corrigan, J Walsh, S Potterton, R Thompson, D Keogh 

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