Daragh Nolan, 11 May
Tailteann Cup Group 1 Round 1
Kildare 3-25
Longford 1-11
Kildare put a huge score on the board when they faced Longford in their
Tailteann Cup opener.
The Lilies put 1-16 on the board in the first half after a
high-intensity display that was both encouraging and mournful as
Kildare showed some of what they should be capable of.
Regardless of how it happened, Kildare are in the Tailteann Cup and to
their credit they look set on taking it seriously. This won't be their
toughest challenge, but it was certainly demonstrative of the limited
level of many of the Tailteann teams.
Nonetheless, a big score was put up for The Lilies, which will be
welcomed by all in the county after a tough year so far.
Kildare, Paddy Woodgate 2-1, Darragh Kirwan 0-6, Paddy McDermott 1-2,
Kevin Feely 0-4 (0-2 mark), Jack Sargent 0-2, Daniel Flynn 0-2, Tony
Archbold 0-2, Aaron Masterson 0-1, Ryan Houlihan 0-1, Shane Farrell
0-1, Darragh Swords 0-1, Rian Teahan 0-1, Kevin Flynn 0-1.
Longford, Darren Gallagher 1-4 (0-4 frees), Dylan Farrell 0-3 (0-2
frees), Joseph Hagan 0-2, Aaron Farrell 0-2.
KILDARE: Mark Donnellan; Ryan Houlihan, Mick O'Grady, Ryan Burke; Tony
Archbold, Brian Byrne, Jack Sargent; Aaron Masterson, Brendan Gibbons;
Shane Farrell, Darragh Kirwan, Paddy McDermott; Paddy Woodgate, Daniel
Flynn, Kevin Feely. Subs: Kevin Flynn for Brendan Gibbons (44 minutes),
Killian Galligan for Tony Archbold (52 minutes), Darragh Swords for
Daniel Flynn (54 minutes), Eoin Doyle for Ryan Burke (58 minutes), Rian
Teahan for Darragh Kirwan (62 minutes).
LONGFORD: Patrick Collum; Patrick Fox, OisÃn O'Toole, Bryan Masterson;
Aaron Farrell, Ryan Moffett, Dessie Reynolds; Darren Gallagher, Dylan
Farrell; Mark Hughes, Michael Quinn, Joseph Hagan; Daniel Reynolds,
Daniel Mimnagh, Keelin McGann. Subs: Paddy Kiernan for Daniel Reynolds
(Half-time), Enda Macken for Keelin McGann (42 minutes), Cathal McCabe
for Michael Quinn (50 minutes), Jack Macken for Daniel Mimnagh (57
minutes), Ruairà Harkin for Joseph Hagan (62 minutes).
Referee: Brendan Griffin (Kerry)