Doon have too much for Mungret St Paul’s in Limerick Senior Hurling Championship:

Doon have too much for Mungret St Paul’s in Limerick Senior Hurling Championship:

By Paul Shaughnessy Limerick Leader Sport

Doon maintained their unbeaten record in round four of the Limerick SHC after they defeated Mungret St Paul’s 5-21 to 0-18.

Their victory never looked in doubt at any stage and Doon will now join Na Piarsaigh directly into the semi-finals of the Limerick SHC.

Mugret St Paul’s have been relegated into group two of the Limerick SHC for the 2025 season.

Barry Murphy and Gareth Thomas registered early score to put Derek McGrath charges into an early lead. Limeerick U20 hurler Fintan Fitzgerald replied to narrow the gap for Mungret St Paul’s.

On 11 minutes, Darragh Stapleton played a terrific pass to the oncoming Adam English and English rattled the sliotar into the back of the net to put Doon 1-2 to 0-1 ahead. English followed his goal up with a point to put Doon into a comanding position.

Mungret St Paul’s regrouped after that, Niall Mulcahy and Fitzgerald were on target to make it a one score game.

English pushed his side’s lead back out to four points courtesy of a 65 on 14 minutes. The lively Fitzgerald was off the mark once agan and a quick free was played short to Liam Lynch who tapped over a neat point to keep the Cty club in contention.

Mungret St Paul’s went to outscore their opponents 0-2 to 0-1 after that when Brian Barry and Paul O’Brien landed long range efforts but last year’s could never the game level.
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Doon went on to finish to finish the first half strongly and the decisive score arrived on 27 minutes when Chris Thomas made a powerful run from his own 65 and Thomas slotted the sliotar past Conor O’Brien. The group one leaders led 2-9 to 0-8 ahead at the break.

Last year’s county semi-finalists didn’t take their foot off the gas in the second half. Chris Thomas and Gareth Thomas hit the opening three points of the seocnd half to push Doon 2-11 to 0-8 ahead.

In the remaining 27 minutes, Doon were comfortable in every department and showed why the east Limerick side are real contenders to win the Limerick SHC title.

The victors went to outscore Mungret St Paul’s 3-10 to 0-9 in the remainder of the second half. Barry Murphy, Eddie Stokes and Adam English all went on to raise green flags in what proved to be a comprehensive victory.

Cian O’Donovan and Adam English stood out for Doon where they scored 1-10 out of their club’s 5-21 on Saturday evening in Kilmallock. It was a disappointing evening for Mungret St Paul’s but Fintan Fitzgerald impressed where he was on target with 0-6.

Scorers:

DOON: Adam English (1-7, 0-3 frees, 0-1 65), Chris Thomas 1-2, Barry Murphy (1-1, 1-0 penalty), Darragh Stapleton and Eddie Stokes 1-1 each, Cian O’Donovan 0-3, Kevin Maher 0-2 and Gareth Thomas 0-2 each, Patrick Cummins and Pat Ryan 0-1 each.

MUNGRET ST PAUL’S: Fintan Fitzgerald 0-6, 0-1 65, Paul O’Brien (0-3, 0-1 free, 0-1 65), Liam Lynch 0-2, Niall Mulcahy, Brian Barry, Sean Duff, Barry Duff and Rory Duff, Shane Barry and Conor O’Halloran 0-1 each.

DOON:Tomas Lynch, Tommy Hayes, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Mikey O’Brien, Cian O’Donovan, Barry Murphy, Chris Thomas, Darragh O’Donovan (Capt), Adam English, Kevin Maher, Jack Ryan, Gareth Thomas, Eddie Stokes, Darragh Stapleton, Pat Ryan.

SUBS: Patrick Cummins for Hayes 38 minutes, Tadgh Whelan for English 50 minutes.

MUNGRET ST PAUL’S: Conor O’Brien; Billy Molyneaux, Matt O’Sullivan, Liam Harrington; Brian Barry, Patrick Begley (Captain), Brian O’Meara; Barry Duff, Rory Duff; Darragh O’Hagan, Fintan Fitzgerald, Niall Mulcahy; Cian O’Halloran, Liam Lynch, Paul O’Brien.

SUBS: Cian O’Brien for O’Hagan (Half-Time), Sean Duff for Paul O’Brien (43 minutes), Eoin O’Doherty for Lynch 50 minutes, Shane Barry for Mulcahy 53 minutes.

REFEREE: Kieran Guina (Castlemahon)