The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... and also missing were two full forwards: Kenny Naughton, due to a dislocated shoulder, and Conal Keaney, due to a bad dose of the flu. Keaney did appear for the last 10 minutes, although by then Garrycastle were already home and dry, so to speak.Consider this: the game was 18 minutes old before it produced its first score from play. Ballyboden didn’t score until the 20th minute,...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... them, including some big frees from Paul Ryan and big scores from David Sweeney, David Curtin and Conal Keaney, but all that merely kept them in touch, rather that real contention.Normally, in showdowns like this, the teams circle each other for a while before moving into battle, but there was no hanging around here. In the first move of the match, Colin Fennelly came charging at...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... manager, has a similar belief. And all four dual players are typically central to both teams – Conal Keaney, Simon Lambert, Shane Durkin, and Hiney.The only issue regarding Hiney is that he’s been out with injury for the past six weeks, having fractured a bone in his left knee in the Dublin championship quarter-final against Lucan Sarsfields. He spent the first few of those weeks...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... the goal Ballyboden roared back with two points in a couple of minutes, the first a free from Conal Keaney and the second a fine effort from out on the right by Kenny Naughton.With the outcome on the line and just four minutes to go Boden manager Liam O’Dwyer sent in Dara Shovlin to substitute Daniel Davey and within about 20 seconds of his arrival Shovlin had been slipped through...
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... opening half with Ballyboden holding a 0-2 to 0-1 lead at the end of the first quarter, with both Conal Keaney and Andrew Kerin slotting over frees.Gill kept Rathnew in touch from placed balls as the Wicklow side turned the tide in the second quarter, holding 'Boden to just one point - another Keaney effort.Rathnew continued to threaten in the second half - mainly through Gill's...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... representing an average of 0-6 per match. But he had good support around him: Dublin footballer Conal Keaney must have made county hurling manager Anthony Daly’s heart skip a beat with an authoritative display on the wing.At the back it was a struggle, with Craobh looking lively particularly in the first half and it took steady defensive work by Darragh Spain and Stephen Perkins to...
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... a scrappy goal from the consistently good Paul Ryan and some expert point-taking from dual star Conal Keaney and David Curtin strengthened the lead for Liam Hogan’s men.With Travers, Darragh Spain and Tim Sweeney sweeping up well in the half-backs, Craobh’s route to goal was becoming increasingly difficult and Alan McCrabbe, Dublin’s first All-Star in 19 years, reeled away in agony...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... break.Paul Ryan tacked over four of that first-half haul, three frees and one 65, with Sweeney and Conal Keaney also finding their range from either wing.Only Peadar Carton (0-2), Andrew Morris and midfielder Ger O’Mara scored for the northsiders in the first 30 minutes and even the move of Kevin Flynn to the 40 couldn’t ignite the O’Toole’s forward unit.A scrappy start to the second...
