Lismore 3-17 Abbeyside 4-13
Ballygunner 0-29 Mount Sion 0-9
DAN SHANAHAN NETTED a first-half double as Lismore squeezed past Abbeyside in an epic quarter final at Fraher Field tonight.
Stevie Barry’s late winner put them through to the last four for the first time since 2010.
Mark Ferncombe bagged 3-7 yet still finished on the losing side. Abbeyside stormed back from nine points behind in the second half to level matters entering injury time.
Lismore enjoyed a 3-10 to 2-5 advantage after an end-to-end first half. Jordan Shanahan fired in their first major on four minutes before Paudie Prendergast twice supplied Dan Shanahan for close range finishes. He has scored 8-7 in this year’s championship. Ferncombe and Tom Looby goaled for Abbeyside.
Maurice Shanahan, who claimed eight points in all, widened the gap in the third quarter (3-14 to 2-8). Ferncombe flashed home two goals in as many minutes but the Villagers came up short in a riveting finale.
Holders Ballygunner humiliated Mount Sion by twenty points at Walsh Park earlier. Pauric Mahony (0-12) and Brian O’Sullivan (0-7) were chief tormentors during a lop-sided contest. It marked their nineteenth consecutive win in the Waterford SHC.
Sion led briefly through a Martin F O’Neill free inside 90 seconds. The Gunners stamped their authority however with seven unanswered singles as they employed their short game to counteract Sion’s extra defender. Mahony knocked over a huge score from inside his own half as they moved nine clear by the interval (0-16 to 0-7).
The Monastery men only raised two white flags across the second period. Full forward O’Sullivan was unmarkable and added four more points to his total. The winners could even afford to rest goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe in the closing minutes.
2015 intermediate champions Portlaw relinquished their senior status after a 3-23 to 0-8 drubbing at the hands of Ballyduff Upper. Déise panellist Mikey Kearney tallied 2-5 for the Reds.
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