Dundalk lose out to Pat’s in Leinster Senior Cup

Action from last night’s Leinster Senior Cup tie. Picture: Darragh Connolly

Dundalk’s first competitive outing of the year ended in defeat last night after they lost 2-1 to St Patrick’s Athletic in the Leinster Senior Cup at Richmond Park.

After a scoreless first-half, former Irish international Keith Fahey gave the home side the lead with a stunning 30 yard free kick to the top right hand corner off the underside of the crossbar.

Dundalk got back on level terms 10 minutes later, however, when Kurtis Byrne picked out David McMillan, who held off Kenny Browne to fire past Brendan Clarke to make it 1-1.

With 20 minutes to though, Pat’s regained the lead when Daryl Kavanagh fired past Cherrie from a Chris Forrester cross.

Dundalk did push for an equaliser late on but could find no way past a stubborn Pat’s defence.

ST. PATRICK’S ATHLETIC: Brendan Clarke; Ger O’Brien, Kenny Brown, Ken Oman, Ian Bermingham; Greg Bolger (Conor McCormack 82), Lee Lynch (Christy Fagan 59); Conan Byrne, Keith Fahey (James Chambers 75), Christopher Forrester; Daryl Kavanagh.

DUNDALK: Peter Cherrie; Sean Gannon (John Mountney 57), Mark Rossiter, Simon Kelly, Dane Massey; Stephen O’Donnell, Ruaidhri Higgins (Darren Meenan 82); Daryl Horgan, Richie Towell, David McMillan; Patrick Hoban (Kurtis Byrne 64).

REFEREE: Neil Doyle.

O’Donnell’s late strike rescues a point for Dundalk

Stephen O’Donnell

Stephen O’Donnell’s late strike earned Dundalk a 2-2 draw against Cork City at Turner’s Cross in the Airtricity League Premier Division last night.

Ciarán Kilduff opened the scoring for the home side in the third minute, before Brian Gartland levelled matters 20 minutes later.

Gartland, a recent signing for the club, then had a second goal ruled out controversially for what was adjudged to have been a foul on the goalkeeper.

Daryl Kavanagh 63rd minute penalty appeared to have earned the Leesiders all three points, but captain O’Donnell’s 89th equaliser earned Stephen Kenny’s side what could prove a vital point in their chase for the title.

Cork City: Mark McNulty, Danny Murphy, Gearóid Morrissey, Daryl Kavanagh (Ian Turner 90′), John Dunleavy, Garry Buckley, Dan Murray, Kalen Spillane, Neal Horgan (C), Daryl Horgan, Ciarán Kilduff.

Subs: Danny Furlong, Brian Lenihan, Stephen Kenny, Rob Lehane, David Browne (GK), John Kavanagh.

Dundalk: Peter Cherrie, John Sullivan, Brian Gartland, Stephen O’Donnell (C), Patrick Hoban, Kurtis Byrne, Dane Massey (Chris Shields 46′, Stephen McDonnell (Simon Kelly 59′), Mark Rossiter, Darren Meenan, Francis McCaffrey (Jordan Keegan 64′).

Subs: John Dillon, Nathan Murphy, Vinny Faherty, Aaron Shanahan (GK),

Referee: Robert Rogers.