Kilmacud Crokes

Kilmacud Crokes 3-25 Templeogue Synge Street 1-06. As notable as Paul Mannion's return to club duty was, and as surprising as defender Rory O'Carroll's two ...

Bray would lead for the only time in the contest just after the break, when Arran Murphy landed a point. The other quarter-final will see Carbery, who came through the divisional section, take on Ballincollig, who needed a minor miracle to progress. Mallow were beaten by Douglas by 2-11 to 2-10, having trailed by 11 with 15 minutes to play, while the Haven were 3-12 to 1-09 winners over relegation play-off bound Newcestown. Rangers lost to defending champions St Finbarr's, who advance straight to the semi-finals having topped Group A with three wins from three. Ballyboden won the group after seeing off Clontarf by 1-16 to 0-07. Next up for Crokes is a southside derby against Cuala, who won the battle for second place in Group 2 beating Ballymun by 2-08 to 0-11.

Walsh and Paul Mannion double act set to terrorise defences in the capital and beyond in weeks ahead.

“But it’s done now and he’s in and that was the first game to get out of the way and he did decent when he came in. It’s just great to get the opportunity to get game-time because there were a few cobwebs there the last few weeks.” There is a process, and I’ve said this before, there is a process in Kilmacud and just because you want to join doesn’t mean you get to join. So to be leaving his home club in Galway to join Crokes in Dublin was the kind of move that sets folk off. “I was slagging Manno on the way in that I never got to play Dublin here. You wait your whole life to score a couple of goals for your club and then some lad from Galway skips in and steals your moment.

The transfer saga of the summer came to an end last week when Walsh's transfer to Crokes was finally confirmed.

We have a really good squad and the two lads obviously add to that. The opportunity just presented itself so it was nice to take the score." And like, had we won the All-Ireland, someone said to me it would have been the greatest because you hadn't got Paul Mannion, because of his injury, but I never really bought into that. It's the same back in Galway as well, in the dressing-room you have different types of personalities like Damien Comer and Paul Conroy and these lads. That is the exact same here," Walsh said after the game. Rory O'Carroll, another former Dublin great, bagged a brace of goals in the first half to put Croke's well ahead at the break. There was no sign of Walsh's eight point All Ireland final heroics as the new Crokes star had to make do with just a solitary score. While all eyes were on the new boy this afternoon, it was a couple of homegrown talents that caught they eye. Walsh's debut comes at the end of a tumultuous summer for the 29-year-old. Walsh said: "It's lovely and that's the calibre of player that is there. The training has been quite intense the last two weeks since I joined." It didn't take long for Walsh to show what he was capable of, kicking over a gorgeous right-footed score after a trademark jink less than a quarter of an hour into his debut.

Shane Walsh made his debut for Kilmacud Crokes in their Dublin Senior Football Championship group stage game against Templeogue Synge Street on Sunday.

He's a gentleman above all else, and that's one of the things we look for at the club." It happens to a lot of players around the country that they come to clubs. "He's come in over the last few weeks, and trained really hard. It's great to get the opportunity here," Walsh told I'm driving 20 minutes over the road here to kick a ball, rather than two-and-a-half hours [to Galway]." [interest](https://www.balls.ie/gaa/conor-mortimer-shane-walsh-kilmacud-crokes-519105) and scrutiny, entered the action with 20 minutes to play at Parnell Park.

GALWAY star Shane Walsh has made a scoring start to life with Kilmacud Crokes in the Dublin SFC.Walsh infamously transferred to Crokes from Kilkerrin-

The most difficult part for me was coming to the conclusion myself. Around March, it probably stemmed — the injuries were starting to happen from the driving element with my hips. That meant the most.” [closing the door on returning to Kilkerrin-Clonberne](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/gaa-football/9268374/galway-shane-walsh-kilkerrin-clonberne-return-transfer-kilmacud-crokes/) in the future. [work in the capital and travelling back to Galway](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/gaa-football/9188568/shane-walsh-breaks-silence-explains-transfer-request/) for club duties for the switch. The man of the moment was sprung from the subs bench on 42 minutes and notched a point for his efforts as Kilmacud Crokes eased through to the Dublin quarter-finals.