Kate Wall wheels away after scoring the winning goal for St Finbarr's. Tom O'Hanlon/INPHO

St Finbarr's clinch historic Munster camogie title, as four-goal Kilcoo return to Ulster final

There was some silverware up for grabs across the provinces today.

LAST UPDATE | 22 Nov 2025

GAA Results

Munster senior camogie final

  • St Finbarr’s (Cork) 3-11 De La Salle (Waterford) 2-12

Connacht intermediate hurling final

  • Meelick-Eyrecourt (Galway) 2-12 Tooreen (Mayo) 3-21

Ulster senior football semi-final

  • Erne Gaels (Fermanagh) 1-10 Kilcoo (Down) 4-12

Leinster special junior hurling final

  • Amsterdam 0-15 Longford Slashers 0-14 

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ANOTHER BUSY DAY of GAA club action has seen Down champions Kilcoo return to the Ulster senior football final after a commanding victory at the Athletic Grounds.

Earlier today, St Finbarr’s of Cork become Munster senior camogie champions for the first time, while Mayo side Tooreen have secured the Connacht intermediate hurling title after losing last year’s final.

Last year’s defeated Ulster finalists Kilcoo returned to the provincial decider after accounting for Fermanagh’s Erne Gaels with an 11-point victory.

Kilcoo, who are now facing into a sixth Ulster final in nine seasons, were taking on an Erne Gaels outfit who were trying to reach the final for first time. The Down side finished the tie with four goals, the first of which arrived after just three minutes through Paul Devlin.

A Ryan Lyons two-pointer helped Erne Gaels respond from that early setback but Kilcoo struck again when Eugene Branagan provided their second goal on 23 minutes. Another Erne Gaels two-pointer from Barry McCann kept the gap at three points as Kilcoo led 2-4 to 0-7 at half-time.

Kilcoo continued to control proceedings and were already seven points in front by the time Shealan Johnston supplied their third goal to push them 3-9 to 0-8 in front.

Goal number four from Ceilum Doherty in the 54th minute provided the gloss on their victory while Seamus Ryder scored a consolation goal for Erne Gaels.

Kilcoo will now advance to take on either Scotstown (Monaghan) or Newbridge (Derry) in the Ulster final.

There was high drama at the end of today’s Munster senior camogie club final. A return of 2-4 from Kate Wall including a dramatic late winner proved pivotal as St. Finbarr’s saw off a determined De La Salle from Waterford to secure a historic Munster senior camogie crown.

St Finbarr’s trailed by six points in the first half but battled back and Wall’s 59th-minute strike ensured their place in the history books following a thriller in Thurles. 

De La Salle made a dream start after just 33 seconds. The sliotar found its way to Abby Flynn and she jinked inside her marker before slotting past Ciara Hurley. Five-time All-Star Beth Carton then provided a long-range score on her way to finishing the tie with nine points.

A searching free from Sorcha McCartan dropped perfectly and Orlaith Cahalane expertly flicked to the net to signal St Finbarr’s arrival in the 10th minute. Wall later raised a green flag on 27 minutes when she was able to flick over the De La Salle goalkeeper Brianna O’Regan. A McCartan free ensured it was a one-point affair at the break despite De La Salle’s dominance, making it 1-7 to 2-3.

Maggie Gostl scored a vital goal for De La Salle in the second half. She caught a long delivery and despite being double marked, she unleashed a rasper into the roof of the net.

Trailing by one with one minute of normal time left, St. Finbarr’s needed something special and it arrived on 59 minutes as Orlaith Cahalane squared the ball to Wall who sent the sliotar into the far right corner to send their supporters into raptures.

St Finbarr’s will now face Antrim’s Loughgiel Shamrocks in All-Ireland semi-final while Athenry take on Dicksboro in the other semi-final. 

Meanwhile, Tooreen dominated Meelick-Eyrecourt in the Connacht intermediate hurling final.

Tooreen, who lost last year’s intermediate final, had won the previous four Connacht titles. They got back on top of the province again after a comprehensive win in Hyde Park today.

The Mayo side were 3-11 to 2-7 ahead at half-time, with man of the match Liam Lavin providing two of their goals while also earning a penalty which was converted by Seán Kenny. 

John Fleming and Jarlath McEvoy lifted the green flags for Meelick-Eyrecourt before the break.

Tooreen maintained their grip on the game in the second half and will now go on to play the Ulster champions which will be either Lisbellaw (Fermanagh) or Éire Og Carrickmore (Tyrone) in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Elsehwere, Amsterdam made history by becoming the first European club to win a Leinster final following a thrilling victory over Longford Slashers in the Leinster special junior final.

The Dutch outfit became the first European hurling team to reach a Leinster final when they defeated Rathmoylan of Meath recently. And they created more history today in Longford’s Pearse Park, prevailing with a one-point victory after a late free from Grahame McDermott.

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