KILKERRIN-CLONBERNE DELIVERED a record equalling eighth consecutive AIB Connacht senior club championship in Castlerea on Sunday as three goals shared between the Noone sisters saw the Galway side run out comfortable winners against their Roscommon opposition.
Player of the match Eva Noone got the first green flag on 12 minutes before setting up Lynsey for a second nine minutes later. The latter profited from a turnover to send the third into the net on the three-quarter mark.
This was St. Brigid’s first provincial final appearance since 2012 and their efforts were better than the final scoreline suggested. The Roscommon champions did play two sweepers back to try close out space but their opponents’ experience was the difference.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne raced into a 0-4 to 0-0 lead by seven minutes with Niamh Divilly, Louise Ward, Chloe Miskell and Eva Noone on target before Kate Nolan got St. Brigid’s first from a ninth minute free.
However, the Galway champions gained a cushion when after another point, Eva Noone finished a four-player move, started by Chloe Costello’s interception, for the first goal. A Miskell point made it 1-6 to 0-1 on 13 minutes.
The teams shared the next six scores evenly with sisters Marian and Kate Nolan (2) contributing the St. Brigid’s scores. But after points the three Divillys (Niamh, Siobhán and Olivia), a rebound off the upright led to Eva passing across for Lynsey’s first goal.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne led 2-11 to 0-7 at half-time as Eva Noone and Miskell contributed for the winners. St. Brigid’s keeper Caoimhe O’Reilly also delivered two great saves but they finished positively through Kate and Marian Nolan, and Ciara Walsh.
Niall Mackey’s team needed a strong third quarter but the first three scores went against them thanks to Eva Noone, Miskell and Niamh Divilly. Claire Grehan, an All-Ireland junior winner with Roscommon in 2001, ended St. Brigid’s drought on 38 minutes.
Kate Nolan added a free on 44 minutes as the green and red trailed 2-16 to 0-9, with Eva and Lynsey Noone registering for Kilkerrin-Clonberne. The challengers wouldn’t score again.
After O’Reilly’s restart was won by Siobhán Divilly on 45 minutes, she fed Lynsey Noone who lobbed the keeper for Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s third goal.
A 10th provincial crown was secure and they finished with three Eva Noone scores along with Olivia Divilly and Miskell to set up an All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Waterford’s Comeragh Rangers.
Scorers for Kilkerrin-Clonberne: E Noone (1-8, 3f); L Noone 2-1; C Miskell (0-5, 0-1pen); N Divilly 0-3; O Divilly 0-2; L Ward, S Divilly 0-1 each.
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Scorers for St. Brigid’s: K Nolan 0-5 (5f); M Nolan 0-2; C Grehan, C Walsh 0-1 each.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne
L Murphy; L Finnegan, S Gormally, K Mee; C Costello, N Ward, N Divilly; L Ward, S Divilly; O Divilly, H Noone, Aisling Madden; E Noone, C Miskell, L Noone.
Subs: E Hynes for Costello (45), A Shaughnessy for L Noone (50), S Fahy for Finnegan (50), C Boyle for S Divilly (55), Aoibhinn Madden for Mee (55).
St Brigid’s
C O’Reilly; S Francis, K Sammon, A Minnock; A Lennon, A McGrath, S O’Hara; R Lennon, A Curran; C Grehan, M Nolan, C Walsh; A Nugent, K Nolan, S O’Rourke.
Subs: L Sheffield for Walsh (46), J Hughes for Francis (50).
Meanwhile, Niamh Cotter, Eabha Rutledge and Amy Conroy struck a combined tally of 5-7 at Glenisk O’Connor Park on Sunday as Kilmacud Crokes claimed their fourth successive AIB Leinster LGFA senior club championship crown with a commanding final victory over Wicklow’s Tinahely.
In last year’s decider against Eadestown at the same venue, Crokes bagged three goals inside the opening 10 minutes on their way to recording an emphatic triumph. While the 2024 All-Ireland SFC finalists hit the ground running in their latest provincial showpiece with early points from Laura Kane and Cotter, Tinahely subsequently came storming into the contest.
Supplementing points by Jackie Kinch (free) and Aoife Gorman, Aobha Harmon rattled the back of the opposition net just past the 10-minute mark off a fast-paced move to propel Gavin Weir’s charges into the ascendancy.
This threw down the gauntlet to Crokes and even though Cotter fired back with a brace of frees, Kinch also popped up with a place-ball score to keep Tinahely in the driving seat. Yet unanswered points courtesy of Doireann Egan, Galway star Ailbhe Davoren and skipper Rutledge squeezed Crokes back in front and they pushed on from there with a strong finish to the opening period.
Following a further flurry of points from Michelle Davoren and Cotter (two), Rutledge shook the Tinahely net off a rebounded effort on the stroke of half-time to leave Kilmacud in a commanding 1-10 to 1-3 lead.
Tinahely reduced their deficit to six points with another successful free by Kinch on the resumption, before Crokes effectively placed the final outcome beyond doubt with a quick scoring blitz.
After her strike from close-range was deflected to the net by opposition defender Aine Byrne on 36 minutes, Amy Conroy got on the end of a Michelle Davoren pass moments later for her second goal – and Kilmacud’s third – of the game.
Donegal native Niamh Carr also got forward for a fisted point on 41 minutes, but even though they were finding it increasingly difficult to curtail the attacking power of their opponents, Tinahely did display admirable persistence by kicking three scores on the bounce through the boots of Kinch (two) and Eimear O’Sullivan.
Kinch also kicked a late score in advance of Crokes substitute Anna O’Grady doing likewise, but with these efforts being preceded by quickfire goals from the impressive duo of Cotter and Rutledge, Kilmacud eased into another All-Ireland senior club championship semi-final.
Scorers for Kilmacud Crokes: N Cotter 1-6 (0-4f), E Rutledge 2-1, A Conroy 2-0, N Carr, D Egan, L Kane, A Davoren, M Davoren, A O’Grady 0-1 each.
Scorers for Tinahely: J Kinch 0-6 (5f), A Harmon 1-0, E O’Sullivan, A Gorman 0-1 each.
Kilmacud Crokes
D Gower; P Greene, E Sweeney, C Regan; S O’Donoghue, A Kane, N Carr; D Egan, K Murray; L Kane, A Davoren, N Cotter; A Conroy, M Davoren, E Rutledge.
Subs: A Bedford for O’Donoghue, K McDaid for Egan, E Kane for L Kane (all 42), A O’Grady for Murray (44), A Jones for Regan (49), L Carrigy for E Kane (64, blood).
Tinahely
B Clancy; R Byrne, C Stokes, A McDonald; S Goetelen, A Byrne, E O’Brien; A Stapleton, A Maher; E O’Sullivan, A Gorman, A Harmon; S Byrne, J Kinch, C Byrne.
Subs: E Mutton for R Byrne, L Gilbert for Harmon, E Mulhall for S Byrne, A Mulhall for Stapleton (all 57).
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Kilkerrin-Clonberne win eighth consecutive Connacht title, Crokes win in Leinster
Connacht LGFA final
Kilkerrin-Clonberne 3-21
St. Brigid’s 0-9
Leinster LGFA final
Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 5-13
Tinahely (Wicklow) 1-8
KILKERRIN-CLONBERNE DELIVERED a record equalling eighth consecutive AIB Connacht senior club championship in Castlerea on Sunday as three goals shared between the Noone sisters saw the Galway side run out comfortable winners against their Roscommon opposition.
Player of the match Eva Noone got the first green flag on 12 minutes before setting up Lynsey for a second nine minutes later. The latter profited from a turnover to send the third into the net on the three-quarter mark.
This was St. Brigid’s first provincial final appearance since 2012 and their efforts were better than the final scoreline suggested. The Roscommon champions did play two sweepers back to try close out space but their opponents’ experience was the difference.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne raced into a 0-4 to 0-0 lead by seven minutes with Niamh Divilly, Louise Ward, Chloe Miskell and Eva Noone on target before Kate Nolan got St. Brigid’s first from a ninth minute free.
However, the Galway champions gained a cushion when after another point, Eva Noone finished a four-player move, started by Chloe Costello’s interception, for the first goal. A Miskell point made it 1-6 to 0-1 on 13 minutes.
The teams shared the next six scores evenly with sisters Marian and Kate Nolan (2) contributing the St. Brigid’s scores. But after points the three Divillys (Niamh, Siobhán and Olivia), a rebound off the upright led to Eva passing across for Lynsey’s first goal.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne led 2-11 to 0-7 at half-time as Eva Noone and Miskell contributed for the winners. St. Brigid’s keeper Caoimhe O’Reilly also delivered two great saves but they finished positively through Kate and Marian Nolan, and Ciara Walsh.
Niall Mackey’s team needed a strong third quarter but the first three scores went against them thanks to Eva Noone, Miskell and Niamh Divilly. Claire Grehan, an All-Ireland junior winner with Roscommon in 2001, ended St. Brigid’s drought on 38 minutes.
Kate Nolan added a free on 44 minutes as the green and red trailed 2-16 to 0-9, with Eva and Lynsey Noone registering for Kilkerrin-Clonberne. The challengers wouldn’t score again.
After O’Reilly’s restart was won by Siobhán Divilly on 45 minutes, she fed Lynsey Noone who lobbed the keeper for Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s third goal.
A 10th provincial crown was secure and they finished with three Eva Noone scores along with Olivia Divilly and Miskell to set up an All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Waterford’s Comeragh Rangers.
Scorers for Kilkerrin-Clonberne: E Noone (1-8, 3f); L Noone 2-1; C Miskell (0-5, 0-1pen); N Divilly 0-3; O Divilly 0-2; L Ward, S Divilly 0-1 each.
Scorers for St. Brigid’s: K Nolan 0-5 (5f); M Nolan 0-2; C Grehan, C Walsh 0-1 each.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne
L Murphy; L Finnegan, S Gormally, K Mee; C Costello, N Ward, N Divilly; L Ward, S Divilly; O Divilly, H Noone, Aisling Madden; E Noone, C Miskell, L Noone.
Subs: E Hynes for Costello (45), A Shaughnessy for L Noone (50), S Fahy for Finnegan (50), C Boyle for S Divilly (55), Aoibhinn Madden for Mee (55).
St Brigid’s
C O’Reilly; S Francis, K Sammon, A Minnock; A Lennon, A McGrath, S O’Hara; R Lennon, A Curran; C Grehan, M Nolan, C Walsh; A Nugent, K Nolan, S O’Rourke.
Subs: L Sheffield for Walsh (46), J Hughes for Francis (50).
Referee: G Chapman (Sligo).
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Meanwhile, Niamh Cotter, Eabha Rutledge and Amy Conroy struck a combined tally of 5-7 at Glenisk O’Connor Park on Sunday as Kilmacud Crokes claimed their fourth successive AIB Leinster LGFA senior club championship crown with a commanding final victory over Wicklow’s Tinahely.
In last year’s decider against Eadestown at the same venue, Crokes bagged three goals inside the opening 10 minutes on their way to recording an emphatic triumph. While the 2024 All-Ireland SFC finalists hit the ground running in their latest provincial showpiece with early points from Laura Kane and Cotter, Tinahely subsequently came storming into the contest.
Supplementing points by Jackie Kinch (free) and Aoife Gorman, Aobha Harmon rattled the back of the opposition net just past the 10-minute mark off a fast-paced move to propel Gavin Weir’s charges into the ascendancy.
This threw down the gauntlet to Crokes and even though Cotter fired back with a brace of frees, Kinch also popped up with a place-ball score to keep Tinahely in the driving seat. Yet unanswered points courtesy of Doireann Egan, Galway star Ailbhe Davoren and skipper Rutledge squeezed Crokes back in front and they pushed on from there with a strong finish to the opening period.
Following a further flurry of points from Michelle Davoren and Cotter (two), Rutledge shook the Tinahely net off a rebounded effort on the stroke of half-time to leave Kilmacud in a commanding 1-10 to 1-3 lead.
Tinahely reduced their deficit to six points with another successful free by Kinch on the resumption, before Crokes effectively placed the final outcome beyond doubt with a quick scoring blitz.
After her strike from close-range was deflected to the net by opposition defender Aine Byrne on 36 minutes, Amy Conroy got on the end of a Michelle Davoren pass moments later for her second goal – and Kilmacud’s third – of the game.
Donegal native Niamh Carr also got forward for a fisted point on 41 minutes, but even though they were finding it increasingly difficult to curtail the attacking power of their opponents, Tinahely did display admirable persistence by kicking three scores on the bounce through the boots of Kinch (two) and Eimear O’Sullivan.
Kinch also kicked a late score in advance of Crokes substitute Anna O’Grady doing likewise, but with these efforts being preceded by quickfire goals from the impressive duo of Cotter and Rutledge, Kilmacud eased into another All-Ireland senior club championship semi-final.
Scorers for Kilmacud Crokes: N Cotter 1-6 (0-4f), E Rutledge 2-1, A Conroy 2-0, N Carr, D Egan, L Kane, A Davoren, M Davoren, A O’Grady 0-1 each.
Scorers for Tinahely: J Kinch 0-6 (5f), A Harmon 1-0, E O’Sullivan, A Gorman 0-1 each.
Kilmacud Crokes
D Gower; P Greene, E Sweeney, C Regan; S O’Donoghue, A Kane, N Carr; D Egan, K Murray; L Kane, A Davoren, N Cotter; A Conroy, M Davoren, E Rutledge.
Subs: A Bedford for O’Donoghue, K McDaid for Egan, E Kane for L Kane (all 42), A O’Grady for Murray (44), A Jones for Regan (49), L Carrigy for E Kane (64, blood).
Tinahely
B Clancy; R Byrne, C Stokes, A McDonald; S Goetelen, A Byrne, E O’Brien; A Stapleton, A Maher; E O’Sullivan, A Gorman, A Harmon; S Byrne, J Kinch, C Byrne.
Subs: E Mutton for R Byrne, L Gilbert for Harmon, E Mulhall for S Byrne, A Mulhall for Stapleton (all 57).
Referee: Marion Hayden (Carlow).
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