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As
@AthloneTownAFC
celebrate the capture of the
@FAIWomen
’s Cup, the club’s first senior cup in a century, their Director of Football Michael O’Connor discusses the challenges faced by League of Ireland clubs to keep their operations afloat without adequate supports from the
With their parents having stellar rugby careers, the next generation of the Foley family were vital cogs in the
@StMunchinsSport
machine to get into the semi-final stage of the
@Pinergy
@Munsterrugby
Schools Senior Cup.
Tony Foley, son of the late and great Anthony “Axel” Foley
“How do you decide which umpire you’re going with? Why do you not go with the attacking team?”
Andy Moran reflects on the disallowed goal early in extra time as a big moment in his
@LeitrimGAA
team’s penalty defeat to
@sligogaa
Full report at:
Jim Magilton, the new
@DundalkFC
Sporting Director was a guest on the first episode of our new League of Ireland podcast as he spoke changes, recruitment, stadium plans, raising standards on and off the pitch and how they plan to bridge the gap this year.
After her
@AthloneTownAFC
side won the
@FAIWomen
Senior Cup,
@MuireannDevaney
discusses her thoughts on a fine season for the Manorhamilton woman.
She discusses her journey to lifting the trophy and joining the other
@LeitrimLGFA
who won top sporting honours these season.
Suffering a stroke aged 21, Wayne Freeman was forced to retire from playing Gaelic Football, turning to coaching, the 29 year old is just one step away from guiding
@Clarelgfa
to their first All Ireland Final appearance since 2016.
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@diarmuidkearney
“Of course we want to win games but we want to get people involved in the sport … If you don’t have heroes and players that you want to chase down, there’s no point!”
@leitrimgaa
manager
@andypmoran
discussing the renewed pride in the jersey despite defeat to
@sligogaa
New
@LeitrimGAA
manager
@andypmoran
shares his pride at a promising performance in front of a bumper crowd in
@AvantMoneyIre
Pairc Sean MacDiarmada despite defeat to
@CavanCoBoardGaa
- The full interview will be on our Leitrim GAA podcast later this week.
After 16 years playing in the green and gold, Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh climbed the Hogan Stand steps as an All Ireland winner after suffering defeats in three previous attempts.
The West Kerry Woman is a legend in Kerry and says the dream has come true to win an All Ireland
Burkey Ball came out on top in Virgin Media Park this afternoon,
@pbcrugby
winning their 32nd Munster Senior Schools Crown.
Limerick native Ger Burke (
@burkeysmc
) gave a passionate reason as to why he made the move to Cork to become coach of PBC as he is proud to be coaching a
Munster Senior Cup Final Report:
@pbcrugby
33-31
@CBC_rugby
Despite Christian Brothers College crossing for a stoppage time try, Pres managed to hold on and now sit at the top step of Munster Schools Rugby with a record setting 32nd title, two points the difference in a
It might have been a weekend off for our senior men's clubs but there was some terrific performances across the 14 games played in the
@LeitrimGAA
&
@LeitrimLGFA
championships this weekend.
Here's our reporters selection for Team of the Week.
After two years since announcing her retirement from playing rugby, Ciara Griffin (
@griffinciara94
) sent shockwaves through Women’s Rugby in Ireland once again as she was named to start by
@ULBohsWomen
in today’s cup final.
Playing the full 80 minutes, “Junior” explained how
The clock could not tick by faster for
@CorkConRugbyFC
says Head Coach Jonny Holland (
@jonnyholland10
) as his side for a time for down to 12 men in todays 1A decider.
His side dug deep and left headquarters with the silverware making the trip home to Cork which was always the
AI ILFC Report:
@AntrimLGFA
1-13 2-14
@Clarelgfa
Clare advanced to the All-Ireland Intermediate Final for the first time since 2016 when they overcame the stiff challenge of Antrim at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park in Longford.
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“It might sting a little bit!” 😀
@leitrimlgfa
centre back Kasey Bruen reckons her brother, former
@Leitrimgaa
Captain David, might have lost the bragging rights with herself and sister Elise winning All Ireland Championship medals today.
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.🎶 Burkeys at the wheel 🎶 was the chant coming from the
@pbcrugby
crowd in Virgin Media Park this afternoon as the current holders of the competition booked their ticket to this year’s final of the
@Pinergy
@Munsterrugby
Schools Cup, we caught up with Head Coach Ger Burke
The SSE Airtricity League has this morning confirmed the licenses of all 10 Premier Division and First Division clubs, including for the first time Kerry FC.
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@KodaSamm
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@sportsfile
@KerryFC
#LOI
There’s always one ring leader for trouble in every group.
Watch a very excited Amy Madden dragging
@JennaSlattery11
into the mayhem, on the right of shot, during the
@GalwayUnitedFC
celebrations after their
@AVENIRSPORTS
final victory.
She didn’t need much encouragement.
The head coach of
@SjCrescent
@LeeNicholas8
was happy his side dug deep late on to secure the win against Rockwell, they meet CBC in the semi-final stage of the
@Pinergy
@Munsterrugby
Schools Senior Cup, Nicholas feeling it was a hard fought game throughout the 70 minutes of
An inspired contribution from
@pbcrugby
Captain Gene O’Leary Kareem inspired the Cork school to progress to the
@Pinergy
@Munsterrugby
Schools Senior Cup Final, the skipper putting 16 points on the board with two tries and three conversions, while also providing vital assists for
"It probably hasn’t hit me yet."
@LeitrimGAA
’s joint Captain Mark Diffley (
@MarysKiltoghert
) on their win, promotion to Division 3 and next weekends League final in Croker.
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It's three years today since
@FinalWhistleIE
launched to provide a source of information on Irish national, regional and local sport.
In that time the platform has grown from 361 visitors in March 2021 to 75,000 unique users in the last month. It's been a massive adventure
Laurie Ryan will look to savour the moment of playing in her second All Ireland Final, excited to be part of such a strong tight knit panel this year, as
@Clarelgfa
contest their first All Ireland decider in seven years this weekend.
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“In embarrassed to say how long I’ve been practicing considering I’m drilling some of them wide”
With 1-5 tallied this afternoon, Roisin Leonard inspired
@GalwayLgfa
to victory in today’s TG4 All Ireland
@LadiesFootball
Semi Final.
Leonard dispatched a penalty in the first half
After a near 20 year career Fiona Reidy (
@fionareidy3
) called time on her illustrious career this afternoon with her final outing being a historic Women’s Final in the Aviva Stadium.
The Red Robins
@ULBohsWomen
claiming the spoils and Reidy spoke after the game about her career,
Missed a
@sligorovers
annual draw representative at the door in Leitrim Village today. Thanks to our
@ring
doorbell we got the reminder to get our tickets sorted.
Great to see the club present in the village of their senior captain
@MorahanNiall
Easy to get your own tickets
After a fantastic opening weekend to the
@LeitrimGAA
club championships we’ve gathered our reporter’s thoughts to compile our selection as Team of the Week from the last three day’s action.
📃"This place is more than just a pitch" - Pearl Slattery
Shelbourne WNL captain
@Pearl_Slattery
admitted it was an "awful pity" that Shels supporters had to think about the possibilities of life without Tolka Park in it.
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@MatthewOD8
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@Sportsfile
Meanwhile in Belfield, this was given as offside against
@DLRWaves
.
Ball already in flight in this still, Katie Malone was inside her own half and two or even three
@YouthsWomen
players between her and the goal.
“This is for everyone who came before us. There are so many women who played for Leitrim at times when it hasn’t been easy!”
@LeitrimLGFA
Player of the Match
@AilbheClancy13
looks back from
@glenfarnekilty
&
@ManorGaa
to Croke Park glory
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An incredible moment for Chloe Pearse (
@Chlobomb
) this afternoon to be the first Captain to lift the Women’s AIL crown this afternoon in the first Women’s Club Final in the Aviva Stadium.
Pearse was part of the 2018 side that last lifted this honour and spoke after today’s game
A man of the match display from James Taylor was a catalyst in
@CorkConRugbyFC
ending their five year wait for a 1A title, the out half notching 18 points from the tee.
From his days as a mini with
@Midleton_RFC
, to play with
@UCCRFC
and
@HighfieldRFC
, Taylor has been enjoying
“I was raging!”
@SligoRvsWomen
’s Amy Mahon shares her initial reaction to the penalty decision before she saved it to give
@sligorovers
their biggest result of the season against 2nd placed
@YouthsWomen
in the
@LoiWomen
this afternoon.
Full interview on Wednesday’s podcast.
The moment Eoin O’Callaghan converted a last second try to ensure
@SjCrescent
have another shot at defending their title, we go again next week, the Crescent bench and supporters enjoyed that one, everyone take a deep breath ahead of next week!
📄Match Report:
@SligoRvsWomen
0-3
@DLRWaves
A Rachel Doyle double supplemented an early Avril Brierly goal to wrap up a tidy 3-0 win for DLR Waves against Sligo Rovers in The Showgrounds this afternoon.
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@ACunnane10
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@Sportsfile
#WNL
After a stellar display in the
@CorkCamogie
backline this evening in Thurles, Aoife Barrett took home the Player Of Match award as Cork overcame Offaly in today’s Glen Dimplex All Ireland Intermediate
@OfficialCamogie
semi final in Thurles.
When speaking after the game Barrett
Celebrating her third
@loiwomen
’s league title with
@peamountutd
, Dearbhaile Beirne is all smiles as her side lift the trophy in style with a 6-1 win.
Report:
@TreatyUnitedFC
0-4
@DLRWaves
An Avril Brierley brace helps DLR Waves edge out a dogged Treaty United on a scoreline of 4-0 in Markets Field in Limerick on Saturday Evening.
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@KodaSamm
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@sportsfile
After years of trying
@LKLadiesGaelic
prevailed in a decider and the famine since 2018 came to an end as they scooped the Munster Senior B title this afternoon.
Joint Captain Roisin Ambrose praised bringing in the competition in Munster as it gives them vital game time before
📄 Report: Leitrim GAA 3-12 Official London Gaa 2-11
Leitrim just scraped over the line with a four-point victory over a resilient London to progress to a Connacht Semi-Final.
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#ConnachtSFC
#LONvLEI
#GAA
A player of the match performance by Clíodhna Ní Shé (
@Cliodhna_NiShe
) inspired
@CarlowLGFA
to their first national title this afternoon in Birr.
Ní Shé struck four crucial points to kick on Carlow in the tie and was a big figure head in the tie as Carlow not prepare for their
When
@WexLadiesFoot
needed a hero to step up in the burning embers to ensure they would win a first Leinster Intermediate title since 2019, 20 year old Aoife Cullen from
@GORahillys
stepped up to the task.
With just mere minutes on the clock Cullen stepped up to take a pressure
A cracking weekends
@leitrimgaa_official
&
@lgfaleitrim
Club action. Here’s our reporter’s selection for the Club Championship’s Team of the Week for Week 2 of the Season.
Do you agree with our selections?
A Player Of The Match display from Deborah Murphy was a real catalyst for
@LKLadiesGaelic
in securing their first piece of silverware since 2018.
The Monagea sharpshooter was deadly accurate from frees and covered nearly every blade of grass for the Treaty women this afternoon.
It promises to be a bumper week of action in the
@Pinergy
@Munsterrugby
Schools Senior Cup at the newly named
@VirginMediaIE
Park, with Semi Final Qualifiers and Quarter Final Eliminators to take place this week.
Tomorrow will see action from SFQ2 between
@CBC_rugby
and
We hadn't forgotten about last week's Leitrim Club Team of the Week. It just took us all week to make our selections with so many fantastic performances across all grades and codes.
Here's our selection from across the
@LeitrimGAA
&
@LeitrimLGFA
games played last weekend.
We are delighted and proud to be covering various different women's sports on the island of Ireland, including Rugby, Gaelic Football,
@LoiWomen
and the
@FAIWomen
National Sides
To mark
#InternationalWomensDay
here is a look at all the teams and amazing women competing in the
Another action packed weekend with some really dramatic finishes at the FinalWhistle across the
@LeitrimGAA
&
@LeitrimLGFA
championships draws to a close.
We've added Leitrim Manager Andy Moran's opinion to our reporters suggestions to compile our selection for Team of the Week.
"We're just after beating a Division 3 side ... any day you do that it, has to be a good day."
@LeitrimGAA
manager
@andypmoran
after his side's victory over
@AontroimGAA
this afternoon.
Match Report:
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@peamountutd
0-0
@DLRWaves
An exhibition in goalkeeping from Eve Badana helped DLR Waves come away with a point from Greenogue in their 0-0 draw against Peamount in the WNL tonight.
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@crosbie0
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@sportsfile
#WNL
Dreams come true in Croke Park, for Fiona Nelligan from
@CHARLEVILLEGAA
it was a fairytale moment to come on and score the winning point in todays Glen Dimplex All Ireland Intermediate
@OfficialCamogie
Final, as Nelligan has been plagued by injuries all season.
Nelligan was
Having fallen at the semi-final hurdle for the last two year's,
@GalwayCamogie96
could be the third different team from their County to make an All Ireland Senior Final in Croke Park this year.
While the Men's Footballers are playing this weekend, the Ladies Footballers play a
Having been through the ups and downs with
@ULBohsWomen
especially tasting defeat in All Ireland Finals the last two years,
@Chlobomb
got her hands on the cup this afternoon.
Praising her teammates determination this season to give them over the line when they were behind for a
What a year it has been for Siofra O’Shea.
Last year the
@southerngaelsky
forward picked up a heart breaking ACL injury but through injury came on hoping to turn the tide against Dublin.
This year O’Shea played the full 60 minutes, just her second time doing so since the
As
@RFCRailwayUnion
recorded back to back
@IrishRugby
AIL Women's Titles, the McDermott family had both Aoife & Sonia line out in the second row, from playing against one anther for
@LeinsterWomen
and
@Connachtwomen
, Aoife spoke of how lovely it is to have these days.
Full
Another look inside the
@LeitrimLGFA
camp ahead of the
@LadiesFootball
Intermediate Final against Tyrone with
@AnnaduffGAA
defender Eimear Quiqley looking at the stellar year for the Green and Gold ladies in 2024.
Full Interview:
@LeitrimGAA
After a long spell on the sidelines recovering from a second ACL injury, Siofra O’Shea made a second appearance off the bench for
@kerryladiesfoot
scoring a goal in the process as Kerry won their Round 2 tie of the TG4
@LadiesFootball
Senior Championship in Killarney.
The
Head coach of
@StMunchinsSport
Ger Slattery is happy to see his side book their ticket to the semi finals of the
@Pinergy
@Munsterrugby
Schools Senior Cup, plenty to work on says the
@YoungMunsterRFC
coach with a short two week turnaround before they are in semi final action
"Championship is championship ... it's still an All-Ireland competition ... Croke Park is the main objective."
@LeitrimGAA
midfielder
@Pearse_Dolan
after beating
@AontroimGAA
today.
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@TreatyUnitedFC
1-0
@WexfordFC
Treaty United created their own little piece of history with a Anthony O'Donnell header for a 1-0 victory over Wexford FC in their first ever home game despite playing the last half hour with 10 men.
Three years at the helm of
@CarlowLGFA
today all the hard work by manager Ed Burke in his tenure as manager reaped the reward as Carlow lifted their first national title.
A tight game against Limerick but in the end Carlow saw out the tie as Burke opted for Maeve O’Neill to come
Last season
@GoreyRangers
suffered heartbreak in the FAI Junior Cup, losing their semi-final tie to St. Michael’s on penalties. Just over 12 months later the Wexford side are into their first ever FAI Junior Cup Final defeating Villa FC on penalties in the semi-final.
Speaking
“Ecstatic, over the moon, elated and so proud of the girls!”
@LeitrimLGFA
manager Jonny Garrihy seems pleased after he masterminded an underdog victory over his native
@LgfaTyrone
in the
@LadiesFootball
All Ireland Intermediate Final.
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It has been a long time coming for
@LKLadiesGaelic
to lift some silverware and joint captain Yvonne Lee of
@MonageaLGFC
finally got her moment to lift silverware in a Limerick jersey.
The full-back believes this is a huge moment and will give them a huge boost going into the
One of the stalwarts in the
@LeitrimLGFA
panel Michelle Guckian will get the chance to play in Croke Park in the coming weeks in the TG4
@LadiesFootball
All Ireland Intermediate Final, and she will do so as captain.
The
@KiltubridGAA
star says the side are over the moon and the