Category Archives: Ladies GAA

‘I thought my days of walking out onto Croke Park were done’ – Galway’s Annette Clarke on All-Ireland-winning captains’ big moment 42 winning skippers in the All-Ireland senior ladies football championship were honoured at HQ. DAIRE WALSH Last Sunday week, … Continue reading →

Transfer success for Aoife Clifford with Kildare All-Ireland victory By Daire Walsh In their duel with Clare in Division 3 of the Lidl National Football League on 5 February of this year, Kildare manager Diane O’Hora handed a first run out … Continue reading →

Sloan delighted with Down triumph By Daire Walsh Down joint manager Caoibhe Sloan said they knew they would have to dig deep to see off the challenge of Limerick in the TG4 All-Ireland junior final at Croke Park. Sloan said … Continue reading →

Bohan satisfied with another Croke Park success By Daire Walsh Dublin manager Mick Bohan hailed his charges for the manner in which they put a championship-winning side together after making a host of changes on and off the park last … Continue reading →

LGFA MATCH PROGRAMME: ANGELA WALSH (CORK) By Daire Walsh While she and many of the team already had five Celtic Crosses to their names, Angela Walsh admits Cork were a highly-motivated group coming into the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. … Continue reading →

LGFA MATCH PROGRAMME: NIAMH KINDLON (MONAGHAN)   By Daire Walsh  There aren’t many players who get to feature in an All-Ireland final at the tender age of 16, but that is exactly what Monaghan’s Niamh Kindlon managed to do in … Continue reading →

LGFA MATCH PROGRAMME: NOIRIN WALSH-KELLY (WATERFORD)  By Daire Walsh This year marks the 25th anniversary of the LGFA’s most enduring innovation and Waterford’s Noirin Walsh Kelly has a vivid recollection of it being put into practice. In the All-Ireland senior … Continue reading →

LGFA MATCH PROGRAMME: DIANE O’HORA (MAYO)  By Daire Walsh  In spite of it being a landmark victory for the county, Diane O’Hora and Mayo were not prepared to let their All-Ireland final triumph of 1999 go down as a flash … Continue reading →

LGFA MATCH PROGRAMME PIECE: DENISE MASTERSON (DUBLIN) By Daire Walsh Right from the word go, Denise Masterson had a sense that the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final of 2010 was going to be a special one for Dublin. Following a … Continue reading →

LGFA FINALS PROGRAMME: SHAUNA ENNIS (MEATH) By Daire Walsh On September 5, 2021 in front of 32,000 spectators at Croke Park, Meath defender Shauna Ennis did something that had seemed like a far-fetched notion just a few short months earlier. … Continue reading →