Laoise Browne hat trick propels Ballylanders to Limerick LGFA final
Laoise Browne scored a hat trick as the south Limerick side set up a 2024 final rematch with St Ailbe's with this three-point win on October 11
BALLYLANDERS returned to the Limerick Senior Ladies Football Championship final after edging past Mungret St Pauls on Sunday in Caherelly.
Laoise Browne scored a hat trick as the south side set up a 2024 final rematch with St Ailbe's with this three-point win on October 11.
It has been a remarkable turnaround for Bally who didn't win a match in the group stage of the competition last year before a heavy defeat to Monagea in the county quarter-final had them in a relegation dogfight.
But they have turned things around this year for the side with Aoife Gallahue and Pakie Sheehan leading the backroom team.
In what has been a good year for south Limerick clubs in ladies football, the intermediate final will be contested by Knockainey and Galtee Gaels.
Meanwhile, in the Junior 'A' Championship Pallasgreen squeezed past Athea in a thrilling clash, coming out 3-6 to 3-5 winners. They meet Ahane in the final, the Castleconnell-Lisnagry club having a big win over Mungret St Pauls’ second team.
Old Mill and Feohanagh-Castlemahon will contest the Senior ‘B’ final. Fr Caseys and Dromcollogher-Broadford play off in the relegation final.
BALLYLANDERS: Olivia Donohoe; Maria Murphy, Aisling Meade, Katie O’Connor; Triona O’Donnell, Eilbhis Lee, Rachel Walsh; Ciara Lane, Mairead Ryan; Ciara Meade, Andrea O’Sullivan, Nadine Lane; Rose Hyland, Laoise Browne, Ciara Murphy.
MUNGRET ST PAULS: Carol Bateman; Sarah Horgan, Jillian Buckley, Yvette Moynihan; Zoe Katus, Shannon Burke, Cameryn Moloney; Clare O’Meara, Áine Ryan; Jayne Casey, Grainne McKenna, Mairead Clancy; Abbey Nealon, Emma O’Rourke, Cáit Murphy.