![]() It left them looking in decent shape ahead of their Leinster Intermediate Championship campaign, where Louth were grouped alongside Wicklow, Offaly and Westmeath.įive goals saw them comfortable breeze past the Garden County, before a second half slump saw them beaten away to The Faithful Girls, 2-6 to 1-11. They started the year with a series of big wins over Longford, Offaly and Sligo and even got one over on soon to be Leinster champions Kildare to leave them in the mix-up for promotion.īut the wheels feel off this bid when falling to defeats at the hands of Clare and Down. Looking to Louth's current form, they have had a mixed season. However, the majority were against lower quality opposition and when taking on the better sides they’ve struggled, as seen against Antrim and Roscommon. Overall they have shown a great eye for goal this season, bagging 20 goals across seven matches. In the Connacht Intermediate final, things didn’t get much better as a talented Roscommon team, Louth’s conquerors in 2022, came out on top by 2-13 to 1-7. ![]() A side which went on the secure the Ulster Intermediate crown. In the league semi-final, they needed to dig deep to get one over on Fermanagh, before being denied promotion in the final by Antrim, 1-19 to 2-6. All while notching huge tallies of 5-15, 7-26 and 3-13 respectively. Wins over Wicklow, Kilkenny and Derry saw them comfortably advance from Group B in Division Four of the National League. Outside of their most recent loss, it had been a strong campaign for the Connacht side. A win for Henry’s troops would see them guaranteed a place in the knockout stages and end Leitrim’s involvement. Louth will be keen to show their own killer instincts when the Wild Rose County Girls descend on Fr McEvoy Park, Cooley, this Sunday afternoon (Throw in 2PM). Goals came from Laura O’Dowd, Síomha Quinn, Vivienne Egan and Leah Fox, but the Lilies did enough to ensure victory, 5-10 to 4-8.įive points separated the teams at the final whistle, a gap that could easily have been much smaller but just as easily, it could have been much bigger as the Leinster champions had just too much pace and power around the field for a Leitrim team who delivered a tremendous effort but just couldn’t land the killer blow. The Westerners are a very strong outfit too and were unrelenting as they chased down Kildare’s lead. Neasa Dooley was a women on a mission as she bagged an impressive hat trick, while Grace Clifford and Gráinne Kenneally also found the net for Diane O’Hora’s side. There were goals aplenty in Páirc Sean Mac Diarmada as the Lilywhites had to dig deep to overcome a resilient and hard-working home side. Kit Henry is in charge this year and he had the luxury of seeing the other two teams in their group collide last weekend, when the Leinster Champions made the trek West to take on Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon. Two of the three teams will progress to the Quarterfinals, leaving very little room for error. Standing in their way this season is the duo of Leitrim and Kildare, who have been paired with the Girls in Red in Group 1 of the championship. They will be eager to go at least one step further in 2023. In both ties, against Laois and Roscommon respectively, the team then managed by Wayne Freeman, played some nice football at times only for some mistakes or poor shooting letting this talented group down when it mattered most. The Wee County have been extremely competitive in the second tier of Ladies Football since securing the Junior crown in 2019, having made the quarter finals in both 20. While the fortunes of Mickey Harte and Co are what is taking up a large chunk of the GAA coverage in recent weeks, attentions will soon be more focused on the Louth Ladies Footballers, who begin their bid for Intermediate Championship glory this weekend.
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