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Irish Examiner
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Dublin power past Cork to book All-Ireland semi-final spot
All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-final: Dublin 3-15 Cork 0-7 Dublin powered into the 2025 TG4 All-Ireland LGFA SFC semi-finals following a dominant performance against Cork at Parnell Park on Saturday. Inspired by Hannah Tyrrell's 1-5 and Kate Sullivan's 1-3, Paul Casey's side issued a timely reminder why they will have a big say in the destination of this year's Brendan Martin Cup. Dominating from start to finish, the winners kicked 1-6 against the wind in the opening half and kept their opponents at arms length in the second. As for Cork, Joe Carroll's first season ended in disappointment albeit at the All-Ireland quarter-finals stage. At the outset, promotion from Division 2 was paramount and achieved with the minimum of fuss. Yet, Cork could have little complaint after coming up short to a sharper and more physical Dublin team that will be favourites to overcome either Galway or Waterford in the All-Ireland semi-finals. Kate Sullivan opened the scoring after four minutes as Dublin, with Hannah Tyrrell, playing deep in Carla Rowe's absence, settled quickly. Katie Quirke got the Rebels on the scoreboard via a free but Tyrrell restored the hosts' lead within 60 seconds. The scores kept coming as Máire O'Callaghan levelled matters for a second time. Tyrell's influence continued to grow and the Dublin forward setup Chloe Darby for a well-worked point. Playing against the wind, Hannah McGinnis became the Dubs' fourth scorer prior to Dara Kiniry hauling down Kate Sullivan in the square. Tyrell coolly dispatched the resulting penalty to make it 1-4 to 0-2 after 15 minutes. Nicole Owens added another prior to Laura O'Mahony firing over a badly needed Cork score. Dominating their own kick outs as well as the middle sector, Dublin finished the half five points ahead after Tyrrell (free) and Quirke swapped scores. Another Quirke free reduced the deficit early in the second half before the same player added her fourth to leave a goal between the teams. Stung into action, Dublin responded with Nicole Owens fisting over the bar and Kate Sullivan adding their eighth point. A rampant Dubs smelt blood as Sullivan and Tyrrell (free) made it 1-10 to 0-6 heading into the final quarter. The irresistible Tyrrell took her tally to 1-4 before Niamh Hetherton also got her name on the Dublin scoresheet. Cork were fortunate not to concede a second goal when Tyrrell failed to capitalise on a defensive error, scraping the crossbar via a delicate chip. Another Hetheron effort preceded a Quirke free as the hosts comfortably saw out the remaining time. Late Kate Sullivan and Sinead Goldrick goals heaped further misery on Cork's defence and wrapped up a superb Dublin display. Scorers for Dublin: H Tyrrell 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-2 frees); K Sullivan 1-3; S Goldrick 1-0; N Owens, N Hetherton 0-2 each; C Darby, H McGinnis, L Grendon 0-1 each. Scorers for Cork: K Quirke 0-5 (0-3 frees); M O'Callaghan, L O'Mahony 0-1. DUBLIN: A Shiels; J Tobin, L Caffrey (captain), N Crowley; S Goldrick, M Byrne, N Donlon; É O'Dowd, H McGinnis; N Owens, C Darby, S McIntyre; H Tyrrell, N Hetherton, K Sullivan. Subs: C O'Connor for C Darby (38); O Nolan for N Owens (44); T McDonnell for S McIntyre (53); L Grendon for N Hetherton (56); H Leahy for N Crowley (58). CORK: S Murphy; D Kiniry, S Leahy (captain), M Duggan; A Corcoran, S Cronin, R Corkery; M O'Callaghan, A Healy; A O'Mahony, L O'Mahony, E Cleary; Á Terry O'Sullivan, H Looney, K Quirke. Subs: A Ring for R Corkery (21); K Horgan for D Kiniry (38); S McGoldrick for A Healy (44); L Hallihan for Á Terry O'Sullivan (44); A Ryan for M Duggan (58). Referee: B Rice (Down).
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Meath strike late to draw with Armagh in All-Ireland Ladies opener
Meath and Armagh played out a thrilling 3-8 to 2-11 draw in their All-Ireland Ladies SFC opener at Pairc Tailteann. The Orchard County led by four with less than three minutes left to play before substitute Shauna Ennis hit the net for the hosts and Vikki Wall kicked an equaliser with virtually the last kick of the game. Advertisement In a meeting of the two big hitters in Group Three it was level at the break as 2-4 played 1-7. Wall hit the first goal of the game, punishing some slack Armagh defensive play on 11 minutes. Aoife McCoy replied with a major for the Ulster champions before Aoibhinn Cleary added a second home goal on the whistle. Armagh, who contested this years Division One league final, outscored their hosts 1-4 to 0-1 in the 15 minutes after half-time with Niamh Reel and McCloy on target before Kelly Mallon added a second goal to give the Orchard county a four-point lead. Meath didn't register their first second half score until the 47th minute through Emma Duggan. Advertisement Caroline O'Hanlon tapped over a free to put her side four up with less than three minutes to play. There only looked to be one winner before Ennis' goal and Wall's late leveller shared the points. Meath will go to Kildare next weekend while Armagh will host the Lilywhites in a fortnight with both sides looking to secure home advantage in the last eight.
