A FANTASTIC Easter weekend for Cork LGFA’s inter-county underage panels saw West Cork players claim U14 silverware, and U16 representatives qualify for Munster finals.
Cloughduv hosted the final round-robin Munster LGFA Championship fixtures involving the Cork U16A and U16Bs on Easter Saturday.
It was a straight shootout against Tipperary to see who would progress to a provincial final. The Rebels made sure of their Munster final berth against Kerry on April 19th thanks to a 3-14 to 0-5 victory.
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Shauna Keane (3-3), Isabelle O’Callaghan, Evie McMahon (0-3), Ella O’Sullivan, Niamh O’Connor (0-2 each) and Kilmacabea’s Nell Kinsella (0-1) were on target.
West Cork’s Aoife Harte, Aoife Walsh, Mairead Whelton (all Ibane Ladies), Ailbhe Byerley (Clonakilty), Aoife McCarthy, Roisin O’Sullivan (both Castlehaven), Lucy Kelleher (Kinsale) are all involved.
John Callaghan’s Cork U16Bs also beat Tipperary, 2-9 to 2-3, in Cloughduv on Saturday, as they maintained their perfect Munster LGFA Sharon O’Keefe tournament record and reached a provincial final.
Beara’s Michaela O’Sullivan top scored with 1-2. Ava Murphy (1-1), Emily Carey (0-4), Lucy O’Neill and Tadhg MacCárthaigh’s Grace O’Sullivan (0-1 each) were also on target. Sally McCauley (Clonakilty), Kate O’Mahony (Bandon), Niamh Doyle, Kate Collins (both Ibane Ladies) are the other West Cork representatives on this year’s U16B panel.
The 2026 Munster LGFA U14 tournament finals took place in the Mallow GAA Complex last Saturday.
Cork faced Limerick in the U14A Platinum decider in which five first-half goals set the Rebels on their way to victory. It finished 6-4 to 1-13 in Cork’s favour with Abigail Fenton, Caoimhe McCarthy, Molly Philpott, Amelia O’Donovan and Katie Whelton featuring on the scoresheet.
The Cork U14A panel included West Cork’s Cara Daly (Ibane Ladies), Chloe Walsh (Dohenys), Éirinn Coppinger, Róisín O’Sullivan (both Rosscarbery), Eve O’Sullivan, Milana Collins, Nicole Sullivan, Ruby Humston (all O’Donovan Rossa), Katie Whelton (Castlehaven) and Lauren Young (Kinsale).
This year’s Munster Johnny Hayes Silver provincial tournament final also pitted Cork against Limerick. Another superb display saw the Cork U14Bs emerge 4-5 to 1-1 winners. Ruby White, Nicola Hurley, Emily Hayes (all Dohenys), Elena Cahalane (Castlehaven), Fia Russell (Bantry Blues), Rebecca O’Connor (St Colum’s), Lily O’Sullivan (O’Donovan Rossa) and Sian Murphy (Clonakilty) were the West Cork representatives on this year’s Cork U14B panel.
