THE successful Claregalway U-15 players and mentors with representatives from the GAA and Féile sponsors John West following Saturday’s Division 1 final win over Ballinderry at Owenbeg, home of Derry GAA. Back: Diarmuid Cahill (National Féile Chairperson), Nollaig McNulty (coach), Sebastien Giraud (Country Manager, John West Ireland), Trina Murray (LGFA President), Gary Brogan (coach), Ava Fahey, Éabha McSharry, Saoirse McEvoy, Saorlaith Ní Mhuireadhaigh, Saoirse Conneely, Eilla McGrath, Ellen Clarke, Róisín Conroy, Lauren Costello, Sarah Killilea, Katelyn Hynes, Kristen Kelleher, Martin Costello (manager), Ciara O’Flynn (coach/physio), Eimhear Mulholland (Assistant Secretary, Derry GAA), Anne Claire Monde (Head of Marketing, John West Ireland); front: Kyilah Maloney, Dearbhail Forde, Isla Donoghue, Amy Costello, Eliza Dinneen, Katie Brogan, Laura Tarrant (joint-captain), Alannah Hughes (joint-captain), Kym McNulty, Toraí O’Flynn, Elizabeth Mannion and Lauren Morley. PHOTO: LORCAN DOHERTY
CLAREGALWAY created history on Saturday as their U-15 ladies footballers were crowned National Féile champions for the fourth time at Derry GAA’s Centre of Excellence in Owenbeg.
The north Galway team moved clear from New York, Dublin’s Foxrock-Cabinteely and Kerry’s Southern Gaels to sit top of the roll of honour following successes in 2010, ’11 and ’19.
It was also a special day for eight squad members who won Division 1 camogie honours with Turloughmore just seven days earlier – Kym McNulty, Alannah Hughes, Saorlaith Ní Mhuireadhaigh, Éabha McSharry, Saoirse Mc Evoy, Ellen Clarke, Dearbhail Forde and Amy Costello.
After competing in the national finals in 2024, Claregalway were quietly confident heading up for a two-night stay in Ballybofey, but a tough group awaited containing four in-row chasing New York, Kerry’s MK Gaels and Derry’s Ballinderry Shamrocks.
Read more coverage in this week's edition on sale in shops or buy our digital edition here
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
