Ladies football round-up from weekend and draw for next round

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By Jackie Cahill

Carnacon are gone.

Connacht senior ladies final

Goals proved crucial as Kilkerrin-Clonberne claimed a first provincial senior crown since 2015, with Ailish Morrissey, skipper Louise Ward and Galway’s 2004 All-Ireland winning captain Annette Clarke all raising green flags in Ballyhaunis.

This 3-4 to 1-8 victory was sweet revenge for Kilkerrin-Clonberne, who lost out to Carnacon in a replayed Connacht Final last year.

Cora Staunton’s 1-7 wasn’t enough for Carnacon as the Mayo stars bowed out.

Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s reward is an All-Ireland semi-final clash with Cork and Munster standard-bearers Mourneabbey on the weekend of November 17/18.

Leinster senior ladies final

On the opposite side of the draw, it will be Dublin’s Foxrock-Cabinteely against Monaghan’s Donaghmoyne, who were All-Ireland champions as recently as 2016.

Fox-Cab made it four successive Leinster Senior titles on Sunday with a 4-11 to 1-8 victory over Laois outfit Sarsfields in Kinnegad.

Skipper Amy Ring led by example with a 2-4 haul for Fox-Cab, with Roisin McGovern coming off the bench to collect 2-1.

Laois senior Clare Conlon scored 1-6 for Sarsfields but a first Leinster senior title since 2015 proved beyond them.

Ulster senior ladies final

On Saturday, Donaghmoyne claimed a 1-15 to 1-8 victory over Donegal’s Glenfin in the Ulster Final.

Cathriona McConnell collected 0-9 for the winners in Killyclogher, with Eimear Traynor’s goal also proving important.

Glenfin, appearing in just their second Ulster senior Final, suffered the same fate as 2011 at the hands of Donaghmoyne.

Donegal county stars Yvonne Bonner and Karen Guthrie combined for 1-7 (Bonner with 1-4) but Donaghmoyne had too much big-game know-how and marched into the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Donaghmoyne are the only All-Ireland senior semi-finalist with experience of winning the competition outright.

The five-time winners won the last of their national crowns two years ago; Mourneabbey have lost three of the last four finals, including the 2017 decider, Fox-Cab were 2016 runners-up and Kilkerrin-Clonberne have never contested a senior Final.

Connacht junior final

Elsewhere, in Saturday’s Connacht junior decider, Sligo’s Tourlestrane claimed victory over Galway’s Naomh Anna Leitir Moir.

Connacht intermediate final

On Sunday, Galway added the intermediate crown on Sunday when St Brendan’s overcame Mayo outfit Westport.

Leinster intermediate final

Dublin’s Clontarf were crowned Leinster intermediate champions but in the junior decider, Castleknock from the capital and Carlow’s Old Leighlin will have to do it all over again next Saturday following a classic drawn final.

Ulster junior and intermediate

Meanwhile, Trillick from Tyrone and Monaghan’s Emmet Og are the Ulster junior and intermediate champions respectively.

And there were also quarter-finals in the All-Ireland junior and intermediate championships on Saturday.

Other intermediate games

Cork’s Glanmire will meet Trillick in the All-Ireland junior semi-final after defeating Roger Casements (Coventry) in Birmingham.

And Edinburgh’s Dunedin Connolly’s will take on Monaghan’s Emmet Og in the All-Ireland intermediate semi-final after accounting for Kerry’s visiting Na Gaeil on home soil.

All Results:

Connacht:

Saturday November 3

JFC Final:

Naomh Anna Leitir Moir (Galway) 1-15 Tourlestrane (Sligo) 3-12

SFC Final:

Carnacon (Mayo) 1-8 Kilkerrin/Clonberne (Galway) 3-4

Sunday November 4

IFC Final:

St Brendans (Galway) 6-7 Westport (Mayo) 0-3

Leinster:

Saturday November 3