Longford teams set to enter Leinster ladies championship

Longford Slashers beat Clonguish by 1-9 to 1-6 to earn their sixth successive Longford SFC title on October fifth.

Grace Shannon hit 0-4 for Slashers, while Kate Shannon hit 0-3 and Caoimhe Lohan found the net. Longford Slashers are not strangers to the Leinster Championship.

Slahsers were crowned Leinster Intermediate Champions in 2022 before securing a memorable All-Ireland Intermediate title later that year against Tipperary’s Mullinahone in Croke Park.

Ciaran Kilmurray’s side will face St. Loman’s in Sunday’s quarter-final clash. St Loman’s dethroned reigning Westmeath champions, Milltown, 3-7 to 1-10.

Vicki Carr hit two crucial goals, while Katie Kilmurray converted 0-5 for the newly crowned champions. With experience on both panels, this one will undoubtedly be a pulsating clash.

Longford Slashers: E Casey; G Reilly, E Reilly, G Kenny; O Nevin, E O’Brien, N Sheridan; A O’Brien (C), G Shannon; A Cosgrove, K Shannon, G O’Donnell; K Shannon, Clodagh Lohan, Caoimhe Lohan.

St. Loman’s: J McKenna; A Martin, M Ennis, Lara McCartan; K Dunne (C), M Scally, E Kilmurray; V Carr, C Kilmurray; L Murphy, Lucy McCartan, C Blundell, S McGrath, S Breslin, K Kilmurray.

Longford Slashers v St. Lomans

AIB senior club championship quarter-finals

Michael Fay Park, Longford

Sunday, October 20, Throw-in: 2pm.

Referee: Henri Clifford

Kill v Carrickedmond

Kill saw-off Balyna in the Kildare Intermediate final 2-12 to 3-6 and will be hoping they can go far in the provincial competition.

In Laoise Lenehan, they have a captain who is reliable and determined in defence. While upfront, Niamh Farrelly showed well for the Lilies in this year’s inter-county Championships.

They face a Carrickedmond side who beat Killoe in the Longford intermediate final in a tight encounter, 1-9 to 0-7, with Grace Esler getting the all-important goal in the opening half.

They will be hoping Esler repeats the feat this Saturday.

Kill: A Mangan; J Cahill, L Cahill, L Roche; A Roche, L Lenehan (C), M Molloy; C Kennedy, K Miley; T Temple, M Pardy, M Nash; A Coburn, N Farrelly, N Kelly.

Carrickedmond: S Egan; E Dempsey, A Ryan, S McCormack; C McCormack, C Mulligan, A Higgins; C McNamara, K Crawford; L Shannon, E Shannon (C), M Mulvey; L McGuire, G Esler, U Mulligan.