Roscommon ladies book place in All-Ireland ladies quarter-final

Roscommon booked their place in the All-Ireland ladies intermediate quarter-final after a big win over Antrim.

Aisling Hanly landed two goals and one each from Niamh Feeney, Aoife Gavin and Lauren Shanagher sealed a 5-11 to four point win.

Elsewhere, Sorcha Gormley, Zoe Loughran and Chloe McCaffrey got the goals as Tyrone beat Wicklow 3-11 to 0-5. Whereas, Laoise Duffy’s goal saw Down fall to Westmeath 1-9 to 0-10 to book a place in the quarter-finals.

Ailish Considine scored both goals in the opening 15 minutes as they beat Offaly 2-7 to 0-4 to secure a quarter-final spot in Group 2.

Meanwhile, Champions Dublin got the defence of their TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship off to a winning start on Sunday. Dublin thrashing Mayo 1-10 to five points.

In their Group 4 opener at Parnell Park, the Sky Blues led by 0-5 to 0-2 at the break before a goal from captain Carla Rowe, after she was set up by Caoimhe O’Connor, sent the holders on their way to victory.

Also on Sunday; 2022 and 2023 runners-up Kerry had to settle for a draw in Ballybofey. Donegal’s Susanne White kicked a late equaliser in a 1-6 to 0-9 stalemate.

The sides were also level at the break at 1-3 to 0-6 with Donegal’s Caoimhe Keon getting the only goal of the match.

Cork struck for six goals in Portlaoise as they ousted Laois by 6-13 to 1-5. Ava McAuliffe getting two goals and Katie Quirke, Hannah Looney, Daire Kiely and Rachel Leahy also finding the net.

On Saturday, Armagh’s impressive season continued as they defeated Meath by 3-9 to 1-14. A superb goal from Aoife McCoy saw the side’s level at 1-4 to 0-7 at the interval and she also found the net after the break along with Niamh Coleman. Emma Duggan kicked 0-8 for Meath and midfielder Aoibhín Cleary got 1-1, but it wasn’t enough.

In the Junior Championship Group A on Sunday, Carlow recorded their second win of the campaign with victory over London.