Earlier today (Sunday May 25th) Galway were retained their TG4 Connacht SFC crown for the 19th time after successfully retaining their title in Castlebar. Galway winning by 0-16 to Mayo’s 1-04. Meanwhile in Mallow Kerry had to dig deep in order to hold onto their Munster title as Waterford really tested the mettle of the reigning All Ireland champions. With two minutes to go Kerry took the lead when Mary O’Connell pounced on a short Waterford kickout to score her sides second goal to make it Kerry 2-06 Waterford 0-10.
With the Munster and Connacht champions now known the make-up of the four groups for the TG4 Senior All Ireland series was complete.
Group 1: Galway, Donegal, Tipperary
Group 2: Kerry, Mayo, Cork
Group 3: Armagh, Meath, Kildare
Group 4: Dublin, Waterford, Leitrim