Lacken’s senior camogie team, front l/r: Aisling King, Emer Smith, Andrea Lynch, Susan Mulligan, Miranda Crowe, Rosie Crowe, Sinead Brady, Helena Brady, Ellen Murphy, Fiona Crowe, Niamh McInerney, Lisa Magauraghan. Back: Catriona Leddy, Roisin O’Keeffe, Sinead O’Keeffe, Eimear Brady, Maria Murphy, Bernie Briody, Marie Brady, Lisa Bennitt, Michelle Ellis, Fiona Brady, Nora Moore, Orla McInerney, Niamh Brady, Aoife Brady, Mary Moore
the opening six minutes, while Lacken only saw their first score arrive after 13 minutes. The would-be winners did pull level by the break though with ace forward Raymond Galligan in fine shooting form. The second-half was nip and tuck, and a another replay looked certain until wing-back Nevin McKiernan made the most of a poor clearance from Crosserlough’s scrambling defence to land a 63rd minute winner. “They were beaten finalists last year
and we knew that would have hurt them. It was a local derby as well, so we knew we’d have to up our performance,” said O’Reilly. “We tried to keep to what we were good at and not make too many mistakes, and in the first game I think we showed great character to get a draw playing with 14 men for the second-half. The second day a lot of the lads stood up to the mark and one of our last scores came from the fullback driving forward and one of the
wing-backs kicking it over, so I think that really showed that everyone counted that day for us.” In the final, Lacken would meet an in-form Cootehill side that had impressed with four goals in their semi-final demolishment of Swanlinbar, but it was O’Reilly’s charges that made a flying-start with points from captain Raymond Galligan, Finbar O’Reilly and Conor Finnegan before the former lashed in a goal which saw them into a five-
The up and coming players in the club, front l/r: Torin Brady, James Smith, Oisin Flemming, Donal Finnegan, David Halton. Back (included are): Killian Brady, Liam McKiernan, Aoghan Halton, A O’Reilly, Conor Ellis, Tristan Lynch, Aaron Brady, Fionn Flemming
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