Fermanagh too strong for Limerick Ladies

FERMANAGH booked their place in the TG4 Junior Ladies Football All Ireland final with a 4-10 to 4-3 victory over Limerick.

Donal Ryanโ€™s side were left with a mountain to climb early on as the Ulster side raced from the blocks to lead 4-3 to 0-1 at the first half water break.

Eimear Smyth was on top form and raised green flags twice early on, with Roisin Oโ€™Reilly and Joanna Doonan also finding the net.

CathyMee makes a break for Limerick in their 2020 League win over Carlow

Limerick were luckless early on with Katie Heelan hitting the crossbar, after Andrea Oโ€™Sullivan had opened Limerickโ€™s account.

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Amy Ryan punched to the net to continue her goalscoring form but Limerick trailed by 4-5 to 1-2 at the change of ends. The damage from the opening quarter clear for those in attendance in Kinnegad, Westmeath.

Despite a brace of goals from Aine Cunningham and a second from Amy Ryan, Fermanagh had built up too much of a lead, and held on to return to the final that they lost 12 months ago. Eimear Smyth ended with 2-6 and carried her county into the final, where theyโ€™ll face Wicklow.

Manager Ryan spoke after the game about a building process for his youthful Limerick and the positives they can take from a disjointed 2020.

Scorers โ€“ Limerick:ย A Cunningham 2-2 (0-2f), A Ryan 2-0, A Oโ€™Sullivan 0-1

Fermanagh:ย E Smythย 2-6 (0-2f), J Doonan 1-2, R Oโ€™Reilly 1-0, S McCausland, R Oโ€™Reilly 0-1 each

LIMERICK:ย S Hennessey; C Walsh, M McCarthy, R Daly; M MacNamara, N McCarthy,ย ย R Oโ€™Malley; C Hickey, R Ambrose; A Cunningham, C Mee, K Heelan, A Oโ€™Sullivan, A Ryan, L Coughlan

Subs: C Nรญ Cheallaigh for R Oโ€™Malley (49)ย R Greaney for C Walsh (55), A Oโ€™Brien for A Oโ€™Sullivan (60), K Bradshaw for A Ryan (64)

FERMANAGH:
S Murphy, S McQuadeย ย E Murphy, M McGloin, M Flynn, S Jones, S McCarville, R Oโ€™Reilly, A Flanagan, S McCausland, R McDonald, A Maguire, J Doonan, E Smyth, A Oโ€™Brien

Subs: B Bannon for S McCarville (45), E Maguire for J Doonan (47), S Britton for M McGloin (53), C Bogue for S McCausland (56), A McCabe for R McDonald (61).

Ref โ€“ย Kevin Corcoran (Mayo)

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