Kilmeena LGFA – Adult League, Round 1 Kilmeena vs Westport B

Kilmeena: 2 - 09     Westport B: 3 – 10

The Kilmeena ladies hosted Westport B, in Round 1 of the Adult League, on Sunday 8^th March 2026. Having beaten the visitors in the final game of the 2025 championship, the Kilmeena ladies were on the wrong side of the result at the final whistle today.

The game was played in decent weather conditions. The fresh easterly breeze (blowing from the gym side) had an influence on the proceedings, with Westport making the most of the wind advantage in the opening half and Kilmeena doing likewise in the second period.

Westport led by 4 points at the small whistle and bagged a goal shortly after the restart.

However, Kilmeena generally controlled proceedings for most of the second half, applying substantial pressure on the Westport kickout and dominating around the middle third.This purple patch yielded 1 – 05 without reply for the home side  and edged the Kilmeena ladies in front with about 7 minutes remaining. Westport finally broke the Kilmeenastranglehold with a nicely taken point to level matters up.

Kilmeena responded with a point to take the lead again.

Then against the run of play, Westport struck for 2 goals in the dying minutes. Kilmeena did register another point but ran out of time to fight back.

All in all, an entertaining game and one that lessons will be taken from.

Team; Ellie Mae Keane, Mags Ryder, Aoife Gannon, Laura O'Grady, Laura Kelly, Megan O’Malley, Sarah Mulchrone, Ruby Lane, Eabha Carney, Amy Carney, Lisa Hastings, Siofra Hughes, Leah Walsh, Sheila Bohan, Eva Mulchrone,

Subs; Katie Moran (Snr) for Ruby Lane, Kate McNicholas for Sheila Bohan, Emily Irwin for Mags Ryder, Rachel Gibbons for Megan O’Malley, Lucy O’Malley for Rachel Gibbons, Rachel Keane for Leah Walsh, Emma Jane Gill.