Roscommon's Mairead Lohan and her teammates celebrate with the trophy

All-Ireland glory for young Roscommon camogie stars

Published: Mon 8 May 2023, 2:33 PM

CAMOGIE: Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor B Final

Roscommon 1-14, Laois 1-5

Roscommon produced a wonderful all-round performance to garner the B title by 1-14 to 1-5 at St Brendan’s Park in Birr.

Shauna McDermott and team captain Mairéad Lohan were brilliant in defence against a Laois unit that had averaged 4-12 in its previous five games, while Ava Mulry and Hazel Kelly attacking also worked hard.

But Síofra Hession was the undisputed player of the match, racking up eight points, including a free from own 65m line.

A Mulry goal gave the Colm Kelly and Seán O’Brien’s outfit a 1-4 to 0-4 interval lead, having played into the wind, and they gradually pulled away after the restart thanks to Hession, Mulry and Kelly, Aoife Daly’s 55th minute goal for Laois being of the consolation variety.

Eimear Hassett finished with four pointed frees for Laois but Niall Cuddy’s team were unable to make sufficient inroads against a resolute Roscommon side that worked hard all over the field and possessed that bit more cutting edge too, to secure a memorable victory.