Moate Community School captain Michelle Delaney is presented with the Shield by LGFA President Trina Murray after her team won the Shield Final of the LGFA Interfirms Blitz at the GAA National Games Development Centre in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Shield success for Moate CS in Interfirms Blitz

Kieran Galvin

Published: Wed 14 Oct 2026, 5:31 PM

Moate Community School claimed Shield honours at the LGFA Interfirms 7s competition last Saturday.

Captained by Michelle Delaney, Moate CS got the better of the Irish Prison Service in the final, running out narrow winners by 0-4 to 0-3. The competition was held at the GAA National Games Development Centre in Abbotstown.

Having lost the Shield final by one point last year, the MCS ladies were glad to be on the right side of another close game this time.

The Moate CS team included vice-principal Fidelma Quinn and all members are well known as either LGFA players or coaches.

Meanwhile, the Irish Defence Forces team won the LGFA Interfirms 7s Cup, having finished as runners-up in the previous two competitions.

Moate CS team: Hannah Foxe (Cill Óige), Fidelma Quinn (Moate), Patrice Smyth, Mairead Fox (both Cill Óige), Stephanie Patterson (Oran), Aishling Gaynor (Caulry), Amy Hughes, Carol Price (both Moate), Michelle Delaney (St Brendan's, Galway), Rachel Maguire (Caulry), Amelda Middleton (Moate).