Laois Camogie player helps University of Limerick to Ashbourne Cup title
The Portlaoise star's college were comfortable winners in Saturday's final
Ashbourne Cup Final
University of Limerick 6-11
Technological University Dublin 1-12
Laois and Portlaoise camogie player Susie Delaney was heavily influential last Saturday afternoon as the University of Limerick clinched honours in the Ashbourne Cup final with a comprehensive 6-11 to 1-12 win over Technological University Dublin.
Delaney has had a year to remember for club and county having been apart of the Portlaoise Ladies Football team which captured a second successive Laois Senior Football Championship with victory over St Conleth's. Susie was also a member of the Laois Minor Camogie team which got to an All-Ireland and Leinster final in 2023. The Ashbourne Cup caps off a successful year for the Portlaoise player.
Despite the sides fighting it out well in the first half where the eventual winners only took a one-point lead in at the break at 2-5 to 1-7, the Wolves showed their goal hunger with Eimear McGrath bagging a second goal of the game along with one from Casey Hennessy while Mairead O'Brien hit two goals in a flurry of green flags.
UL: Sinead Farrell; Sharon Shanahan, Claire Kingston, Eimear Loughman; Rachael Walsh, Aine Keane, Sarah McCartan; Ailbhe Larkin, Sarah Madden; Caoimhe Cahill (0-2), Zi Yan Spillane (0-1), Mairead O'Brien (2-1); Susie Delaney (1-1), Eimear McGrath (2-3, 0-2f), Casey Hennessy (1-1).
Subs used: Stephanie Woulfe for Kingston (33); Lorna McNamara (0-1) for Delaney (39); Caoimhe Lyons for Cahill (40); Ellen Curran for Walsh (48, blood sub); Aoibheann Barry for Larkin (51).
TUD: Clare McNamara; Christine Shanahan, Orla Gray, Sarah Power; Orla Synott, Orla O'Keeffe, Claire Gannon; Niamh Keenaghan (0-1), Gabby Couch; Kerrie Finnegan, Roisin McCormick (1-11, 0-10f), Emma Manogue; Katie McDonald, Megan Dowdall, Sarah Barcoe.
Subs used: Julia Buckley for McDonald (37); Ellie Young for Barcoe (47); Jennifer Moore for Power (59).