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21 Feb 2026

Pat Sullivan names Kildare Ladies team for huge Dublin tie

This fixture is a vital game for both teams in Lidl Ladies National League Division 1 with The Lilies and The Dubs winless from their three games so far

Kildare Ladies take on Dublin

Hazel McLoughlin, named at no. 5 on the Kildare side to take on Dublin on Sunday

The Kildare team to take on Dublin in a vital Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 game on Sunday, which takes place in O'Dwyers GAA, Balbriggan on Sunday, throw-in 2 pm.

Lidl National League team:

KILDARE v Dublin: 

Rachel Fennin; Emma Wheeler, Aine Mernagh, Mia Doherty; Hazel McLoughlin, Ruth Sargent, Laoise Lenehan; Nanci Murphy, Gillian Wheeler; Lisa Shaw, Ciara Wheeler, Aoife Rattigan; Aoife Murnane, Roisin Forde, Allanah Prizeman.

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Subs: Cora Nallen, Eimear Behan, Molly Aspell, Meabh McDonagh, Mayah Doyle, Siofra Galvin, Abaigh Cahill, Ruth Dillon, Aisling Irhue, Megan Cooney, Lia Reilly, Aoife Mulligan, Laura Dunlea, Sarah O'Sullivan, Kate Kealy.

Dublin are the current All-Ireland champions but are hardly recognisable from the side that defeated Meath in that final such is the amount of changes to their panel and indeed level of performance.

The Metropolitans have lost all three games to date, to Kerry, Meath and Waterford. The Lilies have just one point, drawing with Cork, before losing to Armagh and Galway, so a lot at stake for Pat Sullivan's side in a really big game for both counties.

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