Salthill/Knocknacarra were crowned currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Junior Ladies Football champions on Saturday (18th December 2022).
Alyssa Manley's goal on 60 minutes settled the contest but Donal O'Connell's team led from the second minute when Kate Thompson opening the scoring.
They became the first Galway club since Caltra Cuans in 2010 to win this competition, and just the second overall.
Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly reports.
Afterwards, Darren Kelly caught up with the winning team starting with captain Ailbhe Finnerty.
Darren then chatted with player of the match Siobhán Divilly.
The All-Ireland winning goalscorer was Alyssa Manley and she has an interesting journey that led her to this position. She also spoke to Darren.
Finally, Darren got the thoughts of Salthill/Knocknacarra manager Donal O'Connell.
Scorers – Salthill-Knocknacarra: A Manley 1-0, K Thompson 0-3 (1f), L Kelly 0-3 (1f), L O’Donnell 0-1.
Scorers – Naomh Abán: G Murphy 0-2 (1f), E Murphy 0-1, L McDonagh 0-1.
Salthill-Knocknacarra: L Carroll; A Mullen, E Madden, O De Bairead; S Donnellan, Z Rather, R Reddington; S Divilly, A Finnerty; L Kelly, L O’Donnell, K Thompson; D O’Connell, A Manley, A Nash.
Subs: D Brennan for Reddington (58), A Kelly for Divilly (60), M Mulligan for Madden (60).
Naomh Abán: L Hughes; U Twohig, M Dineen, A Creedon; E Kelly, R Corkery, ME Kelleher; A McDonagh, G Lucey; A Hoare, E Murphy, C Phelan; G Murphy, L McDonagh, A Maher.
Subs: J Kelly for Maher (35), C Murphy for Phelan (50).
Referee: S Mulvihill (Kerry).
