Mayo ladies team perform well at Comórtás

Burrishoole reached the final of the senior ladies cup at the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé 2025, the famed club ladies and men’s Gaelic football tournament, which took place all across the Dingle Peninsula this weekend.

Last year’s Comórtas champions Burrishoole ladies togged out once again in a six team round robin senior ladies competition along with Carnacon. Burrishoole overcame former winners Crosserlough of Cavan in the first round by 3-12 to 2-6 with midfielder Jennifer Canley the stand out performer. Next up for Burrishoole was Clare’s Doora Barefield who they beat by 2-5 to 1-6 with Canley again the star player, thus booking their place in the final.

Carnacon defeated Milltown of Westrmeath in their first round by 3-5 to 1-5 with Cliodhna Dowling at corner forward claiming the majority of the scores and midfielder Fiona McHale also to the fore. Carnacon had Fingallians of Dublin in the semi-final and they led by 2-1 to 1-1 at half time with Cliodhna Dowling with 1-1. However, tired legs in the second half allowed the Dubs back into it and they eventually ran out losing to them by 3-6 to 3-3.

The Dublin v Mayo final was a one-sided affair and it was the Dublin girls who had more fire power up front and they came out on top on a scoreline of 6-5 to 2-4 with Elaine Fitzpatrick at full forward for Fingallians scoring a brace of goals for the Dubs.

Achill ladies competed in the four-team junior cup. They lost out to the eventual winners Annascaul/Castlegregory of Kerry in the straight semi-final by 1-9 to 1-6.

Sixteen counties from the four provinces of Ireland took part in the 36th edition of the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé, with 28 adult men’s and ladies club teams coming for a weekend of competitive football and social events including popular Irish band Super Céilí at Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Ventry, West Kerry.

The football festival, which was founded by eight-time All-Ireland winner Páidí Ó Sé, is supported by Lidl Ireland, EJ Menswear, Kerry County Council Tourism Unit, Medel Healthcare, Dooctor.ie, Fáilte Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta, and has attracted over 30,000 club players since it was founded in 1989.

Comórtas Chairman, Pádraig Óg Ó Sé said; “A big thanks to the Mayo teams for coming down and also they conducted themselves very well. We were gifted with great weather conditions and luckily there were no injuries of note to report over the weekend.

“We thank all our title sponsor Lidl who are a key driver of the growth of Ladies Gaelic games in Ireland through their LGFA sponsorship. They contribute every year to the vision my father had, which was to promote the club game and also to attract people to the beautiful Dingle Peninsula.”