Last year’s finalists Cork and Dublin both suffered defeats yesterday in Division 1 of the Tesco Homegrown Ladies National Football League.

Galway 2-20 Tyrone 2-05

Galway held onto their TG4 Connacht ladies senior football championship crown on Sunday afternoon and Monaghan claimed four in a row in Ulster, as the two remaining provincial finals were decided.

Tesco Homegrown Ladies National Football League Division 2 final

Cora Staunton’s super show stunned Monaghan as Mayo booked their place in a first Tesco Homegrown Ladies National Football League Division 1 final since 2009.

Galway 1-7 Kerry 1-13

Kerry boss William O’Sullivan is confident his team can negotiate the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final hurdle at the third time of asking.

Two of the four TG4 All-Ireland ladies SFC semi-finalists were decided on Saturday as Kerry and Connacht champions Galway advanced to the last four.

Connacht champions Galway cruised into the last four of the 2012 TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football championship following a 12-point victory against Clare at St Brendan’s Park, Birr, on Saturday afternoon.

Galway came from ten points down to stun Mayo in yesterday’s Connacht Ladies SFC final at McHale Park in Castlebar.

Cora Staunton destroyed Galway to ensure Mayo made an immediate return to the top flight after the Division 2 Bord Gáis Energy league final at Parnell Park on Saturday.

Mayo 4-17 Galway 2-7

Leinster champions Laois opened up with a devastating second half scoring blitz on Sunday to leave neighbours Kildare still rooted to the bottom of Division 1 in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League.

A solid team performance from Kerry ensured that they booked their place in the ladies football All-Ireland quarter-final with a 2-10 to 0-05 win over Donegal at Birr today.

RHONA BUCKLEY came off the bench to score 1-1 as Cork clinched a third successive Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL Division 1 crown at Dublin’s Parnell Park on Saturday.

Cork were crowned Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 champions for a third successive season at Dublin’s Parnell Park yesterday.

Juliet Murphy is one of 10 Cork players included in the list of nominees for the 2005 Ladies' Football AllStar awards.

2002 Junior champions Galway have taken the All-Ireland Ladies senior title in front of 20,706 at Croke Park today, as second half goals from captain Annette Clarke and substitute Edel Concannon helped them to a 3-8 to 0-11 success over Dublin.