St Lactain’s power to first title

St Lactain’s (Kilkenny) 2-8 Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick) 0-7

The Kilkenny ladies showed few nerves in their first ever final, asking searching questions of the champions’ backline while staying resolute at the back under the steadying influence of full-back Gillian Dillon Maher.

Granagh’s Eileen O’Brien opened the scoring with a couple of well-taken frees as both attacks struggled against dominant defences. The Limerick side were settling well though and St Lachtain’s plainly needed a calming first score as reward for their early endeavours. That it was a goal was all the sweeter, with Imelda Kennedy poking the sliotar home under Breda O’Brien after 14 minutes.