Battling Meath foiled as Galway ‘get out of jail’
“We got out of jail. We were lucky and we know we were lucky,’’ exclaimed manager P.J. Fahy afterwards.
Runners-up last year and champions for the first time in 2004, Galway got off to a flying start, with Niamh Fahey converting a penalty after only four minutes. Geraldine Conneally put the ball in the net a minute later and Annette Clarke scored a third. It saw them led 3-1 to 0-1 after just eight minutes and pose serious questions about a Meath team without key forward Geraldine Doherty.
