Galway overpower Westmeath and return to top flight

Galway 3-10 Westmeath 0-9

It was a case of third time lucky for the Galway girls, who lost Division 2 finals in 2012 and 2013. Although they laboured in Parnell Park to break Westmeath’s resistance in the first-half, they were the superior force after the break and confidently kicked for home once they built up a decent lead. Westmeath failed to score in the second-half until the 51st minute through a Fiona Leavy free. Johanna Maher landed their only other point of the second-half a few seconds later as Galway coasted to victory.

Scorers for Galway: A Clarke (2-1, 2-0pens), B Hannon (1-1), R Leonard (0-4, 1fs), L Joyce (0-3), C Cormican (0-1).