Historic Cork LGFA final another staging post on Éire Óg's journey

Step forward Éire Óg, tomorrow evening’s decider representing the first time the Ovens club has appeared in the county senior final

Sadhbh McGoldrick, Éire Óg, looking to evade the tackle of Ava Barry, Bride Rovers, in their senior A ladies football county semi-final match at Ovens, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

When reigning champions West Cork confirmed they would not be fielding a team for the 2021 Cork ladies football championship, it left a vacant seat, alongside Mourneabbey, at the top table of Cork ladies football.

West Cork won a historic first Cork senior crown last year, but it subsequently emerged that the divisional outfit had done so — albeit unknowingly — in contravention of LGFA Rule 190. The rule states that amalgamated teams be made up of no more than three junior clubs or one intermediate and one junior club, whereas the victorious West Cork panel pulled players from 11 clubs.