Sub Swail sends Down into dreamland

The Ulster side have sealed an automatic return to the intermediate grade

Down players celebrate after their side's victory in the 2023 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Junior Football Championship Final match between Down and Limerick at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

All-Ireland Junior Ladies Football Final: Down 1-7 Limerick 0-8 

A second-half goal from substitute Orla Swail helped Down to their first TG4 All Ireland Junior title since 2000, as they inched past Limerick by just two points at Croke Park. In a defence-dominated encounter, it was Down's greater accuracy that proved the difference, taking their main goal chance to sink Graham Shine's youthful Treaty.