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Kerry are the Centra Camogie League Division 2 champions.

The final saw the Kingdom defeat Meath 1-7 to 0-8 in Banagher.

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Centra Camogie League Division 2A Final, St. Rynagh’s Banagher, Offaly 11/4/2026
Kerry vs Meath
Meath’s Aoife Carey with Niamh Leen of Kerry
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Kerry vs Meath
Meath’s Ella O’Brien
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Kerry had the opening point through Patrice Diggin but conceded back to back scores to fall behind by 1. Meath led 0-3 to 0-1 after 10 minutes, and by 4 points to 1 after 18 minutes. Meath were playing with the aid of a very strong breeze. When Patrice Diggin put over for the Kingdom after 21 minutes that made it 5 points to 2. Meath led 6 to 2 at the short whistle.

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Kerry vs Meath
Kerry’s Niamh Leen with Emma Regan of Meath
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Centra Camogie League Division 2A Final, St. Rynagh’s Banagher, Offaly 11/4/2026
Kerry vs Meath
A general view of St. Rynagh’s GAA grounds
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Kerry:

Patrice Diggin had the opening point of the second period to bring Kerry within 3. However, Meath had the next point to go 4 clear again. 14 minutes into the half Kerry were awarded a penalty for a foul on Jackie Horgan. Unfortunately, Patrice Diggin’s effort was saved and Meath retained their 7 points to 3 advantage. Kerry had back to back points to cut the deficit in half. 25 minutes into the period Shannon Collins goaled for the Kingdom to put them in front at 1-5 to 0-7. 2 minutes later Meath equalised. Kerry went a point in front in the final minute of regulation time. A 7th point of the game for Patrice Diggin had Kerry 2 clear approaching the midway point of 6 added minutes.

Aoife Fitzgerald (captain); Rachel McCarthy, Sara Murphy, Michelle Costello; Róisín Quinn, Niamh Leen, Ellen O’Donoghue; Patrice Diggin, Caoimhe Spillane; Amy O’Sullivan, Jackie Horgan, Kate Lynch; Ruth O’Connor, Laura Collins, Emma Conway.

Armagh 1-14
Roscommon 1-8

Armagh secured an immediate return to Division 2 of the Centra National Camogie League and cemented their status as favourites for the All-Ireland Junior Championship into the bargain with a straightforward Division 3A final victory over Roscommon at Abbotstown this afternoon.
The Orchard County managed the elements very well in both halves, building up a nine-point lead by half-time and keeping the Rossies at arm’s length while playing into the teeth of a fiercely strong breeze after the turnaround.
The only concern for manager, PJ O’Mullan was their inability to make the best out of the plethora of chances they created while wind-assisted. They accumulated seven wides and only put real distance between the teams with some outstanding points from Ciara Hill and Eimear Smyth in the closing stages of the half, just when it looked as if Roscommon might have done enough to give themselves a chance of an upset.
Gemma McCann, Méabh O’Hare and Fiadhna Loughran were all exceptional in the second half however ,as Armagh kept Roscommon to 1-4 in that period. Ciarraí Devlin was also vital to the cause as she made up for her error with the Roscommon goal by coming up with some crucial stops to curtail the underdogs’ momentum.
Armagh wasted no time in getting on the front foot, opening the scoring through a Sinéad Quinn free and following up with a goal after five minutes. Quinn was the scorer, whipping he ball inside Michaela Finneran’s near post after an inviting ball through from Katie Convie.
Roscommon’s attack lacked variation and they struggled to win or hold possession in wide positions, but Caitlin Egan and Rachael Fitzmaurice were a constant threat, particularly when they switched roles. Fitzmaurice moved out to centre-forward while Egan took up station on the edge of the square, from where she scored one point and earned another free.
Armagh always had more threat thoguh and there were fine scores from Niamh Forker and Convie to keep the scoreboard moving, with Rachael Trainor often opening up opportunities with her clever angles of running and intelligent distribution.
Smyth and Hill split the uprights to push the lead out to nine at the turnaround (1-10 to 0-4) but it was in the ten minutes after half-time when Armagh really cemented their win. Quinn had been their top scorer but she now was playing a role akin to a No 9 in soccer, running channels and providing an out-ball, holding up play and ensuring that even as Armagh struggled for scores, most of the play was happening in Roscommon’s half.
The Connacht girls were handed a lifeline when Shauna Fallon’s shot was partially blocked and Devlin failed the gather the sliotar, instead watching as it looped over her head when Fitzmaurice got a vital touch. Orla Connolly followed up with a close range free and Fitzmaurice had another goal chance immediately afterwards that could have reduced the margin to four points.
Devlin made no mistake this time, narrowing the angle and smothering the Roscommon dual player’s shot, and once again Armagh produced a clever display of controlled, methodical territorial hurling for the remainder, putting a bow on their win when Eimear McGeary drove through the defence and hammered the ball over from 30 metres out.

SCORERS FOR ARMAGH: S Quinn 1-4 (0-3fs); R Trainor 0-3 (2fs); N Forker, K Convie 0-2 each; C Hill, E Smyth, E McGeary 0-1 each
SCORERS FOR ROSCOMMON: O Connolly 0-5 (4fs); R Fitzmaurice 1-1; C Egan 0-2
ARMAGH: C Devlin; M McCone, G McCann, M O’Hare; E Hayes, F Loughran, A McEntee; E McGeary, K Convie; N Forker, C Doyle, C Hill; E Smyth, S Quinn, R Trainor. Sub: T Maxwell McKeever for Smyth (56)
ROSCOMMON: M Finneran; A Hussey, M Lohan, A O’Brien; H Murray, E McDermott, S Mannion; S Bolger, O Connolly; A Sutton, C Egan, G Geraghty; G Jones, R Fitzmaurice, O Kelly. Sub: S Fallon for Geraghty (ht)
REFEREE: Alan Doheny (Laois)

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