Team news: Dublin and Armagh ladies name semi-final selections

September 03, 2015

Armagh's Caroline O'Hanlon

This weekend we find out the identity of the last four teams to play in the TG4 All Ireland Finals in Croke Park on September 27th. Waterford await the winners of the Kildare and Offaly TG4 Intermediate semi final whilst the winner of the second part of that Parnell Park double header between Dublin and Armagh at 2pm on Saturday will attempt to stop Cork making it a 5 in a row of All Ireland titles. Both of the TG4 All Ireland Junior Semi Finals will take place at the Fingallians club in Dublin on Sunday when Lancashire meet Louth at 1:00pm and Derry take on Scotland at 2:45pm.

TG4 All-Ireland Senior Semi Final

Armagh enjoyed a brilliant win against Donegal in the Quarter Finals. James Daly has made to changes to that team with Caitlín Malone returning to the middle of the field in place of Aoife Lennon who was impressive against Donegal. The other change sees Clodagh McCambridge make way for Tanya McCoy.

Armagh: 1. Katie Daly 2. Mairead Tennyson 3. Caoimhe Morgan 4. Tanya McCoy 5. Sharon Reel 6. Sinead McCleary 7. Niamh Marley 8. Caitlín Malone 9. Caroline O'Hanlon (Capt.) 10. Aoife McCoy 11. Kelly Mallon 12. Lauren McConville 13. Sarah Marley 14. Fionnuala McKenna 15. Aimee Mackin

Substitutes: 16. Louise Kenny 17. Róisín Murphy 18. Niamh Henderson 19. Sinead McCoy 20. Siobhán Feeney 21. Aoibhinn Henderson 22. Clodagh McCambridge 23. Mags Carville 24. Megan Sheridan 25. Aoife Lennon 26. Shauna Grey 27. Marian McGuinness 28. Annalivia Hynds 29. Catherine Marley 30. Moya Feehan

Dublin were impressive when defeating Monaghan in the quarter finals last time out. Sorcha Furlong will again start after being a late change to the team against Monaghan as will Amy Connolly who was also a late change against Monaghan when she tool the place of Kim Flood.

Dublin: 1. Ciara Trant 2. Olwen Carey 3. Muireann Ní Scanaill 4. Fiona Hudson 5. Sorcha Furlong 6. Sinead Finnegan 7. Colleen Barrett 8. Molly Lamb 9. Sinead Goldrick 10. Noelle Healy 11. Amy Connolly 12. Carla Rowe 13. Niamh McEvoy 14. Lyndsey Davey (Capt.) 15. Nicole Owens

Substitutes: 16. Emer Ní Éafa 17. Hannah Noonan 18. Niamh Collins 19. Sarah McCaffrey 20. Lucy Collins 21. Olivia Leonard 22. Kim Flood 23. Niamh Rickard 24. Ciara Ruddy 25. Niamh Ryan 26. Phillipa Green 27. Aoife Curran 28. Kate Fitzgibbon 29. Rebecca McDonnell 30. Lauren Magee.

TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Semi Final

Offaly show an unchanged team from that which defeated Ulster Champions Fermanagh in the last round. Mairead Daly will again start at corner forward where she will be the main scoring threat.

Offaly: 1. Laura Devery (Capt) 2. Aoife Byrne 3. Siobhan Flannery 4. Michelle Guinan 5. Aoife Norris 6. Róisín Egan 7. Nicole Farrelly 8. Emma Dalton 9. Treasa McManus 10. Orlagh Heavey 11. Lorraine Keena 12. Kym Furey 13. Mairead Daly 14. Lunda Sullivan 15. Ellee McEvoy

Substitutes 16. Lauren Dunne 17. Aoife Corbett 18. Emer Nally 19. Eimear Flynn 20. Orla Whelan 21. Gráinne Dolan 22. Sinead Daly 23.. Shauna Farrelly 24. Catherine Bennett 25. Ciara O'Connor 26. Emma Maher 27. Katie Kehoe 28. Holly Ravenhill 29. Emily Bailey 20. Ann Daly

Kildare have made one change from the team that overcame Wexford as Lydia Furey comes into the team at corner back with Rachel Cribbin making way. Aisling Savage moves from centre to full back with Aisling Curley moving from the wing into the centre of the defence.

Kildare: 1. Rebecca McGuirk 2. Tara Halligan 3. Aisling Savage 4. Lydia Furey 5. Paula Keatley 6. Aisling Curley 7. Rachel Reidy 8. Joanna Timmins 9. Aisling Holton (capt.) 10. Eadaoin Connolly 11. Ellen Dowling 12. Trina Duggan 13. Mikaela McKenna 14. Róisín Byrne 15. Maria Moolick

Substitutes: 16. Fiona O'Sullivan 17. Naoise Barry 18. Ailish Heavey 19. Rachel Corrigan 20. Rachel Cribbin 21. Grace Clifford 22. Molly Price 23. Niamh Mulhall 24. Sarah Munnelly 25. Orlaith Moran 26. Caoimhe O'Fearghail 27. Michelle Curley 28. Natasha Murphy


5th September 2015 - Live on TG4

TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Championship - Semi Final - ET if necessary        

Kildare v Offaly, 12.15pm, Parnell Park, Donnycarney, Dublin  ( B. Rice)

TG4 All Ireland Senior Championship - Semi Final - ET if necessary     

Armagh v Dublin, 2.00pm, Parnell Park, Donnycarney, Dublin  (G. Carmody)


6th September 2015

TG4 All Ireland Junior Semi Finals- ET if necessary           

Lancashire v Louth, 1.00pm, Fingallians, Swords, Dublin, (J Flood)                  
Derry v Scotland, 2.45pm, Fingallians, Swords, Dublin, (K Phelan)


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