On a cold, damp, dark Monday evening on February 18th 2002, fourteen girls from West Connemara gathered on the sand pitch of the Connemara Rugby Club to commence the first ever training session of the Gráinne Mhaols Junior B team. That night, with sand invading the nostrils, lungs screaming for oxygen and heavy limbs desperately…
Connemara ladies footballer Maura Cloherty is one of the exceptions to the rule. While many young females from all sporting disciplines are lost to the demon drink and other less nefarious distractions around their mid to late teens, this long serving Gael has proved to a role model in her chosen sporting field. In Tuam…
Carna Ladies Gaelic Football Club was founded in the spring of 1994. There was a lot of interest in Ladies Football in the parish at the time and it was the success of inter-school competitions at under 10 and under 12 level that led myself and others to believe that the time was right to…
There are certain things that stand out about Lisa Coohill. One is her gait which is confident and assured. It’s the stride of a top class athlete, an All-Ireland senior ladies football winner with Galway, and a former All-Star. Another thing that stands out is that Lisa Coohill is one of the nicest people you…
Having represented her country as a teenager at athletics and soccer, Lisa Coohill is now the holder of an All-Ireland medal. Last Thursday evening, the Galway women footballers’ wheeled into Clifden. The local Chamber of Commerce rolled out the red carpet and a throng of people opened out their arms to welcome the first team…
