REACTION: Ailish dedicates first Leitrim appearance and win to her late mother
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Sunday’s Lidl Ladies NFL Division 4 3-14 to 3-6 victory over Louth was a big statement but for new Leitrim recruit Ailish Cornyn, the victory carried extra significance as the former Cavan All-Ireland winner dedicated the victory to her late mother Margie.
A member of the St Francis club, Ailish has been a regular sight on the playing fields of Leitrim for many years but played all her inter-county football with Cavan, winning the All-Ireland Intermediate title in 2013 with the Breffni Blues. Ailish had finished up with Cavan two years ago but a promise to her mother Margie, who sadly passed away last November, meant Ailish started a new chapter in her footballing career last Sunday in Ballinamore.
PREVIEW: Leitrim Ladies on a mission - both on Sunday and in the League as a whole
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It seems strange that a team that ended the year with two heavy defeats in the Championship should be so expectant ahead of the restart of the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 4 campaign. But you get the sense that this is no ordinary year for Leitrim, writes John Connolly.
Manager Hugh Donnelly speaks elsewhere in these pages of how his squad returned to group training in great condition, a measure of their desire to put 2020 well and truly behind them. And that all starts next Sunday when the Green & Gold host Louth in Pairc Sheain Ui Eslin Ballinamore at 2pm.