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DUBLIN LADIES CLUB VICTORIOUS AT 36TH LIDL COMÓRTAS PEILE PÁIDÍ Ó SÉ FOOTBALL FESTIVAL

Fingallians ladies took home silverware in the ladies senior cup at the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé 2025, the famed club ladies and men’s Gaelic football tournament, which took place all across the Dingle Peninsula at the weekend.

Dublin’s Fingallians played in the six team senior ladies cup and were up against former champions Carnacon of Mayo. They led 2-1 to 1-1 at half time with Muireann Ni Scanaill lording it at full back. The Dublin ladies dominated the second half with a brace of goals in the last ten minutes to win out by 3-6 to 3-3. Next up in the semi-final was Milltown of Westmeath who they coasted by on a scoreline of 1-7 to 0-2.

In the final, last year’s winners Burrishoole of Mayo beat Crosserlough of Cavan in the semi-final which gave them an opportunity to defend the final against Fingallian’s but it was the Dublin girls who had more fire power up front and they came out on top on a scoreline of 6-5 to 2-4 with Elaine Fitzpatrick at full forward scoring a brace of goals for the Dubs, earning her a player of the tournament award.

16 counties from the four provinces of Ireland took part in the 36th edition of the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé, with 28 adult men’s and ladies club teams coming for a weekend of competitive football and social events including popular Irish band Super Céilí at Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Ventry, West Kerry.

The football festival, which was founded by eight-time All-Ireland winner Páidí Ó Sé, is supported by Lidl Ireland, EJ Menswear, Kerry County Council Tourism Unit, Medel Healthcare, Dooctor.ie, Fáilte Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta, and has attracted over 30,000 club players since it was founded in 1989.

Comórtas Chairman, Pádraig Óg Ó Sé said; “Congrats to Fingallians on their big victory and we welcome them back next year to defend their title.  We were gifted with great weather conditions and luckily there were no injuries of note to report over the weekend. We thank all our title sponsor Lidl who are a key driver of the growth of Ladies Gaelic games in Ireland through their LGFA sponsorship. They contribute every year to the vision my father had, which was to promote the club game and also to attract people to the beautiful Dingle Peninsula.”