Mayo club's All-Ireland final will be broadcast live
The currentaccount.ie All-Ireland intermediate club final between Castlebar Mitchels and St. Sylvester’s (Dublin) on Sunday, February 6, will be broadcast live on the LGFA Facebook page.
Like St. Sylvester's, Mitchels are gracing this stage for the very first time. In fact, they are hoping to become the very first Mayo winners of the competition.
Their opponents, meanwhile, are aiming to emulate the feat of Clontarf (2018) by bringing the trophy to the capital.
The last team from Connacht to lift the intermediate title was Annaghdown from Galway back in 2016, while a St. Sylvester’s win would ensure a Leinster win for a fourth successive season, following the exploits of Dunboyne (2017), Clontarf a year later, and Naomh Ciaran from Offaly in 2019.
Castlebar Mitchels came through a thriller against Kerry opponents Castleisland Desmonds last Saturday, while St. Sylvester’s got the better of Kinawley from Fermanagh on Sunday.
Looking ahead to the upcoming senior, intermediate and junior finals, LGFA president Mícheál Naughton said: “We unfortunately lost out 2020 finals due to the Covid-19 pandemic and it is wonderful that we have reached a stage now where we can play our 2021 deciders just a short time after the lifting of so many restrictions.
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On behalf of currentaccount.ie, chief executive Seamus Newcombe commented: “We are looking forward to some very exciting finals and congratulate everyone involved along the journey to the first currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Ladies Club Championship finals under our sponsorship of and partnership with the LGFA.
“Like Gaelic games, community is at the heart of Irish culture and we are proud to help to promote community enhancement and engagement with the current account service now available from participating credit unions throughout the country.
“We look forward to more opportunities like this in the future, as we move into a post-Covid world and continue building better, brighter and more financially stable futures for communities across Ireland.”
First up next Saturday (January 29) is the senior final between Mourneabbey (Cork) and Kilkerrin-Clonberne (Galway) in a live TG4 fixture that will have a 1 p.m. start at St. Brendan’s Park, Birr. On the following weekend, the junior and intermediate finals will be streamed live on the LGFA Facebook page. On Saturday, February 5, the junior final will pit Tipperary's Mullinahone against Dublin’s St. Judes, while the aforementioned intermediate final on Sunday, February 6, is a meeting between Castlebar Mitchels and Dublin opponents St. Sylvester’s.