There was to be no fairytale finish for Ballinamore Sean O'Heslin's women's gaelic footballers in Saturday's All-Ireland intermediate club final at Croke Park as opponents Glanmire of Cork ran out emphatic 5-8 to 1-6 winners.
The Munster champions took control of this game early on and led by 2-7 to 1-2 by the interval - with Aoibheann Flynn, Ballinamore's matchwinner over Steelstown (Derry) in the All-Ireland semi-final, scoring the Leitrim champions goal.
Though Barney Breen's team battled gamely throughout the second-half, there were unable to close the deficit in a meaningful way.
Glanmire's full forward Orlath Roche scored 2-1 as the Cor women ran out convincing 14-point winners.
Ballinamore Sean O’Heslins: L Flynn; D McGourty, A Sweeney, E Honeyman; L Maguire, M Murphy, G Prior; M McGovern, C O’Dowd, L O’Dowd, R McHugh, L Moran; A Flynn, S McLoughlin, L Murphy. Subs: C McGoldrick for Maguire (26), L Maguire for McGourty (40), E McKiernan for Murphy (54), A McGoldrick for Honeyman (58),
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Glanmire (Cork) 5-8 Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's (Leitrim) 1-6
