The Hollymount ladies team that beat Carnacon in the 2025 Mayo LGFA senior championship relegation playoff. Back (from left): Pat Doocey (manager), Jessica Commins, Jenna Mortimer, Chloe Jennings, Vicky Jennings, Ciara Brennan, Megan Commins, Emma Walsh, Elyse Brouwer, Caolinn Walsh, Ava Keane, Eva McAndrew, Natasha Joyce, Maureen Finlay (FLO) and Tom Carney (coach). Front (from left): Laura Brennan, Diane Tierney, Áine Fahey, Emer Finlay, Natasja Merry, Lily Hession, Katie Corcoran, Sari Vahey, Chloe Stafford, Lauren Flynn and Rachel Tierney. Sitting: Louise Slattery (left) and Grace Campbell.
Anniversary celebrations for leading Mayo LGFA club
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Hollymount LGFA will be celebrating their 40-year anniversary with a gathering in Hollymount Community Centre on Saturday (October 4) at 8 p.m.
Founded in 1985, the club has produced several inter-county players and is one of the most successful ladies' Gaelic football clubs in Mayo.
Hollymount LGFA contested an All-Ireland club final in 1986 while still a fledgling club and enjoyed remarkable success in Mayo and Connacht until the turn of the millennium.
The Hollymount ladies, sporting Garrymore jerseys, pictured in Ballymacarbry before the 1986 All-Ireland senior ladies club final against the hosts. Back (from left): Annette Coen, Mary Coen, Martina Tierney, Yvonne Hughes, Josephine Macken, Bernie Kelly, Noreen Daly, Carmel Walsh, Anne Daly, Janey Molloy, Bríd Daly and Lilian Costello. Sitting (from left): Catriona Conroy, Patricia McEveney, Hillary Hughes, Catriona Hennelly, Collette Connolly, Anne Bell, Joan Macken, Vera Kelly and Mary Butler. Pictured also are team supporters Margaret Hughes, Declan Hughes, Miko Costello, T.J. Kelly, Liam Coen, Francis Connolly, Paddy Connolly, Mike Connelly, Joe Hennelly, Paddy Sheridan (coach), Patty Macken, Maureen Hughes and Doreen Mooney.
By 2000, Hollymount had secured 11 Mayo senior county titles and nine Connacht titles. Eight Hollymount players were part of the history-making Mayo team that won the 1999 All-Ireland senior football championship for the very first time.
That year, the club contested their last All-Ireland senior club final against Shelmaliers of Wexford, who won the title after a replay in highly controversial circumstances.
To mark their 40th anniversary, the club is producing a commemorative booklet entitled Hollymount Ladies Gaelic Football Association: Celebrating Four Decades of Football, Friendship and Community, which features exclusive interviews with players and administrators who have served the club for decades.
Published to mark their 40th anniversary, Hollymount Ladies Gaelic Football Club: Four Decades of Football, Friendship and Community features exclusive interviews with players and administrators who have served the club for decades, and will be on sale this Saturday at the anniversary celebrations.
The book, which features dozens of photographs from the 1980s right up until the present day, will be on sale on the night of the 40th anniversary celebrations.
All club members and past players are invited for what promises to be a memorable night remembering the greatest days of Hollymount LGFA.
Streetwise will lead the entertainment on the night. Tickets are on sale now for €15 and can be purchased by contacting the club.
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