Standings

Results Group A

Results Group B

Results Group C

Results Group D

Division 2 Knockout Rounds

Division 1 Knockout Rounds

Recap Round 1

Technological University of Dublin, one of the newer Universities in Ireland, based in three campuses in Dublin City, Tallaght and Blanchardstown, took pole position in Division 1 Group A of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association Higher Education Championship in Round 1 with a 2-16 to 1-5 defeat of IT Carlow. Joining them on 2 points were IT Carlow who had a narrower, although still comfortable 3-11 to 0-11 win over University College Dublin.

Division 1 Group B leaders after Round 1 were Queens University Belfast who had a huge 6-16 to 2-5 victory versus Ulster University (which has three campuses in Jordanstown, Coleraine and Magee (Derry)). DCU Dóchas Éireann (Dublin City University Hope for Ireland) had joined them at gthe top of the table having defeated Trinty College Dublin 3-11 to 3-4.

In Round 1 of Group C NUI Galway had a comfortable 3-12 to 1-4 victory over Maynooth University.

Group D saw University of Limerick gain a massive 7-10 to 1-7 victory over University College Cork.

Recap Round 2

In Round 2 Maynooth University got off the mark with a 5-7 to 0-3 win over TUS Midlands (Technological University of Shannon), putting them on two points just behind NUI Galway in Group C who moved top with a 2-12 to 0-5 defeat of IT Sligo.

Group D saw University of Limerick achieve another huge score with a 9-15 to 1-7 victory over University College Cork. Mary Immaculate College Limerick also had a big win, getting their season underway with a 6-13 to 0-6 defeat of Waterford IT.

Recap Round 3

In Round 3 Queens University Belfast moved to four points with a 3-23 to 3-4 victory over Trinity College Dublin in Group B. Also in Group B Ulster University moved level on points with DCU Dóchas Éireann after defeating them 3-11 to 0-11. Group D saw NUI Galway struggle to beat a much improved TUS Midlands 4-16 to 3-10, leaving NUI Galway on four points and TUS Midlands still to gain a point and Maynooth University sealed their place in the Quarter-Finals with a 2-12 to 0-2 win over IT Sligo. In Group A University College Dublin had an important win over TU Dublin by 7-13 to 2-9.

Recap Re-Fixtures

IT Sligo picked up a narrow consolation victory over TUS Midlands by 2-10- to 1-7 to finish third in Group C while in a vital match in Group D Mary Immaculate College Limerick were defeated 2-11 to 3-13 by University College Cork meaning the two Colleges finished level with University of Limerick on four points at the end of the Group Stage. University of Limerick and University College Cork progressed on better head-to-head record.

Recap Division 2 Semi-Finals

Ulster University booked their place in the Division 2 Final with a 5-13 to 3-13 victory over Mary Immaculate College. There they met Technological University of Dublin who defeated Institute of Technology Sligo 4-15 to 0-6. TU Dublin were triumphant in the Final 6-7 to 0-10 points, underlying their dominance in Division 2.

Recap Division 1 Quarter-Finals

DCU Dóchas Éireann progressed to the Semi-Finals with a defeat of IT Carlow. NUI Galway got the better of University College Cork 1-9 to 0-9 and University College Dublin outscored Queen’s University Belfast 3-19 to 5-10 in a high-scoring thriller.

Recap Division 1 Semi-Finals

DCU Dóchas Éireann made the Final with a 0-17 to 2-8 defeat of NUI Galway and in an even closer game University of Limerick won 4-10 to 3-11 over University College Dublin.

Recap Division 1 Final

DCU Dóchas Éireann were triumphant in the Division 1 Final of the LGFA Higher Education Championship, defeating University of Limerick 2-11 to 1-7.

References

[1] LGFA (2021) Results [Year: 2021] [Competition: HEC] [Internet] Available from: https://ladiesgaelic.ie/fixtures-results/results/ [Accessed 15 November 2021][Last Accessed 29 November 2021]

Logo References

LOGOS

[2] Ladies Gaelic Football Association (2020) LGFA Logo [Internet] Available from: https://ladiesgaelic.ie/wp-content/themes/lgfa/assets/images/logo-lgfa.png [Accessed 30 March 2020]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Rose McCabe (Wexford and Trinity College Dublin)

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