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Irish Independent
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Both women's Connacht titles coming back to Sligo is ‘massive for the league' says Gurteen's goalscoring hero Tara Phillips
Gurteen Celtic's triumph in the Women's Connacht Cup final on Sunday ensured that both the Connacht Cup and Connacht Shield were won by Sligo teams after Arrow Harps claimed the shield the week before. It's proof, as if it were needed, that women's football in Sligo is a force to be reckoned with, particularly when you consider that the Sligo Bay Lobsters Women's League has just been on the go for two seasons.


Irish Independent
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Gurteen Celtic hoping to come out on top as club prepares for their first Women's Connacht Cup final
Sligo Champion Today at 23:30 Gurteen Celtic are hoping to create more history for women's football in Sligo as they prepare to take on Athenry in the Women's Connacht Cup this Sunday. It's the second consecutive year that Gurteen will contest a Connacht final after winning the Connacht Shield last year with an extra-time victory over Mervue United in Castlebar.