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Ladies Gaelic football championship opening round a goalfest with huge wins for Laois, Clare, Sligo and Limerick

MO NERNEY starred as LAOIS got their TG4 All-Ireland intermediate campaign off to a winning start against ROSCOMMON. And the O'Moore County did so by easing past the Rossies 3-11 to 2-7 in Portlaoise. 2 Mo Nerney the standout performer 2 Clare finding the net with ease A goal from Nerney after Emily Lacey landed four points helped Laois to lead by 1-8 to 1-5 at the interval with Caoimhe Lennon netting for the Connacht side. Laois opened up a seven-point lead when Nerney got her second goal from a penalty. And they pushed on from there with Lauren Kearney getting their third goal. Lennon responded for Roscommon with her second major. WESTMEATH began their shot at glory with a win when they defeated DOWN by 2-9 to 1-10 at Ballynacargy. Read more in GAA The Lake County — with Caoimhe Kilmurray and Sarah Dillon prominent — led 2-5 to 0-6 at the end of the opening half. Down hit back with a goal from Niamh Rice early in the second period but, with goalkeeper Aoife Temple saving a penalty the hosts held on to win. Meanwhile, MONAGHAN were 2-11 to 1-13 victors over their Ulster neighbours CAVAN in Clones. A goal from Aishling Sheridan helped Cavan lead by six points at the break, with Éabha Sherry converting a 12th minute penalty for the Farney. Most read in GAA Football Sherry got her second goal of the match after 40 minutes and with interval substitute Holly McQuaid hitting 0-5, four of them from play, Monaghan edged out their neighbours to claim victory. And in Ennis, CLARE ran out easy 5-12 to 2-6 victors over OFFALY. A strong opening half laid the foundation for Clare's triumph. Tipperary GAA star 'had to do live apology on RTE' the day after cursing during All-Ireland interview - Two goals from Ellie Hanrahan and one from Megan Downes saw them lead by 3-9 to 1-1 at the interval. They pushed on from there with Lucy Shanahan and Edel McNamara also finding the net in an impressive display. Meanwhile, SLIGO got their TG4 All-Ireland junior title bid underway with a routine 2-11 to 2-4 win over DERRY in Owenbeg. LIMERICK scored a facile 7-23 to no score win over minnows KILKENNY. Elsewhere, ANTRIM also proved far too strong for LONGFORD with a 4-15 to 0-5 triumph. RESULTS: TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Championship Group 1: Laois 3-11 Roscommon 2-7 Group 2: Westmeath 2-9 Down 1-10 Group 3: Monaghan 2-11 Cavan 1-13 Group 4: Clare 5-12 Offaly 2-6. TG4 All Ireland Junior Championship Group A: Sligo 2-11 Derry 2-4 Limerick 7-23 Kilkenny 0-00 Group B: Antrim 4-15 Longford 0-5.