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Women's All-Ireland quarter-finals: Galway overturned a three-point half-time deficit to beat Meath by 2-10 to 0-15 in their…

Mon Aug 28 2006 - 01:00

Women's All-Ireland quarter-finals: Galway overturned a three-point half-time deficit to beat Meath by 2-10 to 0-15 in their TG4 All-Ireland women's SFC quarter-final replay at Breffni Park Cavan on Saturday.

Laois and Armagh are also through to the semi-finals after beating Monaghan and Waterford respectively, played at Breffini Park on Saturday too.

Unlike the drawn game, Meath got off to a good start. They led by 0-10 to 1-4, Edel Concannon getting the Galway goal, at half-time.

Meath extended their lead through a a Fiona Mahon point before Gillian Joyce fired in Galway's second goal four minutes after the restart as their experience told and they finished strongly to advance.

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Leinster champions Laois set up a daunting semi-final with Cork after defeating Monaghan by 4-11 to 2-7. They led from start to finish and held a 2-4 to 1-2 interval lead.

Goals from Gemma O'Connor on 14 minutes and Mary Kirwan three minutes later gave them the early advantage.

A Niamh Lynch goal gave Monaghan a glimmer of hope just before the break.

After the resumption Laois remained in control thanks largely to Tracy Lawlor, who contributed 1-4. Their fourth goal came from Mary Kirwan at the end of the third quarter.

Armagh, who only won the All-Ireland junior championship last year, secured a semi-final against Galway by beating Waterford by 2-10 to 0-9.

They took the advantage with a goal from Sharon Duncan in the 22nd minute to help them to a 1-6 to 0-4 lead at the break and the victory was wrapped up with a goal from Maria O'Donnell six minutes from time.

SCORERS

Galway: G Joyce (1-6, two frees), E Concannon (1-0), A Clarke (0-2), AM McDonagh (0-1), P Gleeson (0-1). Meath: G Bennett (0-8, seven frees), J Shiels (0-4, three frees), F Mahon (0-2), K O'Brien (0-1).

Laois: T Lawlor (1-4, two frees), Mary Kirwan (2-2, 0-1 free), G O'Connor (1-0), E Fitzpatrick (0-2), Martha Kirwan (0-1), K O'Reilly (0-1), A O'Loughlin (0-1). Monaghan: C Graham (1-0, penalty), N Lynch (1-0), A Tierney (0-3), C McConnell (0-2, one free), G McNally (0-2).

Armagh: A Matthews (0-5, two frees), M O'Donnell (1-0), S Duncan (1-0), M Tennyson (0-2), M McAlinden (0-1), S O'Hagan (0-1), A O'Donnell (0-1). Waterford: M Ryan (0-3, one free), M Wall (0-2), S Ryan (0-2), A Murphy (0-1), M O'Donnell (0-1).