‘Our friend Rochelle passed away from cervical cancer and her partner Mick had a dream of setting up a team in her memory’

Máire Lohan on the remarkable story of how a group of ladies footballers came out of retirement in Kilbride to field a team in honour of their late teammate — and went all the way to the Roscommon junior final

Rochelle Mullaney of GMIT in action against UUC during the Lagan Cup final in 2017. Photo: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

By any measure, the weekend gone by was a remarkable one in Roscommon LGFA.

Between 2005 and 2014, St Brigid’s won eight out of the ten senior titles that were on offer, adding an All-Ireland intermediate club title for good measure. Then they fell away, were relegated, bounced back up, and should have won last year’s final against Clann na nGael,

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