Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Top talent on show in semis
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THE four provincial winners made it safely through to the semi-finals of the TG4 All-ireland championship – and the scene is now set for two mouth-watering shoot-outs in Roscommon.
Donegal will take heart from an impressive 4-11 to 2-3 victory over Cork in the group stages of this year’s League campaign but Cork were already through to the knockout stages by then.
From the outside looking in, Donegal appeared to have tailed off slightly following their impressive cruise to the TG4 Ulster championship.
They had to work hard to achieve qualifier victories over Kerry and Tipperary and were run to three points by Armagh in the All-ireland quarter-final.
Cork have been hugely impressive to date and have bagged 23 goals in just five championship outings, including six for Ciara O’sullivan and five for teen sensation
Saoirse Noonan, who has made a big impact coming off the bench.
Dublin’s fifth successive TG4 All-ireland senior semi-final sees the Sky Blues and champions pitted with Galway, who they defeated at this stage of the competition in 2014.
That was Galway’s last semi-final appearance but the Tribeswomen have marched impressively into the last four in 2018.
They’re also the only team to have beaten Dublin in a competitive fixture this year, having claimed a group victory in Division 1 of the Lidl NFL.
Galway were also unlucky not to defeat the Dubs in the League semi-final, when Nicole Owens bagged a late goal to send Mick Bohan’s charges through to the final.
A victory for Dublin would put them in fifth straight final while a
Galway win would see them earn a crack at the Brendan Martin Cup for the first time since 2005.