‘Progress has exceeded our wildest dreams’ – ladies football on crest of a wave since stepping out of the shadows
Former Tipperary football captain Kitty Ryan-Savage, left, and her Offaly counterpart Agnes O’Gorman. Photo: Sportsfile
Humble beginnings. Durrow, a small, slightly sloping, ground in south Laois, hosted the first All-Ireland ladies senior football final 50 years ago.
Tipperary’s Kitty Ryan holds the distinction of being the inaugural winning captain, her side edging a close contest with Offaly 2-3 to 2-2. According to reports, the attendance at the final on October 13, 1974, was around 500 but that may have been an exaggeration.
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