Holders Kilkerrin beat Moneyglass in All-Ireland final

Holders Kilkerrin-Clonberne proved too strong for Antrim's St Erngat's Moneyglass as they picked up their fifth successive All-Ireland Ladies Club SFC with a 2-8 to 1-5 victory at Croke Park.

Moneyglass saw off last year's beaten finalists Kilmacud Crokes in the semi-final, but Galway powerhouses Kilkerrin proved a step too far for the Ulster champions, who had created history by even getting to their first final.

Maxi Curran's side trailed 1-4 to 1-2 at half-time after a competitive first half, but Kilkerrin used a dominant 15-minute spell after the break to ease to a routine win.

Kilkerrin become only the second side ever to win five All-Ireland Ladies titles in a row after Waterford's Ballymacarby, who won seven successive All-Irelands between 1989-1995.

It was an assured start from the Antrim and Ulster champions, who were content to remain patient and work openings.

Defending champions Kilkerrin would land the first score of the game on eight minutes however, as Lynsey Noone was brought down after dancing inside and Olivia Divilly slotted over the free for the first score of the game.

Eva Noone added another free soon after with Cathy Carey responding for Moneyglass with a curling effort from play.

The Galway side then worked their first score from play through captain Louise Ward to re-establish their two-point advantage.

Leah Stewart opted to slot over a fine individual score to finish off a nice Moneyglass move when it looked like she could have fashioned a goal chance.

The game really sparked into life on 23 minutes when Chloe Miskell scored the first goal of the game for Kilkerrin, firing home from close-range after she was found by Nicola Ward, who had charged forward.

Curran's side responded a minute later through the alert Stewart. She was on hand to palm home into the net after Carey's effort came back off the post and fell into Stewart's path to make it a one-point game.

Divilly was accurate with a routine tap over free late in the half to give Kilkerrin a two-point lead at the break.

Willie Ward's side were fast out of the blocks in the second half with three quick scores from Aisling Madden, Eva Noone and Miskell extending their advantage to five.

They continued to dominate and pulled away further with a second goal on 44 minutes from Lynsey Noonan.

She fired home after being fed by Divilly before Eva Noone got her third point of the game.

Moneyglass, as they did in the semi-final, showed spirit by coming back and getting the next three points in the game to reduce the deficit to six.

But Kilkerrin used all their big game experience as they saw out the win which sealed a fifth successive All-Ireland title for the Galway and Connacht winners.