By Matthew Wilson
St Eunan’s joint-manager Dermot Higgins was thrilled to see his side end the club’s wait for a Senior Football Championship title as they overcame the challenge of Termon at O’Donnell Park on Sunday.
Termon led this encounter by two points after five minutes of the second stanza however, St Eunan’s hit 1-5 without reply to open up a five-point advantage.
Despite the Burn Road outfit’s best efforts, it was a cushion that saw the Letterkenny ladies claim the cup, marking their first senior triumph since 2005.
It was a joyous occasion for the group and speaking afterwards, Higgins was delighted to have gotten over the line.
“It’s just relief at this point. With two or three minutes to go and we’re six points up, you’re still waiting for the clock to go down. It was the longest few minutes of my life.
“The girls worked so hard for this. We met up here last November after they’d been relegated. We met as a group and said what the targets were for the year.
“Our first target was to get out of Division Two and we did that. We then went into the Senior Championship and it was a big step up but we learned so much from those group games.
“We got well beaten by Glenfin and Termon but we were building all the time so we weren’t concerned. The girls worked so hard so we’re absolutely thrilled.
“21 years is a long time so we’re going to enjoy tonight.”
The Letterkenny club are enjoying success across all codes, with the hurlers landing the senior title a fortnight ago, while the senior men’s team have a county final to look forward to.
A good crowd gathered at O’Donnell Park on Sunday to support the ladies’ side in their quest for glory, and Higgins said the strong support added to the occasion.
“It’s brilliant. It started with the hurlers two weeks ago, they’d a great win here as well which added to the occasion.
“It’s brilliant to see all of those faces out here supporting, the hurlers are here and the footballers that won a brilliant match last night against Gaoth Dobhair.
“It’s one club and it is a big club but it’s great on days like this when everyone comes together and we’re going to celebrate it as a club too.”