The Galway ladies did their best to stop Mayo last Saturday in Parnell Park, but they had no answer to the supreme brilliance of Cora Staunton as Mike Murphy’s team cantered home on a score-line of 4-17 to 2-07.
Not for the first time has the Cornacon player destroyed the opposition she faced, and she shot an awesome 2-11 to ensure Mayo made an immediate return to the top flight for next year in this division 2 league final.
Galway had started well, but they faded when Staunton led the Mayo revival.
Edel Concannon and the impressive Deirdre Brennan scored the Galway goals.
Scorers for Mayo: C Staunton (2-11, 7fs ); F McHale (1-1 ); T McNicholas (1-1 ); D Doherty (0-2 ); M Carter (0-2 )
Scorers for Galway: E Concannon (1-1 ); D Brennan (1-0 ); G Conneally (0-2 ); T Leonard (0-2, 1f ); C Hehir (0-1 ); G Joyce (0-1f )
Galway: L Murphy; M Coyne, E Curley, S Divilly; B Hannon, S Conneally, S Burke; A Daly, C Hehir; C Cooney, D Brennan, L Leonard; T Leonard, G Joyce, G Conneally. Subs, E Concannon for Conneally (41 ), T Mullins for L Leonard (44 ), M Burke for T Leonard (45 ), E Gannon for Cooney (46 ), B Walsh for Joyce,
Mayo: N Tarpey; A Bell, N Tierney, L Ryder; S Tierney, C Egan, C Connolly; M Carter, C McManamon; F McHale, C Staunton, Y Byrne; T McNicholas, D Doherty, N Kelly. Subs,A Gilroy for Ryder (21 ), S Rowe for Kelly (42 ), A Roddy for Connolly (55 ), A Brennan for Doherty (56 ), O Conlon for Staunton (57 ).
