Westmeath players Sheila McGrath and Aoife O’Malley were delighted with the Lake County’s victory over Derry in last Sunday’s Very National Camogie League Division 2A final in Croke Park.

It has not exactly been a very positive time post-Croke Park and the Westmeath senior footballers league title win over Down.

The say a week is a long time in politics, well it is an even longer time in Gaelic Football.

I’ll start with a couple of truths. This is not the article I had written originally. My sixth-class teacher back in 1999 told us to never ‘assume’ anything because you make an ‘ass’ of ‘u’ and ‘me’.

The brief was simple for Westmeath camogie team heading into the final round of the Very National League Division 2A against Derry – win and seal their place in the final.

Saturday night, 23 March 2024 was a special one in the history of Mullingar Shamrocks when all club members, players, coaches, committee members and friends of the club gathered in the Bloomfield House Hotel for the Mullingar Shamrocks Dinner Dance.

Bloomfield House Hotel was the setting for St Munna’s Camogie Club dinner dance last Saturday as the Turin-based side gathered to celebrate the club’s All-Ireland Junior B success last December.

Two goals by Jonathan Lynam helped Westmeath to defeat Down by three points as Dessie Dolan’s Westmeath side claimed the National Football League Division 3 title in Croke Park, Dublin, last Saturday evening.

So, in the end we were unable to scale Benbulben and Sligo took victory. Perhaps it was a bit of wake-up call for Westmeath. It certainly did them no harm as they turned up in Croke Park on Saturday evening with a purpose.

Congratulations and well done to three Mullingar girls who won gold medals at the European MMA Youth Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia at the weekend.

It was one year ago on 21st March 2023 when goals from Matthew Whittaker and Brían Cooney gave Westmeath an Under 20 victory away to Kildare in the opening round of the Leinster Football Championship.

Westmeath camogie team maintained their push for a place in the Division 2A league final with a comprehensive 23-point victory over Cavan on the 3G artificial pitch at the back of Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan on Saturday afternoon last.

It was a case of so near yet so far for Loreto College Mullingar senior girls rugby team as they ended up drawing 20-20 with Loreto College, Wexford in this thrilling Leinster Schools Girls Senior Cup final in Energia Park, Donnybrook.

Last Sunday afternoon, a cold, damp and dreary Markievicz Park looked a long way off from the glitz and glamour of Croke Park.

Coláiste Mhuire, Mull­ingar produced a wonderful display of football as they swept aside the strong challenge of Naas CBS to win the Leinster Colleges Junior Football ‘A’ title at the Meath Centre of Excellence in Dunganny on Tuesday afternoon of last week, 19 March.

Westmeath ladies footballers overcame Laois on Sunday afternoon last, 17 March, in Heywood Community College’s all-weather surface.

The Westmeath senior footballers will head to Sligo next Sunday, knowing that if they beat Sligo, they will be promoted to Division 2 next year.

It is not a regular occurrence for a Westmeath name to be taking on the role of High King or Queen in the GAA, LGFA or Camogie circles.

The Westmeath senior hurlers had a good six-point win over Antrim last Sunday in TEG Cusack Park, Joe Fortune’s side running out 2-18 to 1-15 winners over the Glensmen, and maintaining what has been a relatively good display by the Westmeath hurlers and footballers in this year’s National League campaigns to date.

Leinster LGFA President Trina Murray is the new president-elect of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association.