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18 Oct 2025

Road to the final: How did Kilmeena make the intermediate decider?

After heartbreak and relegation last year, Kilmeena have breezed through the Mayo GAA Intermediate Football Championship

Road to the final: How did Kilmeena make the intermediate decider?

The Mayo GAA Intermediate Football Championship Final promises to be a high scoring affair.

Kilmeena and Moy Davitts will lock horns in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park on Sunday at 2pm.

It's yet another final for Kilmeena, they are fairly used to them by now. Their maiden season up in senior football last year ended in immediate relegation.

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But they were competitive in every game, and it shouldn't have come as a surprise, that Kilmeena would play a decent championship this year, even though a few players left.

And obviously, long-time manager John Reilly stepped down last year and Damien Egan took over.

It now seems a seamless transition. Kilmeena have impressed in the championship and are deservedly back in the county decider, with a chance of bouncing straight back to the senior stage.

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