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ADVERT EXCITING young forward Lauren Garland, 18, produced a series of stand out displays for her club Donaghmoyne, who retained their Ulster Senior Championship title in October. In the Provincial Final victory over Donegal opponents Termon, Lauren scored two points, including a crucial late effort to put her side in front, as the Monaghan champions ran out two-point winners. Donaghmoyne's bid for a sixth All-Ireland Senior Club Championship title came unstuck at the semi-final stage against holders Mourneabbey, but Lauren and her club can still look back on the season with a huge sense of pride. Lauren, who's also a renowned basketball player with two All-Ireland medals, was Player of the Match in the Monaghan County Final in September, when Donaghmoyne got the better of old rivals Emyvale. At inter-county level, Lauren was also a member of the Monaghan team that reached the All-Ireland Minor A Final this year, with the county competing in the national decider in that grade for the first time in 20 years. Lauren, a sixth-year student at St Louis, Carrickmacross, is now the proud holder of four Monaghan Senior Championship club medals with Donaghmoyne, and three Ulster Senior club titles. Her debut season at Senior Club level was in 2016, when Donaghmoyne last captured the All-Ireland Senior Club title. CORK legend Rena Buckley sparkled for Donoughmore as they landed the All-Ireland Junior Club Championship title on November 24. During the month of November, 32-year-old Rena was in superb form, scoring a combined 1-13 in the All-Ireland semi-final and Final. As Donoughmore advanced past the challenge of Meath and Leinster Champions Navan O'Mahonys at the All-Ireland semi- final stage, Rena collected a personal haul of 1-6. On All-Ireland Final day, seven points from Rena helped to see off the spirited challenge of Mayo opponents MacHale Rovers in front of a bumper crowd at Duggan Park, Ballinasloe. Victory for Donoughmore handed Rena a 21st All-Ireland medal, and her third at club level. Rena was a member of the Donoughmore teams that landed the All-Ireland Senior club titles in 2001 and 2003, before recently adding a Junior medal to her collection. November: Rena Buckley, Donoughmore (Cork) Long-serving Lyndsey Davey, 30, from the Skerries Harps club, was rewarded for a Player of the Match performance against Galway in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final. In difficult conditions at Croke Park on September 15, in front of a record 56,114 attendance, Davey found a way to keep her team in the game, as the Sky Blues lifted the Brendan Martin Cup for a third successive season. The firefighter with the Dublin Airport Fire Service opened the second half scoring with a classy point, before setting up a crucial 39th-minute goal for Hannah O'Neill with some typically industrious work. A member of the Dublin senior panel since making her inter-county debut in 2004, Davey is now the proud holder of four TG4 All-Ireland Senior medals, and she's also been honoured with five TG4 All Star awards. Davey enjoyed another tremendously consistent TG4 Championship season with Dublin, scoring 2-7 along the way as Mick Bohan's side triumphed once again. September: Lyndsey Davey, Skerries Harps (Dublin) October: Lauren Garland, Donaghmoyne (Monaghan) The Croke Park LGFA Player of the Month Awards 46 | WINTER 2019 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie