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52 | SUMMER 2023 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie 52 | SUMMER 2023 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie INTERVIEW BRONAGH DEVLIN REFLECTS ON ANTRIM'S LIDL NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION 4 TITLE WIN. By DAIRE WALSH A strong attacking contigent from St. Ergnat's Moneyglass had a lot to do with Antrim's 1-19 to 2-6 Division Four League final win over Leitrim earlier in the year. Thanks to the late inclusion of Maria O'Neill, the entire full-forward line selected by Saffrons manager Emma Kelly hailed from the Loughbeg Road club. While O'Neill came away with a final haul of 0-4, Orlaith Prenter (0-8) and Bronagh Devlin (1-1) also kept the scoreboard ticking over for the Ulster side. Team captain Cathy Carey was another Moneyglass player within the Antrim attack and she made her presence felt with three excellent points. A key figure on their march to a TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship last year, Devlin was pleased the telepathic understanding that the quartet enjoyed at club level was on full display in the north Dublin venue. "We all work very well together. It's not the same positions we play together in Moneyglass, but we all know each other very, very well. I think Maria had a brilliant second half, she scored four points. She was getting into it then. Again, everybody knows everybody very well and they can play with anybody," Devlin explained in the aftermath of her team's win. "It just so happened that it was Moneyglass and played in our favour a wee bit. Once Orlaith is on the ball, you know "IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT IT WAS MONEYGLASS AND PLAYED IN OUR FAVOUR A WEE BIT. ONCE ORLAITH IS ON THE BALL, YOU KNOW THAT THE BALL IS IN SAFE HANDS. IT'S EITHER GOING OVER THE BAR OR IT'S A PERFECT PASS WHERE YOU WANT THE BALL TO BE. SHE'S DEFINITELY ON A ROLL. HOPEFULLY SHE KEEPS IT UP AT THE MINUTE." that the ball is in safe hands. It's either going over the bar or it's a perfect pass where you want the ball to be. She's definitely on a roll. Hopefully she keeps it up at the minute." Like almost everybody on the Antrim panel, Devlin has taken - and continues to take - inspiration from the exploits of Carey. A senior debutant for the Saffron County as far back as 2002, the operations manager won All- Ireland junior crowns with her county in 2009 and 2012 prior to adding a third success at that grade in 2022. Long before she counted her as a team-mate, Devlin was one several future stars under the wing of Carey in her role as a juvenile coach. "Cathy, she definitely pulls the strings for both teams [Moneyglass and Antrim]. You could say