There were just two points between the sides at half-time but the four-in-a-row All-Ireland champions showed their class in the second half as they pulled away in front of a home crowd.

Olivia Divilly was top scorers for the Galway club with 0-5 but it was Eva Noone who was the star of the show in the second half, kicking four excellent points off her left foot.

After a low-scoring first half, it was Noone who got her side up and running within a minute of the restart and a brace of points from Divilly stretched Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s lead heading into the final 20 minutes.

Three points in a row from Noone between the 42nd and 48th minutes made it 1-7 to 0-3 and Kilkerrin-Clonberne powered home with Hannah Noone, Olivia Divilly (2) and Nicola Ward all finding the target.

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