Preview: Royals welcome Division 2 winners to Summerhill

January 23, 2026

Meath's Rachel Casserly

Compiled by Jackie Cahill

A full schedule of 16 games lies in store across all four divisions of the Lidl National Leagues over the coming weekend. 

Viewers can also pick from a selection of six live games – including Saturday’s glamour Division 1 ‘clash of the champions’ as TG4 All-Ireland senior champions Dublin take on Kerry, who were Lidl NFL Division 1 winners last year. 

That game will be live on TG4 at 2.45pm from Páirc JYSK in Clondalkin, ahead of Sunday’s bank of 15 games. 

The LGFA Facebook Page and YouTube channel will provide live coverage of the Division 2 clash between Cavan and Mayo free to air, while viewers can choose from all three of Sunday’s Division 1 fixtures, along with the Division 2 game between Donegal and Westmeath, which will appear as pay per view options.

Meath v Galway; Summerhill, Sunday January 25th at 2pm – Live stream 

Meath are preparing for their first competitive outing since the disappointing 2025 TG4 All-Ireland Senior final loss to Dublin. 

The Royals won the Division 1 title in 2022 but haven’t appeared in a final since. 

They’d love to change that stat but their opener against Galway will be a tricky game. 

The Tribeswomen surged to Division 2 glory last year and won’t want to get sucked into another relegation fight. 

Rather than aiming to avoid the drop, Galway’s aims will be higher, and the hosts begin the 2026 campaign in a similar vein.  

Meath: R Murray; Á Sheridan, M.K. Lynch, O Gore; Ó Smith, S Wall, K Bermingham; O Sheehy, L Woods; M Thynne, C Smyth, M Farrelly; E Duggan (capt.), R Casserly, M Byrne. 

Galway: L O’Halloran; R Quinn, S Ní Loingsigh, B Quinn; S Healy, C Trill, A Molloy; N Divilly, A Madden; M Glynn, K Slevin, K Thompson; A Trill, L Coen (capt.), R Leonard. 


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