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TIPPERARY have successfully retained their TG4 All-Ireland senior football championship status since sealing a return to the top-tier competition a little under six years ago.

And now Angela McGuigan and Co are now seeking to push on to another level in 2025.

Despite also representing her native county at minor level in the same season, McGuigan started at full-forward and scored 1-1 when Tipp defeated Meath in a TG4 All-Ireland intermediate football championship final at Croke Park on September 15, 2019.

Whereas the Premier women suffered All-Ireland SFC relegation in the wake of winning their previous second-tier title in 2017, they have remained in the Brendan Martin Cup following that memorable 2-16 to 1-14 triumph over the Royal County in GAA HQ.

While remarkable resilience has seen them come through relegation play-off games in 2021, 2023 and 2024, McGuigan and Tipperary are hopeful this year will find them reaching a senior quarter-final for the first time in the modern era.

After kick-starting their All-Ireland SFC Group 1 campaign against Galway in Tuam Stadium later on today, the Premier will also face Donegal in a home encounter on June 21.

McGuigan said: “We’ve kind of just been surviving the last few years, coming close and not making it.

“Last year was tough because we drew with Armagh, who obviously won Division One last year and they were in the All-Ireland semi-finals. Losing to Meath by three points as well.”

“Even though we had probably two of our better games of the year, you’re still facing relegation after that. It’s definitely hard to take. We’re really pushing to try and get into a quarter-final this year.

“It has been a huge goal to try and make it, and not just survive and stay up in senior. You want to try and improve every year. We’ll really be hoping to make a quarter-final.”

With 11 wins from as many games thus far in 2025 between their victorious campaigns in Division 2 of the Lidl National Football League – including an opening round win over the Premier – and the TG4 Connacht Senior Football Championship, Galway come into today’s game against Tipperary as one of the country’s in-form teams.

From Tipp’s perspective, they followed up a third place finish in the same division of the Lidl NFL with consecutive defeats to Waterford and Cork in the TG4 Munster Senior Football Championship.

However, the final round of the latter competition saw Ed Burke’s side playing out a 1-6 apiece draw with current Brendan Martin Cup holders Kerry on May 11 and McGuigan saw this as an ideal confidence booster coming into the All-Ireland series.

“That was huge because I think we weren’t really performing well.

“We’d lost badly enough to Waterford and Cork in the first two matches, so we really needed something out of the Kerry match and it was a good performance.

“That was huge confidence for us and we’ve really pushed on from that.

“I think we needed it as well. We needed a bit of a good performance against a top team like them to push us onto championship now against Galway. They play similarly as well, so that helps.”

ARMY ATHLETES

Originally from the Sliabh na mBan club in Tipperary, McGuigan is arguably one of the most well-travelled Gaelic footballers in Ireland.

Having joined the Defence Forces upon leaving school, she found herself doing a cadetship in The Curragh.

This brought her face-to-face with Grainne Kenneally, the former Waterford footballer who kick-started the second chapter of her inter-county career with Kildare in 2020.

She had already been lining out at club level with Eadestown by that point and McGuigan went on to join her in their ranks for the 2021 club season.

After amassing 1-3 in their senior football championship final win against Leixlip in the same year, McGuigan registered an outstanding 1-7 as Eadestown retained Kildare’s top club crown at the expense of Sarsfields in 2022.

“She was my second in command while I was in cadets. I had a good relationship with her. She was quite scary during cadets, but we became good friends after!

“She’s also an exceptional footballer as well. She won the intermediate All-Ireland recently with Kildare, she had a great career in Waterford.

“Some other players there, Siobhan O’Sullivan (former Sligo and Kildare footballer). She’s a commandant as well in the army. A few more there too.

“There’s a big defence forces origin there, which is great and it’s very welcoming. Grainne was one of our instructors, so it was a good way to get some players in for her, I suppose.”

ON THE MOVE…..AGAIN

Although she transferred back to Sliabh na mBan in April 2023, McGuigan is actually set to don the club colours of St Sylvester’s in Dublin this year.

“As there is an option within the army to spend time in college at a certain point if you don’t have a degree, McGuigan has studied sports science at TU Dublin for the past few years.

She has played O’Connor Cup on a consistent basis with the capital-based college (albeit a fractured fibula kept her sidelined earlier this year) and lined out alongside some notable figures from the inter-county game.

One such player was former Dublin star Niamh McEvoy – a five-time Brendan Martin Cup winner during her time with the Jackies.

Along with the likes of Sinead Aherne, Nicole Owens, and Kate Sullivan, McEvoy has long been a stalwart of Sylvester’s. 

While she did take some persuading, McGuigan completed a transfer to the Malahide club at the beginning of April and is looking forward to aiding their cause in this year’s Dublin senior championship.

McGuigan added: “She (McEvoy) was doing a PhD in TUD and she had ended up playing two of the O’Connor Cup weekends with us.

She is obviously an unbelievable footballer, but we got on really well personally as well.

“She was always hinting at me joining Sylvester’s and I was kind of fobbing her off, but then this year it’s just a lot of travelling up and down for training.

“She brought me to lunch one day and she sold it really well. A year of giving it a good go with Sylvester’s. They were obviously in the county final last year and they’ve just serious talent there.”

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IF there’s one drink that embodies summer, it’s the Aperol Spritz.

And with temperatures set to soar in the UK, now is the time to pour yourself a tangy, crisp and refreshing, tangerine-tinted aperitif.

A bottle of the original tipple will now set you back around £18 depending on where you shop.

So, of course, the high-price tag has prompted some supermarkets to introduce their own, cheaper versions.

But are they going to hit the spot on a sunny day?

Aperol Aperitivo Italian Spritz (70cl)

• £17.65, ocado.com
• ABV: 11 per cent

At nearly £18, this market-leading aperitif is the priciest on my list but if you stick to the recommended measurements you will get 20 servings out of it, so I still didn’t think it was too bad in terms of value for money.

It has that distinctive luminous orange colour and I very much enjoyed my tipple.

It has a more natural and herbaceous taste than some of the ‘dupes‘, which I enjoyed.

Worth mentioning also that it’s fairly low on booze with an ABV of 11 per cent.

Fragrant and moreish – but surprisingly, it wasn’t my favourite.

• Taste: 5/5
• Value: 3/5
• Overall score: 8/10

Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Orange Spritz Aperitif (75cl)

• ABV: 8 per cent
• £6.50, sainsburys.co.uk

Light and easy to drink, I found this refreshing and very easy to knock back on a summer‘s day.

It was much fizzier than the big brand and whilst I enjoyed the taste, it did have a slightly bitter aftertaste.

It’s not as boozy as the original but it’s over £11 cheaper so a very wallet-friendly tipple AND a bigger bottle.”

• Taste: 3/5
• Value: 4/5
• Overall score: 7/10

Lidl Bitterol (70cl)

• £6.99, lidl.co.uk
• ABV: 11 per cent

An almost exact copy of the original Aperol.

It has the same glowing, blood-orange huge and a same 11ABV.

Made up into the classic Spritz cocktail, the taste really hits the spot, with the familiar rhubarb, fruity and woody notes that sit somewhere between sweet and sharp in the glass.

Served over ice with prosecco and soda, it’s really hard to tell the difference between this and the original – except at the till where it’s less than half the price.

Definitely worth stocking up for summer.

• Taste: 5/5
• Value: 5/5
• Overall score: 10/10

Aldi Aperini Aperitivo Spritz (75cl)

• £4.29, aldi.co.uk
• ABV: 6.9 per cent

One sip of this and I very nearly thought I was drinking the real deal.

It’s not as boozy with a low 6.9 ABV and the orange colour is much lighter.

It was quite sugary and the texture was a little more syrupy than the others.

But it had the full and vibrant taste of the branded drink. Loved the bursts of citrus and rhubarb. It’s only a little over £4 – amazing value.

• Taste: 4/5
• Value: 5/5
• Overall score: 9/10

Casa Savoia Americano Rosso (50cl)

• £22.25, masterofmalt.com
• ABV: 18.6 per cent

It’s more expensive than the original but this comes in a super pretty bottle and would make a lovely gift.

It’s mixed so you only need to add the prosecco and ice to make your aperitif. It can also be used to make negronis if you prefer.

The bitter sweet flavours are perfectly balanced with notes of bitter orange, cassia, cinnamon, rhubarb and a whole host of other botanicals.

Really enjoyed this and nice that it’s so versatile. It’s not a big bottle and I definitely would have liked more of it.

• Taste: 5/5
• Value: 3/5
• Overall score: 8/10

M&S Low Alcohol Aperitivo (50cl)

• £13, ocado.com
• ABV: 0.5 per cent

For a low alcohol alternative, I really enjoyed this. It had subtle flavours of juniper, pink pepper, coriander, cinnamon and lavender.

The flavours were quite smoky and it wasn’t overly sweet like many of the low alcohol drinks on offer.

Refreshing, with a hint of vanilla. Loved this with soda or low-alcohol Prosecco.

• Taste: 3/5
• Value: 3/5
• Overall score: 6/10

Tesco Spritzi Aperitivo Blood Orange (75cl)

• £5, tesco.com
• ABV: 8.4 per cent

A zesty white wine-based drink which is pre-mixed so you don’t have the faff of mixing it up on your own.

It’s quite aromatic with floral notes but more subtle in flavour than the Aperol.

It was missing a bit of juiciness and a bit of punch and I thought it tasted artificially sweet.

A good price at Tesco though and a decent helping of booze.

• Taste: 3/5
• Value: 4/5
• Overall score: 7/10