Armagh club side eyes All-Ireland after Ulster success

Twenty-three years ago, Clann Éireann player Mags Carvill posed for a photograph with a young fan and told her parents she hoped that one day they would win an Ulster title together.

Nine days ago they did just that.

The photograph was taken during a club trip to Florida in 2000.

The young girl, Niamh Coleman, scored the only goal of the game following a pass from her sister Dearbhla when they beat south Belfast-based Co Down side Bredagh 1-10 to 0-8 in the Ulster Senior Club Championship Final in Omagh.

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They became the first Co Armagh ladies' side to win Ulster.

Mags Carvill has now won 12 senior Armagh titles, and is glad she postponed retirement for a year.

"The photograph was taken in Florida when Clann Éireann went on a trip to a sevens tournament. I was playing and Niamh was my biggest supporter, she was only two at the time," she says.

"I'm just delighted that I stayed on for an extra year just to recreate the picture and make history."

It's a photograph that Niamh Coleman treasures.

"I was actually asked last year to choose a photo that inspired me and that's the photo that I chose as my inspiration," she says as the pair prepared for a training session ahead of this Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final against Ballymacarbry of Waterford.

"On and off the pitch Mags has always been someone who I looked up to."

Both players hope their story can help inspire the next generation.

"It's amazing to look back on. I always went to watch my mum play alongside Mags, I don't think