Muireann Kelleher keen for St Vincent's to keep winning habit against Birr in Leinster final

Muireann Kelleher is hoping that St Vincent's can at least match last year's success as they defend their Leinster Club Camogie title today.

The Dublin champions face Birr in the final, a year after toppling Oulart-the-Ballagh but then losing the All-Ireland semi-final to eventual two-in-a-row champions Sarsfields of Galway.

But midfielder Kelleher insists that even retaining their county title was a battle after a 0-15 to 2-06 win over St Jude's last month.

"We are just absolutely over the moon that we can contest Leinster," she told RTÉ Sport. "We are looking forward to the match against Birr.

"It has been amazing, hopefully we can keep winning and getting matches to play.

"2019 was amazing, we were lucky enough to get into the All-Ireland series. Unfortunately, we didn't make it further. Last year was another good campaign, even just getting the county final because we had lost the two years previous to that. We were disappointed with ourselves, so to be able to come back, to back it up this year, was just amazing.

"It can be very hard to get out of Dublin. You cannot think about anything else. Even though you might have had success in Leinster, it is very hard to get out of Dublin. We were really delighted to back that up this year, to make it two years in a row."

Dublin-based teacher Kelleher used to represent her native Corofin but the travel back to Clare took its toll and she stopped playing camogie altogether from age of 23-27.

In 2018, she picked up a hurl again with Vincent's and to her surprise has also since become a key member of the Dubs panel.

"I've always been into fitness so I would've been in the gym and that, but it just isn't the same," she said. "My husband was saying 'would you not get back into camogie? it