Niamh Keenaghan: 'I could never choose between Ladies football and camogie'

There's a reason why Niamh Keenaghan is one of the last remaining dual players in Cavan. It takes dedication beyond belief but she still cannot bring herself to dropping either Ladies football or camogie.

There are regular conflicts, whether it’s club versus college, county against college, or even county and county. Keenaghan will play with Cavan in their Ulster camogie championship opener on 30 April before she lines out for the footballers in their provincial bow the following day.

It will be another hectic weekend but she will not turn her back on her two sisters who also play adult camogie for Cavan, or the Ladies footballers who are capable of anything in this year’s TG4 All-Ireland series.

"We have a brilliant chance to beat Donegal and win Ulster," said Keenaghan."That would be our first goal and aim. We haven’t done much, we haven’t moved up or down, we have stayed in the middle. Us, ourselves, have to look towards getting medals or winning. "Beating Donegal is our first aim and hopefully winning an Ulster final if we get past that stage. And I think when you look at Meath ladies and what they’ve done, I don’t think it’s beyond anyone to go and win an All-Ireland final.

"But we take it game by game and step by step even though it’s definitely within our reach."

Keenaghan turned 21 on Wednesday but predictably was too busy to party, instead spending her afternoon in the gym before a pitch session in the evening. She hails from Laragh just outside Cavan, and plays football and camogie with the local Laragh United club. Her love for camogie stemmed from her mother Treena’s passion for that game and that in turn has fed into the lives of Niamh’s two sisters Clodagh (22) and Aislinn (19). All three line out together for