For Offaly, the 2026 campaign is all about finding their feet at a higher altitude. Not that you’d know it to talk to Ciara Maher, who lined out at midfield for the Faithful County last Saturday. “We're milking cows at home, my father is full-time farming and there's four of us in it. I milk a herd of cows there in the evenings… I've been farming since I was small, I just have a huge interest in it. Any other evenings I wasn't training, I was able to hang on.” Admittedly, it will take some working out.

Source: Irish Examiner February 27, 2026 12:30 UTC