'It was Junior Cert results night' - Shannen Cotter on her first SFC win when she was 15 October 04, 2025Shannen Cotter during the AIB LGFA All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship semi-final ©Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Shannen Cotter during the AIB LGFA All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship semi-final ©Sam Barnes/SportsfileBy Daire WalshFollowing a 2024 club season that was beyond their wildest dreams, Shannen Cotter and Bennekerry/Tinryland are exactly where they want to be in this year’s Carlow senior football championship. Having overcome Old Leighlin a little over 12 months ago to claim their sixth top-tier crown in the O’Hanrahan County, Bennekerry/Tinryland subsequently secured a Leinster intermediate championship crown with an impressive final win over Meath’s Dee Rangers. I don’t think any of us ever dreamed of it happening, but coming into club championship this year, at the start of the year there was 11 of us in with the county as well. Our aim for this year was always just the county final,” Cotter explained. That really helps as well.”Although just 25 years of age when she lifted an All-Ireland title with her club, Cotter has been playing senior football with Bennekerry/Tinryland since 2015.