Four champions will be crowned at the 2025 AIG Ladies HEC on Friday and Saturday, with the AIG O'Connor Cup final to be decided on Saturday afternoon.
Thursday saw the finals of the AIG HEC, Lagan and Moynihan Cups, while Friday will see the finalists of the AIG O'Connor, Lynch and Giles Cups, as well as the Donaghy Cup final.
The AIG O'Connor, Lynch and Giles Cup finals are scheduled for Saturday.
The AIG O'Connor Cup semi-final between UCC and UG will kick off at 1pm on Friday.
The UCC finalists, who were defeated last year, will try to outdo themselves this time.
Standing in their way to the semi-finals will be Galway University, which features AIB All-Ireland Club winner Eva Noone from Kilkerrin-Clonburn.
No-one was named man of the match at Croke Park in December as Kilkerrin-Clonburn won four titles in a row and are now targeting a third tier of victories.
In 2005 UG, then NUI Galway, reached the O'Connor Cup final, losing to UCD.
In recent years, UCC have reached the final twice in 2022 and 2024 but failed both times, with their last title coming in 2012.
They have strong players again this year, including Offaly's Roisin Ennis and Tipperary's Emma Morrissey, who played for DCU winners Dóchas Éireann in the 2024 showcase match.
Dara Kiniry is part of a Cork side struggling to emerge from Lidl's National League Second Division, while Waterford's Bríd MacMaugh is also a well-known figure across the counties.
Later on Friday, DCU DÉ face UU Belfast in the other AIG O'Connor Cup semi-final.
DCU Dóchas Éireann head into the final weekend looking for a third successive AIG O'Connor Cup triumph.
The 2024 victory was DCU DÉ's sixth in the championship, and there is every reason to hope for a seventh title, and a third in a row.
From goalkeeper to corner forward, DCU DÉ have a strong squad with Meath goalkeeper Robin Murray in goal and Roscommon's Aisling Hanley, listed as number 15 on the official programme.
Kildare pair Laois Lenehan and Ruth Sargent are mainstays at full-back and centre-back, while there is a strong attack that includes Meath captain Emma Duggan, Mayo's Maria Cannon and Offaly's Kate Kenny, who scored 1-10 goals and was named MVP in the final two years ago.
However, the University of Ulster (Belfast campus) is not going to surrender to Queen's University.
They have a host of inter-county players in their ranks, including an impressive midfield line that includes Antrim's Sarah O'Neill and Ciara Brown, and Monaghan's Amy Garland.
Amy's twin sister Lauren plays forward, while Sarah O'Neill's sister Maria is listed as a winger.
Also on Friday is the AIG Donaghy Cup final between ATU Galway and Marino, with the face-off scheduled for 5pm.
The AIG Lynch Cup semi-finals kick off at 11:00am with UU Magee taking on UCD 2 and MTU Cork taking on DKIT.
In the AIG Giles Cup semi-finals, UCD will play DCU DÉ2 at 13:00, while MICL will face MU at the same time.
Following Friday's matches, the AIG Lynch Cup Final will kick off at 11:00am, the AIG Giles Cup Final at 1:00pm and the AIG O'Connor Cup Final at 3:00pm.
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