"It was first time ladies' club games were played there since its reopening one year ago following renovations. On both occasions, the floodlights were switched off before the winning teams were presented with the trophy. At the final whistle of the senior football final between the victorious St Laurence's and Eadestown, Ms Hyland said the lights were turned off on one side of the stadium while St Laurence's players gathered on the pitch prior to the trophy presentation in the main stand."
""I do remember going 'God, it's very dark'. I was lucky I had the flash with me." Ms Hyland was dismayed at the fact the team - on the first occasion women were permitted to play a club game in their county ground since it reopened - were reduced to posing for celebratory pictures in the dark. "It just looks like they're in any field in Kildare, really," she said."
The senior ladies' football and camogie club finals took place on October 3 and 10 at St Conleth's Park in Newbridge after the ground's reopening. On both occasions the stadium floodlights were switched off before trophy presentations, leaving winning teams to gather and pose in very low light. Photographer Aisling Hyland captured the aftermath and said she relied on flash for images. Eadestown captain Grace Clifford confirmed the lights were off and noted players experienced cold showers. In the camogie final Naas beat Maynooth 4-19 to 0-3.
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