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13 Sept 2025

PICTURE SPECIAL - Tailteann Cup penalty shootout drama in pics as Sligo pip Leitrim in dramatic finale

 

There have been few games with as dramatic an ending as Sunday's Tailteann Cup Quarter-Final in Avant Money Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada with Leitrim denied victory against Sligo in the lottery of the penalty shootout. Observer photographer Willie Donnellan was in the right place to capture the drama of the ten penalty kicks and two saves that decided an epic contest that ended all square at Leitrim 2-16 to Sligo's 1-19 after extra-time. Check out Willie's pictures of the drama!

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