2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

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2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
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Event 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Dublin win a fourth consecutive final in what was their seventh final appearance in a row
Date20 December 2020
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Player of the Match Jennifer Dunne (Dublin)
Referee J Murphy (Carlow)
Attendance0
Weather6 °C, cloudy
2019
2021

The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final is the 47th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the county teams of Ireland. [1] [2] [3]

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There was no audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cork led by a goal at half-time, but Dublin pushed past them in the second half to win a fourth All-Ireland in a row. [4] [5] [6]

Match info

TG4
20 December 2020
15:30 GMT
Final
Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg 1-10 (13)(8) 1-05 Colours of Cork.svg Cork
(HT: 0-03 – 1-03)
Gls: C Rowe 1(pen)
Pts: C Rowe 3fs, N Healy 2, N Owens 2, A Kane 1, S Aherne 1f, K Sullivan 1
Gls: A O'Sullivan 1
Pts: O Finn 3 (2fs), A O'Sullivan 1, C O'Sullivan 1
Croke Park , Dublin
Referee: J Murphy (Carlow)
Attendance: 0

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