2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final

Event	2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Kerry Galway 3-14 0-11
Date	4 August 2024
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Player of the Match	Kayleigh Cronin (Kerry)
Referee	Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)
Attendance	30,340
Weather	17–18 °C (63–64 °F), cloudy and windy
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The 2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the county teams of Ireland. ^[1] Kerry defeated Galway to win their 12th All-Ireland ladies title.

Background

• Kerry were the joint-most successful team in the history of the championship, with 11 titles, the same as Cork. However, they had not won the All-Ireland since 1993, having lost the finals of 2012, 2022 and 2023. ^[2]
• Galway were playing in their fifth final; they won their only All-Ireland title in 2004, and were beaten finalists in 1975, 2005 and 2019. ^[2]

Paths to the final

Kerry Round Date Opponent Venue (H/A/N) Result Margin Score Ref Munster round robin 20 April 2024 Tipperary Fitzgerald Stadium (H) Win 15 2-14 to 0-5 [3] Munster round robin 27 April 2024 Cork Páirc Na Féile (H) Win 4 1-14 to 1-10 [4] Munster round robin 5 May 2024 Waterford Cordal (H) Win 1 1-8 to 1-7 [5] Munster final 18 May 2024 Cork Mallow GAA Complex (N) Win 8 2-15 to 0-13 [6] Group game 9 June 2024 Donegal MacCumhaill Park (A) Draw 0 0-9 to 1-6 [7] Group game 15 June 2024 Waterford Fitzgerald Stadium (H) Win 16 4-13 to 0-9 [8] All-Ireland quarter-final 6 July 2024 Meath Austin Stack Park (H) Win 8 0-16 to 0-8 [9] All-Ireland semi-final 20 July 2024 Armagh O'Connor Park (N) Win 4 1-8 to 0-7 [10]

Galway Round Date Opponent Venue (H/A/N) Result Margin Score Ref Connacht final 12 May 2024 Mayo St Brigid's (N) Win 5 1-11 to 0-9 [11] Group game 15 June 2024 Cork Munster Technological University (A) Loss 2 1-10 to 1-12 [12] Group game 23 June 2024 Laois Duggan Park (H) Win 35 7-22 to 1-5 [13] All-Ireland quarter-final 6 July 2024 Dublin Parnell Park (A) Win 1 3-7 to 1-12 (a.e.t.) [14] All-Ireland semi-final 20 July 2024 Cork O'Connor Park (N) Win 3 2-7 to 0-10 [15]

Match Info

Kerry v Galway

4 August 2024 16:00 IST (UTC+1) All-Ireland Final

Report

Kerry	3–14 (23)–(11) 0-11	Galway
(HT: 1-8 – 0-3)
Gls: Emma Dinneen 1, Hannah O'Donoghue 1, Aoife Dillane 1 Pts: Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh 6 (4fs), Emma Dinneen 2, Hannah O'Donoghue 2, Lorraine Scanlon 1, Mary O'Connell 1, Anna Galvin 1, Niamh Carmody 1		Pts: Olivia Divilly 4 (2fs), Roisin Leonard 3 (2fs), Niamh Divilly 1, Andrea Trill 1, Charlotte Cooney 1, Shauna Hynes 1

Croke Park , Dublin Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow) Attendance: 30,340

See also

• List of All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship finals

References

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