Sport: | Ladies' football | ||
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Irish: | Corcaigh | ||
Nickname(s): | The Rebelettes, [1] The Leesiders [2] | ||
Home venue(s): | Cork Institute of Technology | ||
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The Cork county ladies' football team represents Cork GAA in ladies' Gaelic football. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the Ladies' National Football League.
After winning their first All-Ireland and League titles in 2005, Cork went on to dominate both competitions during the late 2000s and the 2010s. Between 2005 and 2009 Cork were All-Ireland champions five times in a row. They then achieved an All-Ireland six in a row between 2011 and 2016. During this era they also won eleven consecutive League titles. In 2014 the Cork senior ladies' football team also won the RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1973, during a carnival at Banteer, Cork played Kerry in an inter-county game. Kerry won by 5–10 to 4–11. The match was refereed by Dinny Long, the Cork senior men's footballer. In 1974, together with Kerry, Roscommon, Laois, Offaly, Galway, Waterford and Tipperary, Cork was one of eight GAA counties who played in the inaugural All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. Cork and the other three Munster counties also agree to play an inaugural Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship. [6] [7] After thirty years living very much in the shadow of their neighbours, Kerry and Waterford, Cork won their first Munster title until 2004 and their first senior All-Ireland title in 2005. [8]
Between 2005 and 2016, with a team that included Valerie Mulcahy, Juliet Murphy, Angela Walsh, Mary O'Connor, Rena Buckley and Briege Corkery, Cork won eleven All-Ireland titles. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In 2014, after winning their ninth title, Cork won the RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award. They were the first female team to win the award. They received 27% of the vote, beating the Ireland men's national rugby union team, winners of the 2014 Six Nations Championship, by 11%. [4] [9] [10]
Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up |
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2005 [11] [12] | Cork | 1–11; 0–8 | Galway |
2006 [13] [14] | Cork | 1–7; 1–6 | Armagh |
2007 [15] [16] | Cork | 2–11; 2–6 | Mayo |
2008 [17] [18] | Cork | 4–13; 0–11 | Monaghan |
2009 [19] [20] | Cork | 1–9; 0–11 | Dublin |
2011 [21] [22] | Cork | 2–7; 0–11 | Monaghan |
2012 [23] [24] | Cork | 0–16; 0-7 | Kerry |
2013 [25] [26] | Cork | 1-10; 1-9 | Monaghan |
2014 [27] [28] | Cork | 2–13; 2-12 | Dublin |
2015 [5] [29] | Cork | 0-12; 0-10 | Dublin |
2016 [30] [31] | Cork | 1-7; 1-6 | Dublin |
2018 [32] [33] | Dublin | 3-11; 1-12 | Cork |
Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up |
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1993 | Laois | Cork | |
2005 | Cork [34] | Galway | |
2006 | Cork [35] | Meath | |
2008 | Cork [36] | Kerry | |
2009 | Cork [37] | Mayo | |
2010 | Cork [38] | Galway | |
2011 | Cork | Laois | |
2012 | Monaghan | Cork | |
2013 | Cork [39] | Mayo | |
2014 | Cork [40] | Dublin | |
2015 | Cork [41] | Galway | |
2016 | Cork [42] | Mayo | |
2017 | Cork [43] | 2–15;2–14 | Donegal |
2019 | Cork [44] [45] | 1–12;2–7 | Galway |
Source: [46]
Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up |
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2004 [47] | Cork | 4–13;1–9 | Kerry |
2005 [48] | Cork | 2–15;1–8 | Kerry |
2006 [49] [50] | Cork | 1–17;1–5 | Waterford |
2007 [51] | Cork | 3–7;1–6 | Waterford |
2008 [52] [53] | Cork | Kerry | |
2009 [54] | Cork | Kerry | |
2010 [55] | Cork | 5–13;2–9 | Clare |
2011 [56] | Cork | 2–15;0–12 | Kerry |
2012 | Cork | Kerry ? | |
2013 [57] | Kerry | Cork | |
2014 | Cork | ||
2015 | Kerry | 2–13;2–4 | Cork |
2016 [58] | Cork | 2–8;0–7 | Kerry |
2018 [59] [60] | Cork | 5–13;2–10 | Kerry |
2019 [61] [62] [63] | Cork | 2–14;0–9 | Waterford |
Season | |
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2011 [64] [65] | Juliet Murphy |
2012 [66] | Briege Corkery |
2013 [67] [68] | Geraldine O'Flynn |
2015 [69] | Briege Corkery |
2016 [70] | Bríd Stack |
Season | |
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2020 [71] [72] [73] | Martina O'Brien, Eimear Meaney, Melissa Duggan, Áine O'Sullivan |
2019 [74] [75] | Melissa Duggan, Orla Finn |
2018 [76] [77] | Róisín Phelan, Emma Spillane, Ciara O'Sullivan, Doireann O'Sullivan |
2017 [78] [79] | Emma Spillane |
2016 [70] [80] [81] | Marie Ambrose, Bríd Stack, Deirdre O'Reilly, Briege Corkery, Ciara O'Sullivan, Orla Finn |
2015 [82] [83] [69] | Marie Ambrose, Geraldine O'Flynn, Vera Foley, Briege Corkery, Rena Buckley, Valerie Mulcahy |
2014 [84] [85] | Angela Walsh, Bríd Stack, Vera Foley, Geraldine O'Flynn, Ciara O'Sullivan |
2013 [86] [67] [68] | Deirdre O'Reilly, Briege Corkery, Geraldine O'Flynn, Juliet Murphy, Valerie Mulcahy |
2012 [87] [66] | Elaine Harte, Bríd Stack, Briege Corkery, Rena Buckley, Geraldine O'Flynn, Ciara O'Sullivan, Valerie Mulcahy |
2011 [88] [64] [65] | Deirdre O'Reilly, Briege Corkery, Bríd Stack, Geraldine O'Flynn, Juliet Murphy, Rena Buckley |
2010 [89] [90] | Bríd Stack |
2009 [91] [92] | Angela Walsh, Geraldine O'Flynn, Briege Corkery, Juliet Murphy, Norita Kelly, Nollaig Cleary |
2008 [93] | Elaine Harte, Linda Barrett, Angela Walsh, Briege Corkery, Bríd Stack, Juliet Murphy, Nollaig Cleary |
2007 [94] [95] | Angela Walsh, Rena Buckley, Bríd Stack, Briege Corkery, Juliet Murphy, Valerie Mulcahy, Deirdre O'Reilly |
2006 [96] [97] | Angela Walsh, Rena Buckley, Nollaig Cleary, Mary O'Connor |
2005 [98] [99] | Angela Walsh, Briege Corkery, Juliet Murphy, Deirdre O'Reilly, Valerie Mulcahy |
2004 [100] | Rena Buckley, Valerie Mulcahy |
1995 [101] | Fiona O'Driscoll |
1993 [102] | Margaret Buckley |
1985 [103] | Joan Shannon, Mairead O'Leary |
A number of Cork ladies' footballers have also represented Ireland at international level in various other sports.
Players | Sport |
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Rena Buckley | International Rules Football |
Megan Connolly | Association football; represented Cork at under-16 level. |
Norita Kelly | International Rules Football |
Juliet Murphy | International Rules Football |
Saoirse Noonan | Association football |
Angela Walsh | International Rules Football |
Ladies' Gaelic football is an Irish team sport for women. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a round ball towards goals at each end of a grass pitch. Since May 2022 women Gaelic footballers have to wear shin pads. The sport is mainly played in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, where the two main competitions are the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the Ladies' National Football League. Both competitions feature teams representing the traditional Gaelic games counties. The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the best attended women's sports final of 2017. The 2019 final, after the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, was the second largest attendance at any women's sporting final during 2019. Historically Cork and Kerry have been the sport's most successful counties. Waterford, Monaghan and Mayo have also experienced spells of success. In more recent years, 2017 to 2020, Dublin have been the dominant team.
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Sinéad Aherne is a senior Dublin ladies' footballer. In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, she captained Dublin as they won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. In 2010, when Dublin won their first All-Ireland title, she was both player of the match and the top scorer in the final with 2–7. She also captained Dublin when they won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League. In 2018 she was named the TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year and received her seventh All Star award. She has also represented Ireland at international rules.
Sinéad Goldrick is a dual code footballer, playing at the highest level in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football. She captained Dublin ladies in the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final and was a member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2017, 2018 and 2019. She was also a member of the Dublin team that won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League. In 2019 she won her seventh All Star award. During the 2010s she was also a prominent member of the Foxrock–Cabinteely team that won Dublin and Leinster titles and played in All-Ireland finals. In October 2019 it was announced that Goldrick has agreed to play for Melbourne Football Club of the AFLW in 2020 and she won a premiership with the club in 2022.
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