Ladies' National Football League | |
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Current season or competition: 2025 Ladies' National Football League | |
Irish | Sraith Náisiúnta Peile na mBan |
Founded | 1979–80 |
No. of teams | 33 |
Title holders | Armagh (1st title) |
Most titles | Cork and Kerry (12 titles) |
Sponsors | Lidl |
TV partner(s) | TG4 (live games) RTÉ2 (highlights) |
The Ladies' National Football League is an annual inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament, secondary to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. It is competed for annually by the county teams of Ireland. Kerry and Cork have both won the title 12 times.
County | Winners | Runners-up | Years | Years |
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Cork | 12 | 4 | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | 1993, 2004, 2012, 2021 |
Kerry | 12 | 3 | 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2023 | 2003, 2008, 2024 |
Waterford | 5 | 5 | 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002 | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1999 |
Monaghan | 4 | 1 | 1994, 1996, 1999, 2012 | 2001 |
Mayo | 3 | 7 | 2000, 2004, 2007 | 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2018 |
Laois | 2 | 5 | 1993, 2003 | 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 2011 |
Dublin | 2 | 1 | 2018, 2021 | 2014 |
Tipperary | 1 | 2 | 1979 | 1980-81, 1982 |
Clare | 1 | 2 | 2001 | 1997, 1998 |
Meath | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 2006 |
Armagh | 1 | 0 | 2024 | - |
Wexford | 1 | 0 | 1986 | - |
Galway | 0 | 7 | - | 1979, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
Leitrim | 0 | 2 | - | 1983, 1985 |
Donegal | 0 | 2 | - | 2017, 2022 |
Offaly | 0 | 1 | - | 1979-80 |
Tyrone | 0 | 1 | - | 2000 |
The tournament was unfinished in 2020.
Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
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2024 | Armagh | 2-12 | Kerry | 2-09 |
2023 | Kerry | 5–11 | Galway | 1-10 |
2022 | Meath | 2–08 | Donegal | 1-09 |
2021 | Dublin | 2–15 | Cork | 1-13 |
2020 | Competition unfinished due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2019 [1] [2] | Cork | 1–12 | Galway | 2–07 |
2018 | Dublin | 3–15 | Mayo | 1-10 |
2017 | Cork | 2–15 | Donegal | 2–14 |
2016 | Cork | 1–10 | Mayo | 0–10 |
2015 (R) | Cork | 0–14 | Galway | 1–10 |
2014 | Cork | 1–9 | Dublin | 2–4 |
2013 | Cork | Mayo | ||
2012 | Monaghan | Cork | ||
2011 | Cork | Laois | ||
2010 | Cork | Galway | ||
2009 | Cork | Mayo | ||
2008 | Cork | Kerry | ||
2007 | Mayo | Galway | ||
2006 | Cork | Meath | ||
2005 | Cork | Galway | ||
2004 | Mayo | Cork | ||
2003 | Laois | Kerry | ||
2002 | Waterford | Mayo | ||
2001 | Clare | Monaghan | ||
2000 | Mayo | Tyrone | ||
1999 | Monaghan | Waterford | ||
1998 | Waterford | Clare | ||
1997 | Waterford | Clare | ||
1996 | Monaghan | Mayo | ||
1995 | Waterford | Mayo | ||
1994 | Monaghan | Mayo | ||
1993 | Laois | Cork | ||
1992 | Waterford | Laois | ||
1991 | Kerry | Waterford | ||
1990 | Kerry | Waterford | ||
1989 | Kerry | Waterford | ||
1988 | Kerry | Waterford | ||
1987 | Kerry | Laois | ||
1986 | Wexford | Laois | ||
1985 | Kerry | Leitrim | ||
1984 | Kerry | Laois | ||
1983 | Kerry | Leitrim | ||
1982 | Kerry | Tipperary | ||
1981 | Kerry | Tipperary | ||
1980 | Kerry | 4-09 | Offaly | 3-06 |
1979 [3] | Tipperary | 2-04 | Galway | 2-03 |
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