List of Cork senior ladies' football team captains

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List of Cork senior ladies' football team captains features ladies' Gaelic footballers who have captained Cork in All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship finals and Ladies' National Football League finals.

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List of captains

YearPlayerClubAll-IrelandLeague
2005 Juliet Murphy [1] [2] Donoughmore Winners Winners
2006 Juliet Murphy [3] [4] Donoughmore Winners Winners
2007 Juliet Murphy [5] Donoughmore Winners
2008 Angela Walsh [6] [7] Inch Rovers Winners Winners
2009 Mary O'Connor [8] [9] Inch Rovers Winners Winners
2010 Rena Buckley [10] Donoughmore Winners
2011Amy O'Shea [11] [12] Winners Winners
2012 Rena Buckley [13] (Note 1) Donoughmore Winners
2013Ann Marie Walsh [14] [15] Winners Winners
2014 Briege Corkery [16] [17] Winners Winners
2015Ciara O'Sullivan [18] [19] Mourneabbey Winners Winners
2016Ciara O'Sullivan [20] [21] [22] (Note 2) Mourneabbey Winners Winners
2017 Doireann O'Sullivan [23] [24] MourneabbeyWinners
2018 Ciara O'Sullivan [25] MourneabbeyRunners Up
2019 Martina O'Brien [26] Clonakilty Winners

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References

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