Mayo Women's Football League

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Mayo Women's Football League
Founded 2000 [1]
Country Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
Confederation UEFA
DivisionsPremier Division
Division 1
Division 2
Under 19
Under 17
Under 14
Under 12
Domestic cup(s) WFAI Intermediate Cup
Connaught Cup
League cup(s)Mayo Cup
Mary Walsh Cup
Mayo Shield [2]
Website Mayo Women's Football League

The Mayo Women's Football League is a women's association football league featuring teams from County Mayo. It is the sister league of the Mayo Association Football League. It has previously been known as the Mayo Ladies League. The league is a summer league, beginning in April and ending in September. [3] [4] In 2015 the league was sponsored by Artec Facilities Management, a company based in Belmullet. Teams from the league also compete for the Mayo Cup, the Mary Walsh Cup and the Mayo Shield. They also enter the Connaught Cup and the WFAI Intermediate Cup. [2] The league's representative team won the 2006 FAI Women's Cup and then represented the Republic of Ireland in the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup. [5]

Contents

Premier Division Clubs

Premier Division - 2025 season

TeamHome town/suburbHome ground
Castlebar Town Castlebar
Conn RangersDrumrevagh, Ballina Mount Falcon
Manulla F.C.Manulla, Balla Carramore
Straide & Foxford United Foxford & Straide Green Road
Swinford F.C. Swinford James McEvaddy Park

Sources: [6] [7]

Castlebar Celtic had planned to enter a team for the 2015 season but withdrew due to a lack of players. [2]

Division One Clubs

2025 Season

TeamHome town/suburbGround
Claremorris A.F.C. Claremorris
Killala A.F.C. Killala Courthouse Street Pitch
Kilmore F.C. Lurgacloy, Belmullet
Kiltimagh Knock United Kiltimagh & Knock C.M.S. Park
Westport United Westport United Park

Source: [8] [9]

Other Notable Clubs

TeamHome town/suburbGround
Achill Rovers Achill Island Fr. O'Brien Park
Ballina Town Ballina, County Mayo Belleek Park

Source: [8] [10]

List of recent winners

SeasonWinnerRunners-up
2024Manulla

Swinford

2016
2015
2014ManullaCastlebar Town
2013ManullaCastlebar Town
2012Kilmore
2011 Castlebar Celtic
2010
2009 Castlebar Celtic
2008BallinrobeKnock/Kiltimagh

Source: [2] [11] [12] [13]

Representative team

FAI Women's Cup

In 2004 the Mayo Ladies League entered a representative team in the FAI Women's Cup for the first time. In 2005 they reached the semi-finals but lost 2–1 to Peamount United. In 2006 Mayo went one stage further and reached the final after defeating the Limerick Ladies League, Wilton United and Lifford Ladies. In the final at Richmond Park they played a UCD team featuring Nicola Sinnott and Sylvia Gee. Mayo won the cup after defeating UCD 1–0, with Aoife Herbert scoring the winning goal after just thirteen minutes. In 2007 Mayo were quarter finalists, losing 2–1 to Lifford Ladies. [5] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup

As a result of winning the 2006 FAI Women's Cup, the Mayo Ladies League qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland in the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup. They were drawn in Group A3 along with Neulengbach, Hibernian Ladies and Gol Częstochowa. The competition format saw Mayo travel to Austria in August 2007 to play in a mini-tournament to decide who would progress to the next round. [1] In addition to playing association football, several members of the Mayo squad including Yvonne Byrne, Aoife Herbert, Cora Staunton and Michelle Ruane also played Gaelic football and were prominent members of Mayo senior ladies' football team during the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. The UEFA Women's Cup tournament clashed with a quarter-final game against Monaghan. Byrne, Herbert and Staunton all returned to Ireland during the tournament to play for the Mayo Gaelic football team and as a result were not available for all three games. Byrne, Herbert and Staunton all went on to represent the Mayo GAA team in the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final. [19] [20] [21] [22]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Yvonne Byrne
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Karen Lilly
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Anne Moran
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Michelle Ruane
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Aine McLean
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Katie Walsh
No.Pos.NationPlayer
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Jackie Mulligan
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Cara Cooke
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Anne-Marie Davenport
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Patricia Coyle
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Cora Staunton
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  EIR Aoife Herbert

Source: [20] [21] [23]

Matches and final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of Austria.svg Neulengbach 3300154+119
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Hibernian Ladies 3201155+106
3 Flag of Poland.svg Gol Częstochowa 310261373
4 Flag of Ireland.svg Mayo Ladies League3003115140
Source: [ citation needed ]
9 August 2007
Gol Czestochowa4–1Mayo Ladies League
Otrebska Soccerball shade.svg4', 90+2'
Stobba Soccerball shade.svg49', 83'
Staunton Soccerball shade.svg69'
11 August 2007
Neulengbach3–0Mayo Ladies League
Burger Soccerball shade.svg7', 45'
Novotny Soccerball shade.svg33'
14 August 2007
Hibernian8–0Mayo Ladies League
Kennedy Soccerball shade.svg7'
Little Soccerball shade.svg33', 55', 60', 90+1'
Kerr Soccerball shade.svg45'
Ross Soccerball shade.svg52', 77'

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