| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Ladies' Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full forward | ||
| Born | 2 October 1990 [1] [2] | ||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2018–2019 | St Sylvester's → DIT | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2010– | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Niamh McEvoy (born 2 October 1990) is a senior Dublin ladies' footballer and an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's. McEvoy was a member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2010, 2017, 2018 and 2019. She was also a member of the Dublin team that won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League.
McEvoy is from Malahide. She recalls attending the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final when she was 12 with her father, Dave. [3] She attended Malahide Community School where she played ladies' Gaelic football and captained the basketball team. [4] [5] [6] [7] Between 2009 and 2012 she attended Trinity College Dublin where she qualified as a primary school teacher. [8] Between 2018 and 2019 she completed a MSc in Business and Entrepreneurship at Dublin Institute of Technology. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
At club level, McEvoy has played for St Sylvester's [13] [14] [15] [16] and DIT. [9] [17] [18]
Together with Noëlle Healy, Sinéad Goldrick and Hannah Tyrrell, McEvoy was part of a generation of Dublin ladies' footballers who won All-Ireland titles at under-14, under-16 and under-18 levels before playing for the senior team. [10] [19] [20] [21] McEvoy was a member of the Dublin team that won the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final. She was one of two players named Niamh McEvoy who played for Dublin in the 2010 final. She came on as a second-half substitute, replacing the player sharing her name, Niamh McEvoy of Parnells. [12] [22] McEvoy established herself as a regular in the Dublin team during the 2010s, finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up in 2014, 2015 and 2016. [15] [16] She was subsequently a member of the Dublin teams that won the 2017, [23] [24] [25] 2018 [26] [27] and 2019 All-Ireland finals. [28] [29] [30] She was a member of the Dublin team that won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League. [31] [32] In 2019 McEvoy won her first All Star award. [33]
| All-Ireland Finals | Place | Opponent | Goal/Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 Under-14 [19] | Winners | Mayo | 1–0 |
| 2 | 2006 Under-16 [20] | Winners | Cork | 1–0 |
| 3 | 2008 Under-18 [21] | Winners | Tyrone | 0–0 |
| 4 | 2010 [22] [34] | Winners | Tyrone | 0–0 |
| 5 | 2014 [35] | Runner up | Cork | 0–0 |
| 6 | 2015 [36] | Runner up | Cork | 0–1 |
| 7 | 2016 [37] | Runner up | Cork | 0–1 |
| 8 | 2017 [23] [24] [25] | Winners | Mayo | 1–1 |
| 9 | 2018 [26] [27] | Winners | Cork | 0–1 |
| 10 | 2019 [28] [29] [30] | Winners | Galway | 0–1 |
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Niamh McEvoy | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1990 | ||
| Draft | 2019 rookie signing | ||
| Debut | Round 2, 2020, Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs, at VU Whitten Oval | ||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Melbourne | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020–2021 | Melbourne | 8 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season. | |||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
In October 2019, McEvoy and her Dublin teammate Sinéad Goldrick signed to play for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) in 2020. [38] [39] [40] [41] She made her AFL Women's debut in round 2 of the 2020 season against the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval, after missing the opening round through illness. [42] In April 2021, McEvoy announced her retirement from Australian rules football. [43]
Between 2012 and 2018, McEvoy worked as a primary school teacher at schools such as Holywell Educate Together National School in Swords, County Dublin. [8] [10] [23] McEvoy is married and shares two children with footballer Dean Rock. [23] [14] [44]