Niamh McEvoy (footballer, born 1990)

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Niamh McEvoy
Personal information
Sport Ladies' Gaelic football
Position Full forward
Born (1990-10-02) 2 October 1990 (age 34) [1] [2]
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
YearsClub

2018–2019
 St Sylvester's
→ DIT
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
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.

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Early life and education

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]

Gaelic football

Clubs

At club level, McEvoy has played for St Sylvester's [13] [14] [15] [16] and DIT. [9] [17] [18]

Inter-county

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 FinalsPlaceOpponentGoal/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

Australian rules football

Personal information
Full name Niamh McEvoy
Date of birth (1990-10-02) 2 October 1990 (age 34)
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
YearsClubGames (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]

Personal life

Between 2012 and 2018, McEvoy worked as a primary school teacher at schools such as Holywell Educate Together National School in Swords, Dublin. [8] [10] [23] McEvoy is in a relationship with Dublin county footballer Dean Rock. [23] [14] [44]

Honours

Dublin
Individual

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