2000 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

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2000 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event 2000 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Date1 October 2000
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee C Haughey (Carlow)
1999
2001

The 2000 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the 27th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2000 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Mayo led by three points at the break and won by a point in the end, Cora Staunton leading the scoring with 2:2. [1]

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