List of Ladies' Gaelic footballers features notable players of ladies' Gaelic football.
Position | Player | County |
---|---|---|
Goalkeeper | Clíodhna O'Connor | Dublin |
Right corner back | Rebecca Hallahan | Waterford |
Full back | Angela Walsh | Cork |
Left corner back | Rena Buckley | Cork |
Right half back | Briege Corkery | Cork |
Centre half back | Jenny Greenan | Monaghan |
Left half back | Emer Flaherty | Galway |
Midfield | Juliet Murphy | Cork |
Midfield | Mary O'Donnell | Waterford |
Right half forward | Nollaig Cleary | Cork |
Centre half forward | Christina Heffernan | Mayo |
Left half forward | Tracey Lawlor | Laois |
Right corner forward | Valerie Mulcahy | Cork |
Full forward | Geraldine O'Shea | Kerry |
Left corner forward | Cora Staunton | Mayo |
Source:[1]
Season | Winners | County |
---|---|---|
2011 [2][3] | Juliet Murphy | Cork |
2012 [4] | Briege Corkery | Cork |
2013 [5][6] | Geraldine O'Flynn | Cork |
2014 [7] | Caroline O'Hanlon | Armagh |
2015 [8] | Briege Corkery | Cork |
2016 [9] | Bríd Stack | Cork |
2017 [10][11] | Noëlle Healy | Dublin |
2018 [12][13][14] | Sinéad Aherne | Dublin |
2019 [15][16] | Siobhán McGrath | Dublin |
2020 [17] | Aimee Mackin | Armagh |
2014 RTÉ Sports Team of the Year
editIn December 2014, after winning their ninth All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship title, the Cork senior ladies' football team won the RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award. They were the first female team to win the award. They received 27% of the vote, beating the Ireland men's national rugby union team, winners of the 2014 Six Nations Championship, by 11%.[18][19][20]
Player | |
---|---|
1 | Martina O'Brien |
2 | Roisín Phelan |
3 | Angela Walsh |
4 | Bríd Stack |
5 | Vera Foley |
6 | Deirdre O'Reilly |
7 | Geraldine O'Flynn |
8 | Rena Buckley |
9 | Briege Corkery (c) |
10 | Annie Walsh |
11 | Ciara O'Sullivan |
12 | Orlagh Farmer |
13 | Valerie Mulcahy |
14 | Grace Kearney |
15 | Orla Finn |
Sub | Nollaig Cleary |
Sub | Rhona Ní Bhuachalla |
Sub | Doireann O'Sullivan |
Sub | Eimear Scally |
Players who switched codes
editLadies' Gaelic football to association football
editNumerous ladies Gaelic footballers have played women's association football at a senior level. Some, including All-Ireland finalists Niamh Fahey and Sarah Rowe, have gone on to play for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. [21]
- Notes
- ^1 Megan Connolly represented Cork at under-16 level.
- ^2 Valerie Mulcahy represented Ireland at the 2003 Summer Universiade.
Ladies' Gaelic football to Australian rules football
editCurrently on an AFL senior list |
Ladies' Gaelic football to camogie
editPlayer | Gaelic football | Camogie | Football All Stars | Camogie All Stars |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rena Buckley (Note 1) | Cork | Cork | 6 | 5 |
Naomi Carroll (Note 2) | Clare | Limerick/Clare | 0 | 0 |
Briege Corkery | Cork | Cork | 10 | 6 |
Mary Geaney (Note 2) (Note 3) | Kerry | Cork | 0 | 0 |
Michelle Magee (Note 4) | Antrim | Antrim | 0 | 0 |
Aisling McCarthy | Tipperary | Cahir GAA | 0 | 0 |
Mary O'Connor | Cork | Cork | 1 | 3 |
Fiona O'Driscoll | Cork | Cork | 1 | 1 |
Rachel Ruddy | Dublin | Dublin | 2 | 0 |
Angela Walsh | Cork | Cork | 6 | 0 |
- Notes
- ^1 Rena Buckley, was the first player to captain Cork teams to both the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. In 2012 she captained the Cork senior ladies' football team and in 2017 she captained the Cork senior camogie team. [27][28][29][30]
- ^2 Naomi Carroll and Mary Geaney were also Ireland women's field hockey internationals
- ^3 Mary Geaney became the first player to captain a team to both the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. In 1976 she captained Kerry when they won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. In 1980 she captained the Cork senior camogie team. [31][32][33]
- ^4 Michelle Magee is also a Northern Ireland netball international. She played camogie at under-14 level for Antrim.
Ladies' Gaelic football to field hockey
editPlayer | Gaelic football | Field hockey |
---|---|---|
Naomi Carroll | Clare | Ireland |
Nicola Daly | Dublin | Ireland (Note 1) |
Deirdre Duke | Dublin (Note 2) | Ireland (Note 1) |
Mary Geaney | Kerry | Ireland |
Dora Gorman | Galway | Ireland (Note 3) |
Sarah Hawkshaw | Dublin (Note 4) | Ireland |
- Notes
- ^1 Nicola Daly and Deirdre Duke were both members of the Ireland team that won the silver medal at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup
- ^2 Deirdre Duke represented Dublin at under-14 level.
- ^3 Dora Gorman represented Ireland at under-16 and under-18 level.
- ^4 Sarah Hawkshaw represented Dublin at under-16 level.
Ladies' Gaelic football to netball
editAt the 2015 Nations Cup tournament the Northern Ireland national netball team featured three ladies' Gaelic football inter-county captains – Caroline O'Hanlon (Armagh), Neamh Woods (Tyrone) and Laura Mason (Down).[34] At the 2019 Netball World Cup, of the twelve players that featured in the Northern Ireland squad, seven were ladies' Gaelic footballers. These included O'Hanlon, Woods, Emma Magee, Michelle Magee, Ciara Crosbie, Michelle Drayne and Gemma Lawlor.[35]
Player | Gaelic football | Netball |
---|---|---|
Ciara Crosbie | Down (Note 1) | Northern Ireland |
Gemma Lawlor | Down | Northern Ireland |
Michelle Drayne | Antrim | Northern Ireland |
Emma Magee | Antrim | Northern Ireland |
Michelle Magee | Antrim | Northern Ireland |
Laura Mason | Down | Northern Ireland |
Caroline O'Hanlon | Armagh | Northern Ireland |
Neamh Woods | Tyrone | Northern Ireland |
- Notes
Ladies' Gaelic football to rugby union
editLindsay Peat played for Dublin in the 2009, 2010 and 2014 All-Ireland finals before playing for Ireland in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. The Ireland squad featured at least six other former ladies' inter-county footballers – Niamh Briggs, Claire Molloy, Cliodhna Moloney, Katie Fitzhenry, Nora Stapleton and Hannah Tyrrell. [21][36]
Player | Gaelic football | Rugby union |
---|---|---|
Niamh Briggs | Waterford | Ireland |
Katie Fitzhenry | Wexford | Ireland |
Claire Molloy | Galway | Ireland |
Cliodhna Moloney | Galway | Ireland |
Lindsay Peat | Dublin | Ireland |
Nora Stapleton | Donegal | Ireland |
Hannah Tyrrell | Dublin | Ireland |
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