All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

Summary

The All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship (Irish: Craobh Shinsir Peile na mBan in Éirinn) is the premier inter-county competition in the game of ladies' Gaelic football in Ireland.[1] The series of games are organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and are played during the summer months, with the All-Ireland Final being played at Croke Park.[2] The qualifiers were introduced in 2008.[3]

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
IrishCraobh Shinsear Peile na mBan na hÉireann
Founded1974
TrophyBrendan Martin Cup
Title holdersDublin (6th title)
Most titlesCork
Kerry (11 titles)
SponsorsTG4

The winning team is presented with the Brendan Martin Cup (Irish: Corn Bhreandáin Uí Mháirtín).[4] The cup is named after Brendan Martin, a native of Tullamore, County Offaly, who organised Ladies' Gaelic football games in the early 1970s and became one of the first treasurers of the newly founded Ladies' Gaelic Football Association.

History edit

Teams edit

2024 Championship edit

County Province Championship titles Last championship title Position in 2023 championship Last provincial title
  Armagh Ulster 1 1995 Quarter-finals 2022
  Cork Munster 11 2016 Semi-finals 2023
  Donegal Ulster 0 Quarter-finals 2023
  Dublin Leinster 6 2023 Champions 2023
  Galway Connacht 1 2004 Quarter-finals 2022
  Kerry Munster 11 1993 Runners-up 2017
  Kildare Leinster 0 Champions (Intermediate Championship)
  Laois Leinster 1 2001 Group stage
  Mayo Connacht 4 2003 Semi-finals 2023
  Meath Leinster 2 2022 Quarter-finals
 Tipperary Munster 3 1980 Group stage
 Waterford Munster 5 1998 Group stage

2023 Tiers edit

Championship County team Province
Senior   Armagh Ulster
  Cavan Ulster
  Cork Munster
  Donegal Ulster
  Dublin Leinster
  Galway Connacht
  Kerry Munster
  Laois Leinster
  Mayo Connacht
  Meath Leinster
  Tipperary Munster
  Waterford Munster
Intermediate   Antrim Ulster
  Clare Munster
  Kildare Leinster
  Leitrim Connacht
  Longford Leinster
  Louth Leinster
  Monaghan Ulster
  Offaly Leinster
  Roscommon Connacht
  Tyrone Ulster
  Westmeath Leinster
  Wexford Leinster
  Wicklow Leinster
Junior   Carlow Leinster
  Derry Ulster
  Down Ulster
  Fermanagh Ulster
  Kilkenny Leinster
  Limerick Munster
  London Britain
  Sligo Connacht

Finals edit

Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue Attendance
1974 Tipperary 2–03 – 2–02 Offaly Durrow, County Laois
1975 Tipperary 1–04 – 0–00 Galway Geraldine Park, Athy 700
1976 Kerry 4–06 – 1–05 Offaly Littleton, County Tipperary
1977 Cavan 4–03 – 2–03 Roscommon Durrow, County Laois 3,000
1978 Roscommon 2–03 – 0–05 Tipperary Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
1979 Offaly 2–06 – 3–03 Tipperary The Heath, Portlaoise
Offaly 3–06 – 1–06 Tipperary McCann Park, Portarlington
1980 Tipperary 1–01 – 0–01 Cavan Edenderry
1981 Offaly 1–11 – 4–00 Cavan Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
1982 Kerry 1–08 – 1–02 Offaly MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
1983 Kerry 4–06 – 1–07 Wexford Kilsheelan
1984 Kerry 0–05 – 0–03 Leitrim Páirc Mochua, Timahoe
1985 Kerry 2–09 – 0–05 Laois Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork 5,000
1986 Kerry 1–11 – 0–08 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
1987 Kerry 2–10 – 2–02 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin
1988 Kerry 2–12 – 3–03 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
1989 Kerry 1–14 – 1–05 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
1990 Kerry 1–09 – 0–06 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
1991 Waterford 5–08 – 3–07 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
1992 Waterford 2–10 – 3–04 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
1993 Kerry 4–08 – 2–06 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
1994 Waterford 2-10 – 0-12 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin
1995 Waterford 4-14 – 1-05 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin
1996 Monaghan 2–09 – 2–09 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
Monaghan 2–15 – 1–09 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
1997 Monaghan 2–15 – 1–16 Waterford Croke Park, Dublin
1998 Waterford 1–16 – 4–07 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin 16,421
Waterford 2–14 – 3–08 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin 13,551
1999 Mayo 0–12 – 1–08 Waterford Croke Park, Dublin 15,000
2000 Mayo 3–06 – 0–14 Waterford Croke Park, Dublin
2001 Laois 2–14 – 1–16 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
2002 Mayo 0–12 – 1–08 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin
2003 Mayo 1–04 – 0–05 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
2004 Galway 3–08 – 0–11 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
2005 [5] Cork 1–11 – 0–08 Galway Croke Park, Dublin 23,358
2006 [6] Cork 1–07 – 1–06 Armagh Croke Park, Dublin
2007 [7] Cork 2–11 – 2–06 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
2008 [8] Cork 4–13 – 0–11 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin 20,015
2009[9] Cork 1–09 – 0–11 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin 21,606
2010[10] Dublin 3–16 – 0–09 Tyrone Croke Park, Dublin 21,750
2011[11] Cork 2–07 – 0–11 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin 20,061
2012[12] Cork 0–16 – 0-07 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin 16,998
2013[13] Cork 1-10 – 1-09 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin 25,103
2014[14] Cork 2–13 – 2-12 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin 27,374
2015[15] Cork 0-12 – 0-10 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin 31,083
2016[16] Cork 1-07 – 1-06 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin 34,445
2017[17] Dublin 4-11 – 0-11 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin 46,286
2018[18] Dublin 3-11 – 1-12 Cork Croke Park, Dublin 50,141
2019 Dublin 2-03 – 0-04 Galway Croke Park, Dublin 56,114
2020[19] Dublin 1-10 – 1-05 Cork Croke Park, Dublin 0
2021[20] Meath 1-11 – 0-12 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin 32,000[21]
2022 Meath 3-10 – 1-07 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin 46,440
2023 Dublin 0-18 – 1-10 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin 46,000

Roll of honour edit

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship edit

# County Wins Runners-up Years won Years Runners-up
1   Kerry 11 3 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 2012, 2022, 2023
  Cork 11 2 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 2018, 2020
3   Dublin 6 7 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 2003, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
4   Waterford 5 3 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998 1997, 1999, 2000
5   Mayo 4 3 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 2001, 2007, 2017
6   Tipperary 3 2 1974, 1975, 1980 1978, 1979
7   Monaghan 2 7 1996, 1997 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013
  Offaly 2 3 1979, 1981 1974, 1976, 1982
  Meath 2 0 2021, 2022
10   Laois 1 7 2001 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
  Galway 1 3 2004 1975, 2005, 2019
  Cavan 1 2 1977 1980, 1981
  Roscommon 1 1 1978 1977
13   Wexford 0 3 1983, 1986, 1989
  Leitrim 0 1 1984
  Westmeath 0 1 1987
  Armagh 0 1 2006
  Tyrone 0 1 2010

Senior Ladies' Football Provincial Championships edit

# County Titles Years won
1   Dublin 7 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
2   Galway 5 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
  Donegal 5 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
  Cork 5 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
5   Kerry 2 2015, 2017
  Mayo 2 2016, 2023
7   Monaghan 1 2016
  Armagh 1 2022

See also edit

References edit

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