Dublin county ladies' football team

Dublin
Sport:Ladies' football
Irish:Áth Cliath
Nickname(s):The Jackies
The Sky Blues
The Blues Sisters[1][2]
Girls in Blue[3]
Home venue(s):Parnell Park
First colours
Second colours

The Dublin county ladies' football team represents Dublin GAA in ladies' Gaelic football. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the Ladies' National Football League.

Dublin played in their first All-Ireland final in 2003 and won their first All-Ireland title in 2010. Between 2014 and 2020, they played in seven successive All-Ireland finals. They finished as runners up to Cork in the first three, before winning four successive titles between 2017 and 2020. In 2018 Dublin also won their first League title.

Senior final appearances

All-Irelands

Dublin played in their first All-Ireland final in 2003[4] and won their first All-Ireland title in 2010.[5] Between 2014 and 2020 they played in seven successive All-Ireland finals. They finished as runners-up to Cork in the first three, before winning four successive titles between 2017 and 2020.[2][6][7][8][9]

Season Winner Score Runners–up
2003[4][10] Mayo 1–4; 0–5 Dublin
2004[11][12] Galway 3–8; 0–11 Dublin
2009[13][14][15] Cork 1–9; 0–11 Dublin
2010[5][16][17] Dublin 3–16; 0–9 Tyrone
2014[18][19][20] Cork 2–13; 2-12 Dublin
2015[21][22][23] Cork 0-12; 0-10 Dublin
2016[24][25][26] Cork 1-7; 1-6 Dublin
2017[27][28][29] Dublin 4-11; 0-11 Mayo
2018[3][30][31] Dublin 3-11; 1-12 Cork
2019[8][9][32] Dublin 2–3; 0–4 Galway
2020[33][34] Dublin 1–10; 1–5 Cork
Ladies' National Football League

In 2018 Dublin won their first League title.[35][36]

Season Winner Score Runners–up
2014 [37] Cork Dublin
2018[35][36] Dublin 3–15;1–10 Mayo
Leinster Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Season Winner Score Runners–up
2003 Dublin
2004 [38] Dublin 2–10;0–7 Laois
2005 Dublin
2008 [39][40] Dublin 1–15;0–15 Laois
2009 [41] Dublin Kildare
2010 [42] Dublin Laois
2012 Dublin
2013 Dublin
2014 Dublin
2015[43][44] Dublin 2–12;0–11 Westmeath
2016[45] Dublin 4–21;0–7 Westmeath
2017[46] Dublin 3–18;0–8 Westmeath
2018[47][48] Dublin 5–11;2–8 Westmeath
2019[49][50] Dublin 4–11;1–7 Westmeath

Youth teams

Dublin ladies teams also compete in All-Ireland championships at the under-14, under-16 and under-18 levels.[51][52][53]

2018 squad

No. Player Position Club
1 Ciara Trant Goalkeeper St. Brigid's
2 Martha Byrne Right Corner Back Cuala
3 Sinéad Finnegan Full back Fingallians
4 Rachel Ruddy Left Corner Back Ballyboden St. Enda's
5 Sinéad Goldrick Right half back Foxrock–Cabinteely
6 Niamh Collins Centre back Foxrock–Cabinteely
7 Leah Caffrey Left half back Na Fianna
8 Lauren Magee Midfield Kilmacud Crokes
9 Olwen Carey Midfield Thomas Davis
10 Carla Rowe Right half forward Clann Mhuire
11 Lyndsey Davey Centre forward Skerries Harps
12 Nicole Owens Left half forward St. Sylvesters
13 Sinéad Aherne (c) Right corner forward St. Sylvesters
14 Niamh McEvoy Full forward St. Sylvesters
15 Noëlle Healy Left corner forward St. Brigid's
16 Emer Ní Eafa Substitute Fingallians
17 Fiona Hudson Substitute Fingallians
18 Deirdre Murphy Substitute St. Brigid's
19 Aoife Kane Substitute Kilmacud Crokes
20 Hannah O'Neill Substitute Foxrock–Cabinteely
21 Molly Lamb Substitute Kilmacud Crokes
22 Rebecca McDonnell Substitute Clanna Gael Fontenoy
23 Laura McGinley Substitute Naomh Barróg
24 Sarah McCaffrey Substitute Clontarf
25 Siobhán Woods Substitute Raheny
26 Kate Fitzgibbon Substitute O'Tooles
27 Sinéad O'Mahony Substitute Skerries Harps
28 Tarah O'Sullivan Substitute Foxrock–Cabinteely
29 Denise McKenna Substitute Fingallians
30 Aoife Curran Substitute O'Dwyers
x Amy Connolly Substitute Foxrock–Cabinteely
x Siobhán Killeen Substitute Clontarf

Source:[54][27][55][28][29][56]

Notable players

TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year

Season
2018 [57][58][59] Sinéad Aherne
2017 [60][61] Noëlle Healy
2019 [62][63] Siobhán McGrath

All Stars

Season
2019 [62][63][64][65] Niamh Collins, Sinéad Goldrick, Olwen Carey, Siobhán McGrath, Carla Rowe, Niamh McEvoy, Lyndsey Davey
2018 [58][59] Sinéad Aherne, Sinéad Goldrick, Ciara Trant, Siobhán McGrath, Lauren Magee, Noëlle Healy, Lyndsey Davey
2017 [66] Ciara Trant, Rachel Ruddy, Leah Caffrey, Nicole Owens, Sinéad Aherne, Noëlle Healy
2016 [67][68] Leah Caffrey, Sinéad Goldrick, Noëlle Healy, Carla Rowe, Sinéad Aherne
2015 [69] Sinead Finnegan, Sinéad Goldrick, Carla Rowe, Lyndsey Davey
2014 [70] Sinéad Goldrick, Noëlle Healy, Lyndsey Davey, Sinéad Aherne
2013 [71] Sinéad Goldrick
2012 [72][73] Sinéad Goldrick
2011 [74][75][76] Elaine Kelly, Sinéad Aherne
2010 [77][78] Rachel Ruddy, Siobhán McGrath, Gemma Fay, Denise Masterson, Amy McGuinness, Sinéad Aherne
2009 [79][80] Clíodhna O'Connor, Siobhán McGrath, Sinéad Aherne
2005 [81][82] Gemma Fay, Lyndsey Davey
2004 [83] Clíodhna O'Connor, Louise Keegan, Bernie Finlay, Mary Nevin
2003 [84] Maria Kavanagh, Martina Farrell, Angie McNally
2002 [85] Suzanne Hughes, Síle Nic Coitir
2001 [86] Louise Kelly
1993 [87] Denise Smith
1991 [88] Julie Kavanagh
1984 [89] Kathleen Kennedy
1983 [90] Kathleen Kennedy

Ireland internationals

A number of Dublin ladies' footballers have also represented Ireland at international level in various other sports.

Players Sport
Sinéad Aherne International Rules Football
Nicola Daly Field hockey
Deirdre Duke Field hockey; represented Dublin at under-14 level.
Sarah Hawkshaw Field hockey; represented Dublin at under-16 level.
Siobhán Killeen Association football
Clíodhna O'Connor International Rules Football
Lindsay Peat Rugby union, Basketball, Association football (under-18)
Hannah Tyrrell Rugby union and Rugby sevens
Emily Whelan Association football; represented Dublin at under-16 level.

Others

Managers

Season
Mick Bohan 2003
John O'Leary[11][91] 2004
Gerry McGill 2009, 2010
Gregory McGonigle 2014, 2015, 2016
Mick Bohan [1] 2017, 2018, 2019

Honours

Senior;

Youth;

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