Dublin senior ladies' football team

The Dublin senior ladies' football team represents the Dublin GAA in senior Ladies' Gaelic football 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.

Dublin senior ladies’ football team
Irish:Áth Cliath
Province:Leinster
Nickname(s):The Jackies
The Sky Blues
The Blues Sisters [1][2]
Girls in Blue [3]
County colours:Sky blue, Navy    
Ground(s):Parnell Park
Croke Park
Competitions
Ladies' Gaelic football:Brendan Martin Cup
All-Ireland5 titles
Ladies' NFL1 titles
Standard kit
Regular kit
Change kit

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; 0–5Dublin
2004 [11][12]Galway3–8; 0–11Dublin
2009 [13][14][15]Cork1–9; 0–11Dublin
2010 [5][16][17]Dublin3–16; 0–9Tyrone
2014 [18][19][20]Cork2–13; 2-12Dublin
2015 [21][22][23]Cork0-12; 0-10Dublin
2016 [24][25][26]Cork1-7; 1-6Dublin
2017 [27][28][29]Dublin4-11; 0-11Mayo
2018 [3][30][31]Dublin3-11; 1-12Cork
2019 [8][9][32]Dublin2–3; 0–4Galway
2020[33][34] Dublin1–10; 1–5Cork
Ladies' National Football League

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

Season Winner Score Runners–up
2014 [37]CorkDublin
2018 [35][36]Dublin3–15;1–10Mayo
Leinster Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Season Winner Score Runners–up
2003Dublin
2004 [38]Dublin2–10;0–7Laois
2005Dublin
2008 [39][40]Dublin1–15;0–15Laois
2009 [41]DublinKildare
2010 [42]DublinLaois
2012Dublin
2013Dublin
2014Dublin
2015 [43][44]Dublin2–12;0–11Westmeath
2016 [45]Dublin4–21;0–7Westmeath
2017 [46]Dublin3–18;0–8Westmeath
2018 [47][48]Dublin5–11;2–8Westmeath
2019 [49][50]Dublin4–11;1–7Westmeath

Youth teams

Dublin ladies teams also compete in All-Ireland championships at 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 AherneInternational Rules Football
Nicola DalyField hockey
Deirdre DukeField hockey; represented Dublin at under-14 level.
Sarah HawkshawField hockey; represented Dublin at under-16 level.
Siobhán KilleenAssociation football
Clíodhna O'ConnorInternational Rules Football
Lindsay PeatRugby union, Basketball, Association football (under-18)
Hannah TyrrellRugby union and Rugby sevens
Emily WhelanAssociation football; represented Dublin at under-16 level.

Others

Managers
Season
Mick Bohan2003
John O'Leary [11][91]2004
Gerry McGill2009, 2010
Gregory McGonigle2014, 2015, 2016
Mick Bohan [1]2017, 2018, 2019

Honours

Senior;

Youth;

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