1977 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final explained

1977 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event:1977 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Team1score:4–3
Team2score:2–3
Date:27 November 1977
Stadium:Dr. Hyde Park
City:Roscommon
Attendance:3,000
Previous:1976
Next:1978

The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the fourth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Cavan won by two goals – much media attention was focused on their midfielder Pauline Gibbons, who left the team mid-season to become an Augustinian nun, and received special permission from the Mother Superior to return for the final.[1]

Cavan reached the final after a successful objection to the constitution of Offaly's team in the All Ireland semifinal, which Offaly won by six points. Cavan became the first side to win a title after losing a game in the Ladies AISFC and the last until Cork in 2013.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roscommon Ladies Gaelic Football. www.wja.ie. en-US. 2016-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160814182739/http://ladiesgaelic.ie/about-lgfa/history/association-history-county-international/ireland/roscommon/. 2016-08-14. dead.