2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Explained

Year:	2011
Dates:	23 July – 25 September 2011
Teams:	33
Matches:	23
Team:	Cork
Titles:	6th
Captain:	Amy O'Shea
Manager:	Éamon Ryan
Team2:	Monaghan
Captain2:	Sharon Courtney
Manager2:	Gregory McGonigle
Previous:	2010
Next:	2012

The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 38th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament. It was known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.

were the winners, defeating Monaghan in the final.^{[1] [2]}

Structure

• Sixteen teams compete.
  • The top four teams from 2010 receive byes to the quarter-finals.
  • The quarter-finalists from 2010 receive byes to the second round.
  • The other eight teams play in the first round.
• All games are knockout matches, drawn games being replayed.
• The first-round losers playoff, with one team being relegated to the intermediate championship for 2012. Teams must spend two years as a senior team before they are eligible for relegation; teams that have not done so are exempt from relegation.

Fixtures and results

Early stages

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Final stages

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See main article: 2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final.

Notes and References

1. Web site: It's joy of six for Cork girls. www.independent.ie. 26 September 2011. 5 April 2018.
2. Web site: Cork 2-07 Monaghan 0-11. www.rte.ie. 25 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001031851/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0925/cork_monaghan.html. 5 April 2018. 2011-10-01.