List of Ladies' Gaelic footballers explained

List of Ladies' Gaelic footballers features notable players of ladies' Gaelic football.

2010 LGFA/TG4 Team of the Decade

PositionPlayerCounty
GoalkeeperClíodhna O'ConnorDublin
Right corner backRebecca HallahanWaterford
Full backAngela WalshCork
Left corner backRena BuckleyCork
Right half backBriege CorkeryCork
Centre half backJenny GreenanMonaghan
Left half backEmer FlahertyGalway
MidfieldJuliet MurphyCork
MidfieldMary O'DonnellWaterford
Right half forwardNollaig ClearyCork
Centre half forwardChristina HeffernanMayo
Left half forwardTracey LawlorLaois
Right corner forwardValerie MulcahyCork
Full forwardGeraldine O'SheaKerry
Left corner forwardCora StauntonMayo

2014 RTÉ Sports Team of the Year

In December 2014, after winning their ninth All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship title, the Cork senior ladies' football team won the RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award. They were the first female team to win the award. They received 27% of the vote, beating the Ireland men's national rugby union team, winners of the 2014 Six Nations Championship, by 11%.[1] [2] [3]

Player
1Martina O'Brien
2Roisín Phelan
3Angela Walsh
4Bríd Stack
5Vera Foley
6Deirdre O'Reilly
7Geraldine O'Flynn
8Rena Buckley
9Briege Corkery (c)
10Annie Walsh
11Ciara O'Sullivan
12Orlagh Farmer
13Valerie Mulcahy
14Grace Kearney
15Orla Finn
SubNollaig Cleary
SubRhona Ní Bhuachalla
SubDoireann O'Sullivan
SubEimear Scally

Players who switched codes

Ladies' Gaelic football to field hockey

PlayerGaelic footballField hockey
Naomi CarrollClareIreland
Nicola DalyDublinIreland
Deirdre DukeDublin Ireland
Mary GeaneyKerryIreland
Dora GormanGalwayIreland
Sarah HawkshawDublin Ireland
Notes

Ladies' Gaelic football to netball

At the 2015 Nations Cup tournament the Northern Ireland national netball team featured three ladies' Gaelic football inter-county captains – Caroline O'Hanlon (Armagh), Neamh Woods (Tyrone) and Laura Mason (Down).[4] At the 2019 Netball World Cup, of the twelve players that featured in the Northern Ireland squad, seven were ladies' Gaelic footballers. These included O'Hanlon, Woods, Emma Magee, Michelle Magee, Ciara Crosbie, Michelle Drayne and Gemma Lawlor.[5]

PlayerGaelic footballNetball
Ciara CrosbieDown Northern Ireland
Gemma LawlorDownNorthern Ireland
Michelle DrayneAntrimNorthern Ireland
Emma MageeAntrimNorthern Ireland
Michelle MageeAntrimNorthern Ireland
Laura MasonDownNorthern Ireland
Caroline O'HanlonArmaghNorthern Ireland
Neamh WoodsTyroneNorthern Ireland
Notes

Ladies' Gaelic football to rugby union

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cork Claim RTE Sports Team of the Year Accolade. 22 December 2014. ladiesgaelic.ie. 3 November 2019.
  2. Web site: 11 seasons. 10 All-Ireland titles. One story - Inside GAA's most dominant team ever. 21 December 2015. www.the42.ie. 7 March 2018.
  3. Web site: 10 key moments in Irish women's sport since rugby history 12 months ago. 5 August 2015. www.breakingnews.ie. 3 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Netball: Gaelic county captains set aside rivalry for Northern Ireland. www.newsletter.co.uk. 10 March 2018. 17 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Gaelic football fuelling Northern Ireland's Netball World Cup bid across the water. www.the42.ie. 20 December 2019. 12 July 2019.