2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Dublin. LGFA president Pat Quill criticised the decision to have Cork and Dublin club championship fixtures occurring on the same day as the game, describing it as "unfair on those people, boyfriends and whatever, not being in a position to come along to support the girls".[3]

2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Ninth All-Ireland title in ten years for Cork and the fourth of six titles in a row. First of three successive finals featuring Cork and Dublin
Date28 September 2014
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeMaggie Farrelly (Cavan) [1]
Attendance27,374 [2]
2013
2015

Cork came from ten points down to defeat Dublin by 2–13 to 2–12 and win their ninth All-Ireland title. At half-time, Dublin were in control, leading by 1–7 to 0–4 and when Lindsay Peat netted her second goal in the 35th minute, Dublin established a 2–8 to 0–7 lead. With fifteen minutes remaining, Cork trailed by 0–6 to 2–10 and Dublin were on the verge of their second All-Ireland title. However Cork launched a comeback with goals from subs Rhona Ní Bhuachalla and Eimear Scally. The score was level at 2–11 each with seven minutes left. Dublin briefly regained the lead when Siobhán Woods scored a point before Cork levelled with a Ciara O'Sullivan point. Geraldine O'Flynn had the final say with a winning point two minutes from the end.[2][4][5]

Dublin manager Gregory McGonigle had previously managed Monaghan in 2011 and 2013.[2] The winning Cork team were later voted winners of the 2014 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%.[6][7][8]

Route to the Final edit

Match info edit

Cork2–13; 2–12Dublin
Rhona Ní Bhuachalla (2-1)
Valerie Mulcahy (0-6)
Eimear Scally (1-0)
Geraldine O'Flynn (0-3)
Orla Finn (0-2)
Ciara O'Sullivan (0-1)
[2][4][5][9] Lindsay Peat (2-0)
Lyndsey Davey (0-3)
Sinéad Aherne (0-3)
Noëlle Healy (0-2)
Carla Rowe (0-2)
Sinéad Goldrick (0-1)
Siobhan Woods (0-1)
Attendance: 27,374
Referee: Maggie Farrelly (Cavan)

Teams edit

Manager: Éamonn Ryan

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


Substitutes:
Nollaig Cleary for Annie Walsh (half-time)
Rhona Ní Bhuachalla for Kearney (42)
Doireann O'Sullivan for Farmer (45)
Eimear Scally for Finn (50)

Manager: Gregory McGonigle

Team:
1 Clíodhna O'Connor
2 Rachel Ruddy
3 Sorcha Furlong
4 Leah Caffrey
5 Sinead Finnegan
6 Sinéad Goldrick (c)
7 Siobhán McGrath
8 Denise Masterson
9 Molly Lamb
10 Noëlle Healy
11 Natalia Hyland
12 Carla Rowe
13 Lyndsey Davey
14 Sinéad Aherne
15 Lindsay Peat[10]


Substitutes:
Siobhan Woods for Hyland (45)
Sarah McCaffrey for Lamb (53)
Lucy Collins for Furlong (54)
Niamh McEvoy for Healy (57)

References edit

  1. ^ "Referee Profile: Maggie Farrelly". ladiesgaelic.ie. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "All Ireland Ladies Football Senior Final – Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-12". munster.gaa.ie. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Pat Quill: it's unfair on people not being in a position to come along to support the girls". The42.ie. 24 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Resilient Cork capitalise on Dublin capitulation to win All-Ireland Ladies Football title". www.rte.ie. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "As It Happened: Dublin v Cork, All-Ireland ladies senior football final". www.the42.ie. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Cork Claim RTE Sports Team of the Year Accolade". ladiesgaelic.ie. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. ^ "11 seasons. 10 All-Ireland titles. One story - Inside GAA's most dominant team ever". www.the42.ie. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  8. ^ "10 key moments in Irish women's sport since rugby history 12 months ago". www.breakingnews.ie. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Cork v Dublin - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  10. ^ "These 10 top Irish female athletes have experienced the wrath of Cork". www.the42.ie. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.