2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
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First of five titles in a row for Cork | |||||||
Date | 2 October 2005 | ||||||
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Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Player of the Match | Valerie Mulcahy | ||||||
Referee | Tony Clarke (Dublin) | ||||||
Attendance | 23,358 | ||||||
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Galway. It was Cork's first final and Galway's second. Galway were also the reigning champions, having won the 2004 final. Galway led 0–4 to 0–3 at half-time, but Player of the Match, Valerie Mulcahy, subsequently scored 1–5 to help Cork win their first All-Ireland title. Cork eventually won 1–11 to 0–8.[1] It was also the first of five consecutive All-Ireland finals that Cork would win between 2005 and 2009.[2]
The Galway team featured Annette Clarke as well as Claire Molloy, a future Ireland women's rugby union international, and Niamh Fahey, a future Republic of Ireland women's association football international.[3][4][5][6]
Match info
[edit]Cork | 1–11; 0–8 | Galway |
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Valerie Mulcahy (1-5) Nollaig Cleary (0-3) Deirdre O'Reilly (0-2) Briege Corkery (0-1) |
[1][7] | Niamh Fahey (0-3) Philomena Ni Fhlatharta (0-2) Niamh Duggan (0-2) Patricia Gleeson (0-1) |
Teams
[edit]Manager: Éamonn Ryan
Team: Substitutes: |
Manager: Richard Bowles
Team: Substitutes: |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mulcahy shoots the rebels to historic title treble". ladiesgaelic.ie. 3 October 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "10 Incredible Facts About Ladies Football". balls.ie. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Twist of fate led Claire Molloy to a rugby career with Ireland". irishtimes.com. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Strong Galway can retain title". irishtimes.com. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Claire Molloy: The woman who gave up her All-Ireland dreams to chase a Grand Slam". the42.ie. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "These 10 top Irish female athletes have experienced the wrath of Cork". the42.ie. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Galway v Cork - Ladies Senior Final Photos". sportsfile.com. 2 October 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2018.