1974 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the inaugural championship. On 18 July 1974 the Ladies Gaelic Football Association was founded at a meeting held at the Hayes' Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary. At the meeting it was agreed to establish a senior Ladies' Gaelic football inter-county championship. Eight GAA counties, including Cork, Kerry, Roscommon, Laois, Offaly, Galway, Waterford and Tipperary, subsequently decided to enter the inaugural championship. The four Munster counties also agreed to play in an inaugural Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship. Tipperary won both the Munster and All-Ireland championships, defeating Kerry and Offaly in the respective finals. [1][2][3][4][5]

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 1974
Championship details
Teams8
All-Ireland champions
WinnersTipperary (1st win)
CaptainKitty Ryan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upOffaly
CaptainAgnes O'Gorman
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
Championship Statistics
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Munster Championship

Round 1
Tipperary 3–8;2–6 Waterford Fethard, County Tipperary
Kerry defeated Cork

Round 2
Tipperary defeated Cork
Kerry defeated Waterford

Munster Final
15 September 1974 Tipperary 2–6;2–5 Kerry Kilsheelan
Eleanor Carroll (1-?)
Mary McGrath (1-?)

Tipperary qualify for the All-Ireland final.

Source:[1][2][3]

All-Ireland series

Quarter finals
Laois (Note 1) Roscommon
Offaly 5–5;1–3 Galway Kilcormac
Notes
  • ^1 Some accounts say Laois played and defeated Roscommon. Others suggest they received a walk-over.

Semi-final
29 September 1974 Laois 2–6;3–6 Offaly Portlaoise

Final
Main article: 1974 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
13 October 1974 Tipperary 2–3;2–2 Offaly Durrow, County Laois
15.30 Referee: Paul O'Sullivan (Kerry)


Source:[1][2][3][4][5]

References
  1. "Ladies Football in Kerry". ladiesgaelic.ie. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. "History – The Beginning". ladiesgaelic.ie. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. "Story of Tipperary Female Football". ladiesgaelic.ie. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. "10 Incredible Facts About Ladies Football". www.balls.ie. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. "The Best All Ireland Ladies Senior Football Finals". www.balls.ie. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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