List of Ladies' Gaelic footballers

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

2010 LGFA/TG4 Team of the Decade

Position Player County
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

Source:[1]

TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year

Season Winners County
2011 [2][3]Juliet MurphyCork
2012 [4]Briege CorkeryCork
2013 [5][6]Geraldine O'FlynnCork
2014 [7]Caroline O'HanlonArmagh
2015 [8]Briege CorkeryCork
2016 [9]Brid StackCork
2017 [10][11]Noëlle HealyDublin
2018 [12][13][14]Sinéad AherneDublin
2019 [15][16]Siobhan McGrath Dublin

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%. [17][18][19]

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 association football

Numerous ladies Gaelic footballers have played women's association football at a senior level. Some, including All-Ireland finalists Niamh Fahey and Sarah Rowe, have gone on to play for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. [20]

Player Gaelic football Association football
Amber BarrettDonegalRepublic of Ireland
Megan ConnollyCork (Note 1)Republic of Ireland
Marie CurtinLimerickRepublic of Ireland
Niamh Fahey [20]GalwayRepublic of Ireland
Dora GormanGalwayRepublic of Ireland
Ciara GrantDonegalRepublic of Ireland
Una HarkinDerryNorthern Ireland
Siobhán KilleenDublinRepublic of Ireland
Kirsty McGuinnessAntrimNorthern Ireland
Valerie MulcahyCorkRepublic of Ireland (Note 2)
Sarah Rowe [20]MayoRepublic of Ireland
Julie-Ann RussellGalwayRepublic of Ireland
Nora StapletonDonegalUCD
Cora StauntonMayoMayo Ladies League
Hannah TyrrellDublinSt Catherine's/Shamrock Rovers
Notes

Ladies' Gaelic football to Australian rules football

In 2017, Laura Duryea became the first Irish player to play in the AFLW, the women's Australian rules football league. In 2018 Duryea was joined in the league by Cora Staunton. [21][22][23]

Ladies' Gaelic football players in the AFLW
Player Gaelic football AFLW team AFLW debut
Yvonne BonnerDonegalGreater Western Sydney2019
Ailish ConsidineClareAdelaide2019
Laura DuryeaCavanMelbourne2017
Joanne DoonanFermanaghCarlton
Clara FitzpatrickDownSt Kilda
Kate FloodLouthFremantle
Aileen GilroyMayoNorth Melbourne
Sinéad GoldrickDublinMelbourne2020
Katy HerronDonegalWestern Bulldogs
Grace KellyMayoWest Coast
Niamh KellyMayoWest Coast
Aisling McCarthyTipperaryWestern Bulldogs2019
Niamh McEvoyDublinMelbourne2020
Orla O'DwyerTipperaryBrisbane
Sarah RoweMayoCollingwood2019
Aishling SheridanMayoCollingwood2019
Mairéad SeoigheGalwayNorth Melbourne
Cora StauntonMayoGreater Western Sydney2018
Áine TigheLeitrimFremantle
Bree WhiteLondonCollingwood2017

Source:[24][25]

Ladies' Gaelic football to camogie

Player Gaelic football Camogie Football All Stars Camogie All Stars
Rena Buckley (Note 1)CorkCork65
Naomi Carroll (Note 2)ClareLimerick/Clare00
Briege CorkeryCorkCork106
Mary Geaney (Note 2) (Note 3)KerryCork00
Michelle Magee (Note 4)AntrimAntrim00
Aisling McCarthyTipperaryCahir GAA00
Mary O'ConnorCorkCork13
Fiona O'DriscollCorkCork11
Rachel RuddyDublinDublin20
Angela WalshCorkCork60
Notes

Ladies' Gaelic football to field hockey

Player Gaelic football Field hockey
Naomi CarrollClareIreland
Nicola DalyDublinIreland (Note 1)
Deirdre DukeDublin (Note 2)Ireland (Note 1)
Mary GeaneyKerryIreland
Dora GormanGalwayIreland (Note 3)
Sarah HawkshawDublin (Note 4)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). [33] 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. [34]

Player Gaelic football Netball
Ciara CrosbieDown (Note 1)Northern Ireland
Gemma LawlorDownNorthern Ireland
Michelle DrayneAntrimNorthern Ireland
Emma MageeAntrimNorthern Ireland
Michelle MageeAntrimNorthern Ireland
Laura MasonDownNorthern Ireland
Caroline O'HanlonArmaghNorthern Ireland
Neamh WoodsTyroneNorthern Ireland

Source:[34][33]

Notes
  • ^1 Ciara Crosbie represented Down at youth level.

Ladies' Gaelic football to rugby union

Lindsay Peat played for Dublin in the 2009, 2010 and 2014 All-Ireland finals before playing for Ireland in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. The Ireland squad featured at least six other former ladies' inter-county footballers – Niamh Briggs, Claire Molloy, Cliodhna Moloney, Katie Fitzhenry, Nora Stapleton and Hannah Tyrrell. [20][35]

Player Gaelic football Rugby union
Niamh BriggsWaterfordIreland
Katie FitzhenryWexfordIreland
Claire MolloyGalwayIreland
Cliodhna MoloneyGalwayIreland
Lindsay PeatDublinIreland
Nora StapletonDonegalIreland
Hannah TyrrellDublinIreland

Source:[20][35]

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