2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 July – 27 September 2009 |
| Teams | 16 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winners | Cork (5th win) |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Dublin |
| Provincial champions | |
| Championship Statistics | |
| Matches Played | 16 |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was held between July 26 and September 27, 2009. Cork were the winners for the fifth season in a row.[1]
Structure
[edit]- Sixteen teams compete.
- The top four teams from 2008 receive byes to the quarter-finals.
- The quarter-finalists from 2008 receive byes to the second round.
- The other eight teams play in the first round.
- All games are knockout matches, drawn games being replayed.
- The first-round losers playoff, with one team being relegated to the intermediate championship for 2010. Teams must spend two years as a senior team before they are eligible for relegation; teams that have not done so are exempt from relegation.
Fixtures and results
[edit]Early stages
[edit]| Kildare | 5–12 – 3–6 | Sligo |
|---|---|---|
St. Brigids, Kiltoom
Relegation match
[edit]Tipperary and Leitrim were exempt from relegation.
Donegal are relegated to the Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2010.
Final stages
[edit]| Cork | 1–9; 0–11 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| Valerie Mulcahy (0-5) Nollaig Cleary (1-1) Juliet Murphy (0-2) Mairéad Kelly (0-1) |
[2][3][4] | Sinéad Aherne (0-3) Mary Nevin (0-2) Amy McGuinness (0-2) Siobhán McGrath (0-1) Elaine Kelly (0-1) Lyndsey Davey (0-1) Lindsay Peat (0-1) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cork ladies claim five in a row". breakingnews.ie. 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
- ^ "Cork's craft and guile gets them over the line at Croke Park". www.irishtimes.com. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Final – Cork v Dublin". munster.gaa.ie. 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Cork v Dublin - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.