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

2010 LGFA/TG4 Team of the Decade

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Position Player County
Goalkeeper Clíodhna O'Connor Dublin
Right corner back Rebecca Hallahan Waterford
Full back Angela Walsh Cork
Left corner back Rena Buckley Cork
Right half back Briege Corkery Cork
Centre half back Jenny Greenan Monaghan
Left half back Emer Flaherty Galway
Midfield Juliet Murphy Cork
Midfield Mary O'Donnell Waterford
Right half forward Nollaig Cleary Cork
Centre half forward Christina Heffernan Mayo
Left half forward Tracey Lawlor Laois
Right corner forward Valerie Mulcahy Cork
Full forward Geraldine O'Shea Kerry
Left corner forward Cora Staunton Mayo

Source:[1]

TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year

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Season Winners County
2011 [2][3] Juliet Murphy Cork
2012 [4] Briege Corkery Cork
2013 [5][6] Geraldine O'Flynn Cork
2014 [7] Caroline O'Hanlon Armagh
2015 [8] Briege Corkery Cork
2016 [9] Bríd Stack Cork
2017 [10][11] Noëlle Healy Dublin
2018 [12][13][14] Sinéad Aherne Dublin
2019 [15][16] Siobhán McGrath Dublin
2020 [17] Aimee Mackin Armagh


2014 RTÉ Sports Team of the Year

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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%.[18][19][20]

Player
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
Sub Nollaig Cleary
Sub Rhona Ní Bhuachalla
Sub Doireann O'Sullivan
Sub Eimear Scally

Players who switched codes

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Ladies' Gaelic football to association football

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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. [21]

Player Gaelic football Association football
Amber Barrett Donegal Republic of Ireland
Megan Connolly Cork (Note 1) Republic of Ireland
Marie Curtin Limerick Republic of Ireland
Niamh Fahey [21] Galway Republic of Ireland
Dora Gorman Galway Republic of Ireland
Ciara Grant Donegal Republic of Ireland
Una Harkin Derry Northern Ireland
Siobhán Killeen Dublin Republic of Ireland
Kirsty McGuinness Antrim Northern Ireland
Valerie Mulcahy Cork Republic of Ireland (Note 2)
Sarah Rowe [21] Mayo Republic of Ireland
Julie-Ann Russell Galway Republic of Ireland
Nora Stapleton Donegal UCD
Cora Staunton Mayo Mayo Ladies League
Hannah Tyrrell Dublin St Catherine's/Shamrock Rovers
Notes


Ladies' Gaelic football to Australian rules football

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Currently on an AFL senior list
Ladies' Gaelic football players in the AFLW
Player Gaelic football AFLW team AFLW debut Notes
Yvonne Bonner Donegal Greater Western Sydney 2019
Ailish Considine Clare Adelaide 2019
Joanne Doonan Fermanagh Carlton 2020
Laura Duryea Cavan Melbourne 2017 First Irish player to play in AFLW. First AFLW player to represent Ireland in Australian rules.
Clara Fitzpatrick Down St Kilda 2020
Kate Flood Louth Fremantle 2019
Aileen Gilroy Mayo North Melbourne 2020
Sinéad Goldrick Dublin Melbourne 2020
Katy Herron Donegal Western Bulldogs 2020
Grace Kelly Mayo West Coast 2020
Niamh Kelly Mayo West Coast 2020
Aisling McCarthy Tipperary Western Bulldogs 2019
Niamh McEvoy Dublin Melbourne 2020
Orla O'Dwyer Tipperary Brisbane 2020
Sarah Rowe Mayo Collingwood 2019
Aishling Sheridan Mayo Collingwood 2019
Mairéad Seoighe Galway North Melbourne
Bríd Stack Cork Greater Western Sydney 2021
Cora Staunton Mayo Greater Western Sydney 2018 First Irish player actively recruited to AFLW[22][23][24]
Áine Tighe Leitrim Fremantle
Bree White London Collingwood 2017

Source:[25][26]


Ladies' Gaelic football to camogie

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Player Gaelic football Camogie Football All Stars Camogie All Stars
Rena Buckley (Note 1) Cork Cork 6 5
Naomi Carroll (Note 2) Clare Limerick/Clare 0 0
Briege Corkery Cork Cork 10 6
Mary Geaney (Note 2) (Note 3) Kerry Cork 0 0
Michelle Magee (Note 4) Antrim Antrim 0 0
Aisling McCarthy Tipperary Cahir GAA 0 0
Mary O'Connor Cork Cork 1 3
Fiona O'Driscoll Cork Cork 1 1
Rachel Ruddy Dublin Dublin 2 0
Angela Walsh Cork Cork 6 0
Notes


Ladies' Gaelic football to field hockey

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Player Gaelic football Field hockey
Naomi Carroll Clare Ireland
Nicola Daly Dublin Ireland (Note 1)
Deirdre Duke Dublin (Note 2) Ireland (Note 1)
Mary Geaney Kerry Ireland
Dora Gorman Galway Ireland (Note 3)
Sarah Hawkshaw Dublin (Note 4) Ireland
Notes

Ladies' Gaelic football to netball

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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).[34] 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.[35]

Player Gaelic football Netball
Ciara Crosbie Down (Note 1) Northern Ireland
Gemma Lawlor Down Northern Ireland
Michelle Drayne Antrim Northern Ireland
Emma Magee Antrim Northern Ireland
Michelle Magee Antrim Northern Ireland
Laura Mason Down Northern Ireland
Caroline O'Hanlon Armagh Northern Ireland
Neamh Woods Tyrone Northern Ireland

Source:[35][34]

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

Ladies' Gaelic football to rugby union

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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. [21][36]

Player Gaelic football Rugby union
Niamh Briggs Waterford Ireland
Katie Fitzhenry Wexford Ireland
Claire Molloy Galway Ireland
Cliodhna Moloney Galway Ireland
Lindsay Peat Dublin Ireland
Nora Stapleton Donegal Ireland
Hannah Tyrrell Dublin Ireland

Source:[21][36]


References

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