The 2005

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the premier inter-county competition in the game of ladies' Gaelic football in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and are played during the ...

Final featured and . It was Cork's first final and Galway's third. 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,

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, subsequently scored 1–5 to help Cork win their first All-Ireland title. Cork eventually won 1–11 to 0–8. It was also the first of five consecutive All-Ireland finals that Cork would win between 2005 and

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. The Galway team featured

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as well as

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, a future Ireland women's rugby union international, and

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, a future Republic of Ireland women's association football international.

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Cork county ladies' football team matches Galway county ladies' football team matches