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The Cork county ladies' football team represents
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in
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. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the
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 ...
, the
Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship The Munster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Munster. County boards *Cork *Clare * Kerry *Limerick * Tipperary *Waterf ...
and the Ladies' National Football League. After winning their first All-Ireland and League titles in 2005, Cork went on to dominate both competitions during the late 2000s and the 2010s. Between
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Cork were All-Ireland champions five times in a row. They then achieved an All-Ireland six in a row between
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. During this era they also won eleven consecutive League titles. In 2014 the Cork senior ladies' football team also won the RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award.


History


Early years

In
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, during a carnival at
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, Cork played
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in an inter-county game. Kerry won by 5–10 to 4–11. The match was refereed by Dinny Long, the
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senior men's footballer. In
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, together with Kerry,
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, Cork was one of eight GAA counties who played in the inaugural
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 ...
. Cork and the other three Munster counties also agree to play an inaugural
Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship The Munster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Munster. County boards *Cork *Clare * Kerry *Limerick * Tipperary *Waterf ...
. After thirty years living very much in the shadow of their neighbours, Kerry and Waterford, Cork won their first Munster title until 2004 and their first senior All-Ireland title in 2005.


Senior final appearances

; All-Irelands Between
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, with a team that included
Valerie Mulcahy Valerie Mulcahy is an Irish footballer. As a ladies' Gaelic footballer, she played at senior level for Cork, winning ten All-Ireland titles and nine Ladies' National Football League titles between 2005 and 2015. She was also an All Star on s ...
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Juliet Murphy Juliet Murphy (born 1980 in Donoughmore, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. She plays ladies' Gaelic football with her local club Donoughmore and has been a member of the Cork county ladies' football team at senior level since 1995. Mur ...
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Angela Walsh Angela Walsh (born 1986) is an Irish sportsperson. She plays ladies' Gaelic football with her local club Inch Rovers and has been a member of the senior Cork county ladies' football team since 2004. Walsh captained Cork to a fourth consecutiv ...
, Mary O'Connor,
Rena Buckley Rena Buckley is an Irish sportswoman who played at senior level for both the Cork county ladies' football team and the Cork county camogie team. She has also represented Munster in the Gael Linn Cup and Ireland at international rules. Between ...
and
Briege Corkery Briege Corkery (born 16 December 1986) in Cork is a camogie player, ladies' Gaelic footballer, and winner of seven All Ireland Senior Camogie medals in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2018 as well as the winner of eleven All Ireland Se ...
, Cork won eleven All-Ireland titles. In 2014, after winning their ninth title, Cork 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
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, by 11%. ; Ladies' National Football League ;
Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship The Munster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Munster. County boards *Cork *Clare * Kerry *Limerick * Tipperary *Waterf ...


Notable players


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All Stars


Ireland internationals

A number of Cork ladies' footballers have also represented Ireland at international level in various other sports.


Captains


Managers

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Éamonn Ryan Éamonn Ryan (1941 – 14 January 2021) was an Irish football manager and player born in Watergrasshill, County Cork. He played football with his local clubs Glenville and UCC and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1963 unt ...
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Ephie Fitzgerald Ephraim "Ephie" Fitzgerald (born 1961) is an Irish people, Irish Gaelic football Manager (Gaelic games), manager who played as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Cork county football team, Cork county team. He has been manager of th ...


Honours

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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 ...
**''Winners'':
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: 11 **''Runners up'':
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: 1 * Ladies' National Football League **''Winners'': 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015,
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: 12 **''Runners up'': 1993, 2012: 2 *
Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship The Munster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Munster. County boards *Cork *Clare * Kerry *Limerick * Tipperary *Waterf ...
**''Winners'': 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014,
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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
: 13 **''Runners up'': 2013: 1 * RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award ** 2014


References


External links


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