Niamh McEvoy (born 2 October 1990) is a senior Dublin ladies' footballer and an

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in the AFL Women's. McEvoy was a member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in

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. She was also a member of the Dublin team that won the

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Early life and education

McEvoy is from Malahide. She recalls attending the

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when she was 12 with her father, Dave. She attended Malahide Community School where she played ladies' Gaelic football and captained the basketball team. Between 2009 and 2012 she attended Trinity College Dublin where she qualified as a primary school teacher. Between 2018 and 2019 she completed a

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in Business and Entrepreneurship at Dublin Institute of Technology.

Gaelic football

Clubs

At club level, McEvoy has played for St Sylvester's and

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Inter-county

Together with Noëlle Healy, Sinéad Goldrick and

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, McEvoy was part of a generation of Dublin ladies' footballers who won All-Ireland titles at under-14, under-16 and under-18 levels before playing for the senior team. McEvoy was a member of the Dublin team that won the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final. She was one of two players named Niamh McEvoy who played for Dublin in the 2010 final. She came on as a second-half substitute, replacing the player sharing her name, Niamh McEvoy of Parnells. McEvoy established herself as a regular in the Dublin team during the 2010s, finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up in

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and

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. She was subsequently a member of the Dublin teams that won the

and

All-Ireland finals. She was a member of the Dublin team that won the

. In 2019 McEvoy won her first All Star award.

Australian rules football

In October 2019, McEvoy and her Dublin teammate Sinéad Goldrick signed to play for the

in the AFL Women's (AFLW) in 2020. She made her AFL Women's debut in round 2 of the 2020 season against the at VU Whitten Oval, after missing the opening round through illness. In April 2021, McEvoy announced her retirement from Australian rules football.

Personal life

Between 2012 and 2018, McEvoy worked as a primary school teacher at schools such as Holywell Educate Together National School in

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. McEvoy is in a relationship with

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footballer

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Honours

; Dublin * All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship ** ''Winners'':

: 4 ** ''Runner up'':

: 3 *

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: 1 *

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** ''Winners'': 2008 * All-Ireland Under-16 Ladies' Football Championship ** ''Winners'': 2006 *

All-Ireland Under-14 Ladies' Football Championship The All-Ireland Under-14 Ladies' Football Championship is a "knockout" competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association The Ladies' Gael ...

** ''Winners'': 2004 ;Individual * All Stars **''Winner'': 2019: 1

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McEvoy, Niamh 1990 births Living people Dublin inter-county ladies' Gaelic footballers St Sylvester's Gaelic footballers Winners of four All-Ireland medals (ladies' football) Irish female players of Australian rules football Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players Ladies' Gaelic footballers who switched code Irish schoolteachers Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology People from Malahide Sportspeople from Fingal Irish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Irish women's basketball players