Sinéad Goldrick (born 2 May 1990) is a dual code footballer, playing at the highest level in both

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and

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. She captained Dublin ladies in the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final and 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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. In 2019 she won her seventh All Star award. During the 2010s she was also a prominent member of the Foxrock–Cabinteely team that won Dublin and Leinster titles and played in All-Ireland finals. In October 2019 it was announced that Goldrick has agreed to play for

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of the

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and she won a premiership with the club in 2022 (AFLW Season 7).

Early years, family and education

Goldrick attended St. Brigid's Girls National School, Cabinteely. Between 2002 and 2008 she completed her secondary level education at Coláiste Íosagáin in

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. In addition to

, in her youth she was involved in various sports and activities including gymnastics, Irish dancing and athletics. She also represented Coláiste Íosagáin at basketball, winning multiple All-Ireland titles. She recalls her father taking her to

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for the first time, when she was about 10, to watch a Dublin team, featuring Jason Sherlock, play against Meath in the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Between 2008 and 2011 she attended University College Dublin where she gained a BSc in Social Sciences. Between 2011 and 2012 she attended the Dublin Institute of Technology where she gained a

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in Marketing.

Gaelic football

Clubs

;Foxrock–Cabinteely Goldrick began playing for Foxrock–Cabinteely while attending St. Brigid's Girls National School. During the 2010s she was a prominent member of Foxrock Cabinteely teams that won Dublin and Leinster titles and played in All-Ireland finals. ;Intervarsity While attending University College Dublin and the Dublin Institute of Technology, Goldrick also played for UCD GAA and DIT GAA.

Inter-county

Together with Niamh McEvoy, Noëlle Healy and

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, Goldrick 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. Since 2008 she has been a regular member of the Dublin senior panel. However she missed out on the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final after choosing to go travelling in Thailand. She captained Dublin in the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final. She was also a member of the Dublin teams that won the

and

All-Ireland finals. She scored the opening goal for Dublin in the 2019 final. She was a member of the Dublin team that won the

. In 2019 she won her seventh All Star award.

Australian rules football

Sinead Goldrick fends off an Ally Anderson tackle in the 2022 Season 7 AFLW Grand Final

In October 2019 it was announced that Goldrick and her Dublin teammate, Niamh McEvoy, have agreed to play for

of the

. She played all 6 games in her debut year before the 2020 season was cut short, and returned to play in 2021.

Personal life

Between 2013 and 2018 Goldrick worked for Vodafone Ireland in various roles including as a

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executive and mobile app developer. She has also worked as a brand ambassador for both Lidl and AIG. Goldrick is dating the Dublin and Cuala hurler,

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Honours

Gaelic football

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

: 3 **''Runner up'':

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: 3 *

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All-Ireland Under-18 Ladies' Football Championship The All-Ireland Under-18 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'': 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 ; Foxrock–Cabinteely *

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**''Runner up'': 2016, 2018: 2 *

Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship The Leinster Ladies' senior football club championship has been running since 1978. The trophy is named after the man who presented it, Bill Daly, a Cavanman who lived in Dublin and was involved with Ballyboden St Endas. Kilmacud Crokes are the c ...

**''Winners'': 2015, 2016,

, 2018: 4 **''Runner up'': 2012: 1 *

Dublin Ladies' Senior Football Championship The Dublin Ladies' Senior Football Championship is the senior Ladies' Gaelic football competition featuring clubs affiliated to the Dublin GAA. Ballyboden St. Enda's are the competitions most successful club, having won 10 titles. Between 2000 ...

**''Winners'': 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018: 5 ;Individual * All Stars **''Winner'': 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019: 7

Australian Rules

* AFLW premiership player: Season 7 (2022)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldrick, Sinéad Living people Dublin inter-county ladies' Gaelic footballers UCD Gaelic footballers Alumni of University College Dublin Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology Irish women's basketball players Irish female players of Australian rules football Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players Ladies' Gaelic footballers who switched code Vodafone people American International Group people Sportspeople from Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Irish expatriate sportspeople in Australia 1990 births People educated at Coláiste Íosagáin, Booterstown