The 2005

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Final featured and . It was Cork's first final and Galway's second. 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 Annette Clarke as well as Claire Molloy, 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 October 2005 in Ireland 2000s in Dublin (city)