The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured and . Dublin defeated Galway in a low scoring game, hindered by poor weather conditions. It rained throughout most of the game. Dublin led 1-00 to 0-01 at half-time. Hannah O'Neill provided the assist as

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scored a goal for Dublin in the 22nd minute. Galway remained competitive throughout the game and three minutes later, Sarah Conneally scored their opening point. Just fifteen seconds into the second half, Lyndsey Davey scored Dublin's first point. Davey would also provide the assist when Hannah O'Neill scored Dublin's second goal. Galway continued to remain in touch with Dublin thanks to two points via free kicks from their captain, Tracey Leonard. A point from her cousin, Roisín Leonard, made it a one-score game in the 54th minute. However a point each from Sinéad Aherne and Noëlle Healy subsequently secured the win for Dublin. Having started the decade without a single title, the result saw Dublin complete a three-in-a-row, winning their fourth title during the 2010s.

Route to the Final

Attendance record

The 2019 final was watched by a record breaking attendance of crowd of 56,114. After the

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with 57,900, it was second largest attendance at any women's sporting final during

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. For the seventh year in a row the attendance increased, with the figures more than doubling since

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. It was also claimed that the record attendance was the largest ever attendance at a women's amateur sporting event in

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. Despite this, it was not held to be an enjoyable spectacle.

TV audience

The 2019 final was broadcast live by

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. 666,000 tuned in to watch TG4's coverage, with an average audience of 252,500 watching the final. This was an increase of more than 70,000 compared to

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. This represented the second highest viewing figure for an All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final on TG4 since it first started to broadcast the fixture in

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. The numbers of viewers peaked at 5.19pm with 358,400 tuning in. In addition to TG4's live coverage, on 16 September

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broadcast a full replay of the final for the first time. It featured commentary by Mike Finnerty and

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Match info

Teams

References

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