2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Dublin. LGFA president Pat Quill criticised the decision to have Cork and Dublin club championship fixtures occurring on the same day as the game, describing it as "unfair on those people, boyfriends and whatever, not being in a position to come along to support the girls".^[3]

2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final

Event	2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Cork Dublin 2-13 2-12
Ninth All-Ireland title in ten years for Cork and the fourth of six titles in a row. First of three successive finals featuring Cork and Dublin
Date	28 September 2014
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Maggie Farrelly (Cavan) [1]
Attendance	27,374 [2]
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Cork came from ten points down to defeat Dublin by 2–13 to 2–12 and win their ninth All-Ireland title. At half-time, Dublin was in control, leading by 1–7 to 0–4 and when Lindsay Peat netted her second goal in the 35th minute, Dublin established a 2–8 to 0–7 lead. With fifteen minutes remaining, Cork trailed by 0–6 to 2–10 and Dublin were on the verge of their second All-Ireland title. However Cork launched a comeback with goals from subs Rhona Ní Bhuachalla and Eimear Scally. The score was level at 2–11 each with seven minutes left. Dublin briefly regained the lead when Siobhán Woods scored a point before Cork levelled with a Ciara O'Sullivan point. Geraldine O'Flynn had the final say with a winning point two minutes from the end.^[2][4][5]

Dublin manager Gregory McGonigle had previously managed Monaghan in 2011 and 2013.^[2] The winning Cork team were later voted winners of the 2014 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 2014 Six Nations Championship, by 11%.^[6][7][8]

Route to the Final

Further information: 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

Match info

Cork	2–13; 2–12	Dublin
Rhona Ní Bhuachalla (2-1) Valerie Mulcahy (0-6) Eimear Scally (1-0) Geraldine O'Flynn (0-3) Orla Finn (0-2) Ciara O'Sullivan (0-1)	[2][4][5][9]	Lindsay Peat (2-0) Lyndsey Davey (0-3) Sinéad Aherne (0-3) Noëlle Healy (0-2) Carla Rowe (0-2) Sinéad Goldrick (0-1) Siobhan Woods (0-1)

28 September 2014

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 27,374

Referee: Maggie Farrelly (Cavan)

Teams

Manager: Éamonn Ryan Team: 1 Martina O'Brien 2 Roisín Phelan 3 Angela Walsh 4 Bríd Stack 5 Vera Foley 6 Deirdre O'Reilly 7 Geraldine O'Flynn 8 Rena Buckley 9 Briege Corkery (c) 10 Annie Walsh 11 Ciara O'Sullivan 12 Orlagh Farmer 13 Valerie Mulcahy 14 Grace Kearney 15 Orla Finn Substitutes: Nollaig Cleary for Annie Walsh (half-time) Rhona Ní Bhuachalla for Kearney (42) Doireann O'Sullivan for Farmer (45) Eimear Scally for Finn (50)

Manager: Gregory McGonigle Team: 1 Clíodhna O'Connor 2 Rachel Ruddy 3 Sorcha Furlong 4 Leah Caffrey 5 Sinead Finnegan 6 Sinéad Goldrick (c) 7 Siobhán McGrath 8 Denise Masterson 9 Molly Lamb 10 Noëlle Healy 11 Natalia Hyland 12 Carla Rowe 13 Lyndsey Davey 14 Sinéad Aherne 15 Lindsay Peat[10] Substitutes: Siobhan Woods for Hyland (45) Sarah McCaffrey for Lamb (53) Lucy Collins for Furlong (54) Niamh McEvoy for Healy (57)

References

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2. "All Ireland Ladies Football Senior Final – Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-12". munster.gaa.ie. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
3. "Pat Quill: it's unfair on people not being in a position to come along to support the girls". The42.ie. 24 September 2014.
4. "Resilient Cork capitalise on Dublin capitulation to win All-Ireland Ladies Football title". www.rte.ie. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
5. "As It Happened: Dublin v Cork, All-Ireland ladies senior football final". www.the42.ie. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
6. "Cork Claim RTE Sports Team of the Year Accolade". ladiesgaelic.ie. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
7. "11 seasons. 10 All-Ireland titles. One story - Inside GAA's most dominant team ever". www.the42.ie. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
8. "10 key moments in Irish women's sport since rugby history 12 months ago". www.breakingnews.ie. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
9. "Cork v Dublin - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
10. "These 10 top Irish female athletes have experienced the wrath of Cork". www.the42.ie. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.