Cork county ladies' football team

The Cork county ladies' football team represents Cork GAA in ladies' Gaelic football. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the Ladies' National Football League.

Cork

Sport:	Ladies' football
Irish:	Corcaigh
Nickname(s):	The Rebelettes,[1] The Leesiders[2]
Home venue(s):	Cork Institute of Technology
First colours Second colours

After winning their first All-Ireland and League titles in 2005, Cork went on to dominate both competitions during the late 2000s and the 2010s. Between 2005 and 2009 Cork were All-Ireland champions five times in a row. They then achieved an All-Ireland six in a row between 2011 and 2016. During this era they also won eleven consecutive League titles. In 2014 the Cork senior ladies' football team also won the RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

History

Early years

In 1973, during a carnival at Banteer, Cork played Kerry in an inter-county game. Kerry won by 5–10 to 4–11. The match was refereed by Dinny Long, the Cork senior men's footballer. In 1974, together with Kerry, Roscommon, Laois, Offaly, Galway, Waterford and Tipperary, Cork was one of eight GAA counties who played in the inaugural All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. Cork and the other three Munster counties also agreed to play an inaugural Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship.^[6][7] After thirty years living very much in the shadow of their neighbours, Kerry and Waterford, Cork won their first Munster title in 2004 and their first senior All-Ireland title in 2005.^[8]

Senior final appearances

All-Irelands

Between 2005 and 2016, with a team that included Valerie Mulcahy, Juliet Murphy, Angela Walsh, Mary O'Connor, Rena Buckley and Briege Corkery, Cork won eleven All-Ireland titles.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} In 2014, after winning their ninth title, Cork won the 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%.^[4][9][10]

Season	Winner	Score	Runners–up
2005[11][12]	Cork	1–11; 0–8	Galway
2006[13][14]	Cork	1–7; 1–6	Armagh
2007[15][16]	Cork	2–11; 2–6	Mayo
2008[17][18]	Cork	4–13; 0–11	Monaghan
2009[19][20]	Cork	1–9; 0–11	Dublin
2011[21][22]	Cork	2–7; 0–11	Monaghan
2012[23][24]	Cork	0–16; 0-7	Kerry
2013[25][26]	Cork	1-10; 1-9	Monaghan
2014[27][28]	Cork	2–13; 2-12	Dublin
2015[5][29]	Cork	0-12; 0-10	Dublin
2016[30][31]	Cork	1-7; 1-6	Dublin
2018[32][33]	Dublin	3-11; 1-12	Cork

Ladies' National Football League

Season	Winner	Score	Runners–up
1993	Laois		Cork
2005	Cork [34]		Galway
2006	Cork [35]		Meath
2008	Cork [36]		Kerry
2009	Cork [37]		Mayo
2010	Cork [38]		Galway
2011	Cork		Laois
2012	Monaghan		Cork
2013	Cork [39]		Mayo
2014	Cork [40]		Dublin
2015	Cork [41]		Galway
2016	Cork [42]		Mayo
2017	Cork [43]	2–15;2–14	Donegal
2019	Cork [44][45]	1–12;2–7	Galway

Source:^[46]

Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship

Season	Winner	Score	Runners–up
2004 [47]	Cork	4–13;1–9	Kerry
2005 [48]	Cork	2–15;1–8	Kerry
2006 [49][50]	Cork	1–17;1–5	Waterford
2007 [51]	Cork	3–7;1–6	Waterford
2008 [52][53]	Cork		Kerry
2009 [54]	Cork		Kerry
2010 [55]	Cork	5–13;2–9	Clare
2011 [56]	Cork	2–15;0–12	Kerry
2012	Cork		Kerry ?
2013 [57]	Kerry		Cork
2014	Cork
2015	Kerry	2–13;2–4	Cork
2016[58]	Cork	2–8;0–7	Kerry
2018[59][60]	Cork	5–13;2–10	Kerry
2019[61][62][63]	Cork	2–14;0–9	Waterford

Notable players

TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year

Season
2011 [64][65]	Juliet Murphy
2012 [66]	Briege Corkery
2013 [67][68]	Geraldine O'Flynn
2015 [69]	Briege Corkery
2016 [70]	Bríd Stack

All Stars

Season
2020 [71][72][73]	Martina O'Brien, Eimear Meaney, Melissa Duggan, Áine O'Sullivan
2019 [74][75]	Melissa Duggan, Orla Finn
2018 [76][77]	Róisín Phelan, Emma Spillane, Ciara O'Sullivan, Doireann O'Sullivan
2017 [78][79]	Emma Spillane
2016 [70][80][81]	Marie Ambrose, Bríd Stack, Deirdre O'Reilly, Briege Corkery, Ciara O'Sullivan, Orla Finn
2015 [82][83][69]	Marie Ambrose, Geraldine O'Flynn, Vera Foley, Briege Corkery, Rena Buckley, Valerie Mulcahy
2014 [84][85]	Angela Walsh, Bríd Stack, Vera Foley, Geraldine O'Flynn, Ciara O'Sullivan
2013 [86][67][68]	Deirdre O'Reilly, Briege Corkery, Geraldine O'Flynn, Juliet Murphy, Valerie Mulcahy
2012 [87][66]	Elaine Harte, Bríd Stack, Briege Corkery, Rena Buckley, Geraldine O'Flynn, Ciara O'Sullivan, Valerie Mulcahy
2011 [88][64][65]	Deirdre O'Reilly, Briege Corkery, Bríd Stack, Geraldine O'Flynn, Juliet Murphy, Rena Buckley
2010 [89][90]	Bríd Stack
2009 [91][92]	Angela Walsh, Geraldine O'Flynn, Briege Corkery, Juliet Murphy, Norita Kelly, Nollaig Cleary
2008 [93]	Elaine Harte, Linda Barrett, Angela Walsh, Briege Corkery, Bríd Stack, Juliet Murphy, Nollaig Cleary
2007 [94][95]	Angela Walsh, Rena Buckley, Bríd Stack, Briege Corkery, Juliet Murphy, Valerie Mulcahy, Deirdre O'Reilly
2006 [96][97]	Angela Walsh, Rena Buckley, Nollaig Cleary, Mary O'Connor
2005 [98][99]	Angela Walsh, Briege Corkery, Juliet Murphy, Deirdre O'Reilly, Valerie Mulcahy
2004 [100]	Rena Buckley, Valerie Mulcahy
1995 [101]	Fiona O'Driscoll
1993 [102]	Margaret Buckley
1985 [103]	Joan Shannon, Mairead O'Leary

Ireland internationals

A number of Cork ladies' footballers have also represented Ireland at international level in various other sports.

Players	Sport
Rena Buckley	International Rules Football
Megan Connolly	Association football; represented Cork at under-16 level.
Norita Kelly	International Rules Football
Juliet Murphy	International Rules Football
Saoirse Noonan	Association football
Angela Walsh	International Rules Football

Captains

See also: List of Cork senior ladies' football team captains

Managers

• Éamonn Ryan
• Ephie Fitzgerald

Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
  • Winners: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016: 11
  • Runners up: 2018: 1
• Ladies' National Football League
  • Winners: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019: 12
  • Runners up: 1993, 2012: 2
• Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship
  • Winners: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019: 13
  • Runners up: 2013: 1
• RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award
  • 2014