2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 2011
Championship details
Dates 23 July – 25 September 2011
Teams 33
All-Ireland champions
Winners Cork (6th win)
Captain Amy O'Shea
Manager Éamon Ryan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Monaghan
Captain Sharon Courtney
Manager Gregory McGonigle
Provincial champions
Championship Statistics
Matches Played 23
← 2010
2012 →

The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 38th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament. It was known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.

Cork were the winners, defeating Monaghan in the final. [1][2]

Structure

  • Sixteen teams compete.
    • The top four teams from 2010 receive byes to the quarter-finals.
    • The quarter-finalists from 2010 receive byes to the second round.
    • The other eight teams play in the first round.
  • All games are knockout matches, drawn games being replayed.
  • The first-round losers playoff, with one team being relegated to the intermediate championship for 2012. Teams must spend two years as a senior team before they are eligible for relegation; teams that have not done so are exempt from relegation.

Fixtures and results

Early stages

1st Round
Armagh 2–8 – 3–12 Sligo
1st Round
Dublin 4–15 – 0–5 Kildare
1st Round
Down 1–5 – 5–13 Donegal
Referee: Sean McIntyre
1st Round
Tipperary 3–13 – 1–6 Clare
Report
Referee: Keith Tighe
2nd Round
Meath 3–27 – 0–5 Sligo
Leo Casey Park, Ballymahon
2nd Round
Tipperary 1–11 – 2–20 Tyrone
The Downs
2nd Round
Dublin 3–9 – 2–6 Galway
2nd Round
Donegal 0–5 – 2–10 Kerry

Final stages

Quarter-final
Mayo 0-10 – 3-11 Kerry
Referee: Pat Kehoe
Quarter-final
Laois 1-17 – 2-12
A.E.T.		 Tyrone
Referee: Seán Joy
Quarter-final
Meath 0-8 – 2-13 Monaghan
Quarter-final
Cork 2-14 – 3-10 Dublin
Referee: John Niland
Semi-final
Cork 4-10 – 1-6 Laois
A O’Shea 3-0, R Ni Bhuachalla 1-1, Juliet Murphy 0-4 (3f), Nollaig Cleary 0-3, M Kelly & G Kearney 0-1 each Report M Dunne 1-1, T Lawlor 0-3 (2f), Mary Kirwan (f) & G Weston 0-1 each
Referee: Gavin Corrigan
Semi-final
Kerry 2-12 – 4-15 Monaghan
Report
Referee: Keith Tighe
Cork 2–7; 0–11 Monaghan
Nollaig Cleary (1-0)
Rhona Ní Bhuachalla (1-0)
Juliet Murphy (0-3)
Geraldine O'Flynn (0-1)
Rena Buckley (0-1)
Grace Kearney (0-1)
Valerie Mulcahy (0-1)		 [1][2][3] Catriona McConnell (0-3)
Niamh Kindlon (0-3)
Ellen McCarron (0-2)
Ciara McAnespie (0-1)
Caoimhe Mohan (0-1)
Laura McEnaney (0-1)
Attendance: 20,061
Referee: John Niland (Sligo)

References

  1. 1 2 "It's joy of six for Cork girls". www.independent.ie. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Cork 2-07 Monaghan 0-11". www.rte.ie. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Cork v Monaghan - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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