2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final

2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final

Event	2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Cork Dublin 1-12 3-11
Date	16 September 2018
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Garryowen McMahon
Attendance	50,141
Weather	18 °C, cloudy

The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final is the 45th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the county teams of Ireland.^[1]

Cork aimed to continue their perfect record: they had appeared in eleven All-Ireland finals and won them all. However, Dublin won their third title.^[2]

Paths to the final

Cork

Munster championship

Cork v Tipperary

2 June 2018 Semi-Final	Cork	2-12 - 1-10	Tipperary	Ardfinnan GAA
	Orla Finn 0-4 (3f), Brid O'Sullivan and Hannah Looney (1-0 pen) 1-0 each, Ciara O’Sullivan, Doireann O’Sullivan, Eimear Scally 0-2 each, Orlagh Farmer and Libby Coppinger 0-1 each	Report	Aisling Moloney 1-2, Aishling McCarthy 0-4 (3f), Mairead Morrissey 0-2, Orla O’Dwyer and Roisin Howard 0-1 each	Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)

Cork v Kerry

23 June 2018 Final	Cork	5-13 – 2-10	Kerry	Cork IT
2:00 pm	Saoirse Noonan 2-2 (1-0 pen), Ciara O'Sullivan 2-0, Hannah Looney 1-0 pen, Áine O'Sullivan 0-4, Orla Finn 0-3, Doireann O'Sullivan 0-2, Aisling Hutchings and Libby Coppinger 0-1 each	Report	Sarah Houlihan 1-4 (0-3f), Amy Foley 1-2, Lorraine Scanlon (0-1f), Emma Dineen, Brid Ryan, Kate O'Sullivan 0-1 each	Referee: T Fox (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Melissa Duggan (Dohenys)

Group stage

Cork v Monaghan

21 July 2018	Cork	7-7 – 1-9	Monaghan	St Brendan's Park, Birr
15:00	C O’Sullivan 2-1; S Noonan 2-0; O Finn 0-5 (2f); A O’Sullivan 1-1; D O’Sullivan, M O’Callaghan 1-0 each.	Report	E McCarron 0-5 (3f); L Martin 1-0 (pen); C McAnespie 0-2; R Courtney, E Woods 0-1 each	Referee: Stephen McNulty (Wicklow)

Armagh v Cork

28 July 2018	Armagh	1-7 – 1-19	Cork	Duggan Park, Ballinasloe
3:45 p.m.		Report		Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo)

All-Ireland series

Cork v Westmeath

6 August 2018 (2018-08-06) Quarter-Final 2	Cork	8-18 (42) – (9) 1-06	Westmeath	Limerick
16:45 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 3-05 – 0-03)		Venue: Gaelic Grounds
		Report		Referee: Seamus Mulvihill TV: TG4

Cork v Donegal

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) Semi-Final 1	Cork	2-11 (17) – (11) 0-11	Donegal	Roscommon
14:45 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1-06 – 0-05)		Venue: Dr. Hyde Park
		Report		Referee: Brendan Rice (Down) TV: TG4

Dublin

Leinster championship

Dublin v Westmeath

1 July 2018 Final	Dublin	5-11 – 2-8	Westmeath	Dr. Cullen Park
4:00 pm	Sinead Aherne 1-5 (0-3f), Niamh McEvoy 2-1, Noelle Healy 1-2, Lyndsey Davey 1-0, Nicole Owens, Hannah O'Neill, Amy Connolly 0-1 each	Report	Leanne Slevin 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Aoife Connolly 1-2 (0-2f), Annie Dolan, Maud Annie Foley, Johanna Maher 0-1 each	Referee: Stephen McNulty (Wicklow) Man of the Match: Niamh McEvoy (St. Sylvesters)

Group stage

Dublin v Cavan

21 July 2018	Dublin	5-17 – 2-13	Cavan	Dunleer
3 pm	N Healy 2-5; L McGinley 2-0; N McEvoy 1-2; S Aherne 0-3 (2f); O Whyte 0-2; N Collins, J Dunne, C Rowe, N Owens, N McEvoy 0-1 each	Report	A Maguire 0-8 (5f); A Sheridan 1-2; C Dolan 1-0; A O’Reilly, C Smith, S Greene 0-1 each	Referee: Brendan Rice

Mayo v Dublin

28 July 2018	Mayo	1-8 – 3-11	Dublin	Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
		Report		Referee: Maggie Farrelly (Cavan)

All-Ireland series

Dublin v Kerry

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Quarter-Final 4	Dublin	3-19 (28) – (10) 1-07	Kerry	Roscommon
17:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0-09 – 1-03)		Venue: Dr. Hyde Park
		Report		Referee: Garryowen McMahon (Mayo) TV: TG4

Dublin v Galway

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) Semi-Final 2	Dublin	4-08 (20) – (13) 1-10	Galway	Roscommon
16:30 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 3-05 – 0-03)		Venue: Dr. Hyde Park
		Report		Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry) TV: TG4

Match info

Cork v Dublin

TG4

16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Cork	1-12 (15) – (20) 3-11	Dublin
(HT: 1-05 – 2-06)
Gls: Áine Kelly 1 Pts: Orla Finn 8 (8f), Ciara O’Sullivan 2, Áine Kelly 1, Doireann O’Sullivan 1		Gls: Carla Rowe 2, Sinéad Aherne 1 (pen) Pts: Sinéad Aherne 7 (4f), Nicole Owens 2, Niamh McEvoy 1, Sinéad Goldrick 1

Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Garryowen McMahon (Mayo) Attendance: 50,141

See also

• List of All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship finals

References