2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was held between July 26 and September 27, 2009. Cork were the winners for the fifth season in a row.[1]

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 2009
Championship details
Dates26 July – 27 September 2009
Teams16
All-Ireland champions
WinnersCork (5th win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upDublin
Provincial champions
Championship Statistics
Matches Played16
2008
2010

Structure

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  • Sixteen teams compete.
    • The top four teams from 2008 receive byes to the quarter-finals.
    • The quarter-finalists from 2008 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 2010. 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

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Early stages

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Armagh0–9 – 1–13Meath

Down1–9 – 0–11Donegal

Sligo2–11 – 0–8Leitrim

Laois0–15 – 0–3Tipperary

Kerry2–19 – 0–10Meath

Laois1–15 – 2–19Mayo

Down0–9 – 0–22Monaghan

Kildare5–12 – 3–6Sligo
St. Brigids, Kiltoom

Relegation match

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Tipperary and Leitrim were exempt from relegation.

Donegal0–6 – 1–11Armagh

Donegal are relegated to the Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2010.

Final stages

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Monaghan0–17 – 1–13Galway
Referee: John Murray (Dublin)

Mayo3–9 – 1–12Tyrone
Referee: Keith Tighe (Dublin)

Cork4–23 – 0–6Kildare
Referee: Eugene O'Hare (Down)

Dublin1–13 – 2–6Kerry
Referee: Declan Corcoran (Mayo)

Cork3–10 – 1–9Mayo
Referee: Keith Delahunty (Tipperary)

Dublin2–14 – 1–15Monaghan
Referee: Declan Corcoran (Mayo)

Cork1–9; 0–11Dublin
Valerie Mulcahy (0-5)
Nollaig Cleary (1-1)
Juliet Murphy (0-2)
Mairéad Kelly (0-1)
[2][3][4] Sinéad Aherne (0-3)
Mary Nevin (0-2)
Amy McGuinness (0-2)
Siobhán McGrath (0-1)
Elaine Kelly (0-1)
Lyndsey Davey (0-1)
Lindsay Peat (0-1)
Attendance: 21,606
Referee: Declan Corcoran (Mayo)

References

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  1. ^ "Cork ladies claim five in a row". breakingnews.ie. 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Cork's craft and guile gets them over the line at Croke Park". www.irishtimes.com. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ "TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Final – Cork v Dublin". munster.gaa.ie. 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Cork v Dublin - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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