1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the 25th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Waterford Monaghan
1–16 4–7
Date4 October 1998
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance16,421
1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final Replay
Waterford Monaghan
2–14 3–8
Date25 October 1998
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance13,551

This was the first ladies' football final to be televised live, and viewers were certainly not disappointed. Monaghan had the best of the first half of the first game, leading 3–4 to 0–7. Waterford gradually clawed their way back and Monaghan needed a late Ciara McGuinness goal to force a replay.

In the replay, Monaghan missed several early goal chances and Waterford had a six-point lead at the break. A brilliant Brenda McAnespie save prevented a late equaliser and Waterford were champions.[1]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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