List of Ladies' Gaelic footballers

List of Ladies' Gaelic footballers features notable players of Ladies' Gaelic football.

2010 LGFA/TG4 Team of the Decade

Position	Player	County
Goalkeeper	Clíodhna O'Connor	Dublin
Right Corner Back	Rebecca Hallahan	Waterford
Full Back	Angela Walsh	Cork
Left Corner Back	Rena Buckley	Cork
Right Half Back	Briege Corkery	Cork
Centre Half Back	Jenny Greenan	Monaghan
Left Half Back	Emer Flaherty	Galway
Midfield	Juliet Murphy	Cork
Midfield	Mary O'Donnell	Waterford
Right Half Forward	Nollaig Cleary	Cork
Centre Half Forward	Christina Heffernan	Mayo
Left Half Forward	Tracey Lawlor	Laois
Right Corner Forward	Valerie Mulcahy	Cork
Full Forward	Geraldine O'Shea	Kerry
Left Corner Forward	Cora Staunton	Mayo

Source:[1]

TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year

Season	Winners	County
2011 [2][3]	Juliet Murphy	Cork
2012 [4]	Briege Corkery	Cork
2013 [5][6]	Geraldine O'Flynn	Cork
2014 [7]	Caroline O'Hanlon	Armagh
2015 [8]	Briege Corkery	Cork
2016 [9]	Brid Stack	Cork
2017 [10][11]	Noëlle Healy	Dublin
2018 [12][13][14]	Sinéad Aherne	Dublin
2019 [15][16]	Siobhan McGrath	Dublin

2014 RTÉ Sports Team of the Year

In December 2014, after winning their ninth All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship title, the Cork senior ladies' football team 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%. [17][18][19]

	Player
1	Martina O'Brien
2	Roisín Phelan
3	Angela Walsh
4	Bríd Stack
5	Vera Foley
6	Deirdre O'Reilly
7	Geraldine O'Flynn
8	Rena Buckley
9	Briege Corkery (c)
10	Annie Walsh
11	Ciara O'Sullivan
12	Orlagh Farmer
13	Valerie Mulcahy
14	Grace Kearney
15	Orla Finn
Sub	Nollaig Cleary
Sub	Rhona Ní Bhuachalla
Sub	Doireann O'Sullivan
Sub	Eimear Scally

Players who switched codes

Ladies' Gaelic football to association football

Numerous ladies Gaelic footballers have played women's association football at a senior level. Some, including All-Ireland finalists Niamh Fahey and Sarah Rowe, have gone on to play for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. [20]

Player	Gaelic football	Association football
Amber Barrett	Donegal	Republic of Ireland
Megan Connolly	Cork ^(Note 1)	Republic of Ireland
Marie Curtin	Limerick	Republic of Ireland
Niamh Fahey [20]	Galway	Republic of Ireland
Dora Gorman	Galway	Republic of Ireland
Ciara Grant	Donegal	Republic of Ireland
Una Harkin	Derry	Northern Ireland
Siobhán Killeen	Dublin	Republic of Ireland
Kirsty McGuinness	Antrim	Northern Ireland
Valerie Mulcahy	Cork	Republic of Ireland ^(Note 2)
Sarah Rowe [20]	Mayo	Republic of Ireland
Julie-Ann Russell	Galway	Republic of Ireland
Nora Stapleton	Donegal	UCD
Cora Staunton	Mayo	Mayo Ladies League
Hannah Tyrrell	Dublin	St Catherine's/Shamrock Rovers

Notes

• ^1 Megan Connolly represented Cork at under-16 level.
• ^2 Valerie Mulcahy represented Ireland at the 2003 Summer Universiade.

Ladies' Gaelic football to Australian rules football

In 2017, Laura Duryea became the first Irish player to play in the AFLW, the women's Australian rules football league. In 2018 Duryea was joined in the league by Cora Staunton. [21][22][23]

Ladies' Gaelic football players in the AFLW

Player	Gaelic football	AFLW team	AFLW debut
Yvonne Bonner	Donegal	Greater Western Sydney	2019
Ailish Considine	Clare	Adelaide	2019
Laura Duryea	Cavan	Melbourne	2017
Joanne Doonan	Fermanagh	Carlton
Clara Fitzpatrick	Down	St Kilda
Kate Flood	Louth	Fremantle
Aileen Gilroy	Mayo	North Melbourne
Sinéad Goldrick	Dublin	Melbourne	2020
Katy Herron	Donegal	Western Bulldogs
Grace Kelly	Mayo	West Coast
Niamh Kelly	Mayo	West Coast
Aisling McCarthy	Tipperary	Western Bulldogs	2019
Niamh McEvoy	Dublin	Melbourne	2020
Orla O'Dwyer	Tipperary	Brisbane
Sarah Rowe	Mayo	Collingwood	2019
Aishling Sheridan	Mayo	Collingwood	2019
Mairéad Seoighe	Galway	North Melbourne
Cora Staunton	Mayo	Greater Western Sydney	2018
Áine Tighe	Leitrim	Fremantle
Bree White	London	Collingwood	2017

Source:[24][25]

Ladies' Gaelic football to camogie

Player	Gaelic football	Camogie	Football All Stars	Camogie All Stars
Rena Buckley ^(Note 1)	Cork	Cork	6	5
Naomi Carroll ^(Note 2)	Clare	Limerick/Clare	0	0
Briege Corkery	Cork	Cork	10	6
Mary Geaney ^(Note 2) ^(Note 3)	Kerry	Cork	0	0
Michelle Magee ^(Note 4)	Antrim	Antrim	0	0
Aisling McCarthy	Tipperary	Cahir GAA	0	0
Mary O'Connor	Cork	Cork	1	3
Fiona O'Driscoll	Cork	Cork	1	1
Rachel Ruddy	Dublin	Dublin	2	0
Angela Walsh	Cork	Cork	6	0

Notes

• ^1 Rena Buckley, was the first player to captain Cork teams to both the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. In 2012 she captained the Cork senior ladies' football team and in 2017 she captained the Cork senior camogie team. [26][27][28][29]
• ^2 Naomi Carroll and Mary Geaney were also Ireland women's field hockey internationals
• ^3 Mary Geaney became the first player to captain a team to both the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. In 1976 she captained Kerry when they won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. In 1980 she captained the Cork senior camogie team. [30][31][32]
• ^4 Michelle Magee is also a Northern Ireland netball international. She played camogie at under-14 level for Antrim.

Ladies' Gaelic football to field hockey

Player	Gaelic football	Field hockey
Naomi Carroll	Clare	Ireland
Nicola Daly	Dublin	Ireland ^(Note 1)
Deirdre Duke	Dublin ^(Note 2)	Ireland ^(Note 1)
Mary Geaney	Kerry	Ireland
Dora Gorman	Galway	Ireland ^(Note 3)
Sarah Hawkshaw	Dublin ^(Note 4)	Ireland

Notes

• ^1 Nicola Daly and Deirdre Duke were both members of the Ireland team that won the silver medal at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup
• ^2 Deirdre Duke represented Dublin at under-14 level.
• ^3 Dora Gorman represented Ireland at under-16 and under-18 level.
• ^4 Sarah Hawkshaw represented Dublin at under-16 level.

Ladies' Gaelic football to netball

At the 2015 Nations Cup tournament the Northern Ireland national netball team featured three ladies' Gaelic football inter-county captains – Caroline O'Hanlon (Armagh), Neamh Woods (Tyrone) and Laura Mason (Down). [33] At the 2019 Netball World Cup, of the twelve players that featured in the Northern Ireland squad, seven were ladies' Gaelic footballers. These included O'Hanlon, Woods, Emma Magee, Michelle Magee, Ciara Crosbie, Michelle Drayne and Gemma Lawlor. [34]

Player	Gaelic football	Netball
Ciara Crosbie	Down ^(Note 1)	Northern Ireland
Gemma Lawlor	Down	Northern Ireland
Michelle Drayne	Antrim	Northern Ireland
Emma Magee	Antrim	Northern Ireland
Michelle Magee	Antrim	Northern Ireland
Laura Mason	Down	Northern Ireland
Caroline O'Hanlon	Armagh	Northern Ireland
Neamh Woods	Tyrone	Northern Ireland

Source:[34][33]

Notes

• ^1 Ciara Crosbie represented Down at youth level.

Ladies' Gaelic football to rugby union

Lindsay Peat played for Dublin in the 2009, 2010 and 2014 All-Ireland finals before playing for Ireland in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. The Ireland squad featured at least six other former ladies' inter-county footballers – Niamh Briggs, Claire Molloy, Cliodhna Moloney, Katie Fitzhenry, Nora Stapleton and Hannah Tyrrell. [20][35]

Player	Gaelic football	Rugby union
Niamh Briggs	Waterford	Ireland
Katie Fitzhenry	Wexford	Ireland
Claire Molloy	Galway	Ireland
Cliodhna Moloney	Galway	Ireland
Lindsay Peat	Dublin	Ireland
Nora Stapleton	Donegal	Ireland
Hannah Tyrrell	Dublin	Ireland

Source:[20][35]

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