2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 June – 16 September 2018 |
| Teams | 12 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winners | Dublin (3rd win) |
| Captain | Sinéad Aherne |
| Manager | Mick Bohan |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Cork |
| Captain | Ciara O'Sullivan |
| Manager | Ephie Fitzgerald |
| Provincial champions | |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Munster | Cork |
| Ulster | Donegal |
| Championship Statistics | |
| Matches Played | 27 |
← 2017 2019 → | |
The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 45th 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.[1][2][3]
Competition format[edit]
Provincial championships[edit]
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. All matches are knockout.
All-Ireland[edit]
- Group stage
In 2018, a new round-robin format was introduced in the All-Ireland championship. The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams.
- Knockout stage
The winners of each group and the runners-up compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow.
Provincial championships[edit]
Connacht Championship[edit]
Connacht Final[edit]
| 24 June 2018 4:00 pm Final |
Mayo | 1-12 – 0-17 | Galway | MacHale Park Referee: Gerry Carmody (Roscommon) Man of the Match: Tracey Leonard (Corofin) |
| Cora Staunton 0-6 (0-4f), Fiona Doherty 1-0, Sinead Cafferky, Niamh Kelly, Grace Kelly (0-1f) 0-2 each | Report | Tracey Leonard 0-6 (0-2f), Mairead Seoighe and Roisin Leonard (0-1f) 0-3 each, Emer Faherty, Nicola Ward, Olivia Divilly, Aine McDonagh, Sarah Conneally 0-1 each |
Leinster Championship[edit]
Leinster Final[edit]
| 1 July 2018 4:00 pm Final |
Dublin | 5-11 – 2-8 | Westmeath | Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Stephen McNulty (Wicklow) Man of the Match: Niamh McEvoy (St. Sylvesters) |
| Sinéad Aherne 1-5 (0-3f), Niamh McEvoy 2-1, Noëlle 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 |
Munster Championship[edit]
Munster Semi-Finals[edit]
| 2 June 2018 Semi-Final |
Cork | 2-12 - 1-10 | Tipperary | Ardfinnan GAA Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry) |
| 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, Aisling McCarthy 0-4 (3f), Mairead Morrissey 0-2, Orla O’Dwyer and Roisin Howard 0-1 each |
| 3 June 2018 Semi-Final |
Kerry | 2-16 - 1-6 | Waterford | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Referee: Jason Mullins (Limerick) |
| Sarah Houlihan 1-9 (1-0 pen, 0-3f), Andrea Murphy 1-2, Lorraine Scanlon 0-3 (0-1f), Emma Dineen and Aoife O'Callaghan 0-1 each | Report | Maria Delahunty 1-2, Michelle Ryan, Lauren McGregor (0-1f), Aileen Wall, Eimear Fennell (0-1f) 0-1 each |
Munster Final[edit]
| 23 June 2018 2:00 pm Final |
Cork | 5-13 – 2-10 | Kerry | Cork IT Referee: T Fox (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Melissa Duggan (Dohenys) |
| 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 |
Ulster Championship[edit]
Ulster Semi-Finals[edit]
| 3 June 2018 6:00 pm Semi-Final |
Armagh | 2-14 - 1-14 | Cavan | Inniskeen Grattans GAC, Inniskeen Referee: Gavin Corrigan (Down) |
| Aimee Mackin 1-4, Kelly Mallon 1-2 (0-1f), Caroline O'Hanlon 0-4 (0-2f), Tiarna Grimes and Lauren McConville 0-2 each | Report | Aisling Doonan 0-6 (0-3f), Donna English 0-4, Beth Farrelly McGee 1-0, Bronagh Sheridan and Aishling Sheridan 0-2 each |
| 9 June 2018 7:00 pm Semi-Final |
Donegal | 3-17 - 1-9 | Monaghan | Healy Park, Omagh Referee: Brendan Rice (Down) |
| Geraldine McLaughlin 1-5 (0-5f), Yvonne Bonner 1-2, Eilish Ward 1-1 (1-0 pen), Aoife McDonnell 0-3, Katy Herron and Sarah Jane McDonald 0-2 each, Deirdre Foley and Roisin Friel 0-1 each | Report | Ellen McCarron 0-5 (0-3f), Niamh Callan 1-0, Muireann Atkinson (0-1f), Rosemary Courtney, Therese Scott (0-1f), Eva Woods 0-1 each |
Ulster Final[edit]
| 17 June 2018 3:45 pm Final |
Donegal | 9-21 – 4-8 | Armagh | Brewster Park Referee: Brian McCallion (Tyrone) Man of the Match: Yvonne Bonner (Glenfin) |
| Yvonne Bonner 3-6, Geraldine McLaughlin 3-4 (0-1f), Eilish Ward 1-2, Karen Guthrie and Niamh Hegarty 1-1 each, Katy Herron 0-4, Sarah Jane McDonald 0-2, Aoife McDonnell 0-1 | Report | Caroline O'Hanlon 1-3 (1-0 pen), Aimee Mackin 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Kelly Mallon and Blaithin Mackin 1-1 each, Aoife McCoy 0-1 |
All-Ireland Group Stage[edit]
All-Ireland Group Stage[edit]
In 2018, a new round-robin format was introduced in the All-Ireland championship. The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams, with each group containing one provincial champion, one provincial beaten finalist, and one beaten provincial semi-finalist (two each from Munster and Ulster). Each team plays the other teams in its group once.
There are three rounds in each group with the provincial champions playing in rounds two and three. Three group points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The winners and runners-up in each group compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Group 1[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points |
Score Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Donegal
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +4 |
| Kerry
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +5 |
 Tipperary
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –9 |
| 14 July 2018 13:00 |
Tipperary | 2-10 – 3-13 | Kerry | MacDonagh Park, Nenagh Referee: Jonathan Murphy |
| A Moloney 1-4, R Howard 1-1, A McCarthy 0-3 (1f), G O’Brien 0-2 | Report | S Houlihan 2-3 (0-2f), L Ni Mhuircheartaigh 0-6 (3f), A Murphy 1-1, E O’Leary 0-2, A Brosnan 0-1 |
| 21 July 2018 3 p.m. |
Donegal | 0-17 – 0-14 | Tipperary | Castlerea St. Kevin's GAA, Castlerea Referee: Garryowen McMahon (Mayo) |
| Report |
| 28 July 2018 | Kerry | 1-13 – 3-6 | Donegal | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon Referee: Gerry Carmody |
| Report |
Group 2[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points |
Score Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cork
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +28 |
 Armagh
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | –12 |
 Monaghan
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | –16 |
| 14 July 2018 12:30 |
Armagh | 1-11 – 1-11 | Monaghan | Clones |
| Report |
| 21 July 2018 15:00 |
Cork | 7-7 – 1-9 | Monaghan | St Brendan's Park, Birr Referee: Stephen McNulty (Wicklow) |
| 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 |
| 28 July 2018 3:45 p.m. |
Armagh | 1-7 – 1-19 | Cork | Duggan Park, Ballinasloe Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo) |
| Report |
Group 3[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points |
Score Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Galway
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +42 |
| Westmeath
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | –25 |
| Waterford
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –17 |
| 14 July 2018 14:45 |
Waterford | 2-11 – 2-12 | Westmeath | MacDonagh Park, Nenagh Referee: John Gallagher |
| A Wall 2-0, M Delahunty 0-6 (4f), K Corbett Barry 0-1, M Ryan 0-1, Kate McGrath 0-1, S Ryan 0-1, E Fennell 0-1 | Report | A Connolly 1-2 (0-1f), L Slevin 0-5 (5f), L L Walsh 1-0, M A Foley 0-3, A Dolan 0-2 |
| 21 July 2018 16:45 |
Galway | 3-12 – 0-5 | Waterford | St Brendan's Park, Birr Referee: Seamus Mulvihill |
| 28 July 2018 2 p.m. |
Westmeath | 1-6 – 6-17 | Galway | Duggan Park, Ballinasloe Referee: Kevin Corcoran |
| A Connolly 1-2 (0-2f), LL Walsh 0-1, J Maher 0-1, F Coyle 0-1, MA Foley 0-1. | Report | L Coen 2-3, T Leonard 0-6 (2f), S Conneally 1-2, R Leonard 1-2, E Reaney 1-1, L Ward 1-0, A Davoren 0-1, O Divilly 0-1, A McDonagh 0-1 |
Group 4[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points |
Score Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dublin
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +22 |
 Mayo
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | –2 |
 Cavan
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –20 |
| 14 July 2018 14:15 |
Mayo | 3-23 - 4-13 | Cavan | Clones Referee: Niall McCormack (Laois) Man of the Match: Grace Kelly (Moy Davitts) |
| Grace Kelly 2-6 (0-1f), Sarah Rowe 1-7, Niamh Kelly 0-5, Fiona Doherty 0-3, Kathryn Sullivan and Emma Needham 0-1 each | Report | Aisling Maguire 1-5 (0-4f), Donna English, Catherine Dolan, Aishling Sheridan 1-0 each, Bronagh Sheridan 0-3 (0-1f), Sinead Greene 0-2, Catriona Smith, Ciara Finnegan, Roisin O'Keefe 0-1 each |
| 21 July 2018 3 pm |
Dublin | 5-17 – 2-13 | Cavan | Dunleer Referee: Brendan Rice |
| Noëlle Healy 2-5; L McGinley 2-0; Niamh McEvoy 1-2; Sinéad Aherne 0-3 (2f); O Whyte 0-2; N Collins, J Dunne, C Rowe, N Owens, Niamh McEvoy 0-1 each | Report | A Maguire 0-8 (5f); Aishling Sheridan 1-2; C Dolan 1-0; A O’Reilly, C Smith, S Greene 0-1 each |
| 28 July 2018 | Mayo | 1-8 – 3-11 | Dublin | Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Referee: Maggie Farrelly (Cavan) |
| Report |
All-Ireland Knockout[edit]
All-Ireland Quarter-Finals[edit]
Each of the four winners from the group stage play one of the four runners-up.
| Donegal
|
0-19 (19) – (16) 1-13 | Armagh
|
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 0-11 – 0-05) | ||
Pts: Y Bonner 5; G McLaughlin 4 (1f); S J McDonald, E Ward 3; N Hegarty 2, A McDonnell 2; K Herron 1. |
Gls: A McCoy 1 Pts: A Mackin 7 (2f); C O’Hanlon 2, K Mallon 1 (f); B Mackin, S Grey, A McCoy 1 | |
All-Ireland Semi-Finals[edit]
All-Ireland final[edit]
| Dublin | 3-11; 1-12 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| Sinéad Aherne (1-7) Carla Rowe (2-0) Nicole Owens (0-2) Niamh McEvoy (0-1) Sinéad Goldrick (0-1) |
[5][6][7][8][9] | Orla Finn (0-8) Áine Kelly (1-1) Ciara O'Sullivan (0-2) Doireann O'Sullivan (0-1) |
Relegation play-offs[edit]
Relegation Format[edit]
The provincial championship winners are exempt from relegation even if they finish bottom of their group. The number of relegation play-off games is therefore dependent on the number of non provincial winners who finish bottom of their group. The losers of the relegation play-offs play in next year's intermediate championship.
Relegation qualifiers[edit]
11 August 2018
Relegation Qualifier 1 |
| Tipperary | 1-13 (16) – (22) 3-13 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-08 – 2-08) | ||
John Locke Park, Callan Referee: J Murphy (Carlow) |
11 August 2018
Relegation Qualifier 2 |
| Monaghan | 2-15 (21) – (15) 0-15 | Cavan |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-07 – 0-07) | ||
Lann Léire GFC, Dunleer Referee: Kieran McKeever |
Relegation play-off Match[edit]
| Tipperary | 1-14 (17) – (20) 2-14 | Cavan |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-09 – 0-04) | ||
Tipperary are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2019.
Records[edit]
Scoring Events[edit]
- Widest winning margin: 33 points
- Most goals in a match: 13
- Most points in a match: 36
- Most goals by one team in a match: 9
- Most goals by a losing team: 4
- Highest aggregate score: 68 points
- Lowest aggregate score: 28 points
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ulster Ladies". ulsterladiesgaelic.com.
- ^ "4 groups revealed for round-robin 2018 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship". 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Round-robin draw made in Ladies football". 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Dublin ladies vs Cork: LIVE". 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Dublin make history with back-to-back All-Irelands". www.rte.ie. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Dynamic Dublin retain Ladies title". www.gaa.ie. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Dublin bank back-to-back All-Ireland senior ladies football crowns". www.irishnews.com. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "As it happened: Dublin v Cork, Ladies All-Ireland football final". www.the42.ie. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Cork v Dublin - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.