2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 2019
Championship details
Dates11 May – 16 September 2018
Teams12
All-Ireland champions
WinnersDublin (4th win)
CaptainSinéad Aherne
ManagerMick Bohan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upGalway
CaptainTracey Leonard
ManagerTim Rabbitt
Provincial champions
ConnachtGalway
LeinsterDublin
MunsterCork
UlsterDonegal
Championship Statistics
Matches Played29
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The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 46th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.[1][2]

It was won by Dublin, who defeated Galway in the final.[3][4][5][6]

Competition format

Provincial championships

Connacht, Leinster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. All matches are knockout.

In Munster there are three teams in the provincial championship. They play each other in a round-robin phase, with two teams progressing to the final.

All-Ireland

Group stage

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

Connacht Championship

Connacht Final

23 June 2019
16:00 IST
Final 		Mayo 3-6 – 1-12 Galway MacHale Park, Castlebar
Referee: John Niland (Sligo)
R Kearns 1-2; É Ronayne, G Kelly 1-0 each; Sarah Rowe 0-2 (2f); S Cafferky 0-1, N Kelly 0-1. Report T Leonard 0-6 (4f), L Ward 1-0, S Conneally 0-2, A McDonagh 0-1, R Leonard 0-1 (1f), O Divilly 0-1, M Glynn 0-1

Connacht Final Replay

6 July 2019
16:00 IST
Final Replay 		Mayo 0-9 – 3-7 Galway Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: John Niland (Sligo)
Sarah Rowe 0-03, Grace Kelly 0-03, Sinead Cafferky 0-01, Clodagh McManamon 0-01, Rachel Kearns 0-01 Report T Leonard (2-03), M Glynn (1-00); R Leonard (0-02), S Conneally (0-01), L Hannon (0-01)

Leinster Championship

Leinster Final

30 June 2019
16:00 IST
Final 		Dublin 4-11 – 1-7 Westmeath Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: N McCormack (Laois)
Report

Munster Championship

Group stage

Games take place on 11 May, 25 May, and 1 June 2019.

Team Pld W D L Group
Points 		Score
Difference
Cork 2 2 0 0 6 +40
Waterford 2 1 0 1 3 –19
Kerry 2 0 0 2 0 –21

Munster Final

16 June 2019
18:30 IST
Final 		Cork 2-14 – 0-9 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: S Mulvihill (Kerry)
S Noonan 2-3, O Finn 0-4 (2f), D Kiely 0-2, N Cotter 0-2, E Kiely 0-1, C O'Sullivan 0-1, L Coppinger 0-1 Report M Delahunty 0-5 (3f), K Murray 0-1, KA Hogan 0-1, C Fennell 0-1, M Ryan 0-1

Ulster Championship

Ulster Round 1

8 June 2019
Round 1 		Donegal 3-13 – 2-12 Tyrone Breffni Park, Cavan
Report

Ulster Semi-Finals

9 June 2019
15:45 IST
Semi-Final 		Armagh 5-14 – 1-12 Monaghan Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Yvonne Duffy (Cavan)
A McCoy 2-1, K Mallon 0-5 (3f), B Mackin, N Reel 1-2 each, E Lavery 1-1, C O'Hanlon 0-2, A Mackin 0-1 Report R Courtney 0-5 (4f), C Courtney 1-2 (1-0 pen), S Coyle 0-3, C Treanor 0-1, C McBride 0-1
15 June 2019
19:00 IST
Semi-Final 		Cavan 2-13 – 0-24
AET 		Donegal Killyclogher
Referee: K McKeever (Armagh)
A Maguire 1-6 (0-5f, 1-0 pen), C Finnegan 1-2 (0-1f), D English 0-3, E Longair 0-1, K McIntyre 0-1 Report G McLaughlin 0-14 (3f), K Guthrie 0-8 (7f), A Boyle Carr 0-1, K Keeney 0-1

Ulster Final

30 June 2019
15:45 IST
Final 		Armagh 1-9 – 5-12 Donegal St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 2,049
Referee: Y Duffy (Cavan)
C O’Hanlon 1-3 (0-2f), A Mackin 0-4, K Mallon 0-1 (f), B Mackin 0-1 Report G McLaughlin 2-4 (0-1f), Niamh McLaughlin 2-2, A Boyle Carr 1-2, K Guthrie 0-4 (3f)

All-Ireland Group Stage

Key to colours
     Advance to All-Ireland quarter-finals
     Relegation playoffs
     Exempt from relegation (provincial champions)

All-Ireland Group Stage

The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams, with each group containing one provincial champion, one provincial finalist, and one other team.

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 games take place 13–28 July 2019.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Cork 2 1 0 1 57 40 +17 3 Advance to Quarter-final
2 Armagh 2 1 0 1 47 47 0 3
3 Cavan 2 1 0 1 46 63 −17 3 Relegation play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2019. Source: The42.ie
13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Round 1 Cavan 3-18 (27) – (26) 6-08 Armagh Templeport  
14:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Templeport St Aidans GAA
Report Referee: Niall McCormack (Laois)


20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Round 2 Cork 6-19 (37) – (19) 3-08 Cavan Mullingar  
Venue: TEG Cusack Park
Report Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo)


27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Round 3 Armagh 4-09 (21) – (20) 3-11 Cork Tullamore  
15:15 IST (UTC+1) Venue: O'Connor Park
Report Referee: Maggie Farrelly


Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Dublin 2 2 0 0 59 16 +43 6 Advance to Quarter-final
2 Waterford 2 1 0 1 52 43 +9 3
3 Monaghan 2 0 0 2 17 69 −52 0 Relegation play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2019. Source: The42.ie
13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Round 1 Waterford 2-06 (12) – (30) 5-15 Dublin Portlaoise  
15:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: O'Moore Park


20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Round 2 Monaghan 1-10 (13) – (40) 7-19 Waterford Cremartin  
15:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Shamrock Park
Report Referee: G Carmody (Sligo)


27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Round 3 Dublin 3-20 (29) – (04) 0-04 Monaghan Dublin  
14:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Parnell Park
Report Referee: Kevin Phelan (Laois)


Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Galway 2 2 0 0 36 19 +17 6 Advance to Quarter-final
2 Kerry 2 1 0 1 28 30 −2 3
3 Westmeath 2 0 0 2 19 34 −15 0 Relegation play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2019. Source: RTÉ
13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Round 1 Galway 1-14 (17) – (13) 1-10 Kerry Portlaoise  
13:45 IST (UTC+1) Venue: O'Moore Park


21 July 2019 (2019-07-21) Round 2 Westmeath 1-03 (06) – (19) 2-13 Galway Mullingar  
13:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: TEG Cusack Park
Report Referee: Niall McCormack


28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) Round 3 Kerry 1-12 (15) – (13) 1-10 Westmeath Killarney  
14:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Fitzgerald Stadium
Report --> Referee: Kevin Phelan


Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Mayo 2 2 0 0 48 41 +7 6 Advance to Quarter-final
2 Tyrone 2 1 0 1 41 41 0 3
3 Donegal 2 0 0 2 39 46 −7 0 Exempt from relegation
Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2019. Source: The42.ie
13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Round 1 Tyrone 3-11 (20) – (23) 3-14 Mayo Omagh  
14:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Healy Park


20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Round 2 Donegal 3-09 (18) – (21) 3-12 Tyrone Mullingar  
13:45 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Cusack Park
Report Referee: Barry Redmond (Wexford)


27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Round 3 Mayo 1-22 (25) – (21) 3-12 Donegal Tullamore  
13:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: O'Connor Park
Report Referee: Stephen McNulty (Wicklow)


All-Ireland Knockout

All-Ireland Quarter-Finals

Each of the four winners from the group stage play one of the four runners-up.[7]

3 August 2019
15:00 IST
Quarter-Final 1
Cork 7-18 (39) – (13) 3-04 Tyrone
(HT: 3-08 – 1-03)
Gls: D O’Sullivan 2, N Cotter 1, E Scally 1, E Kiely 1, Á O’Sullivan 1, S Noonan 1
Pts: O Finn 6 (4f), D O’Sullivan 2, N Cotter 2, E Scally 2, C O’Sullivan 2, E Kiely 1, Á O’Sullivan 1, R Ní Bhuachalla 1, A Hutchings 1		 Gls: M Mallon 2, M Canavan 1
Pts: C McCaffrey 3, A McHugh 1
Duggan Park, Ballinasloe
Referee: Gerry Carmody (Roscommon)
5 August 2019
16:45 IST
Quarter-Final 2
Dublin 5-15 (30) – (15) 2-09 Kerry
(HT: 1-04 – 2-03)
Gls: Sinéad Aherne 2, Niamh McEvoy 1, C Rowe 1, N Hetherton 1
Pts: Sinéad Aherne 5 (3f), Niamh McEvoy 2, C Rowe 1, O Whyte 2, K Sullivan 2, Sinéad Goldrick 1, N Healy 1, L Davey 1		 Gls: S Houlihan 1, M O’Keeffe 1
Pts: S Houlihan 3 (1f), L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 3 (2f), M O’Keeffe 1, E Dineen 1, L Scanlon 1
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo)
10 August 2019
13:00 IST
Quarter-Final 4
Mayo 2-12 (18) – (15) 1-12 Armagh
(HT: 1-07 – 0-07)
Gls: Sarah Rowe 1, M Reilly 1
Pts: Sarah Rowe 3 (2f), G Kelly 2, N Gaughan 1, Clodagh McManamon 1, R Kearns 1, N Kelly 1, S Cafferky 1, F Doherty 1, D Caldwell 1		 Gls: K Mallon 1
Pts: Caroline O'Hanlon 7 (3f), C Marley 2, A McCoy 1, T Grimes 1, K Mallon 1f
Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)
10 August 2019
14:45 IST
Quarter-Final 3
Galway 1-12 (15) – (10) 2-04 Waterford
(HT: 1-06 – 1-04)
Gls: T Leonard 1
Pts: T Leonard 5 (3f), S Conneally 2, R Leonard 2, L Ward 1, M Glynn 1, Á McDonagh 1		 Gls: A Wall 2
Pts: M Delahunty 2 (1f), M Ryan 2
Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Brendan Rice

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

25 August 2019
14:00 IST
Semi-Final 2
Galway 2-10 (16) – (15) 2-09 Mayo
(HT: 2-05 – 1-06)
Gls: M Seoighe 2
Pts: R Leonard 4 (1f), S Conneally 2, T Leonard 1f, M Glynn 1, M Seoighe 1, L Coen 1		 Gls: R Kearns 1, N Kelly 1
Pts: G Kelly 3 (2f), R Kearns 2, N Kelly 1, Sarah Rowe 1f, N Gaughan 1f, S Cafferky 1
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
Attendance: 10,886
25 August 2019
15:45 IST
Semi-Final 1
Cork 0-11 (11) – (17) 2-11 Dublin
(HT: 0-07 – 0-07)

Pts: O Finn 9 (8f), D O’Sullivan 1, E Scally 1		 Gls: Sinéad Aherne 1pen, C O’Connor 1
Pts: Sinéad Aherne 3fs, C Rowe 3, L Davey 1, O Whyte 1, Niamh McEvoy 1, Noëlle Healy 1, J Dunne 1
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Maggie Farrelly (Cavan)
Attendance: 10,886

All-Ireland final

Main article: 2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
Dublin2–3; 0–4Galway
Sinéad Goldrick (1-0)
Hannah O'Neill (1-0)
Lyndsey Davey (0-1)
Sinéad Aherne (0-1)
Noëlle Healy (0-1)		 [3][4][5][6] Tracey Leonard (0-2)
Sarah Conneally (0-1)
Roisín Leonard (0-1)
Attendance: 56,114
Referee: Brendan Rice (Down)

Relegation play-offs

The last-placed team in each group contest the relegation playoffs. Note that the provincial champions are exempt from relegation.

The losers of the relegation play-offs play in the 2020 intermediate championship.

11 August 2019
15:45 IST
Relegation Semi-Final
Cavan 3-12 (21) – (9) 1-06 Westmeath
(HT: 2-8 – 1-3)
Coralstown/Kinnegad GAA, Kinnegad
Referee: Kevin Corcoran (Mayo)
18 August 2019
14:00 IST
Relegation Final
Westmeath 1-10 (13) – (27) 3-18 Monaghan
(HT: 0-04 – 1-13)
Gls: A Jones 1
Pts: L Slevin 7 (6f), A Jones 1, L McCartan 1, G Halligan 1		 Gls: L Kerley 1, C Treanor 1, J Duffy 1
Pts: L Kerley 11 (9f), C Courtney 2, R Courtney 1, C Treanor 1, C McAnespie 1, C McBride 1, A McCarey 1
Lann Léire C.P.G., Dunleer
Referee: B Redmond (Wexford)

Westmeath are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2020.

References

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  4. ^ a b "Dublin secure the three-in-a-row in front of a record crowd". www.irishtimes.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Dublin v Galway - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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