All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2025 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Shinsear Peile na mBan na hÉireann
Founded	1974
Trophy	Brendan Martin Cup
Title holders	Kerry (12th title)
Most titles	Kerry (12 titles)
Sponsors	TG4

The All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship (Irish: Craobh Shinsir Peile na mBan in Éirinn) is the premier inter-county competition in the game of ladies' Gaelic football in Ireland.[1] The series of games are organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and are played during the summer months, with the All-Ireland Final being played at Croke Park.[2] The qualifiers were introduced in 2008.[3]

The winning team is presented with the Brendan Martin Cup (Irish: Corn Bhreandáin Uí Mháirtín).[4] The cup is named after Brendan Martin, a native of Tullamore, County Offaly, who organised Ladies' Gaelic football games in the early 1970s and became one of the first treasurers of the newly founded Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. He died in 2024.[5]

Teams

2025 Championship

County	Province	Championship titles	Last championship title	Position in 2023 championship	Last provincial title
Armagh	Ulster	1	1995	Quarter-finals	2024
Cork	Munster	11	2016	Semi-finals	2023
Donegal	Ulster	0	—	Quarter-finals	2023
Dublin	Leinster	6	2023	Champions	2024
Galway	Connacht	1	2004	Quarter-finals	2024
Kerry	Munster	12	2024	Runners-up	2024
Kildare	Leinster	0	—	Champions (Intermediate Championship)	—
Leitrim	Connacht	0	—	—	—
Mayo	Connacht	4	2003	Semi-finals	2023
Meath	Leinster	2	2022	Quarter-finals	—
Tipperary	Munster	3	1980	Group stage	—
Waterford	Munster	5	1998	Group stage	—

2025 Tiers

Championship	County team	Province
Senior	Armagh	Ulster
	Cork	Munster
	Donegal	Ulster
	Dublin	Leinster
	Galway	Connacht
	Kerry	Munster
	Kildare	Leinster
	Leitrim	Connacht
	Mayo	Connacht
	Meath	Leinster
	Tipperary	Munster
	Waterford	Munster
Intermediate	Cavan	Ulster
	Clare	Munster
	Down	Ulster
	Fermanagh	Ulster
	Laois	Leinster
	Monaghan	Ulster
	Offaly	Leinster
	Roscommon	Connacht
	Tyrone	Ulster
	Westmeath	Leinster
	Wexford	Leinster
	Wicklow	Leinster
Junior	Antrim	Ulster
	Carlow	Leinster
	Derry	Ulster
	Kilkenny	Leinster
	Limerick	Munster
	London	Britain
	Longford	Leinster
	Louth	Leinster
	Sligo	Connacht

Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Venue	Attendance
1974	Tipperary	2-3 – 2-2	Offaly	Durrow, County Laois
1975	Tipperary	1-4 – 0-0	Galway	Geraldine Park, Athy	700
1976	Kerry	4-6 – 1-5	Offaly	Littleton, County Tipperary
1977	Cavan	4-3 – 2-3	Roscommon	Durrow, County Laois	3,000
1978	Roscommon	2-3 – 0-5	Tipperary	Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
1979	Offaly	2-6 – 3-3	Tipperary	The Heath, Portlaoise
	Offaly	3-6 – 1-6	Tipperary	McCann Park, Portarlington
1980	Tipperary	1-1 – 0-1	Cavan	Edenderry
1981	Offaly	1-11 – 4-0	Cavan	Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
1982	Kerry	1-8 – 1-2	Offaly	MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
1983	Kerry	4-6 – 1-7	Wexford	Kilsheelan
1984	Kerry	0-5 – 0-3	Leitrim	Páirc Mochua, Timahoe
1985	Kerry	2-9 – 0-5	Laois	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork	5,000
1986	Kerry	1-11 – 0-8	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
1987	Kerry	2-10 – 2-2	Westmeath	Croke Park, Dublin
1988	Kerry	2-12 – 3-3	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
1989	Kerry	1-14 – 1-5	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
1990	Kerry	1-9 – 0-6	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
1991	Waterford	5-8 – 3-7	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
1992	Waterford	2-10 – 3-4	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
1993	Kerry	4-8 – 2-6	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
1994	Waterford	2-10 – 0-12	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin
1995	Waterford	4-14 – 1-5	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin
1996	Monaghan	2-9 – 2-9	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
	Monaghan	2-15 – 1-9	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
1997	Monaghan	2-15 – 1-16	Waterford	Croke Park, Dublin
1998	Waterford	1-16 – 4-7	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin	16,421
	Waterford	2-14 – 3-8	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin	13,551
1999	Mayo	0-12 – 1-8	Waterford	Croke Park, Dublin	15,000
2000	Mayo	3-6 – 0-14	Waterford	Croke Park, Dublin
2001	Laois	2-14 – 1-16	Mayo	Croke Park, Dublin
2002	Mayo	0-12 – 1-8	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin
2003	Mayo	1-4 – 0-5	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
2004	Galway	3-8 – 0-11	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
2005 [6]	Cork	1-11 – 0-8	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin	23,358
2006 [7]	Cork	1-7 – 1-6	Armagh	Croke Park, Dublin
2007 [8]	Cork	2-11 – 2-6	Mayo	Croke Park, Dublin
2008 [9]	Cork	4-13 – 0-11	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin	20,015
2009[10]	Cork	1-9 – 0-11	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin	21,606
2010[11]	Dublin	3-16 – 0-9	Tyrone	Croke Park, Dublin	21,750
2011[12]	Cork	2-7 – 0-11	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin	20,061
2012[13]	Cork	0-16 – 0-7	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin	16,998
2013[14]	Cork	1-10 – 1-9	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin	25,103
2014[15]	Cork	2-13 – 2-12	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin	27,374
2015[16]	Cork	0-12 – 0-10	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin	31,083
2016[17]	Cork	1-7 – 1-6	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin	34,445
2017[18]	Dublin	4-11 – 0-11	Mayo	Croke Park, Dublin	46,286
2018[19]	Dublin	3-11 – 1-12	Cork	Croke Park, Dublin	50,141
2019	Dublin	2-3 – 0-4	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin	56,114
2020[20]	Dublin	1-10 – 1-5	Cork	Croke Park, Dublin	0
2021[21]	Meath	1-11 – 0-12	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin	32,000[22]
2022	Meath	3-10 – 1-7	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin	46,440
2023	Dublin	0-18 – 1-10	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin	46,000
2024	Kerry	3-14 – 0-11	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin	30,340

Roll of honour

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

#	County	Wins	Runners-up	Years won	Years Runners-up
1	Kerry	12	3	1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2024	2012, 2022, 2023
2	Cork	11	2	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016	2018, 2020
3	Dublin	6	7	2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023	2003, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
4	Waterford	5	3	1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998	1997, 1999, 2000
5	Mayo	4	3	1999, 2000, 2002, 2003	2001, 2007, 2017
6	Tipperary	3	2	1974, 1975, 1980	1978, 1979
7	Monaghan	2	7	1996, 1997	1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013
	Offaly	2	3	1979, 1981	1974, 1976, 1982
	Meath	2	0	2021, 2022
10	Laois	1	7	2001	1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
	Galway	1	4	2004	1975, 2005, 2019, 2024
	Cavan	1	2	1977	1980, 1981
	Roscommon	1	1	1978	1977
13	Wexford	0	3		1983, 1986, 1989
	Leitrim	0	1		1984
	Westmeath	0	1		1987
	Armagh	0	1		2006
	Tyrone	0	1		2010

Senior Ladies' Football Provincial Championships

#	County	Titles	Years won
1	Dublin	8	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
2	Galway	6	2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024
3	Donegal	5	2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
	Cork	5	2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
5	Kerry	3	2015, 2017, 2024
6	Mayo	2	2016, 2023
	Armagh	2	2022, 2024
8	Monaghan	1	2016

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
• All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship (Tier 2)
• All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship (Tier 3)

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