2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Second of five titles in a row for Cork
Date2 October 2006
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Player of the MatchNollaig Cleary
RefereeDeclan Corcoran (Mayo)
Attendance25,665
2005
2007

The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Armagh. Armagh led 1–4 to 0–3 at half-time but a goal from player of the match, Nollaig Cleary, helped Cork to a one-point win. [1][2] It was also the second of five consecutive All-Ireland finals that Cork would win between 2005 and 2009.[3] The Armagh team featured Caroline O'Hanlon, a Northern Ireland netball international.[4]

Match info

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Cork1–7; 1–6Armagh
Nollaig Cleary (1-2)
Mary O'Connor (0-1)
Juliet Murphy (0-1)
Caoimhe Creedon (0-1)
Amanda Murphy (0-1)
Geraldine O'Flynn (0-1)
[1][2][5] Mairéad Tennyson (1-1)
Maighdlin McAlinden (0-2)
Caroline O'Hanlon (0-2)
Aileen Matthews (0-1)
Attendance: 25,665
Referee: Declan Corcoran (Mayo)

Teams

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Manager: Éamonn Ryan

Team:
1 Elaine Harte
2 Rena Buckley
3 Angela Walsh
4 Briege Corkery
5 Geraldine O'Flynn
6 Bríd Stack
7 S. O'Reilly
8 Juliet Murphy (c)
9 Norita Kelly
10 Nollaig Cleary
11 Deirdre O'Reilly
12 Amanda Murphy
13 Valerie Mulcahy
14 Mary O'Connor
15 Caoimhe Creedon


Substitutes:
Mairéad Kelly for Mulcahy (44)
Ciara Walsh for A. Murphy (48)
Amanda Murphy for Creedon (52)

Manager:

Team:
1 F. McAtamney
2 Caoimhe Marley
3 Fiona Quinn
4 Ailish Murphy
5 R. O’Mahony
6 Bronagh O'Donnell (c)
7 Sinead McCleary
8 Alma O'Donnell
9 Caroline O'Hanlon
10 Mairéad Tennyson
11 Sharon Duncan
12 Shauna O'Hagan
13 Maighdlin McAlinden
14 Maria O'Donnell
15 Aileen Matthews


Substitutes:
P. McAvoy for Matthews (42)
O. Murtagh for Murphy (45)
D. Toal for M. O’Donnell (54)
Maebh Moriarty for Duncan (58)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cork belles dig deep to ring up double". www.irishexaminer.com. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Armagh 1-6 1-7 Cork". news.bbc.co.uk. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ^ "10 Incredible Facts About Ladies Football". www.balls.ie. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ^ "These 10 top Irish female athletes have experienced the wrath of Cork". www.the42.ie. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Cork v Armagh - TG4 Ladies All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2018.