1974 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
 Ball used in the 1974 Ladies Football Final, signed by Tipperary team and management (Tipperary Museum of Hidden History) | |||||||
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| Tipperary win the inaugural title. | |||||||
| Date | 13 October 1974 | ||||||
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| Venue | Durrow, County Laois | ||||||
| Referee | Paul O'Sullivan (Kerry) | ||||||
The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the first All-Ireland final. It featured Tipperary and Offaly. Tipperary won the final by 2–3 to 2–2. Towards the end of the first half, Tipperary were leading by 1–2 to 0–0. However within minutes of the restart Offaly took the lead with a goal. Tipperary came back and, with about eight minutes to go, went ahead with a point from a free. Brendan Martin, was a pioneering organiser of ladies' Gaelic football in both Offaly and Dublin, provided a trophy and it was presented to the Tipperary captain, Kitty Ryan, by the Offaly captain, Agnes O'Gorman. The trophy subsequently became known as the Brendan Martin Cup. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Brendan Martin died in 2024.
Route to the Final
[edit]Match info
[edit]Panels
[edit]Tipperary
[edit]- Trainer
- John Alymer
- Selectors
- Tom Donovan, Teddy Keane
- Players
- Margaret Carroll (Ardfinnan), Sally Clohessy (Moycarkey), Ann Croke (Mullinahone), Majella Sweeney (Newcastle), Ena Hackett (Newcastle), Tina Flynn (Ardfinnan), Betty Looby (Golden), Catherine Keane (Mullinahone), Eileen Dudley (Cashel/Golden), Susan O'Gorman (Ardfinnan), Josephine Keane (Mullinahone), Eleanor Carroll (Ardfinnan), Lillian Gorey (Killusty/St. Bridgets), Kitty Ryan (c) (Ardfinnan), Mary McGrath (Emly), Mary Power (Mullinahone), Nora Moran (Newcastle), Mary Lonergan (Emly), Mary Burke (Emly), Alice Morris (Moycarkey), Cait O'Dwyer (Moycarkey), Ann Clohessy (Moycarkey), Marian Bryan (Moycarkey), Ann Bryan (Moycarkey), G Ryan (Cappawhite), B Butler (Cappawhite), Noreen Blake (Golden), Katherine Keane (Mullinahone)
References
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- ^ a b c "Story of Tipperary Female Football". ladiesgaelic.ie. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ a b "10 Incredible Facts About Ladies Football". www.balls.ie. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ a b "The Best All Ireland Ladies Senior Football Finals". www.balls.ie. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Women's code has grown into powerful competitor". www.independent.ie. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Eamonn Sweeney: Gender equality is still an uphill struggle, but last Sunday the final frontier was crossed". www.independent.ie. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "40th Anniversary of first Ladies Football All Ireland Final". tipperary.gaa.ie. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2019.