2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

Structure

• Sixteen teams compete.
  • The top four teams from 2008 receive byes to the quarter-finals.
  • The quarter-finalists from 2008 receive byes to the second round.
  • The other eight teams play in the first round.
• All games are knockout matches, drawn games being replayed.
• The first-round losers playoff, with one team being relegated to the intermediate championship for 2010. Teams must spend two years as a senior team before they are eligible for relegation; teams that have not done so are exempt from relegation.

Fixtures and results

Early stages

date = July 26 1st Round| team1 = Armagh| score = 0–9 – 1–13 | team2 = Meath | stadium = Breffni Park, Cavan }}

date = July 26 1st Round| team1 = Down| score = 1–9 – 0–11 | team2 = Donegal | stadium = Breffni Park, Cavan }}

date = July 26 1st Round| team1 = Sligo| score = 2–11 – 0–8 | team2 = Leitrim | stadium = Ballyshannon }}

date = August 2 1st Round| team1 = Laois| score = 0–15 – 0–3 | team2 = Tipperary | stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore}}

date = August 8 2nd Round| team1 = Kerry| score = 2–19 – 0–10 | team2 = Meath | stadium = Nenagh }}

date = August 8 2nd Round| team1 = Laois| score = 1–15 – 2–19 | team2 = Mayo | stadium = Pearse Park, Longford }}

date = August 8 2nd Round| team1 = Down| score = 0–9 – 0–22 | team2 = Monaghan | stadium = Pearse Park, Longford }}

date = August 9 2nd Round| team1 = Kildare| score = 5–12 – 3–6 | team2 = Sligo | stadium = St. Brigids, Kiltoom}}

Relegation match

Tipperary and Leitrim were exempt from relegation.

date = August 16 Relegation match| team1 = Donegal| score = 0–6 – 1–11 | team2 = Armagh | stadium = Bawnboy }}

Donegal are relegated to the Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2010.

Final stages

date = August 15 Quarter-final| team1 = Monaghan | score = 0–17 – 1–13 | team2 = Galway | stadium = Ballymahon

date = August 15 Quarter-final| team1 = Mayo| score = 3–9 – 1–12 | team2 = Tyrone | stadium = Ballymahon

date = August 22 Quarter-final| team1 = | score = 4–23 – 0–6 | team2 = Kildare| stadium = Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

date = August 22 Quarter-final| team1 = | score = 1–13 – 2–6 | team2 = Kerry | stadium = Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

date = August 29 Semi-final| team1 = | score =3–10 – 1–9 | team2 = Mayo | stadium = Nenagh

date = September 5 Semi-final| team1 = | score =2–14 – 1–15 | team2 = Monaghan | stadium = Ardee

Main article: 2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

Nollaig Cleary (1-1) Juliet Murphy (0-2) Mairéad Kelly (0-1) Mary Nevin (0-2) Amy McGuinness (0-2) Siobhán McGrath (0-1) Elaine Kelly (0-1) Lyndsey Davey (0-1) Lindsay Peat (0-1)

References

References

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