2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

Structure

• Sixteen teams compete.
  • The top four teams from 2010 receive byes to the quarter-finals.
  • The quarter-finalists from 2010 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 2012. 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 = 23 July 2011 | round = 1st Round| time = 3:30 pm IST| team1 = | score = 2–8 – 3–12 | team2 = | stadium = Pearse Park, Longford }}

date = 23 July 2011 | round = 1st Round| time = 5:15 pm IST| team1 = | score = 4–15 – 0–5 | team2 = | stadium = Pearse Park, Longford }}

date = 24 July 2011 | round = 1st Round| time = 3:00 pm IST| team1 = | score = 1–5 – 5–13 | team2 = | referee = Sean McIntyre | stadium = St Tiernach's Park, Clones }}

date = 1 August 2011 | round = 1st Round| time = 4:15 pm IST | team1 = | score = 3–13 – 1–6| report = Report | team2 = | referee = Keith Tighe | stadium = St Brendan's Park, Birr }}

date = 6 August 2011 | round = 2nd Round| time = 2:00 pm IST | team1 = | score = 3–27 – 0–5| team2 = | referee = | stadium = Leo Casey Park, Ballymahon }}

date = 6 August 2011 | round = 2nd Round| time = 2:00 pm IST | team1 = | score = 1–11 – 2–20 | team2 = | referee = | stadium = The Downs }}

date = 6 August 2011 | time = 4:00 pm IST | round = 2nd Round| team1 = | score = 3–9 – 2–6| team2 = | referee = | stadium = St Brendan's Park, Birr }}

time = 6:00 pm IST | date = 6 August 2011 | round = 2nd Round| team1 = | score = 0–5 – 2–10 | team2 = | referee = | stadium = St Brendan's Park, Birr }}

Final stages

time = 4:15 pm IST | date = 13 August 2011 | round = Quarter-final| team1 = | score = 0-10 – 3-11 | team2 = | referee = Pat Kehoe| stadium = St Brendan's Park, Birr }}

time = 6:00 pm IST | date = 13 August 2011 | round = Quarter-final| team1 = | score = 1-17 – 2-12 A.E.T. | team2 = | referee = Seán Joy| stadium = St Brendan's Park, Birr }}

time = 2:15 pm IST | date = 20 August 2011 | round = Quarter-final| team1 = | score = 0-8 – 2-13 | team2 = | referee = | stadium = St Brendan's Park, Birr }}

time = 4:00 pm IST | date = 20 August 2011 | round = Quarter-final| team1 = | score = 2-14 – 3-10 | team2 = | referee = John Niland| stadium = St Brendan's Park, Birr }}

date = 27 August 2011 | round = Semi-final| time = 6:00 pm IST | team1 = | goals1 = A O’Shea 3-0, R Ni Bhuachalla 1-1, Juliet Murphy 0-4 (3f), Nollaig Cleary 0-3, M Kelly & G Kearney 0-1 each | score = 4-10 – 1-6 | team2 = | goals2 = M Dunne 1-1, T Lawlor 0-3 (2f), Mary Kirwan (f) & G Weston 0-1 each | referee = Gavin Corrigan | report = Report | stadium = Leahy Park, Cashel }}

date = 3 September 2011 | round = Semi-final| time = 5:00 pm IST | team1 = | score = 2-12 – 4-15| team2 = | referee = Keith Tighe | report = Report | stadium = St Brendan's Park, Birr }}

Main article: 2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

Rhona Ní Bhuachalla (1-0) Juliet Murphy (0-3) Geraldine O'Flynn (0-1) Rena Buckley (0-1) Grace Kearney (0-1) Valerie Mulcahy (0-1) Niamh Kindlon (0-3) Ellen McCarron (0-2) Ciara McAnespie (0-1) Caoimhe Mohan (0-1) Laura McEnaney (0-1)

References

References

1. (26 September 2011). "It's joy of six for Cork girls". www.independent.ie.
2. (25 September 2011). "Cork 2-07 Monaghan 0-11". www.rte.ie.
3. (25 September 2011). "Cork v Monaghan - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com.