| Event | 2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship | ||||||
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| Mayo retain the title, winning their fourth final in five years. Dublin make their debut. | |||||||
| Date | 5 October 2003 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Diane O'Hora | ||||||
The 2003 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Mayo and Dublin. Mayo defeated Dublin in a low scoring game. Mayo retained the title, winning their fourth final in five years, while Dublin were making their debut appearance. Dublin led 0–4 to 0–2 at half-time. Two minutes from full-time Mayo trailed Dublin by a point. However the match was decided thanks to a late goal from Player of the Match, Diane O'Hora. Cora Staunton dropped a last-minute long range free-kick into the square. The Dublin goalkeeper, Clíodhna O'Connor, failed to gain control of the ball, allowing O'Hora to score. [1][2][3] In July 2003, Aisling McGing, a member of Mayo's 2002 winning team, was killed in a car crash. She was travelling to watch her two sisters, Michelle and Sharon McGing, play for Mayo against Galway in a Connacht Championship game. Just three months later, Michelle and Sharon McGing played for Mayo in the All-Ireland final. [2][4]
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- ^ a b "'We went into the dressing room and said that some greater power had been the cause of that'". www.the42.ie. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Mayo v Dublin Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Mayo 2003: An Untold Story Of Unimaginable Tragedy And All-Ireland Triumph". www.balls.ie. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.