2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Dublin Mayo
4-11 0-11
Dublin win their second All-Ireland title. Fourth successive appearance in the final by Dublin
Date24 September 2017
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Player of the MatchNoëlle Healy[1][2]
RefereeSeamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
Attendance46,286 [3]
WeatherSunny
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The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Dublin and Mayo. Dublin also played Mayo in the 2017 men's All-Ireland final.[3][4] This was only the second time that the two finals featured teams representing the same two counties; the first time was in 1982, when Kerry played Offaly in both the men's and ladies' finals.

Dublin ended their losing streak in All-Ireland finals with a dominant display of attacking football against Mayo. There was some drama in the first-half when in the 24th minute the Mayo goalkeeper, Yvonne Byrne, dragged down Sinéad Aherne. The referee, Seamus Mulvihill, awarded a penalty and sin-binned Byrne. However Mayo's substitute goalkeeper, Aisling Tarpey, subsequently saved the penalty taken by Aherne. The Dublin forwards were in top form. Despite missing the penalty, Aherne went on to score nine points. Niamh McEvoy and Carla Rowe scored 1–1 each and Noëlle Healy was named player of the match. Strong performances in defence by Sinéad Goldrick and Niamh Collins limited the impact of Cora Staunton. However despite this Mayo remained in contention until the last ten minutes. Three late goals, two from substitute Sarah McCaffrey and one from Carla Rowe, eventually put the result beyond doubt.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Noelle Healy named Players' Player of the Year". www.rte.ie. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Noelle Healy named TG4 Player of the Year". www.gaa.ie. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Ladies football final shatters attendance records". www.rte.ie. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Mayo ladies end Cork's reign to set up another Dublin decider". www.irishtimes.com. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Dublin's goal rush secures All-Ireland glory". www.rte.ie. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. ^ "As It Happened: Dublin v Mayo, All-Ireland senior ladies football final". www.the42.ie. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Dublin bury Mayo with flurry of late goals to win second All-Ireland Ladies football title". www.independent.ie. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.