2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

April 2022 2016 14 May – 25 September 2016 13 Mayo Cork Dublin Monaghan 27 Cork 11th Ciara O’Sullivan Ephie Fitzgerald Dublin Noëlle Healy Gregory McGonigle 2015 2017 The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 43rd edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. Cork were the defending champions and successfully defended their title beating Dublin in the final on 25 September 2016. The 2016 attendance of 34,445 was a new record. 3 Format Provincial Championships Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. Each province determines the format for deciding their champions and it may be league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination. For clarity, the format is explained in the provincial sections below. Qualifiers All teams except the provincial champions enter the All-Ireland qualifiers. The final four qualifier winners re-enter the All-Ireland championship at the quarterfinal stage. All matches are knock-out. All-Ireland The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers in the All-Ireland quarterfinals with the winners progressing to the semifinals. The final is normally played on the fourth Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out. Provincial championships Connacht Championship Connacht Format As only two teams enter, a knock-out final is played. Connacht Final 3 July 2016 Final Mayo ladies' football 3-20 – 0-16 Galway ladies' football John Niland (Sligo) Report Castlebar Leinster Championship Leinster Format Four Leinster teams (Dublin, Laois, Meath and Westmeath) compete in an initial group stage. Each team plays all the other teams once in three rounds of two matches. The top two teams advance to the final. Leinster Group Stage Leinster Round 1 Dublin 3-15 – 0-4 Laois Meath 2-14 – 5-21 Westmeath Leinster Round 2 Laois 3-6 – 2-9 Meath Westmeath 1-4 – 4-12 Dublin Leinster Round 3 Laois 1-11 – 2-12 Westmeath Meath 2-4 – 3-19 Dublin Table Dublin (6 pts) Westmeath (4) Laois (1) Meath (1) Leinster Final 10 July 2016 3:00 pm Final Dublin 4-21 - 0-7 Report Westmeath Lyndsey Davey 1-4 (0-1f), Nicole Owens 0-6, Carla Rowe and Sinead Aherne (0-1f) 1-2 each, Sinéad Goldrick 1-1, Noëlle Healy 0-3, Ciara Trant (0-1f), Deirdre Murphy, Siobhan Woods 0-1 each Leona Archibald 0-4 (0-3f), Lucy McCartan, Fiona Claffey, Maud Annie Foley 0-1 each Colm McManus (Meath) O'Moore Park pg 94 Nicole Owens (St. Sylvesters) Munster Championship Munster Format Three Munster teams (Cork, Kerry and Waterford) compete in an initial group stage. The top two teams advance to the final. Munster Group Stage 10 June 2016 Group Match Cork 1-10 - 0-7 Waterford 17 June 2016 Group Match Kerry ladies' football 2-14 - 2-9 Cork ladies' football 29 June 2016 Group Match Kerry ladies' football 1-14 – 1-7 Waterford ladies' football Report Brosna Munster Final 10 July 2016 Final Cork ladies' football 2-8 – 0-7 Kerry ladies' football Report Killarney Ulster Championship Ulster Format Four teams compete in two semifinals and a final. All matches are knockout. Ulster Semifinals 18 June 2016 Semifinal Cavan ladies' football 1-9 - 1-8 Donegal ladies' football 18 June 2016 Semifinal Armagh ladies' football 2-4 - 3-17 Monaghan ladies' football Killyclogher Ulster Final 3 July 2016 Final Monaghan ladies' football 0-14 - 1-8 Cavan ladies' football Killyclogher Qualifiers Qualifiers Format All the teams except the provincial champions enter the qualifiers. A preliminary round is held to reduce the number of teams to eight who then play four matches. All matches are knock-out. The four winners play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarterfinals. Qualifiers Preliminary Round 23 July 2016 Preliminary round Armagh ladies' football 2-13 - 4-13 Waterford ladies' football Clane, Kildare Qualifiers Last Eight 15:00 1 August 2016 Qualifier Donegal 3-15 - 4-11 Galway Pearse Park, Longford 13:30 1 August 2016 Qualifier Meath 1-4 - 3-20 Westmeath Cusack Park, Mullingar 14:00 6 August 2016 Qualifier Cavan 1-15 - 1-13 Laois Birr, Offaly 15:45 6 August 2016 Qualifier Kerry 3-19 - 3-10 Waterford Birr, Offaly All-Ireland All-Ireland Quarterfinals The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers. 3:15 pm 13 August 2016 Quarterfinal Mayo 2-10 - 1-11 Westmeath Pearse Park, Longford 5:00 pm 13 August 2016 Quarterfinal Dublin Sinéad Aherne 1-6 (3f), C Rowe 0-3, Niamh McEvoy 0-2, S Woods and Lyndsey Davey 0-1 each 1-13 – 2-7 Report Donegal K Guthrie 0-4 (4f), Y McMonagle 1-1 (1f), G McLaughlin 1-0, A Barrett and K Herron 0-1 each G Chapman (Sligo) Pearse Park, Longford 12:30 pm 20 August 2016 Quarterfinal Cork 3-17 - 1-3 Cavan Birr 2:15 pm 20 August 2016 Quarterfinal Monaghan 6-17 - 1-16 Kerry Birr, Offaly All-Ireland Semifinals 6:30 pm 27 August 2016 Semifinal Mayo 1-12 - 2-10 Dublin Breffni Park, Cavan 5:00 pm 3 September 2016 Semifinal Cork 2-10 - 1-10 Monaghan Gaelic Grounds, Limerick All-Ireland final 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final 25 September 2016 Croke Park, Dublin Cork ladies' football Rhona Ní Bhuachalla (1-0)Doireann O'Sullivan (0-3)Orla Finn (0-3)Orlagh Farmer (0-1) 1-7; 1-6 Dublin ladies' football Sinéad Aherne (1-3)Niamh McEvoy (0-1)Noëlle Healy (0-1)Lyndsey Davey (0-1) Brendan Rice (Down) https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0925/819098-cork-v-dublin/ Drama as Cork edge out Dublin to seal six-in-a-row www.rte.ie 25 September 2016 16 April 2018http://www.the42.ie/cork-dublin-live-3-2995414-Sep2016/ As it happened: Cork v Dublin, All-Ireland ladies senior football final www.the42.ie 25 September 2016 16 April 2018https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/671899139/ Cork v Dublin - TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Photos www.sportsfile.com 16 April 2018 25 September 2016 34,445 References