The countdown is truly on now for Sunday and we’re all hoping it’ll be third time lucky for the Kerry Senior Ladies Football team in the All-Ireland Final when they face Galway.
Here’s the players and management team heading to Croke Park to bid for glory…
Mary Ellen Bolger
Club: Southern Gaels
Age: 20
Height: 5’ 9’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Wexford 2021
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Katie Brosnan
Club: Firies
Age: 21
Height: 5’3’’
Occupation: Student
Debut v Tipperary 2022
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Ciara Butler
Club: Castlegregory
Age: 20
Height: 5ft 11
Occupation: Student – Marketing
Debut: v Cavan NFL 2020
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Lidl NFL Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Niamh Carmody
Club: Finuge/St. Senans
Age: 28
Height: 5’ 5’’
Occupation: Automation Engineer
Debut: v Cork 2017
TG4 Honours: All Star 2022, 2023
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship: 2017, 2024
Kayleigh Cronin
Club: Dr. Crokes
Age: 27
Height: 5’ 11’’
Occupation: S&C Coach
Debut: v Clare 2019
TG4 Honours: TG4 All Star 2022
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Lidl NFL Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Amy Curtin
Club: Castleisland Desmonds
Age: 18
Height: 5’ 6’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Waterford 2024
TG4 Honours: Munster Senior Championship 2024
Aoife Dillane
Club: Austin Stacks
Age: 22
Height: 5’ 8’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Clare 2021
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Emma Dineen
Club: Glenflesk
Age 24
Height 5’ 8”
Occupation: Teacher
Debut: 2018 v Waterford
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Anna Galvin
Club: Southern Gaels
Age: 29
Height: 5’ 7’’
Occupation: Occupational Therapist
Debut: v Cork 2015
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Munster Championship: 2015, 2017 & 2024
Jess Gill
Club: Southern Gaels
Age: 19
Height: 5’ 3’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Cork 2024
TG4 Honours: Munster Senior Championship 2024
Amy Harrington
Club: Inbhear Scéine Gaels
Age: 20
Height: 5’ 9’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Cork 2023
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Melanie Higgins
Club: Abbeydorney
Age: 20
Height: 5’ 3”
Occupation: Student
Debut: N/A
Honours: N/A
Deirdre Kearney
Club: Na Gaeil
Age: 30
Height: 5’ 7’’
Occupation: Physiotherapist
Debut: v Mayo 2015
Munster Championship: 2015, 2024
Jadyn Lucy
Club: Na Gaeil
Age: 23
Height: 5’ 6’’
Occupation: Nurse
Debut: v Armagh 2017
Munster Senior Championship 2017, 2024
Cáit Lynch
Club: Castleisland Desmonds
Age: 32
Height: 5’ 4’’
Occupation: Sustainability Manager
Debut: v Tipperary 2012
TG4 Honours: All Star: 2012, 2022, 202
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2013, 2022, Lidl NFL Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship: 2013, 2015 & 2024
Eilis Lynch
Club: Castleisland Desmonds
Age: 29
Height: 5’ 6’’
Occupation: Primary School Teacher
Debut: v Dublin 2015
TG4 Honours: TG4 All Star 2023
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Lidl NFL Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship: 2015, 2017, 2024
Ciara McCarthy
Club: Abbeydorney
Age: 22
Height: 5’5’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Clare 2022
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Ciara Murphy
Club: MKL Gaels
Age: 23
Height: 5’ 7’’
Occupation: Trainee Accountant
Debut: v Waterford 2019
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Lidl NFL Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Ciara O’Brien
Club: Laune Rangers
Age: 23
Height: 5’ 2’’
Occupation: Primary School Teaching
Debut v Waterford 2019
LGFA Intercounty Honours: NFL Div 2 2022, NFL Div 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Aishling O’Connell
Club: Scartaglin
Age: 27
Height: 5’ 6’’
Occupation: Garda
Debut: v Dublin 2015
TG4 Honours: All Star 2022
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Lidl NFL Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship: 2015, 2017, 2024
Mary O’Connell
Club: Na Gaeil
Age: 22
Height: 5’ 11’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Meath 2021
TG4 Honours: Munster Senior Championship 2024
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Bríd O’Connor
Club: Na Gaeil
Age: 29
Height: 5’ 5’’
Occupation: Nurse
Debut: v Galway 2015
TG4 Honours: Munster Senior Championship 2015, 2024
Eilís O’Connor
Club: Na Gaeil
Age: 29
Height: 5’ 8’’
Occupation: Secondary School Teacher
Debut: v Galway 2015
TG4 Honours: 2015, 2024
Fay O’Donoghue
Club: Beaufort
Age: 24
Height: 5’ 5’’
Occupation: Student
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Debut: v Cork 2024
Hannah O’Donoghue
Club: Beaufort
Age: 23
Height: 5’ 6’’
Occupation: Engineer
Debut: v Armagh 2017
TG4 Honours: Munster Senior Championship 2017, 2024
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 1 2023
Danielle O’Leary
Club: Rathmore
Age: 21
Height: 5’ 8’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Galway 2019
Munster Senior Championship 2024
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Siofra O’Shea
Club: Southern Gaels
Age: 22
Height: 5’ 8’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Westmeath 2019
Munster Senior Championship 2024
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Kate O’Sullivan
Club: Daingean Uí Chúis
Age: 29
Height: 5’ 3’’
Occupation: Tax Consultant
Debut: v Tyrone 2015
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Niamh Ní Chonchúir
Club: Corca Dhuibhne
Age: 23
Height: 5’ 6’’
Occupation: Teacher
Debut: v Cavan 2020
Munster Senior Championship 2024
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2022, Division 1 2023
Louise Ní Mhuireachtaigh
Club: Corca Dhuibhne
Age: 33
Height: 5’ 7’’
Occupation: Teacher
Debut vs Laois 2008
TG4 Honours: All Star 2012, 2013 & 2022, 2023
TG4 Players Player of the Year 2023
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL Division 2 2013 & 2022, Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship; 2013, 2015, 2017, 2024
Róisín Rahilly
Club: Ballymacelligott
Age: 18
Height: 5’ 2’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Dublin 2024
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Lorraine Scanlon
Club: Castleisland Desmonds
Age: 31
Height: 5’ 11’’
Occupation: PE Teacher
Debut: v Armagh 2009
TG4 Honours: All Star 2017 & 2023
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Lidl NFL: Div. 2 x 2 2013 & 2022, Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship: 2015, 2017 & 2024
Róisín Smyth
Club: Cromane
Age: 19
Height: 5’ 4’’
Occupation: Student
Debut: v Cork 2024
Munster Senior Championship 2024
Fiadhna Tangney
Club: Beaufort
Age: 23
Height: 5’ 5’’
Occupation: Financial Analyst
Debut: v Waterford 2017
LGFA Intercounty Honours: Division 1 2023
Munster Senior Championship: 2017, 20245’
Julia Curtin
Club: Castleisland Desmonds
Age: 19
Height: 5’ 8”
Occupation: Student
LGFA Intercounty Honours: N/A
Debut: N/A
Laura O’Shea
Club: Dr. Crokes
Age: 19
Height: 5’7”
Occupation: Student
LGFA Intercounty Honours: N/A
Debut: N/A
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