Latest Women's Gaelic Football News, Results & Fixtures

14 March 2026; TU Dublin captain Angela McGuigan, centre, lifts the trophy with team-mates following the 2026 AIG O’Connor Cup Final between DCU Dóchas Éireann and TU Dublin at DCU St Clare’s, Dublin. The 2026 AIG Ladies HEC Finals are being hosted by DCU

TU Dublin edge out DCU to land first O'Connor Cup

Ciara Smyth delivered a player-of-the-match display at the DCU Sportsgrounds as TU Dublin made history by claiming their first AIG O'Connor Cup title with a nail-biting 0-12 to 2-04 win over the four-in-a-row chasing DCU Dóchas Éireann.

DCU • 7 hrs

Smyth craves big prize with TU Dublin in O'Connor Cup

Meath inter-county star Ciara Smyth on her strong desire to win the O'Connor Cup for TU Dublin.

GAA • 20 hrs

13 March 2026; Dessie Hutchinson of Ballygunner, Waterford, with his 2025/26 AIB GAA Club Hurling Team of the Year award during the AIB Club Player Awards at Croke Park in Dublin. The event marked the second time that the four codes of Hurling, Football,

O'Sullivan, Hutchinson, Divilly and Casserly land awards

Tom O'Sullivan, Dessie Hutchinson, Siobhán Divilly and Lisa Casserly have picked up the AIB GAA club player of the year awards across all four codes.

Football • 21 hrs

Cavan’s Niamh Keenaghan is The Croke Park Hotel/LGFA Player of the Month for February 2026

Keenaghan takes LGFA monthly award for February

Cavan's Niamh Keenaghan has won The Croke Park Hotel/LGFA Player of the Month award for February.

Cavan GAA • 09 Mar

Women's National Football League: Carlow stay unbeaten

Carlow maintained their perfect run in Division 4 of the Lidl National Football League when they chalked up their seventh win of the campaign on a 2-07 to 0-11 scoreline and in the process inflicted a first defeat of the season on Leitrim.

Womens Football • 08 Mar

28 February 2026; Áine O'Neill of Waterford is tackled by Aine O'Sullivan of Cork during the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 Round 7 match between Cork and Waterford at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork. Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

Rules revolution rejuvenating women's football

Last week two of Cork's most decorated footballers took time out from busy family life to drop into Pairc Uí Rinn see how the current crop of Rebels.

GAA • 08 Mar

5 March 2026; Dublin ladies footballer Hannah McGinnis poses for a portrait at DFI Beds in Newry as DFI Beds announce the Dublin star as the new LGFA sleep ambassador. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile *** NO REPRODUCTION FEE ***

Sleep the base for McGinnis's football dreams

In more ways than one, Dublin's Hannah McGinnis is a very suitable candidate to become the new brand ambassador for the LGFA's official sleep partner, DFI Beds.

GAA • 07 Mar

Nadine Doherty from Donegal and Na Fianna GAA club in Dublin is presented with her PR/Media medallion by LGFA President Marie Hickey during the Learn to Lead – LGFA Female Leadership Programme graduation evening at The Croke Park, Jones Road, Dublin. The

Doherty: Government have to take stand on women's sport

Former Donegal ladies football captain Nadine Doherty believes the Government need to take a stand when it comes to encouraging more coverage of women's sport.

GAA • 05 Mar

GAA must weather storm until AFLW depth grows

Cavan's Aishling Sheridan and decorated former Cork footballer Bríd Stack, who have both sampled life in the AFLW, believe the mass exodus of talent could slow down as the league establishes itself further.

GAA • 05 Mar

Meath's Mary Kate Lynch coaching during the 2025 ZuCar Gaelic4Teens Festival Day featuring players from Clann na Banna of Down, St Nicholas of Louth and Ratoath of Meath at Trim GAA Club, Meath.

'Hard to say no' - Meath's Lynch gets set for AFLW life

Meath footballer Mary-Kate Lynch admits the opportunity to have a go at life as a professional athlete was too good to turn down as she gets ready for life Down Under in the Women's AFL.

AFLW • 05 Mar

Kilkerrin-Clonberne players, from left, Niamh Divilly, Siobhán Divilly and Olivia Divilly celebrate with their father Michael - after winning 2025 All-Ireland senior club football title

Kilkerrin-Clonberne have 10 on team of the year

Champions Kilkerrin-Clonberne lead the way with ten representatives on the 2025 AIB Ladies Gaelic Football Club Championship Team of the Year.

Womens Football • 02 Mar

Kelly Mallon of Armagh during the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 match between Armagh and Cork at St. Oliver Plunkett Park in Crossmaglen, Armagh

Armagh and Dubs share spoils after entertaining battle

An exciting battle at the Box-It Athletic Grounds, which included penalties at both ends, saw the spoils shared between Armagh and Dublin in this Lidl National League Division 1 clash.

Womens Football • 01 Mar

Leanne Coen of Galway during the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 Round 4 match between Galway and Armagh at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe, Galway.

Lidl National League wrap: Cork and Galway set the pace

Last season's Lidl National League Division 2 finalists Cork and Galway continue to set the pace in the top flight of this year's title race.

Womens Football • 01 Mar

Kerry comeback falls short as Galway edge Tralee tussle

Galway sealed their fourth win of their Lidl National League Division One campaign with a hard-fought victory over Kerry at Austin Stack Park in Tralee in hardy winter conditions.

GAA • 01 Mar

28 February 2026; Rachel Leahy of Cork in action against Ruby Browne of Waterford during the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 Round 7 match between Cork and Waterford at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork. Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

Cork stave off late Waterford rally

Cork maintained their unbeaten run in Division 1 of the Lidl National Football League as they edged out Waterford by 1-12 to 3-05 at Páirc Ui Rinn.

Womens football • 28 Feb

Alannah Prizeman during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Round 3 match between Kildare and Meath at Manguard Plus Kildare GAA Centre of Excellence in Newbridge

Kildare power past Meath to boost survival hopes

Gillian Wheeler, Mayah Doyle, Alannah Prizeman and Aoife Murnane all bagged goals at Manguard Park on Saturday as Kildare bolstered their Lidl National Football League Division 1 survival hopes with a deserved triumph over Meath.

Womens football • 28 Feb

Leanne Coen of Galway receives the Player of the Match award from Andy Nolan, Store Manager, Lidl Tuam, following the 2026 Lidl National League Division 1 Round 4 fixture between Galway and Armagh at Duggan Park, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.

Coen loving life on the front foot for Galway

Now into her ninth season as a senior inter-county footballer, Leanne Coen is enjoying life as part of a Galway full-forward line that are currently making waves in Division 1 of the Lidl National Football League.

GAA • 28 Feb

3 June 2023; Tipperary manager David Power during the Tailteann Cup Round 3 match between Tipperary and Waterford at Páirc Ui Chaoimh in Cork. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Power at the coalface amid changing times in GAA world

Annual congress usually sees a pretty robust weekend of housekeeping for the GAA with a key list of priorities voted upon.

David Power • 26 Feb

6 May 2023; Cait Devine of Tipperary shoots to score her side's first goa during the Munster Senior Camogie Championship match between Waterford and Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Women's matches to form double-headers for Munster ties

Camogie and women's football matches will once again be used to form double-headers ahead of matches in the men's Munster provincial competitions this year.

Camogie • 24 Feb

Dublin , Ireland - 19 February 2022; Katie Quirke of Cork is tackled by Leah Caffrey of Dublin during the Lidl Ladies Football National League Division 1 match between Dublin and Cork at Croke Park in Dublin. (Photo By Ray McManus/Sportsfile via Getty Ima

Quirke lands 10 points as Cork ease past Kingdom

Katie Quirke struck 0-10 as a rampant Cork outfit made short work of Kerry, winning by double scores in this fourth round Lidl Division 1 encounter at a windswept and bitterly cold Austin Stack Park in Tralee.

Cork LGFA • 22 Feb

Route to goal key as Dublin overcome Kildare challenge

Kate Sullivan and Ellen Gribben struck second-half goals at O'Dwyers GAA in Balbriggan as Dublin edged out Kildare to earn their first win of this year's Lidl National Football League Division One on a 3-05 to 1-08 scoreline.

Womens Football • 22 Feb

22 March 2025; Meadhbh Byrne of Meath celebrates after kicking a point during the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 Round 6 match between Kerry and Meath at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, Kerry. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Meath hold on to inflict first defeat on Waterford

A lively and hard-fought Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 encounter in Dungarvan GAA Grounds saw Meath edge out Waterford after a contest that ebbed and flowed throughout.