Mayo county ladies' football team
ladies' Gaelic football team
The Mayo county ladies' football team represents Mayo in amateur ladies' Gaelic football. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the All-Ireland TG4 Senior Ladies Championship and the Lidl Ladies National Football League as a member of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association.
Mayo are the fifth most successful team in the championship of all time, with four wins, and fifth most successful in the League of all time, with three wins. The late 1990s and early 2000s, when Mayo won four All-Ireland Championships in five years, is considered the "golden era" of ladies' football in Mayo. Mayo last won a major title in 2007, defeating Galway in Division 1 of the National Football League, and last won silverware in 2023, also defeating Galway in the Connacht championship.
History
Though not represented at the founding of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association in 1974, Mayo has been a constant presence in ladies football. The first provincial council for Ladies Football in Connacht was established in 1975 with three counties participating; Galway, Roscommon and Mayo. Mayo's first official game as a county team occurred on the 13 July 1975, where they lost to Galway in Ballinasloe by 2–5 to 0–1. The squad for Mayo's first ever game were as follows: Margaret A. Loftus (Crossmolina), Bea O’Malley (Newport), Pauline Gilger (Lahardane), Mary Larkin (Ballintubber), Mary E. Chambers (Newport), Christina McCormack (Islandeady), Finuala Murray (Newport), Rosaleen Conway (Ballintubber), Captain Marie Kenny (Islandeady), Teresa Higgins (Claremorris), Ann O’Brien (Claremorris), Mary F. McDonnell (Newport), Kathleen Rowland (Crossmolina), Liz Kilcourse (Castlebar), Catherine Larkin (Ballintubber). Substitutes: Marian Cullinane, Breege Murphy, Kathleen Jordan, Ann Loftus, Bernadette Boland, Ann Bourke, Vera Coyne, and Caroline Moran.
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