# 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 44th 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.
As well as live games on TG4, this season was the first to see live-streaming of championship games via YouTube.

## 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 winners from the qualifiers re-enter the All-Ireland championship at the quarter-final stage. All matches are knock-out.
All-Ireland
The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers in the All-Ireland quarter-finals with the winners progressing to the semi-finals. The final is normally played on the fourth Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out.
Hawkeye
This was the first year that Hawkeye was used in Ladies Gaelic Football but was limited to televised matches.

## Provincial championships
### Connacht Championship
#### Connacht Format

As only two teams enter, a knock-out final is played.

#### Connacht Final

| 2 July 2017 4:30 pm Final | Mayo | 1-8 – 3-12 | Galway | MacHale Park, Castlebar Referee: G Chapman (Sligo) |
| 2 July 2017 4:30 pm Final | | Report | | MacHale Park, Castlebar Referee: G Chapman (Sligo) |

### Leinster Championship
#### Leinster Format

Three of the four Leinster teams (Kildare, Laois and Westmeath) compete in an initial group stage. Each team plays all the other teams once in three rounds.
The group winner advances to the final. The group runner-up plays Dublin in the semi-final.

#### Leinster Group Stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
| Westmeath | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +8 |
| Laois | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 |
| Kildare | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –10 |

#### Leinster Semi-Final

| 25 June 2017 12:00 pm Semi-Final | Laois | 2-3 - 8-13 | Dublin | Páirc Mochua, Timahoe |
| 25 June 2017 12:00 pm Semi-Final | Aileen O'Loughlin and Ciara Burke 1-0 each, Mo Nerney, Rachel Williams, Clare Conlon (0-1f) 0-1 each | Report | Sinéad Aherne 3-4 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Sarah McCaffrey 2-2, Nicole Owens 2-1, 1-4, Amy Connolly and Lyndsey Davey 0-1 each | Páirc Mochua, Timahoe |

#### Leinster Final

| 9 July 2017 4:00 pm Final | Dublin | 3-18 - 0-8 | Westmeath | Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow Man of the Match: Noëlle Healy |
| 9 July 2017 4:00 pm Final | Noëlle Healy 2-3, Lauren Magee 1-1, Sinéad Aherne 0-4 (0-2f), Carla Rowe 0-3, Nicole Owens and Denise McKenna (0-1f) 0-2 each Rachel Ruddy, Niamh Collins, Niamh McEvoy 0-1 each | Report | Fiona Claffey, Laura Lee Walsh 0-2, Leona Archibald (0-1f) 0-2 each, Maud Annie Foley and Lucy McCartan 0-1 each | Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow Man of the Match: Noëlle Healy |

### Munster Championship
#### Munster Format

The three Munster teams (Cork, Kerry and Waterford) compete in an initial group stage. The top two teams advance to the final.

#### Munster Group Stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
| Waterford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +9 |
| Kerry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –8 |

#### Munster Final

| 8 July 2017 3:15 pm Final | Waterford | 3-6 – 1-14 | Kerry | Carrigoon GAA Complex, Mallow Man of the Match: Aislinn Desmond |
| 8 July 2017 3:15 pm Final | Maria Delahunty 1-3 (0-3f), Katie Hannon (1-0 pen) and Grainne Kennealy 1-0 each, Michelle Ryan 0-2, Aoife Murray 0-1 | Report | Sarah Houlihan 1-4 (0-1f), Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh 0-6 (0-2f), Lorraine Scanlon 0-2, Amanda Brosnan and Laura Rogers 0-1 each | Carrigoon GAA Complex, Mallow Man of the Match: Aislinn Desmond |

### Ulster Championship
#### Ulster Format

Four teams compete in two semi-finals and a final. All matches are knockout.

#### Ulster Final

| 2 July 2017 3:45 PM Final | Donegal | 4-11 - 0-15 | Monaghan | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan) Man of the Match: Geraldine McLaughlin |
| 2 July 2017 3:45 PM Final | Geraldine McLaughlin 2-6 (0-4f), Yvonne McMonagle 1-1, Roisin Friel 1-0, Karen Guthrie 0-2f, Grainne Houston and Eilish Ward 0-1 each | Report | Ellen McCarron 0-8 (0-4f), Eileen McKenna and Ciara McAnespie 0-2, Cora Courtney (0-1f), Caoimhe Mohan, Rosemary Courtney 0-1 each | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan) Man of the Match: Geraldine McLaughlin |

## Qualifiers
### Qualifiers Format

All the teams except the provincial champions enter the qualifiers. All matches are knock-out.
A preliminary round is held to reduce the number of teams to eight who then play four matches. The four winners play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

### Qualifiers Last Eight

| 5 August 2017 Qualifier | Mayo | 3-20 – 0-8 | Kildare | Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe Referee: S Joy (Kerry) Man of the Match: Sarah Rowe (Kilmoremoy) |
| 5 August 2017 Qualifier | Cora Staunton 1-11 (0-8f), Sarah Rowe 1-4, Grace Kelly 1-3, Aileen Gilroy and Orla Conlon 0-1 each | Report | Roisin Byrne 0-4 (0-2f), Molly Price 0-2, Louise Scully and Neasa Dooley 0-1 each | Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe Referee: S Joy (Kerry) Man of the Match: Sarah Rowe (Kilmoremoy) |
| 7 August 2017 3 p.m. Qualifier | Monaghan | 1-10 - 0-14 | Cork | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: Gerry Carmody Man of the Match: Eimear Scally (Éire Óg) |
| 7 August 2017 3 p.m. Qualifier | Ciara McAnespie 1-2, Ellen McCarron 0-4 (0-2f), Cora Courtney (0-1f), Laura McEnaney, Caoimhe Mohan, Rosemary Courtney 0-1 each | Report | Eimear Scally (0-1f) and Orla Finn (0-3f) 0-5 each, Niamh Cotter, Cara O’Sullivan, Doireann O’Sullivan, Áine O’Sullivan 0-1 each | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: Gerry Carmody Man of the Match: Eimear Scally (Éire Óg) |

## All-Ireland
### All-Ireland Quarter-Finals

The four provincial champions play the four remaining teams from the qualifiers.
| 12 August 2017 4:45 pm Quarter-final | Dublin | 2-15 - 1-7 | Waterford | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: Seamus Mulvihil (Kerry) Man of the Match: Nicole Owens (St. Sylvesters) |
| 12 August 2017 4:45 pm Quarter-final | Sinéad Aherne 1-9 (0-6f), Nicole Owens 1-4, Noëlle Healy 0-2 | Report | Roisin Tobin 1-0, Maria Delahunty 0-3f, Aoife Murray, Katie Murray, Eimear Fennell, Michelle Ryan 0-1 each | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: Seamus Mulvihil (Kerry) Man of the Match: Nicole Owens (St. Sylvesters) |
| 12 August 2017 6:30 pm Quarter-final | Kerry | 3-14 - 2-11 | Armagh | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow) Man of the Match: Hannah O'Donoghue (Beaufort) |
| 12 August 2017 6:30 pm Quarter-final | Hannah O’Donoghue 1-4, Loiuse Ní Mhuircheartaigh 1-3 (0-1f), Sara Houlihan 0-4 (0-2f), Anna Galvin 1-0, Lorraine Scanlon 0-2, Eilish O’Leary 0-1 | Report | Aimee Mackin 2-4, Aoife McCoy and Fionulla McKenna (0-2f) 0-3 each, Lauren McConville 0-1 | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow) Man of the Match: Hannah O'Donoghue (Beaufort) |
| 19 August 2017 12:30 pm Quarter-final | Galway | 1-10 - 6-19 | Cork | Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Niall McCormack (Laois) Man of the Match: Orla Finn (Kinsale) |
| 19 August 2017 12:30 pm Quarter-final | Deirdre Brennan 1-0, Mairéad Seoighe (0-1f) and Tracey Leonard (0-2f) 0-3 each, Shauna Hynes, Catriona Cormican, Olivia Divilly, Megan Glynn 0-1 each | Report | Orla Finn 0-10 (0-4f), Brid O'Sullivan 2-1, Eimear Scally 1-3, Áine O’Sullivan and Doireann O’Sullivan (0-1f) 1-2 each, Niamh Cotter 1-0, Ciara O'Sullivan 0-1 | Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Niall McCormack (Laois) Man of the Match: Orla Finn (Kinsale) |
| 19 August 2017 2:15 pm Quarter-final | Donegal | 2-11 - 3-14 | Mayo | Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo) Man of the Match: Grace Kelly (Moy Davitts) |
| 19 August 2017 2:15 pm Quarter-final | Yvonne McMonagle 1-3, Geraldine McLaughlin 1-1 (0-1f), Karen Guthrie 0-3 (0-2f), Niamh Hegarty 0-2, Aoife McDonnell and Katy Herron 0-1 each | Report | Cora Staunton 1-6 (0-3f), Grace Kelly 1-4, Niamh Kelly 1-0, Sarah Rowe 0-3, Aileen Gilroy 0-1 | Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo) Man of the Match: Grace Kelly (Moy Davitts) |

### All-Ireland Semi-Finals

| 26 August 2017 6:30 pm Semi-final | Dublin | 5-10 - 0-11 | Kerry | Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: S McNulty (Sligo) Man of the Match: Sinéad Aherne (St. Sylvesters) |
| 26 August 2017 6:30 pm Semi-final | Sinéad Aherne 2-7 (1-0 pen, 0-4f), Noëlle Healy 2-0, Nicole Owens 1-1, Sinéad Goldrick and Carla Rowe 0-1 each | Report | Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh 0-8 (0-4f), Hannah O'Donoghue, Laura Rogers, Fiadhna Tangney 0-1 each | Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: S McNulty (Sligo) Man of the Match: Sinéad Aherne (St. Sylvesters) |
| 2 September 2017 4:45 pm Semi-final | Mayo | 3-11 – 0-18 | Cork | Breffni Park, Cavan Referee: Niall McCormack (Laois) Man of the Match: Cora Staunton (Carnacon) |
| 2 September 2017 4:45 pm Semi-final | Cora Staunton 1-9 (0-2f), Aileen Gilroy and Amy Dowling 1-0, Niamh Kelly and Ciara Whyte 0-1 each | Report | Orla Finn 0-13 (0-11f), Áine O'Sulliavan 0-2, Roisin Phelan, Ciara O'Sullivan, Brid O'Sullivan 0-1 each | Breffni Park, Cavan Referee: Niall McCormack (Laois) Man of the Match: Cora Staunton (Carnacon) |