Kerry bested Galway 3-14 to 0-11 to win the 2024 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship Final in Dublin's Croke Park on Sunday, August 4.
It is the first time the Kingdom is taking home the coveted Brendan Martin Cup since 1993.
The big win comes after Kerry fell to Dublin in the 2023 championship final and lost to Meath in the 2022 final.
Galway, meanwhile, hadn't been in the final since 2019 when they lost to Dublin.
According to RTÉ, attendance at Sunday's match in Croke Park was confirmed as 30,340.
Lá ar aghaidh tar éis bua stairiúil do @kerryladiesfoot 💚💛
Kerry LGFA bring home the Brendan Martin for the first time since 1993 🙌@TG4TV @LadiesFootball #ProperFanpic.twitter.com/jJipzbsFU1
— Spórt TG4 (@SportTG4) August 5, 2024
“It’s a fantastic honour," Kerry captain Niamh Carmody said in a press conference after the green and gold's victory on Sunday.
"This group has been together for the last five years and after the lows of the last few years, it was just phenomenal to get up those steps.
"It’s going to be the greatest day of my life, I’d say forever!
"It’s just fantastic. I can’t put it into words what it means for us.”
Kerry teammate Danielle O'Leary added: “Just pure relief as well at the final whistle.
“There are always doubts in your head. It’s such a dream of yours, that if you’ve been dreaming since you were eight years old it is actually hard to believe that it has finally come true.
“There are good days and there are bad days, thoughts come into your head saying, ‘is this ever going to happen?’ or ‘is this ever going to come true?’
"I suppose at the end of the day it comes down to trusting in yourself and trusting each other. That there’s 15 players involved on the pitch at one time and then there’s 20 others on the bench that’s rooting for you."
“So I think . . . it was just pure resilience, time and patience and like, of course, you have doubts from time to time but you’ve just got to believe at the end that you’ll get there.”
🤩 If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to win an All Ireland final, this video tells you everything you need to know!
🎙️ Kerry captain Niamh Carmody, player Danielle O'Leary and joint managers Declan Quill and Darragh Long after the game.#LGFA #allireland #irishsport pic.twitter.com/C74NvHkT0D
— Her Sport (@HerSportDotIE) August 4, 2024
Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh, who has played with the Kerry Ladies Senior team for 16 years, told Off The Ball on Sunday: "The dream has come true at long last.
"What a performance by the team. It was an ultimate team performance today, I'm so proud of everyone."
Ní Mhuircheartaigh paid tribute to Darragh Long and Declan Quill: "Thank god they came back. We owe them everything. We'll be forever grateful for what they've done for us. They've brought us on leaps and bounds as players, and as people as well.
"This wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for them, we love them."
🗣️ "The dream has come through at long last!"
🗣️ "There were friends there crying that haven't cried in a long time."
Kerry legend Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh reflects on Kerry's All-Ireland final victory with Aisling O'Reilly. pic.twitter.com/zh6rR3UX09
— Off The Ball (@offtheball) August 5, 2024
Kerry's Kayleigh Cronin, who was named player of the match on Sunday, told Off The Ball: "I couldn't have dreamed it.
"When I was growing up, you didn't have girls' games inside of Croke Park, so it couldn't have been a dream for me.
"I've been to many All-Ireland Finals with the men over the years and just absolutely loved every second of it, so to get a chance to do the same here now in front of the supporters is absolutely unbelievable."
🗣️ "When I was growing up you didn't have girls games in Croke Park so it couldn't have even been a dream for me!"
Aisling O'Reilly chats to Player of the Match Kayleigh Cronin following Kerry's All-Ireland final win.@kerryladiesfoot pic.twitter.com/Zbk5pCcPwp
— Off The Ball (@offtheball) August 4, 2024
On Monday, the new All Ireland Champions paid a visit to CHI at Crumlin with their new silverware in tow.
A magical morning in CHI at Crumlin welcoming All Ireland Champions Kerry with the Brendan Martin Trophy 🏆💚💛
Thank you to the @kerryladiesfoot team for bringing such joy to our patients, families and staff this morning. It meant the world🙌#ourchildrenshospital pic.twitter.com/5qbJfxGLX4
— Children's Health Ireland (@CHI_Ireland) August 5, 2024
A homecoming event for the new TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Champions is being hosted in Killarney on Monday evening:
Homecoming details for the victorious 2024 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Champions #properfan #wearekerry #getbehindthefight #LGFA50 #GALVKER pic.twitter.com/iKPlFelYqA
— KerryLGFA (@kerryladiesfoot) August 5, 2024
Comments