Ask any of Cork’s long-serving footballers which All-Ireland final win ranks sweetest of the eight, and all will provide you with the same answer — 2009.

Nollaig Cleary leans against the dressing room wall in Caherlag, joking that a full year has passed since a dictaphone was last thrust in her direction.

TG4 ALL-IRELAND LADIES SFC FINAL:

Cork boss Eamonn Ryan claimed he was "very nervous" before his team demolished Armagh by 14 points in Saturday’s TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford.

Cork 7-23 Clare 1-5

At 19, Cork’s Doireann O’Sullivan boasts a CV the envy of many.

At just 19 years of age, Cork star Doireann O’Sullivan already boasts a career CV that is the envy of many.

Cork’s All-Ireland winning football manager Eamonn Ryan is expected to commit to another year.

Sixty-nine minutes had passed in the All-Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Kerry when Michael Darragh Maculey launched himself at a breaking ball in midfield with a move more akin to one seen in basketball.

Cork's Senior Ladies Footballers arrived back on Leeside tonight, shortly after 8.30pm with the Brendan Martin Cup en tow, after picking up an eighth All-Ireland title in nine years at Croke Park yesterday.

Cork 1-19 Dublin 2-12

Cork 1-19 Dublin 2-12

Kerry 3-10 Cork 3-08

Cork were left reeling after their loss to Laois a month ago in the Tesco Homegrown Ladies NFL.

Peter Clarke’s Mayo squeezed into the top four in Division 1 of the Tesco Homegrown Ladies National Football League yesterday.

Cork play Monaghan in their Tesco Homegrown Ladies NFL opener on Saturday, but the following day sees arguably an even bigger assignment for the All-Ireland champions.

Cork 2-15 Monaghan 0-12

Cork 8-27 Donegal 0-02

Kerry coach William O’Sullivan will be hoping it’s third time lucky against Cork in today’s TG4 Munster SLFC final.

Cork secured their place in the TG4 Munster Senior Championship final last night with an 11-point win over Clare in Doneraile.

ACE forward Sinead Ahern scored 0-5 as Dublin maintained their 100% start to the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 campaign.

Ace forward Sinead Ahern scored 0-5 as Dublin maintained their 100% start to the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 campaign today.

Champions Cork began the defence of their Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 crown with a comfortable 11-point victory against an outclassed Donegal side yesterday.

FOR Pat Gilroy’s Dubs it was Corduff.

THEY got knocked down but they got up again. Cork reclaimed the Brendan Martin Cup at Croke Park yesterday just over a year after a quarter-final defeat to Tyrone loosened their grip on a trophy that had come to feel like something of a birthright.

Cork 2-14 Dublin 3-10

CHAMPIONS Cork face Laois in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL Division One final on Saturday, May 7.

TEAM Montenotte Hotel Cork will bid for their fourth national cup title when they take on DCU Mercy in tomorrow’s women’s Superleague final and if they succeed, it will be sensational after losing five of their superstars from last year.

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork continued their dominance of ladies football with six players named on the O’Neills/TG4 All Star team at the CityWest Hotel on Saturday night.

NEW coach Pat Price will be hoping for an improved performance before the home fans when Neptune take on UL Eagles tomorrow night (8pm).

WHEN all looked lost for champions Cork in Croke Park yesterday, trailing by two points with eight minutes remaining and staring defeat in the face, the utter belief in their ability to hold on to the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies football title frustrated a Dublin team which, in truth, turned in the better performance on the day.

ALL-IRELAND winners Cork dominated the O’Neills/TG4 Ladies Gaelic Football All-Star Awards with seven players named on the team of the season at a gala banquet at the CityWest Hotel Saturday night.

CORK’S leading scorer Valerie Mulcahy is set to miss the TG4 All-Ireland senior Ladies Football final against Monaghan unless Board officials can successfully challenge her controversial dismissal at the end of Saturday’s semi-final victory.

PREDICTABLY, the plaudits which holders Cork earned from another top-class display in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC were lost in the after-shock surrounding Valerie Mulcahy’s sending-off and the speculation on how much more difficult it would be to beat Monaghan in her absence.

Cork remain on course for a fourth successive TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football championship crown after crushing Tyrone by 4-18 to 0-11 on Saturday to set up a final date with Ulster champions Monaghan.

Cork 2-11 Mayo 2-6, Croke Park

NEW NEPTUNE coach Sasa Punosevac, will be looking for more of the same when his side entertain his old club, DART Killester, at Neptune Stadium on Sunday.

Cork have retained their TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC title in dramatic fashion against Armagh.

Mustang Sally’s, Killarney 40 Vienna Woods, Glanmire 80

The Cork senior ladies football team to face Galway in this Sunday's TG4 All-Ireland SFC final shows just one change from the line-up which started against Mayo in the semi-final.

Five of Cork's players in Sunday's TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football final are hoping to double up on their Croke Park successes this season.

Cork 0-13 Mayo 1-9