Niamh Cotter and Marie O'Callaghan hit the net as Cork gained some revenge for last year’s All-Ireland final defeat to Dublin in this Lidl National Football League Division 1 clash at Mallow.

Cork delivered their best performance of the season so far as they brushed aside Donegal in their Lidl NFL Division 1 clash at Pairc Ui Rinn.

Andrea Murphy’s goal two minutes from time sent UCD into the Gourmet Food Parlour O’Connor Cup final for the first time since their victorious 2016 campaign, after an exciting semi-final at a wind-swept Abbotstown.

Cork 2-12 Tipperary 1-10: Relief was the chief emotion in the Cork camp in Ardfinnan at 3.30pm on Saturday after two first-half goals sent them on their way to a battling win over Tipperary.

The attendance of 46,000-plus at this year’s All-Ireland ladies football finals, a record-breaking figure, is a fair indication of the health of the sport.

Mental fortitude. That’s their secret. Or part of it, at least.

Cork 1-7 Dublin 1-6: A merited sixth consecutive All-Ireland senior title for Cork ladies and one that should not be tainted by an umpiring mistake that denied Dublin a first-half point.

Cork 3-17 Cavan 1-3: As impressive as a second-half tally of 3-10 was in seeing off Cavan in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-final in Birr on Saturday, Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald was just as impressed with the defending which held their opponents scoreless after the break.

Cork’s quest for a sixth successive TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC title remains on track after a superior second-half performance saw off Cavan in Birr early this afternoon.

Ephie Fitzgerald marked his first championship fixture in charge of the Cork Ladies senior footballers with a six-point victory over Waterford in Fermoy this afternoon.

Ephie Fitzgerald collected his first piece of silverware as Cork ladies senior football team manager this evening – as the Rebelettes powered to a fourth successive Lidl Ladies National League Division 1 title.

A dominant second-half display by Ephie Fitzgerald’s Cork has seen the holders qualify for a ninth successive Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 final – and within touching distance of the four-in-a-row.

Ephie Fitzgerald’s Cork squeezed into the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 semi-finals as a three-point win over Armagh in Abbottstown yesterday proved good enough to secure a top-four finish.

Cork 7-22 Meath 0-3: TG4 All-Ireland champions Cork went goal crazy yesterday, hammering Meath by 40 points in a massively one-sided qualifier.

When Róisin O’Sullivan held aloft the O’Connor Cup in March of 2012, UCC’s first in 22-years, the expectation was the Western Road nursery would enjoy a prolonged stay at the summit of third-level ladies football.

Ladies Football

Ladies Football: In 2006, Ciara O’Sullivan sat in the stands in Croke Park watching Geraldine O’Flynn kick the winning point against Armagh to see Cork retain the Brendan Martin Cup.

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.

Just 24 hours before winning her eighth Division 1 NFL title, Cork captain Briege Corkery had to carry out sibling duties at her sister’s wedding.

Cork 1-9 Dublin 2-4

Cork 1-10 Monaghan 1-9

Monaghan 1-12 Cork 0-11

Cork 0-16 Kerry 0-7

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

Monaghan 1-13 Cork 2-7

Cork 4-15 Laois 3-09

Cork 4-15 Laois 3-9

DAVID McCARTHY (St Augustine’s, Dungarvan) made an impressive return to cross-country running with victory in the senior boys’ race at the Kit Kat Munster Schools Championships at St Augustine’s College on Saturday.