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Captain's call: Kerry's Niamh Carmody and Ailbhe Davoren of Galway. Ben McShane/Sportsfile.

Galway and Kerry name teams for Sunday's All-Ireland final

Kerry unchanged and one switch for Galway ahead of Croke Park showdown.

GALWAY AND KERRY have named their starting teams for Sunday’s All-Ireland senior ladies football final at Croke Park [throw-in 4.15pm, live on TG4].

Galway have made one change, with Emma Reaney replacing Ailish Morrissey in the full-forward line. Kerry joint managers Declan Quill and Darragh Long, meanwhile, have stuck with the same starting fifteen that overcame Armagh in the semi-final.

Ten of their 2023 All-Ireland final starters are included as the Kingdom look to make it third time lucky and lift the Brendan Martin Cup for the first time since 1993.

Galway are hoping to end a 20-year wait for the silverware, having last contested the decider in 2019.

This is the first time the counties will meet in the showpiece.

Galway

1. Dearbhla Gower (Kilmacud Crokes)

2. Maryanne Jordan (Caltra Cuans), 3. Sarah Ní Loingsigh (Naomh Anna Leitir Móir), 4. Kate Geraghty (Tuam Cortoon)

5. Aoife Ní Cheallaigh (Caltra Cuans), 6. Nicola Ward (Kilkerrin-Clonberne), 7. Charlotte Cooney (Claregalway)

8. Mairéad Glynn (Dunmore McHales), 9. Ailbhe Davoren (Kilmacud Crokes — captain)

10. Olivia Divilly ((Kilkerrin-Clonberne), 11. Louise Ward (Kilkerrin-Clonberne), 12. Niamh Divilly (Kilkerrin-Clonberne)

13. Emma Reaney (Caltra Cuans), 14. Leanne Coen (Corofin), 15. Róisín Leonard (Corofin).

Kerry

1. Ciara Butler (Castlegregory)

2. Eilís Lynch (Castleisland Desmonds) 3. Kayleigh Cronin (Dr Crokes) 4. Ciara Murphy (MKL Gaels)

5. Aishling O’Connell (Éire Óg) 6. Deirdre Kearney (Na Gaeil), 7. Aoife Dillane (Austin Stacks)

8. Mary O’Connell (Na Gaeil), 9, Anna Galvin (Southern Gaels)

10. Niamh Carmody (Finuge St Senans — captain), 11. Niamh Ní Chonchúir (Corca Dhuibhne, 12. Síofra O’Shea (Southern Gaels)

13. Danielle O’Leary (Rathmore), 14. Emma Dineen (Glenfesk), 15. Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh (Corca Dhuibhne).

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Fermanagh and Louth, and Leitrim and Tyrone, have also shown their respective hands for the junior [11.45am] and intermediate [1.45pm] finals at HQ beforehand.

Fermanagh: M Maguire; C Clarke, M McGloin, E Keenan; S McQuade (capt.), C Murphy, C Bogue; B Bannon, L Maguire; D Maguire, J Doonan, A McCabe; B Bogue, E Smyth, B Smyth.

Louth: R Lambe Fagan; L Byrne, E Murray, E Hand; H Lambe Sally, Á Breen (capt.), C Nolan; A Halligan, E Byrne; L White, A Russell, C McDonald; N Rice, K Flood, S Matthews.

Leitrim: M Monaghan; E Quigley, C Tyrrell, C Owens; S Reynolds, K Bruen, E Bruen; N Tighe, M Guckian (capt.); O Flynn, L O’Dowd, M Devaney; A Clancy, S Quinn, Á Redican.

Tyrone: A Coyle; J Lyons, J Barrett, E Quinn; C Daly, M Corrigan, C Campbell; A McHugh (capt.), M Mallon; Á Grimes, A Horisk, E.J. Gervin; C McCaffrey, Z Loughran, M Canavan.

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    Mute Bert Carolan
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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:25 PM

    Spurs just about deserved the win, new keeper looks decent. Might not be enough of a lead in Anfield though.

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    Mute Ray Ridge
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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:30 PM

    @Bert Carolan: kinky was impressive for his Debut. Looks like a good keeper. Pool will have way too much for them at Anfield.

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    Mute Billy Bell
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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:25 PM

    Two poor Teams

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    Jan 9th 2025, 8:27 AM

    @Billy Bell: ur half right.

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:28 PM

    Liverpool were poor but fair play to Spurs. Considering their injury list they looked decent. A bit of a scare is no harm for Liverpool to wake em up a bit.

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:30 PM

    @ecrowley ecrowley: so a defeat is actually a good thing Liverpool fans are fantastic.

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    Mute Max
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    Jan 9th 2025, 2:38 AM

    @paulie: ah look its made its day

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:50 AM

    @Max: meaningless competition used to give squad player’s a run out

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    Mute David Shepherd
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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:27 PM

    With any luck they will lose the 2nd leg too we have much bigger fish to fry between now and May. Not interested in that trophy in the slightest.

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:30 PM

    @David Shepherd: by the reactions of pool management and captain don’t think they agree with ya

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    Mute Barry Lehane
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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:31 PM

    @David Shepherd: It’s literally one extra game and a great day out in wembley for the club and fans for silverware. Come on man. Liverpool will be taking the 2nd leg 100% seriously.

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    Mute Deano74
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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:03 PM

    @David Shepherd: Not at all,when your in it,you want to win it, Liverpool have a decent enough squad to compete on all fronts,it’s two more games, will need to improve and get back to winning ways,hope bentacur is ok.

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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:06 PM

    @Barry Lehane: No point wasting your time this fella twists everything to fit his agenda. The most toxic ‘fan’ of any club by a country mile and its laughable at times. You’re 100% right, not even a Liverpool fan myself but I know any true fan and the players themselves will be mad to win it. None more so than Slot in his first season.

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    Mute David Shepherd
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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:07 PM

    @Dessie: Trophy is a trophy end of the day but I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it. Wouldn’t be my personal choice. League title is worth 100 of those cups.

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    Mute David Shepherd
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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:09 PM

    @Barry Lehane: Still couldn’t care less if we lost to Macclesfield town or Spurs tonight ….. Worthless trophy in my opinion.

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    Mute David Shepherd
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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:10 PM

    @Deano74: Couple of key injuries and Liverpool would struggle no point risking it when we have bigger trophies to play for.

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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:10 PM

    @Ultán Corcoran: Can you point to us on the doll where they touched you?

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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:11 PM

    @David Shepherd: It’s more entertaining than the fa cup most of the time , and look at the teams that won it on the way to better things, using it as a stepping stone for future success, Chelsea , Liverpool, City won it first before going on to win the bigger trophies and even United won it and won the Europa same year as far as I remember. It’s not prestigious but I see it as an invaluable competition as teams use it as a springboard for even bigger success.

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    Mute David Shepherd
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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:16 PM

    @Fionn Bohane: I’d be using it to bleed younger players, fringe players see what they are made of. Now if we were struggling in the league I’d take it all day long but considering our current position in the league and champions league I know what I’d be prioritising.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 1:05 AM

    @David Shepherd: ya in the early rounds that’s great , maybe a bit more rotation tonight from Liverpool they could have lost by more. My main point is winning an early cup sets a certain standard going forward for future success , if not this season the following one. (judging on aforementioned clubs experiences with wining this competition) 3 managers in the last 4 looking for their first success with their clubs and all 4 played close to their best .

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    Mute Max
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    Jan 9th 2025, 2:40 AM

    @Barry Lehane: he aint a liverpool fan allways slagging players

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    Jan 9th 2025, 2:41 AM

    @Ultán Corcoran: 100 percent

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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:07 PM

    BERGVALL has the makings of being proper player

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:40 PM

    Poor decision with the yellow but I don’t think Liverpool will fret on that much . They must know they weren’t great anyway. Don’t think 1 nil will be enough for spurs at anfield. But who knows what Liverpool they will be playing in a months time.

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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:14 PM

    I followed text commentary on both BBC and RTE. As well as BBC being vastly superior in quality, it really is amazing to read the vast majority of how Irish reporters write, in relation to not writing “English” or “England” in their reports.
    I lost count of the number of times he wrote Egyptian, Irish, Uruguayan, Colombian, etc but never once did he mention any player is English. For example, Dominic Solanke, he’s a senior England international yet he writes “the striker”. The other Spurs striker, he told us at least twice he was Swedish.
    Why do Irish writers do this?? It is quite disgusting. The Irish are very similar to the English but they can’t admit it!!

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    Jan 9th 2025, 12:49 AM

    @Joseph Fitzgibbon: It’s known as begrudgery and chip on the shoulder syndrome and the Irish and in particular the Dublin media are renowned for it. When Sonia O’Sullivan was having all her success in athletics she was always referred to as the Cobh girl and not the Cork girl by the Dublin based media, the exact same is now happening with the Rowers being referred to as the lads from Skibbereen but Cork is never mentioned and When Roy Keane lifted all those League and FA Cup trophies it was always the Mayfield lad but again Cork was seldom mentioned except of course when he done something negative. We are all guilty of parochialism in some form or another but the Dublin based media are on a different level.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 1:08 AM

    @Joseph Fitzgibbon: Your preoccupation with English players not being designated or described as English is odd to say the least. Perhaps, in the ENGLISH Premier League, you can take it as a given that if players aren’t designated to be from a particular country then, by default, they are English players!

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    Mute Max
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    Jan 9th 2025, 2:42 AM

    @Joseph Fitzgibbon: what

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:25 PM

    Ref complete bottle job

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:47 PM

    @Mark Anthony McNally: wasn’t the reason they lost. Konate had all the time in the world to clear that ball

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:57 PM

    @Dessie: I agree with you but the ref also bottled a key decision, least it wasn’t a league game and we have another go at them

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    Mute Sea Point
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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:06 PM

    @Dessie: Nonsense, he was never on the ball. But he did overcommit chasing back for it which let Solanke cut inside…

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    Jan 9th 2025, 7:25 AM

    @Mark Anthony McNally: wasnt a yellow as in line with the rules, the foul did not prevent the counter attack.

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    Mute David Gaffney
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    Jan 8th 2025, 11:00 PM

    It’s all potentially gonna come a Kopper for Liverpool at this rate. Lots of games. Various trophy distractions. Transfer speculation. This will go down to the wire!

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:27 PM

    Liverpool deserved nothing, but wow, England truly has the most useless officials the game has ever seen. They are making American officials look really honest. With VAR there, and these things continuing to happen. There must be money moving. I’ve never seen it so bad.

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:29 PM

    @Graham: money from who kavie

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    Jan 8th 2025, 10:47 PM

    @Graham: which VAR decision? They don’t get involved in yellow card offences

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    Jan 9th 2025, 12:52 AM

    @Dave McAuliffe: meant VAR in general.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 7:55 AM

    @Graham: who’s giving corrupt payments to the refs kavie

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    Mute Max
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    Jan 9th 2025, 2:39 AM

    No worried at all will destroy them next week but id even like newcastle to win i not really bothered

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    Jan 9th 2025, 10:15 AM

    @Max: next month.

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