2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

The 2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Kerry. Kerry were playing in their first All-Ireland final since 1993. This was the first time Kerry lost an All-Ireland final. Meanwhile Cork maintained their unbeaten record in All-Ireland finals. At half-time Cork led by 0–10 to 0–3. ^[1][2]

2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final

Event	2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Cork Kerry 0-16 0-7
Seventh All-Ireland title in eight years for Cork and the second of six titles in a row
Date	7 October 2012
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Gavin Corrigan (Down)
Attendance	16,998 [1]
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Route to the Final

Further information: 2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

Match info

7 October 2012

Cork	0–16; 0–7	Kerry
Valerie Mulcahy (0-7) Doireann O'Sullivan (0-4) Geraldine O'Flynn (0-2) Briege Corkery (0-1) Orlagh Farmer (0-1) Nollaig Cleary (0-1)	[1][2][3]	Sarah Houlihan (0-3) Lorraine Scanlon (0-2) Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh (0-1) Patrice Dennehy (0-1)

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 16,998

Referee: Gavin Corrigan (Down)

Teams

Manager: Éamonn Ryan Team: 1 Elaine Harte 2 Ann Marie Walsh 3 Bríd Stack 4 Deirdre O'Reilly 5 Briege Corkery 6 Rena Buckley (c) 7 Geraldine O'Flynn 8 Juliet Murphy 9 Norita Kelly 10 Orlagh Farmer 11 Doireann O'Sullivan 12 Ciara O'Sullivan 13 Nollaig Cleary 14 Valerie Mulcahy 15 Rhona Ní Bhuachalla Substitutes: Angela Walsh for Ann Marie Walsh (38) Orla Finn for Ní Bhuachalla (38) Laura McMahon for Farmer (46) A. Hutchings for Kelly (53) Annie Walsh for C. O'Sullivan (57)

Manager: William O'Sullivan Team: 1 Edel Murphy 2 Cait Lynch 3 Aislinn Desmond 4 Aoife Lyons 5 Julie Brosnan 6 Aisling Leonard 7 Lousie Galvin [4] 8 Emma Sherwood 9 Bernie Breen (c) 10 Caroline Kelly 11 Deirdre Corridan 12 Sarah Houlihan 13 Megan O'Connell 14 Lorraine Scanlon 15 Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh Substitutes: Patrice Dennehy for Corridan (24) M. Fitzgerald for Galvin (44) Deirdre Corridan for O'Connell (58) S.J. Joy for Sherwood (58)