Niamh McEvoy (footballer, born 1990)

Niamh McEvoy (born 2 October 1990) is a senior Dublin ladies' footballer and an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's. McEvoy was a member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2010, 2017, 2018 and 2019. She was also a member of the Dublin team that won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League.

Niamh McEvoy

Personal information
Sport	Ladies' Gaelic football
Position	Full forward
Born	(1990-10-02) 2 October 1990 (age 34) [1][2]
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
2018–2019	St Sylvester's → DIT
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2010–	Dublin
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	4
NFL	1
All Stars	1

Early life and education

McEvoy is from Malahide. She recalls attending the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final when she was 12 with her father, Dave.^[3] She attended Malahide Community School where she played ladies' Gaelic football and captained the basketball team.^[4][5][6][7] Between 2009 and 2012 she attended Trinity College Dublin where she qualified as a primary school teacher.^[8] Between 2018 and 2019 she completed a MSc in Business and Entrepreneurship at Dublin Institute of Technology.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Gaelic football

Clubs

At club level, McEvoy has played for St Sylvester's^{[13][14][15][16]} and DIT.^[9][17][18]

Inter-county

Together with Noëlle Healy, Sinéad Goldrick and Hannah Tyrrell, McEvoy was part of a generation of Dublin ladies' footballers who won All-Ireland titles at under-14, under-16 and under-18 levels before playing for the senior team.^{[10][19][20][21]} McEvoy was a member of the Dublin team that won the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final. She was one of two players named Niamh McEvoy who played for Dublin in the 2010 final. She came on as a second-half substitute, replacing the player sharing her name, Niamh McEvoy of Parnells.^[12][22] McEvoy established herself as a regular in the Dublin team during the 2010s, finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up in 2014, 2015 and 2016.^[15][16] She was subsequently a member of the Dublin teams that won the 2017,^[23][24][25] 2018^[26][27] and 2019 All-Ireland finals.^[28][29][30] She was a member of the Dublin team that won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League.^[31][32] In 2019 McEvoy won her first All Star award.^[33]

	All-Ireland Finals	Place	Opponent	Goal/Points
1	2004 Under-14[19]	Winners	Mayo	1–0
2	2006 Under-16[20]	Winners	Cork	1–0
3	2008 Under-18[21]	Winners	Tyrone	0–0
4	2010[22][34]	Winners	Tyrone	0–0
5	2014[35]	Runner up	Cork	0–0
6	2015[36]	Runner up	Cork	0–1
7	2016[37]	Runner up	Cork	0–1
8	2017[23][24][25]	Winners	Mayo	1–1
9	2018[26][27]	Winners	Cork	0–1
10	2019[28][29][30]	Winners	Galway	0–1

Australian rules football

Personal information
Full name	Niamh McEvoy
Date of birth	(1990-10-02) 2 October 1990 (age 34)
Draft	2019 rookie signing
Debut	Round 2, 2020, Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs, at VU Whitten Oval
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Club information
Current club	Melbourne
Number	17
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2020–2021	Melbourne	8 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

In October 2019, McEvoy and her Dublin teammate Sinéad Goldrick signed to play for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) in 2020.^{[38][39][40][41]} She made her AFL Women's debut in round 2 of the 2020 season against the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval, after missing the opening round through illness.^[42] In April 2021, McEvoy announced her retirement from Australian rules football.^[43]

Personal life

Between 2012 and 2018, McEvoy worked as a primary school teacher at schools such as Holywell Educate Together National School in Swords, County Dublin.^[8][10][23] McEvoy is married and shares two children with footballer Dean Rock.^[23][14][44]

Honours

Dublin

• All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
  • Winners: 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019: 4
  • Runner up: 2014, 2015, 2016: 3
• Ladies' National Football League
  • 2018: 1
• All-Ireland Under-18 Ladies' Football Championship
  • Winners: 2008
• All-Ireland Under-16 Ladies' Football Championship
  • Winners: 2006
• All-Ireland Under-14 Ladies' Football Championship
  • Winners: 2004

Individual

• All Stars
  • Winner: 2019: 1