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{{Infobox football match
|                   title = 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
|                   image =
|                   event =
|                   team1 = {{GG|Cork|ladies' football}}
|        team1association = [[File:Cork colours.PNG|40px]]
|              team1score = 1–7
|                   team2 = {{GG|Armagh|ladies' football}}
|        team2association = [[File:Armagh colours.PNG|40px]]
|              team2score = 1–6
|                 details = ''Second of five titles in a row for Cork''
|                    date = 2 October 2006
|                 stadium = [[Croke Park]]
|                    city = [[Dublin]]
|      woman_player1  = [[Nollaig Cleary]]
|                 referee = Declan Corcoran ([[Mayo GAA|Mayo]])
|              attendance = 25,665
|                 weather =
|                previous = [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final|2005]]
|                    next = [[2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final|2007]]
}}
The '''2006 [[All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship]] Final''' featured {{GG|Cork|ladies' football}} and {{GG|Armagh|ladies' football}}. Armagh led 1–4 to 0–3 at half-time but a goal from player of the match, [[Nollaig Cleary]], helped Cork to a one-point win.
<ref name="irishexaminer021006">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/match-reports/cork-belles-dig-deep-to-ring-up-double-14734.html|title=Cork belles dig deep to ring up double|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|date=2 October 2006|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="bbc011006">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/5397214.stm|title=Armagh 1-6 1-7 Cork|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|date=1 October 2006|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref> It was also the second of five consecutive [[List of All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship finals|All-Ireland finals]] that Cork would win between [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final|2005]] and [[2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final|2009]].<ref name="balls110816">{{cite web|url =https://www.balls.ie/gaa/10-incredible-facts-about-ladies-football-342074|title=10 Incredible Facts About Ladies Football|date=11 August 2016|publisher=www.balls.ie|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref> The Armagh team featured [[Caroline O'Hanlon]], a [[Northern Ireland national netball team|Northern Ireland netball international]].<ref name="the42240915">{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/10-athletes-who-have-faced-the-cork-ladies-2345458-Sep2015/|title=These 10 top Irish female athletes have experienced the wrath of Cork|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=25 February 2018|date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
==Match info==
{{football box
| date= 2 October 2006
| stadium= [[Croke Park]], [[Dublin]]
| team1= {{GG|Cork|ladies' football}}
| goals1= [[Nollaig Cleary]] (1-2)<br>[[Mary O'Connor (Irish sportsperson)|Mary O'Connor]] (0-1)<br>[[Juliet Murphy]] (0-1)<br>Caoimhe Creedon (0-1)<br>Amanda Murphy (0-1)<br>Geraldine O'Flynn (0-1)
| score= 1–7; 1–6
| team2= {{GG|Armagh|ladies' football}}
| goals2= Mairéad Tennyson (1-1)<br>Maighdlin McAlinden (0-2)<br>[[Caroline O'Hanlon]] (0-2)<br>Aileen Matthews (0-1)
| referee= Declan Corcoran ([[Mayo GAA|Mayo]])
| report= <ref name="irishexaminer021006" /><ref name="bbc011006" /><ref name="sportsfile011006">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/D0609187/|title=Cork v Armagh - TG4 Ladies All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=9 March 2018|date=1 October 2006}}</ref>
| attendance= 25,665
}}
==Teams==
{|border=0 class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
|valign=top|''Manager:'' [[Éamonn Ryan]]
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''Team:''<br>{{small|1}} Elaine Harte<br>{{small|2}} [[Rena Buckley]]<br>{{small|3}} [[Angela Walsh]]<br>{{small|4}} [[Briege Corkery]]<br>{{small|5}} Geraldine O'Flynn<br>{{small|6}} [[Bríd Stack]]<br>{{small|7}} S. O'Reilly<br>{{small|8}} [[Juliet Murphy]] (c)<br>{{small|9}} Norita Kelly<br>{{small|10}} Nollaig Cleary<br>{{small|11}} Deirdre O'Reilly<br>{{small|12}} Amanda Murphy<br>{{small|13}} [[Valerie Mulcahy]]<br>{{small|14}} [[Mary O'Connor (Irish sportsperson)|Mary O'Connor]]<br>{{small|15}} Caoimhe Creedon
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''Substitutes:''<br>Mairéad Kelly for Mulcahy (44)<br>Ciara Walsh for A. Murphy (48)<br>Amanda  Murphy for Creedon (52)
|valign=middle align=center|<!--Further Match stats-->
<!---TEAM B--->
|valign=top|''Manager:''
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''Team:''<br>{{small|1}} F. McAtamney<br>{{small|2}} Caoimhe Marley<br>{{small|3}} Fiona Quinn<br>{{small|4}} Ailish Murphy<br>{{small|5}} R. O’Mahony<br>{{small|6}} Bronagh O'Donnell (c)<br>{{small|7}} Sinead McCleary<br>{{small|8}} Alma O'Donnell<br>{{small|9}} [[Caroline O'Hanlon]]<br>{{small|10}} Mairéad Tennyson<br>{{small|11}} Sharon Duncan<br>{{small|12}} Shauna O'Hagan<br>{{small|13}} Maighdlin McAlinden<br>{{small|14}} Maria O'Donnell<br>{{small|15}} Aileen Matthews
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''Substitutes:''<br>P. McAvoy for Matthews (42)<br>O. Murtagh for Murphy (45)<br>D. Toal for M. O’Donnell (54)<br>Maebh Moriarty for Duncan (58)
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship}}
{{Cork Ladies' Football Team 2006}}
[[Category:2006 in Ladies' Gaelic football|!]]
[[Category:All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship finals]]
[[Category:2006 in Northern Ireland sport|GAA]]
[[Category:Cork county ladies' football team matches]]
[[Category:Armagh county ladies' football team matches]]
[[Category:October 2006 sports events in Europe|All-Ireland]]