Hannah Tyrrell scored an outstanding 0-8 as Dublin claimed their sixth TG4 All-Ireland SFC title with vctory over Kerry.
Dublin winning by five points, 18 points to 1-10 in a game they dominated throughout.
The Leinster champions were in control right from the start and added to the All-Ireland victory their male counterparts enjoyed at the expense of Kerry two weeks earlier.
Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh was scorer-in-chief for the Kingdom with 1-7.
Dublin stormed into the game with points from Tyrrell and Orlagh Nolan inside the opening 60 seconds. The Kingdom subsequently got up and running with a close-range free by stand-in captain Ní Mhuircheartaigh.
However, Tyrrell restored Dublin’s two-point cushion with a similar effort at the opposite end.
Tyrrell maintained her excellent start to the contest with a second point from play. Jennifer Dunne also joined the Dublin scoresheet in direct response to a score by Kerry wing-forward Niamh Carmody.
Ní Mhuircheartaigh fired over a point after being released on goal in the 13th-minute, but with Nolan exerting a major influence at centre-forward, Dublin were dictating affairs.
A sequence of six points without reply, five of them from the majestic Tyrrell and one via the boot of Caoimhe O’Connor put Mick Bohan’s side in a powerful position.
It took a Ní Mhuircheartaigh free to bring their lead down to seven (0-11 to 0-4) at the interval.
Although Kerry made a bright start to the second-half with unanswered points from Carmody and Ní Mhuircheartaigh. Kate Sullivan and Dublin captain Carla Rowe were on hand to cancel out these efforts in swift fashion.
Ní Mhuircheartaigh fights for Kerry recovery
While, Ní Mhuircheartaigh’s dead-ball prowess yielded two more points for the Kingdom, only for Dublin to move all of nine points clear (0-17 to 0-8) on 48 minutes with four scores on the bounce courtesy of Niamh Hetherton, Rowe (two) and Dunne.
To their credit, Kerry fought until the bitter end and Ní Mhuircheartaigh’s palmed a goal to the net on 55 minutes.
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— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) August 13, 2023
It wasn’t to be for the Kingdom, however, as inspirational skipper Rowe kicked a superb point on the run to seal another All-Ireland success for Dublin.
Dublin: A Shiels; L Caffrey, A Kane (N Hetherton 42), N Crowley; L Magee, M Byrne, N Donlon; J Dunne, E O’Dowd; C O’Connor, O Nolan, K Sullivan (S Aherne 53); H Tyrrell, C Rowe, J Egan (E Gribben HT (D Lawless 59)).
Scorers: H Tyrrell 0-8 (4f), C Rowe 0-4 (1f), J Dunne 0-2, C O’Connor, O Nolan, K Sullivan, N Hetherton 0-1 each.
Kerry: C Butler; É Lynch, K Cronin, C Murphy; A O’Connell, E Costello, C Lynch; L Scanlon, L Galvin; N Carmody, N Ní Chonchúir (A Harrington 47), A Galvin (M O’Connell HT); H O’Donoghue (S O’Shea (42), D O’Leary, L Ní Mhuircheartaigh.
Scorers: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 1-7 (0-6f), N Carmody 0-2, A O’Connell 0-1.
Referee: Shane Curley (Galway).
