Dublin 0-18 Kerry 1-10: Tyrrell stars as Dubs ladies match men's All-Ireland win

Player of the match Hannah Tyrrell with her seven-week old daughter Aoife after Dublin's triumph over Kerry

Hannah Tyrrell's sensational first-half display set up Dublin's 0-18 to 1-10 win over Kerry in the All-Ireland Ladies Football Final at Croke Park.

Tyrrell's 0-8 put the Dubs 0-11 to 0-4 up at the break and they went on to match the Dublin men's final triumph over the Kingdom two weeks ago.

Ex-Ireland rugby international Tyrrell didn't score in the second half but the Dubs remained in control.

Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh's Kerry goal came too late to ruffle the Dubs.

Kerry will look back on two missed goal chances in the first half with Ni Mhuircheartaigh blasting over for a point in the 13th minute and Lorraine Scanlon later denied by an Eilish O'Dowd block but those moments apart, the Tyrrell-inspired Dubs controlled the decisive opening period as their running game and domination of the opposition kickout unhinged the Kingdom.

After winning a fourth successive All-Ireland senior title in 2020, the Dubs were edged out by Meath in the 2021 decider before losing to Donegal in the quarter-finals in 2022.

Prior to Sunday's decider, Mick Bohan's team had lost to Kerry in both this year's National League and round-robin stage of the All-Ireland Championship but they were conclusively the better side on this occasion.

Dublin secure county's sixth ladies title

Dublin were securing the county's sixth All-Ireland senior triumph while Kerry remain joint record holders with Cork on 11 titles, although you have to go back to 1993 for the last time that the Kingdom lifted the Brendan Martin Cup.

Tyrrell showed her intent by kicking Dublin ahead after only 18 seconds with one of her four scores from play.

It began a remarkable 30 minutes of football by the former Ireland rugby star as she acted as both playmaker and scorer-in-chief for the Dubs.

The Kerry defence was seemingly powerless to halt Tyrrell while in contrast at the other end of the field, Dublin's full-back Leah Caffrey was doing a more than effective marking job on the Kingdom's star attacker Ni Mhuircheartaigh.

Orlagh Nolan and impressive midfielder Jennifer Dunne were also on target for the Dubs as they forged a 0-5 to 0-2 lead before they had their first scare as Ni Mhuircheartaigh blazed over for a point after being set up by full-forward Danielle O'Leary.

Dublin responded to the escape by hitting six straight points - five of which came from Tyrrell - as they began to run through Kerry seemingly at will.

Dublin captain Carla Rowe lifted the Brendan Martin Cup in a triumph masterminded by manager Mick Bohan

That period of Dublin domination did include Kerry's second goal chance as O'Dowd blocked Scanlon's shot but for the most part in the second quarter, it was a case of the Dubs coming in waves at the Kingdom with Tyrrell getting on a serious amount of ball in addition to taking her scores.

A Ni Mhuirtcheartaigh free a minute before half-time cut Dublin's lead to 0-11 to 0-4 and a Kingdom rally briefly looked on when Niamh Carmody and Ni Mhuirtcheartaigh hit the first scores of the second period.

While Kate Sullivan and captain Carla Rowe, with her first score, quickly restored Kerry's advantage to seven, it was down to five again by the 38th minute following two quick Ni Mhuirtcheartaigh frees as Dublin briefly struggled on their own kickout.

However, Danielle O'Leary missed a great chance to further reduce Dublin's lead and a point from substitute Niamh Hetherton started a run of four straight Dubs points which had them seemingly out of sight at 0-17 to 0-8 up with 10 minutes remaining.

While Aishling O'Connell pointed for Kerry in the 50th minute, their day seemed to be summed up by Ni Mhuircheartaigh's uncharacteristic placed-ball miss from 30 yards a minute later.

To their credit, Kerry kept battling and substitute Amy Harrington chased down a seemingly lost cause to square for Ni Mhuirtcheartaigh to net with five minutes remaining.

But the Dubs were too savvy to panic and while a further Ni Mhuirtcheartaigh left only four in it with three minutes remaining, the winners had the final scoring say as Rowe charged forward to notch her fourth point of the second half.

Kildare hold on to clinch Intermediate title

Kildare clinched the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies Football title but only after a nervy finish as they almost surrendered an eight-point lead before holding on to beat Clare 2-11 to 2-10.

Goals from Trina Duggan and Ellen Dowling, the second coming as Dowling intercepted a botched kickout to fire into the empty net, helped the Lilywhites lead 2-6 to 0-5 at half-time.

Kildare still appeared in complete control as they were eight up after 50 minutes but a goalkeeping error by Mary Hulgraine allowed Clare's Fidelma Marrinan to net before Chloe Moloney's flick over the Lilywhites keeper set up a grandstand finish.

However, Kildare withstood further pressure to win by the narrowest of margins as they secured the county's second All-Ireland Intermediate title.