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Niamh McEvoy
St. Sylvester's Gaelic footballer

Niamh McEvoy

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St. Sylvester's Gaelic footballer
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34 years
Education
Trinity College Dublin
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Melbourne Football Club
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Biography

Niamh McEvoy (born 2 October 1990) is a Dublin senior 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.

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. She attended Malahide Community School where she played ladies' Gaelic football and captained the basketball team.Between 2009 and 2012 she attended Trinity College Dublin where she qualified as a primary school teacher. Between 2018 and 2019 she completed a MSc in Business and Entrepreneurship at Dublin Institute of Technology.

Gaelic football

Clubs

At club level, McEvoy has played for St. Sylvester'sand DIT.

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. 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. McEvoy established herself as aregular in the Dublin team during the 2010s, finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up in 2014, 2015 and 2016. She was subsequently a member of the Dublin teams that won the 2017,2018 and 2019 All-Ireland finals. She was a member of the Dublin team that won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League. In 2019 McEvoy won her first All Star award.

All-Ireland FinalsPlaceOpponentGoal/Points
12004 Under-14WinnersMayo1–0
22006 Under-16WinnersCork1–0
32008 Under-18WinnersTyrone0–0
42010WinnersTyrone0–0
52014Runner upCork0–0
62015Runner upCork0–1
72016Runner upCork0–1
82017WinnersMayo1–1
92018WinnersCork0–1
102019WinnersGalway0–1

Australian rules football

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. 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.

Personal life

Between 2012 and 2018, McEvoy worked as a primary school teacher at schools such as Holywell Educate Together National School in Swords, Dublin. McEvoy is in a relationship with Dublin GAA footballer Dean Rock.

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
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