Valerie Mulcahy

Valerie Mulcahy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who formerly played inter-county football with Cork. She won ten All-Ireland titles with her county team. In 2015, she became the first elite female star of Gaelic games to speak publicly about being gay.^[1]^[2] In 2016, she announced her retirement from the Cork football team.^[3] She is a secondary teacher and is an executive member of the ladies' version of the Gaelic Players Association.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Cork star Valerie Mulcahy goes public on sexuality 'to help others'". Irish Independent. 14 January 2015.
↑ "Cork GAA star Mulcahy comes out ‘to help others’". Irish Examiner. 14 January 2015.
↑ "Valerie Mulcahy calls time on Cork career". RTÉ Sport. 12 April 2016.
↑ McGillicuddy, Kevin (14 January 2015). "Cork star Valerie Mulcahy comes out as first openly gay female GAA star".
↑ "Valerie Mulcahy delighted with ‘flood of love and support’ after ’coming out’". Irish Examiner. 21 January 2015.

Cork – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (1st title)

1 E. Harte 2 R. Buckley 3 A. Walsh 4 B. Stack 5 B. Corkery 6 C. Walsh 7 S. O'Reilly 8 J. Murphy (c) 9 N. Kelly 10 A. Murphy 11 R. Curtin 12 N. Cleary 13 V. Mulcahy 14 C. Creedon 15 G. O'Flynn Subs used M. O'Connor for G. O'Flynn D. O'Reilly for C. Creedon A. O'Connor for R. Curtin N. Keohane for A. Murphy

Cork – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (2nd title)

1 E. Harte 2 R. Buckley 3 A. Walsh 4 B. Corkery 5 G. O'Flynn 6 B. Stack 7 S. O'Reilly 8 J. Murphy (c) 9 N. Kelly 10 N. Cleary 11 D. O'Reilly 12 A. Murphy 13 V. Mulcahy 14 M. O'Connor 15 C. Creedon Subs used M. Kelly for V. Mulcahy C. Walsh for A. Murphy A. Murphy for C. Creedon

Cork – 2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (3rd title)

1 E. Harte 2 C. Walsh 3 A. Walsh 4 Rena Buckley 5 L. Barrett 6 B. Stack 7 B. Corkery 8 J. Murphy (c) 9 N. Kelly 10 G. O'Flynn 11 L. McMahon 12 N. Cleary 13 V. Mulcahy 14 A. Murphy 15 D. O'Reilly Subs used Rhona Buckley for N. Kelly M. Kelly for L. McMahon A. O'Shea for N. Cleary C. Foley for C. Walsh S. O'Reilly for L. Barrett

Cork – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (4th title)

1 E. Harte 2 C. Walsh 3 A. Walsh (c) 4 L. Barrett 5 B. Corkery 6 B. Stack 7 G. O'Flynn 8 J. Murphy 9 N. Kelly 10 N. Cleary 11 M. O'Connor 12 D. O'Reilly 13 V. Mulcahy 14 A. O'Shea 15 A. Murphy Subs used Rena Buckley for C. Walsh C. O'Sullivan for D. O'Reilly Rhona Buckley for A. Murphy R. O'Sullivan for A. O'Shea S. O'Reilly for N. Cleary Manager E. Ryan

Cork – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (5th title)

1 E. Harte 2 Rena Buckley 3 A. Walsh 4 G. O'Flynn 5 C. O'Sullivan 6 B. Stack 7 B. Corkery 8 J. Murphy 9 N. Kelly 10 N. Cleary 11 D. O'Reilly 12 A. O'Shea 13 M. O'Connor (c) 14 V. Mulcahy 15 Rhona Buckley Subs used L. McMahon for A. O'Shea L. Barrett for Rhona Buckley M. Kelly for M. O'Connor Manager E. Ryan

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