The 2003 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured and . Mayo defeated Dublin in a low scoring game. Mayo retained the title, winning their fourth final in five years, while Dublin were making their debut appearance. Dublin led 0–4 to 0–2 at half-time. Two minutes from full-time Mayo trailed Dublin by a point. However the match was decided thanks to a late goal from Player of the Match, Diane O'Hora. Cora Staunton dropped a last-minute long range free-kick into the square. The Dublin goalkeeper, Clíodhna O'Connor, failed to gain control of the ball, allowing O'Hora to score. In July 2003, Aisling McGing, a member of Mayo's 2002 winning team, was killed in a car crash. She was travelling to watch her two sisters, Michelle and Sharon McGing, play for Mayo against in a Connacht Championship game. Just three months later, Michelle and Sharon McGing played for Mayo in the All-Ireland final.
Match info
Teams Manager: Finbar Egan
Team: Denise Horan Nuala O'Shea Helena Lohan (c) Sharon McGing Mary T. Garvey Yvonne Byrne Claire O'Hara Clare Egan Jackie Moran E. Mullins Cora Staunton Michelle McGing Diane O'Hora Marcella Heffernan Christina Heffernan
Substitutes:A. Gallagher for Moran (39 mins) Manager: Mick Bohan
Team: Clíodhna O'Connor Sorcha Farrelly Louise Keegan Maria Kavanagh Niamh Hurley Martina Farrell (c) Orla Colreavy Angie McNally Niamh McEvoy E. Murphy Gemma Fay Bernie Finlay Mary Nevin Louise Kelly K. Hopkins
Substitutes: Elaine Kelly for Murphy (28) Aisling McCormack for Hopkins (43)Sinéad Aherne for Finlay (45)
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