The 2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured and . Kerry were playing in their first All-Ireland final since 1993. This was the first time Kerry lost an All-Ireland final. Meanwhile Cork maintained their unbeaten record in All-Ireland finals. At half-time Cork led by 0–10 to 0–3.
Route to the Final
Match info
Teams Manager: Éamonn Ryan
Team: Elaine Harte Ann Marie Walsh Bríd Stack Deirdre O'Reilly Briege Corkery Rena Buckley (c) Geraldine O'Flynn Juliet Murphy Norita Kelly Orlagh Farmer Doireann O'Sullivan Ciara O'Sullivan Nollaig Cleary Valerie Mulcahy Rhona Ní Bhuachalla
Substitutes:Angela Walsh for Ann Marie Walsh (38)Orla Finn for Ní Bhuachalla (38)Laura McMahon for Farmer (46)A. Hutchings for Kelly (53)Annie Walsh for C. O'Sullivan (57)Manager: William O'Sullivan
Team: Edel Murphy Cait Lynch Aislinn Desmond Aoife Lyons Julie Brosnan Aisling Leonard Lousie Galvin Emma Sherwood Bernie Breen (c) Caroline Kelly Deirdre Corridan Sarah Houlihan Megan O'Connell Lorraine Scanlon Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh
Substitutes:Patrice Dennehy for Corridan (24)M. Fitzgerald for Galvin (44)Deirdre Corridan for O'Connell (58)S.J. Joy for Sherwood (58)
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