Ellen Dolan is an Irish association footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Women's Premier League club Heart of Midlothian. She previously played for Peamount United, winning the Women's Premier Division in 2023. Dolan has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth level and received her first senior international call-up in 2023.
Early life Dolan is from Mucklagh, near Tullamore, County Offaly. She began playing football on the green of her housing estate before joining the girls' teams at local club Mucklagh. She also played Gaelic football for Shamrocks. Dolan joined Peamount United's under-16 team during the COVID-19 pandemic, later progressing through the club's under-17 and under-19 sides.
Club career Peamount United Dolan progressed into Peamount United's senior team and established herself during the 2023 Women's Premier Division season. On 14 October 2023, she scored both goals in a 2–0 victory over Wexford Youths which secured the league championship for Peamount with two matches remaining. She finished the league campaign with seven goals, joint second among the division's leading scorers, and was named Women's Premier Division Player of the Month for October and November.
In September 2024, Dolan scored the opening goal as Peamount defeated Belarusian club Dinamo-BGU 2–1 after extra time in a UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying match. Her performances that season earned her selection in the PFA Ireland Women's Premier Division Team of the Year, and she subsequently won the women's young player award at the 2024 PFA Ireland awards.
Dolan remained with Peamount for the 2025 season. She scored nine league goals and was nominated for the Women's Premier Division Young Player of the Year award.
Heart of Midlothian On 8 January 2026, Dolan joined Scottish Women's Premier League club Heart of Midlothian on an 18-month contract. She was the first player signed by the Hearts women's team through the data-analysis system associated with Tony Bloom.
In her first season in Scotland, Hearts won the 2025–26 Scottish Women's Premier League, the first league championship in the club's women's team's history.
Hearts made their European debut in the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League in August 2026. Dolan scored the club's first goal in European competition during a 2–1 qualifying victory over Lithuanian side FC Gintra.
International career Dolan represented the Republic of Ireland at under-16 and under-17 level before progressing to the under-19 team.
She was selected for the Republic of Ireland squad at the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Lithuania, where Ireland faced Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. Dolan made 13 appearances for the under-19 side during 2024.
In November 2023, at the age of 17, Dolan received her first call-up to the senior Republic of Ireland squad for UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Hungary and Northern Ireland.
Honours Peamount United Women's Premier Division: 2023
Heart of Midlothian Scottish Women's Premier League: 2025–26
Individual Women's Premier Division Player of the Month: October/November 2023 PFA Ireland Women's Premier Division Team of the Year: 2024 PFA Ireland Women's Young Player of the Year: 2024
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