The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured and . It was Cork's first final and Galway's second. Galway were also the reigning champions, having won the 2004 final. Galway led 0âÂÂ4 to 0âÂÂ3 at half-time, but Player of the Match, Valerie Mulcahy, subsequently scored 1âÂÂ5 to help Cork win their first All-Ireland title. Cork eventually won 1âÂÂ11 to 0âÂÂ8. It was also the first of five consecutive All-Ireland finals that Cork would win between 2005 and 2009.
The Galway team featured Annette Clarke as well as Claire Molloy, a future Ireland women's rugby union international, and Niamh Fahey, a future Republic of Ireland women's association football international.