Áine Wall

Áine Wall

Personal information
Irish name	Áine de Bhál
Sport	Ladies' Gaelic football
Position	right wing forward, left corner forward, full forward
Born	1970 (age 54–55)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ballymacarbry LGFC
Club titles
All-Ireland Titles	10
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1989–2003[1]	Waterford
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	5
All Stars	8

Áine Wall (married name Áine Moore;^[2][3] born 1970)^[4] is an Irish sportswoman.^[5][6] She played ladies' Gaelic football with her local club, Ballymacarbry, and with her county, Waterford.^[7]

Sporting career

Wall won five All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championships with Waterford, in 1991,^[8] 1992, 1994, 1995 and in the first televised final in 1998. She won eight Ladies' Gaelic Football All Stars Awards, appearing on the all-star team in 1989–1994, 1996 and 1998.^[9]

With her club, Ballymacarbry, she won ten All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championships.^[10]

In 2020, Cliona Foley (Irish Independent) named Wall as the 3rd greatest ladies' football player of all time (behind Cora Staunton and Mary Jo Curran).^[11] Wall was inducted into the Gaelic Writers' Association Hall of Fame in 2022.^[12][13]

Media

She will be the subject of a 2023 episode of Laochra Gael.^[14] Publicity for the documentary said that "as a result of the heroics of Áine and her friends, the sport, which had never even been broadcast when she started out, gained attention and respect. One of the greatest ever footballers, who revolutionised Ladies Football."^[15]

Personal life

Wall is a keen golfer and a member of Clonmel Golf Club.^[16][17]

References

1. Larkin, Brendan (5 August 2003). "Kerry end the drought with sweet win over champions". Irish Examiner.
2. Waterford LGFA (23 June 2020). "ÁINE WALL NOMINATED AS WATERFORD'S GREATEST EVER SPORTSPERSON". Twitter.
3. Ballyduff Ladies Football (6 June 2020). "Áine Wall (now Moore) of Ballymacarbry Ladies Football Club has been nominated for the title of Waterford's Greatest Sporting Hero below". Facebook.
4. Wall (Moore), Áine. "Áine Wall on Twitter". Twitter.
5. Ryan, Michael (1 March 2021). "Michael Ryan on the end of his Waterford term: 'I'm still meeting people giving out about that decision'". Irish Examiner.
6. "The Irish Times Book of the Year". Gill & Macmillan. 20 January 2000 – via Google Books.
7. Scally, John (1 April 2011). 100 GAA Greats: From Christy Ring to Joe Canning. Random House. ISBN 9781845969431 – via Google Books.
8. O'Malley, Cormac. "The Best All Ireland Ladies Senior Football Finals". Balls.ie.
9. "Aine Wall inducted into GAA writers hall of fame". WLRFM.com.
10. "PODCAST: The Fair Green (Aine Wall - Waterford)". 21 September 2020.
11. "The top 50 ladies footballers of all time". independent.
12. "Personalities honoured at Gaelic Writers' Association Awards". www.gaa.ie.
13. "Former Wexford camogie great Margaret Leacy in hall of fame". independent.
14. "Aine Wall set to star in new series of Laochra Gael". WLRFM.com.
15. Cahill, Jackie (16 January 2023). "Waterford legend Áine Wall to feature in new series of TG4's Laochra Gael".
16. "Wall of trophies". The Irish Times.
17. "Clonmel". www.golfingireland.ie.

External links

• Áine Wall on Twitter