2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Introduction The '''2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship''' was held between July 26 and September 27, 2009.Cork were the winners for the fifth season in a row.
Structure *Sixteen teams compete. **The top four teams from 2008 receive byes to the quarter-finals. **The quarter-finalists from 2008 receive byes to the second round. **The other eight teams play in the first round. *All games are knockout matches, drawn games being replayed. *The first-round losers playoff, with one team being relegated to the intermediate championship for 2010.Teams must spend two years as a senior team before they are eligible for relegation; teams that have not done so are exempt from relegation.
Fixtures and results ===Early stages===----------------------------===Relegation match===''Tipperary and Leitrim were exempt from relegation. ''''Donegal are relegated to the Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2010. ''===Final stages===------------------------
References
External links * Rssults and fixtures