All-Ireland winner Niamh McEvoy confirms retirement

Five-time All-Ireland winner Niamh McEvoy has confirmed her retirement from inter-county Gaelic football.

McEvoy also won two National League Division 1 titles, as well as collecting an All-Star in 2019.

The St Sylvester's clubwoman had been involved with the Dublin senior panel since 2007, making a late substitute appearance as the Girls in Blue landed their first Brendan Martin Cup in 2010 against Tyrone.

But it was in the second half of the last decade when the side from the capital really made their mark, with McEvoy starting in each of the finals as they won four-in-a-row between 2017 and 2020.

She was on the bench for last year's All-Ireland final, seeing game time in the second half, as Meath caused an upset at Croke Park before she returned to her club to help them land the Dublin intermediate championship in October.

She told RTÉ Sport at the time that she was uncertain of her future in Blue, saying that she had been playing with Dublin for a 'long, long time.'

McEvoy also spent two season playing AFLW with Melbourne alongside Dublin team mates Sinéad Goldrick and Lauren Magee.

"Obviously I had no involvement during the National League, which just finished there over the course of the weekend," McEvoy told Virgin Media Sport.

"I had rang Mick Bohan in December to announce my retirement after Sylvester's finished up our great club run.

"I just decided it was the end for me. This is the first year in probably 18 years that I won’t wear a Dublin jersey. I played the whole way up through the underage ranks and had more than a decade with the senior team, so I’m just really grateful for the time I had there.

"Five All-Irelands is amazing. I played for so many years that winning All-Irelands wasn't the main thing.

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