Dublin’s Noelle Healy announces retirement from Inter County football. 

Dublin Ladies star Noelle Healy has announced her retirement from inter-county football.

After making her debut in 2007 she would go on to win five All-Irelands and four All-Stars.

A member of St Brigid’s GAA club, Noelle is an Anaesthetist at St Vincents hospital and has been one of many working on the frontline throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

As well as her five All Irelands she also won 10 Leinster senior championships, one NFL Div 1 medal along with two NFL Div 2 titles and was Dublin captain in 2016.

One of her finest performances for Dublin came in the 2017 All Ireland victory over Mayo which earned her the TG4 Player of the Match accolade.

She would finish the season with a third All Star Award as well as being voted by her peers as the Players Player of the Year.

Having played a huge role in Dublin winning their fourth All Ireland title in a row versus Cork on the 20th of December last, Healy was subsequently named at corner forward on the TG4 2020 Team of the Championship when the panel was revealed in February this year.

She is one of only a few Dublin players to have won All Ireland winners medals at U14, U16, Minor and Senior grades.

She added a senior club All Ireland winners medal to her haul back in 2019 when she played for Mourneabbey having relocated to Cork for work.

Noelle Healy has been one of the most inspirational, talented footballers to have donned the sky blue jersey and an amazing ambassador for Ladies Gaelic football not only in Dublin but at national level.

Reflecting on her career Noelle said: “Its been beyond a dream to have represented Dublin at all age groups for the last 17 years, in both successes and failures.

Thank you to all the management teams I’ve had the honour of learning from and the teammates I’ve had the pleasure of playing with. I’m lucky that many of them I’m able to call great friends too.

My very best wishes to the squad in coming seasons, no doubt they will continue to go from strength to strength!”

In a statement, Dublin LGFA said: “Everyone in Dublin LGFA would like to wish Noelle all the very best in her retirement.

“We will look back on her time in sky blue with the fondest of memories.”