Sinéad Aherne is a senior Dublin ladies' footballer. In

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and

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, she captained

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as they won the

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. In

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, when Dublin won their first All-Ireland title, she was both player of the match and the top scorer in the final with 2–7. She also captained Dublin when they won the

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. In 2018 she was named the TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year and received her seventh

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award. She has also represented Ireland at international rules.

Playing career

Club

At club level, Aherne has played for St Sylvester's and DIT. Aherne scored 3–4 and was player of the match when St Sylvester's won the 2004 Dublin Ladies' Junior Football Championship, defeating

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by 4–14 to 2–5 in the final. She also played for a combined

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/St Sylvester's team that lost to Ballyboden St Enda's by 1–12 to 1–10 in the 2007

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final.

Inter-county

Aherne made her senior inter-county debut for

in 2003 against

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, aged 17, she made her debut appearance in an

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final when she came on as a second-half substitute and scored a point against Mayo. In

, when Dublin won their first All-Ireland title, she was both player of the match and the top scorer in the final with 2–7. Aherne has been for regular for Dublin during the 2010s, missing only the

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season as she went travelling in

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and

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. In 2017 she was named Dublin captain, taking over from

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. She subsequently captained Dublin as they won the

and

All-Ireland finals. She also captained Dublin when they won the

. In 2018 Aherne was named the TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year and received her seventh

award.

International rules football

Aherne was a member of the

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that played against

in the

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Accountant

Aherne is a graduate of the

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where she gained a BSc in Business and Management and a MSc in Accounting. Since 2010 Aherne has worked as a chartered accountant with

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. She is now an associate director of tax with the company.

Honours

;

**''Winners'':

: 5 **''Runner up'':

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: 5 *

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**''Winners'':

: 1 ; St Sylvester's *Dublin Ladies' Junior Football Championship **''Winners'': 2004 ;

/ St Sylvester's *

**''Runner up'': 2007 ;Individual * TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year **''Winner'': 2018 *

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**''Winner'': 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018: 7

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aherne, Sinead 1986 births Living people Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin inter-county ladies' Gaelic footballers Winners of four All-Ireland medals (ladies' football) St Sylvester's Gaelic footballers Ireland women's international rules football team players Irish accountants Irish women accountants KPMG people 21st-century Irish sportswomen