She represented several Dublin teams at club level, and made her debut as a player for Ireland in 1973.
[3] In 1991 she succeeded Fran Rooney to become the first female head coach of the senior Republic of Ireland women's national football team.
She left the position a year later, unhappy at poor standards at the Ladies Football Association of Ireland (LFAI)[3] and was replaced by Mick Cooke.
Liam Tuohy approached Gorman to start a women and girls' section at Home Farm.
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