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Event | All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1948 | ||||||
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Date | 29 September 1946 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | James Byrne (Waterford) | ||||||
Attendance | 1,500 | ||||||
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The final, unusually, was played on a Saturday. An inexperienced Down side, playing their first final, lost by twenty-three points. Dublin's Kathleen Cody, Sophie Brack and J. Cosgrave all scored hat-tricks. [1] [ unreliable source? ]
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