1958 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1958
Winners
Champions Dublin (17th title)
ManagerNell McCarthy
Captain Kathleen Mills
Runners-up
Runners-up Tipperary
Manager Bernie Sands
Captain Alice Hanley

The 1958 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1958 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Tipperary by a 15-point margin in the final. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Championship

Tipeprary were trained by 1930s hurler Bernard Sands. Mary England Kathleen Downes, Kathleen Griffin (two each), Edie Merrigan and Breda Scully scored in Tipperary's dramatic eight goals to 5-1 emi-final victory over Antrim at Roscrea. The match produced such a high standard of hurling that the spectators were applauding for most of the game, The Nenagh Guardian reported. Galway described the semi-final encounter as its biggest ever camogie fixture.

Final

The final was played after the Tipperary v Kilkenny hurling semi-final with some 6-7,000 of the 53,357 attendance staying on to view the camogie match. Financial restraints prevented Tipperary from booking into a hotel and so players had made their own way to Dublin and some had stayed overnight with relatives. They took the lead with a goal from Kathleen Downes in the first minute of the game. from the tenth minute Dublin asserted their dominance. Mitchel Cogley wrote in the Irish Independent :

Tipperary flattered only to deceive for the opening ten minutes and even allowing for a couple of fine efforts later on, they were defending for most of the game. For once Kathleen Mills did not display her general all-round ability, but as a contribution to winning her 13th All-Ireland medal she scored a wonder goal which must rank as the greatest ever seen. From fully 45 yards out on the sideline, the CIE club girl with deadly accuracy gave Cathleen Carroll no chance. Dublin's strength lay in the ability of Kathleen Ryder and Una O'Connor to make the most of their chances against a Tipperary defence that put in extremely hard work for a major portion of the second half. Cathleen Carroll, the Roscrea girl who kept goal for Tipperary played well and added to the numerous goalmouth thrills by bringing off a couple of freakish saves. [7]

Final stages

Dublin 5-4 – 0-1 Galway

Tipperary 8-0 – 5-1 Antrim

Dublin 5-4 – 1-1 Tipperary
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Dublin
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Tipperary
DUBLIN:
GK1 May Kavanagh (Col San Dominic)
FB2 Betty Hughes (CIÉ)
RWB3Doris Nolan (Celtic)
CB4 Doreen Brennan (UCD)
LWB5 Kay Lyons (Celtic)
MF6 Bríd Reid (Austin Stacks)
MF7 Annette Corrigan (UCD) (0-2)
MF8 Kathleen Mills (CIÉ) (Capt) (2-0)
RWF9 Mary O'Sullivan (Civil Service)
CF10 Kay Ryder (Naomh Aoife) (1-0)
LWF11 Annie Donnelly (UCD) (0-1)
FF12 Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (2-1)
TIPPERARY:
GK1 Catherine Carroll (Roscrea)
FB2 Kitty Flaherty (Cahir)
RWB3 Peg Moloney (Roscrea)
CB4 Kathleen England (Roscrea)
LWB5 Bridie Scully (Roscrea)
MF6 Terry Griffin (Roscrea)
MF7 Alice Hanley (Cahir)
MF8 Mary England (Roscrea) (0-1)
RWF9 Edie Merrigan (Sean Treacy's Hollyford)
CF10 Mary O'Neill (Newcastle)
LWF11 Kathleen Downes (Roscrea) (1-0)
FF12 Kathleen Griffin (Roscrea)

MATCH RULES

  • 50 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

See also

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References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. Report of final in Irish Press, August 11, 1958
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, August 11, 1958
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, August 11, 1958
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, August 11, 1958
  6. Report of final in Irish News, August 11, 1958
  7. Irish Independent Aug 11 1958
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by