1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1971
Winners
Champions Cork (8th title)
Manager Mary Moran
Captain Betty Sugrue
Runners-up
Runners-up Wexford
Captain Bernie O'Dwyer
Other
Matches played7

The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1971 season. The championship was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford by a 13-point margin in the final. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The match drew an attendance of 4,000.

Contents

Semi-finals

Kilkenny won the Leinster Championship for the first time when they defeated Dublin 5–3 to 4–3 and received an unexpected bye to the All-Ireland final when Galway withdrew, receiving a three-month suspension from Central Council for failing to fulfil the fixture.

Final

Cork took control of the final in the first half. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press

The game was won and lost in the five minutes preceding the interval with Wexford leading 1-1 to 0-2 in the 20th minute when, Rosie Hennessy and Anne Comerford, last year’s captain, cracked home three Cork goals. [7]

Final stages

Wexford 6-3 – 3-3 Antrim

Cork 3-14 – 0-3 Galway
Cork 4-6 – 1-2 Wexford
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Cork
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Wexford
CORK:
GK1Mel Cummins
FB2 Marie Costine (Cloyne)
RWB3 Hannah Dineen (South Pres)
CB4 Anne McAuliffe (Old Als)
LWB5 Mary Whelton (South Pres)
MF6 Marion McCarthy (South Pres)
MF7 Betty Sugrue (South Pres) (Capt)
MF8 Pat Moloney (UCC)
RWF9 Anne Comerford (Watergrasshill) (Capt)
CF10 Liz Garvan (UCC) (0-3)
LWF11 Nuala Guilly (Cloyne)
FF12 Rosie Hennessy UCC) (2-2)
(WEXFORD):
GK1Teresa Sheil
FB2Joan Murphy
RWB3Peggie Doyle
CB4Bernie O’Dwyer
LWB5Bridie Jacob
MF6Annie Kehoe
MF7Margaret O’Leary
MF8Elsie Walsh
RWF9Mary Shannon
CF10Mary Walsh (1-0)
LWF11Mary Sheil
FF12Josie Kehoe (0-1)
Substitutes:
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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, September 19, 1971
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, September 19, 1971
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, September 19, 1971
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 19, 1971
  6. Report of final in Irish News, September 19, 1971
  7. Report of final in Irish Press, September 19, 1971
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by