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Event | All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1979 | ||||||
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Date | 9 September 1979 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Sheila McNamee (Dublin) | ||||||
Attendance | 2,900 | ||||||
The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 48th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Tipperary led 1–1 to 0–2 at half-time, but Antrim powered past them to win a low-scoring but exciting final. [1] [ unreliable source? ]
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