1981 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1981
Tournament details
DateOct 4
Winners
Champions Kilkenny (4th title)
Captain Liz Neary
Runners-up
Runners-up Cork
Captain Claire Cronin
Other
Matches played2

The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1981 season. The championship was won by Killkenny who defeated Cork by a five-point margin in a replayed final. [1] The match drew an attendance of 3,000. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Quarter-finals

Surprise of the quarter-final stage was Down's 2–6 to 1–8 victory over Wexford, Marian McGarvey scoring 1-6 of their total. Before their quarter-final with Dublin, Cork dropped three Killeavy players, Pat Moloney, Marian Sweeney and Cathy Landers for playing in a challenge match on the eve of the League final. Dublin led by 4–2 to 1–5 at half time but Cork came storming back to equalise 11 minutes into the second half and win by five points, as Dublin sent over a total of eight wide in the second half and scored just one point. Angela Downey scored 3-4 for Kilkenny against Tipperary, for whom Deirdre Lane scored 1–5.

Semi-finals

Remarkably Galway led Cork by 1–5 to 1–3 at half time in the All Ireland semi-final before being swept aside by 2–4 in the first ten minutes of the second half. Down appearing in their first semi-final since 1949, never got to grips with Kilkenny and trailed by 2–3 to 0-2 after 13 minutes of their semi-final in Nowlan Park.

Final

Kilkenny got a reprieve in the see-saw final when Cork had led by nine points five minutes into the second half but when Liz Neary snatched a goal from a rebound 25 minutes into the second half they trailed by just a point. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] In what was described by the Irish Independent as a truly memorable four-minute period of extra time. [12] Kilkenny fought hard for the equaliser and it was Margaret Farrell who saved the day with a point from play. The five point margin in the replay flattered Kilkenny after Angela Downey scored a breakaway goal in the last movement of the match. Mary O'Leary’s attempt to score an equalising goal from a free a few minutes earlier had been deflected over the bar. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Kilkenny battled back from a seemingly hopeless half time position to earn a draw. The champions seemed to haf the issue clinched in the 54th minute when Mary Geaney set up Mary O’Leary, but from point blank range she missed the proverbial sitter by driving wide. Profiting from that escape, Kilkenny mounted one last assault and Margaret Farrell sent high between the posts for the equalizer. Time was called on the puckout and an exciting, skilful game was over. [13]

Replay

Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Medals for bravery should have been awarded to the girls of Kilkenny and Cork as they tirelessly battled for dominance in the replay under the sullen clouds of Croke Park yesterday. In the most atrocious ground conditions, Kilkenny packaged their fourth title and their heroine, Angela Downey, immortalized her name by taking all but three of her side’s scores. [14]

Final stages

Cork 3-8 – 0-4 Antrim

Cork 4-8 – 4-3 Dublin

Down 2-6 – 1-8 Wexford

Kilkenny 5-8 – 1-6 Wexford

Cork 5-10 – 1-7 Galway

Kilkenny 4-13 – 1-3 Down

Kilkenny 3-9 – 3-9 Cork

Kilkenny 1-9 – 0-7 Cork

Drawn Final September 13: Kilkenny 3-9 Cork 3-9

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KILKENNY:
GK1 Teresa O'Neill (St Paul's)
FB2 Liz Neary (St Paul's) (Capt) (2-0)
RWB3 Ann Downey (St Paul's)
CB4 Bridie McGarry (St Paul's) (0-1)
LWB5 Biddy O'Sullivan (Tullogher Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )
MF6 Anne Holden (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
MF7 Peggy Muldowney (Gowran)
MF8 Margaret Farrell (UCD) (0-1)
RWF9 Helena McCormack (St Paul's) (0-1)
CF10 Angela Downey (St Paul's) (1-6)
LWF11 Anna Whelan (Castlecomer) Sub off.svg 55'
FF12 Jo Dunne (Carrickshock)
Substitutes:
MF Geraldine Sutton (0-1) for Holden Sub on.svg Half time'
RWF Ann Marie Brennan for Anna Whelan Sub on.svg 55'
CORK:
GK1 Marion McCarthy (South Pres)
FB2 Eileen Dineen (Éire Óg)
RWB3 Patricia Riordan (Ballinlough)
CB4 Martha Kearney (Na Piarsaigh)
LWB5 Miriam Higgins (Éire Óg)
MF6 Liz Lynch (Douglas)
MF7 Nancy O'Driscoll (Éire Óg)
MF8 Angela Higgins (Watergrasshill)
RWF9 Clare Cronin (Old Als) (Capt) (1-1)
CF10 Mary O'Leary (Watergrasshill) (0-7)
LWF11 Geraldine McCarthy (Nemo Rangers) (0-1)
FF12 Mary Geaney (Éire Óg) (2-0)

MATCH RULES

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

Replay October 4: Kilkenny 1-9 Cork 0-7

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Cork
KILKENNY:
GK1 Teresa O'Neill (St Paul's)
FB2 Liz Neary (St Paul's) (Capt)
RWB3 Ann Downey (St Paul's)
CB4 Bridie McGarry (St Paul's)
LWB5 Biddy O'Sullivan (Tullogher Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )
MF6 Geraldine Sutton (0-1)
MF7 Peggy Muldowney (Gowran) Sub on.svg 55'
MF8 Margaret Farrell (UCD) (0-1)
RWF9 Helena McCormack (St Paul's) (0-1)
CF10 Angela Downey (St Paul's) (1-6)
LWF11 Anna Whelan (Castlecomer)
FF12 Jo Dunne (Carrickshock)
Substitutes:
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CORK:
GK1 Marion McCarthy (South Pres)
FB2 Eileen Dineen (Éire Óg)
RWB3 Patricia Riordan (Ballinlough)
CB4 Martha Kearney (Na Piarsaigh)
LWB5 Miriam Higgins (Éire Óg) Sub off.svg 55'
MF6 Liz Lynch (Douglas) Sub off.svg 35'
MF7 Nancy O'Driscoll (Éire Óg)
MF8 Angela Higgins (Watergrasshill)
RWF9 Clare Cronin (Old Als) (Capt) Sub off.svg 35'
CF10 Mary O'Leary (Watergrasshill) (0-7) (3 frees, 3 35's)
LWF11 Geraldine McCarthy (Nemo Rangers)
FF12 Mary Geaney (Éire Óg)
Substitutes:
MF Jenny O'Sullivan for Liz Lynch Sub on.svg 35'
MF Claire Kelleher for Clare Cronin Sub on.svg 35'
MF Val Fitzpatrick for Higgins Sub on.svg 55'

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 replay in Irish Press, October 5, 1981
  3. Report of replay in Irish Independent, October 5, 1981
  4. Report of replay in Irish Times, October 5, 1981
  5. Report of replay in Irish Examiner, October 5, 1981
  6. Report of replay in Irish News, October 5, 1981
  7. Report of final in Irish Press, September 14, 1981
  8. Report of final in Irish Independent, September 14, 1981
  9. Report of final in Irish Times, September 14, 1981
  10. Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 14, 1981
  11. Report of final in Irish News, September 14, 1981
  12. Report of final in Irish Independent, September 14, 1981
  13. Report of final in Irish Press, September 14, 1981
  14. Report of replay in Irish Press, October 5, 1981
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by