1986 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1986
Championship details
DatesJune – 14 September 1986
All-Ireland champions
Winners Kilkenny (6th win)
Captain Liz Neary
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-up Dublin
CaptainUna Crowley
Championship statistics
Matches played7
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1986 season. The championship was won by Killkenny who defeated Dublin by a nine-point margin in the final. [1] The match drew an attendance of 5,000. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Arrangements

Galway fielded ten of their 1985 junior winning side in the 1986 Senior championship but were defeated by a last minute goal scored by Wexford’s Jackie Codd at Monamolin. Deidre Costello scored 3-1 for Galway. Angela Downey scored 4-2 in Kilkenny’s big quarter-final win over Limerick.

Semi-finals

A four-goal blitz by Dublin’s Marie Connelly turned the semi-final at Monamolin in Dublin’s favour. The second semi-final at Nowlan Park was one of the best in the history of camogie’s 12-a-side era. Cork was leading by five points 3-12 to 2-10 entering injury time when, out of nowhere, Angela Downey got inside her marker and blasted the ball past Marian McCarthy from close range. A short puck-out fell to Angela. Not content to go for a point she let fly for a goal. Marian McCarthy dived to bring off a great save but saw the ball go off her stick to the unmarked Jos Dunne who scored another Kilkenny goal. Cork had led by three points at half-time and a goal from Iren O'Leary seemed to wrap it up for Cork with time running out. The Irish Independent reported:

The match was the best seen for some time. It had everything, two skilful committed teams, great scores, near misses and a breathtaking finish. From camogie’s point of view, what a pity it did not end in a draw, thus giving fans another chance to watch these great sides in action. Full credit to Kilkenny for plugging away when the game appeared to be slipping away from them. Clare Jones had her best game in the Kilkenny colours. She along with Angela Downey, Breda Holmes, Jos Dunne and Mary Fitzpatrick looked very sharp. [7]

Final

Kilkenny led 0-5 to 0-2 at half time and as Pat Roche wrote in the Irish Times, the “rate of their subsequent work was devastating,” as they built from a four-point lead to an 11-point one:

There have been few hurling matches that have been played at headquarters or any other venue this seas[ sic ] that could compare with the individual skills of the combatants. Ann Downey plays with the number seven on her back, which gives her the freedom of the pitch. She spent most of the afternoon breaking up Dublin attacks and sending her side forward with seariung drives into a front running division that included her sister Angela, whose lighting sorties and skills are designed to frighten any defence. [8]

Final stages

Dublin 0-13 – 1-4 Tipperary
Silver Park
Wexford 3-8 – 3-6 Galway
Monamolin
Cork 2-7 – 1-2 Antrim
St Finbarr's
Kilkenny 6-11 – 2-4 Limerick
Nowlan Park
Dublin 5-9 – 3-2 Wexford
Monamolin
Kilkenny 4-11 – 3-12 Cork
Nowlan Park
Kilkenny 2-12 – 2-3 Dublin
Croke Park, Dublin
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Kilkenny
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KILKENNY:
GK1Marie Fitzpatrick (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)
FB2 Liz Neary (St Paul’s) (Capt)
RWB3 Anne Holden (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
CB4 Bridie McGarry (St Paul’s)
LWB5 Biddy O'Sullivan (Shamrocks)
MF6Anne Whelan (Castlecomer)
MF7 Ann Downey (St Paul’s)
MF8Clare Jones (St Paul’s)
RWF9Jos Dunne (Carrickshock) (0-4)
CF10Rita Weymes (0-1)
LWF11 Angela Downey (St Paul’s) (2-4)
FF12 Breda Holmes (St Paul’s) (0-1)
DUBLIN:
GK1 Yvonne Redmond (Cúchulainn Crumlin)
FB2Marian Conway (Austin Stacks)
RWB3Germaine Noonan (UCD)
CB4Brenda Kenny (UCD) (0-1)
LWB5Helen Broderick
MF6Una Crowley (Celtic) (Capt)
MF7Mary Mernagh (Cuala Naomh Mhuire)Sub off.svg 32'
MF8Cathy Walshe (Cúchulainn Crumlin)
RWF9Joanne Gormley (UCD) Sub off.svg 39'
CF10Edel Murphy (UCD) (1-2)
LWF11Carmel Bryne (Celtic) Sub off.svg 42'
FF12Marie Connelly (Celtic)
Substitutes:
MFBrenie Tone (Cuala Naomh Mhuire) for Mernagh Sub on.svg 32'
MFAnna Conda (Cúchulainn Crumlin) for Gormley Sub on.svg 39'
MFPatricia Clinton (St Vincents) for O'Byrne Sub on.svg 42'

MATCH RULES

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

See also

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 15, 1986
  3. ↑ Report of final in Irish Independent, September 15, 1986
  4. ↑ Report of final in Irish Times, September 15, 1986
  5. ↑ Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 15, 1986
  6. ↑ Report of final in Irish News, September 15, 1986
  7. ↑ Irish Independent August 28, 1986
  8. ↑ Report of final in Irish Times, September 15, 1986
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present		Succeeded by
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