1999 National Camogie League

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National Camogie League 1999
Winners
Champions Cork (9th title)
Captain Vivienne Harris
Runners-up
Runners-up Tipperary

The 1999 National Camogie League a competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won for the fifth time succession by Cork, who defeated Tipperary by an astonishing 36 points in the final, played at Thurles. [1] [2] The one-sided result was, surprisingly, reversed by Tipperary in the championship when they beat Kilkenny in the 1999 All-Ireland championship final replay four months later, Kilkenny having beaten Cork in a replayed semi-final. It was the first National League to be played since the rules of camogie changed the team size to 15-a-side, although the 1993 and 1994 League had been played on an experimental basis with 15 players a side.

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Arrangements

Cork defeated Tipperary by five points in the first round of the league. Tipperary then defeated Limerick, Clare, Kilkenny and Wexford and scored a tremendous win over Galway in the semi-final.

The Final

The final was played as a curtain raiser to the Tipperary v Kerry Munster hurling championship tie in Thurles and Cork ran up 2-10 without reply in the opening 20 minutes. By half time it was 5-13 to 0-3. When Dierdre Hughes pointed forty seconds after the start of the second half Cork replied with two goals within a minute. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Gerry Slevin wrote in The Guardian : [8]

"The idea was good, playing a major camogie fixture before a hurling match, now the ladies have upped their complement of players to fifteen a side, using a full pitch. Not so good was the fact that the hurling public did not bother to go along to Semple Stadium for a 5pm throw-in. But as the crowd began to gather in the second half, they looked up at the scoreboard that was nigh incredible to comprehend and which showed Tipp in a light no one could have anticipated. It was sheer annihilation. After only ten minutes of the hour, the result was inevitable. No matter how one looks at it, this was a very serious blow to Tipp’s camogie prospects, and yet it would be wrong to view the performance in any light other than the fact that it was one of those days when nothing went right."

Division 2

The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Derry who defeated Wexford intermediates in the final.

Final stages

Cork:
GK1 Cora Keohane (Barryroe)
RCB2 Stephanie Dunlea (Glen Rovers)
FB3 Eithne Duggan (Bishopstown)
LCB4 Mags Finn (Fr O'Neill’s)
RWB5 Paula O'Connor (Newtownshandrum) 0-1
CB6 Denise Cronin (Glen Rovers)
LWB7 Vivienne Harris (Bishopstown) (Capt)
MF8 Linda Mellerick (Glen Rovers) 2-0
MF9 Ursula Troy (Newtownshandrum)
RWF10 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) 0-2
CF11 Sinéad O'Callaghan (Ballinhassig) 2-3
LWF12 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) 3-1
RCF13 Sarah Hayes (Rockbán) 0-1
FF14 Lynn Dunlea (Glen Rovers) 0-7 (1 45, 2 frees)
LCF15 Fiona O'Driscoll (Fr O'Neill’s) 2-4
Tipperary:
GK1 Nora Dwan (Toomevara)
RCB2 Marie Harkin (Drom-Inch)
FB3 Una O'Dwyer (Cashel)
LCB4 Ciara Gaynor (Kilruane)
RWB5 Therese Brophy (Burgess)
CB6 Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara)
LWB7 Sinéad Nealon (Burgess)
MF8 Méadhbh Stokes (Cashel)
MF9 Emily Hayden (Cashel) 0-1
RWF10 Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) 0-1
CF11 Noelle Kennedy (Toomevara) 1-3 (frees)
LWF12 Angie McDermott (Knockavilla)
RCF13 Caitríona Hennessy (Drom-Inch)
FF14 Deirdre Hughes (Toomevara) 0-2
LCF15 Niamh Harkin (Drom-Inch) [9]
Substitutes:
GK Louise Ryan (Holycross) for Dwan Sub on.svg 19'
FF Philly Fogarty (Cashel) for Marie Harkin Sub on.svg 25'
FF Claire Madden for Gaynor Sub on.svg 49'

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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. ↑ National Camogie League on Camogie.ie
  3. ↑ Report of final in Irish News, May 23, 1999
  4. ↑ Report of final in Irish Examiner, May 23, 1999
  5. ↑ Report of final in Irish Times, May 23, 1999
  6. ↑ Report of final in Irish Independent, May 23, 1999
  7. ↑ Report of final in Evening Echo, May 23, 1999
  8. ↑ Guardian, May 29, 1999
  9. ↑ Tipperary’s other score was an own goal by a Cork defender
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