2002 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final

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2002 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final
Event All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2002
Date15 September 2002
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Aileen Lawlor (Westmeath)
Attendance13,287
2001
2003

The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 71st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

"Pocket-Rocket" Fiona O'Driscoll scored 3-2 to prevent a Tipp four-in-a-row. [1]

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References

  1. 2002 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2012-12-03 at archive.today , Irish Independent, and Irish Times.