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| Tournament details | |
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| Date | 8 February-25 April |
| Teams | 22 (7 in Div 1, 6 counties enter 2 teams) |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Kilkenny (10th title) |
| Captain | Aoife Neary |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Galway |
| Manager | Tony Ward |
| Captain | Therese Maher |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 15 |
The 2008 National Camogie League is a competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Galway in the final, played at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny. [1] [2]
Kilkenny were attempting to win to the League title for the first time since 1993, and on home soil, there was pressure on them to achieve that feat. Kilkenny had defeated then All-Ireland champions Wexford, 2-11 to 1-11, before travelling to Cork to overcome the rebels 0-8 to 1-4 on a wind- swept blustery day to qualify for a league final. [3]
In the league final, Galway led 0-11 to 1-5 at the interval, with an Aoife Neary goal late in the first-half giving Kilkenny hope. Further second-half from Michelle Quilty and substitute Edwina Keane gave Kilkenny victory with Sinead Millea member of the 1993 National league winning campaign top scorer with 0-5 all from frees.
Aoife Neary was named player of the match.
The Division 2 final, known until 2005 as the National Junior League, was won by Clare who defeated Derry in the final. The Division 3 final was won by Antrim who defeated Offaly in the final.
| Kilkenny | 3-11 – 0-17 | Galway |
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| Sinead Millea 0-6 (0-5 frees 0-1’45), Aoife Neary 1-2 (0-1 free), Edwina Keane 1-0 Michelle Quilty 1-0, Ann Dalton, Marie Dargan, Katie Power 0-1 each | Jessica Gill 0-8 (0-5 frees), Veronica Curtin 0-5 (0-3 frees), Brenda Kerins 0-2, Lorraine Ryan 0-1 Orla Kilkenny 0-1 |
        Kilkenny | Galway |
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The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny county teams in all codes at all levels. The Kilkenny branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1887.
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