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| Event | 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 9 September 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Eamon Cassidy (Derry) | ||||||
| Weather | 17 °C, sunny | ||||||
The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, the 87th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 9 September 2018. [1] [2] [3]
It was the third Cork–Kilkenny final in a row, and was won by Cork by one point. [4] [5] [6]
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The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie Final being played on the second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. The prize for the winning team is the O'Duffy Cup.
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