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- ↑ "All-Ireland Camogie Championship fixtures 2021". The Camogie Association. 10 July 2021.
- ↑ 2001 Antrim 3-10 Derry 0-5 report on RTÉ online
- ↑ 2002 Cork 3-6 Antrim 1-10 report on RTÉ online Archived 10 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2004 intermediate final Galway 1-8 Tipperary 0-4 report in Irish Times
- ↑ 2006 final Cork 2-9 Galway 1-7 report on rebelgaa Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2007 Limerick 1-10 Cork 2-7 at Gaelic Grounds report on RTE online Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine and camogie.ie Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Replay Limerick 2-9 Cork 0-6 at Páirc Uí Rinn report on camogie.ie
- ↑ 2008 Kilkenny 5-5 Cork 1-14 report in Kilkenny Advertiser
- ↑ 2009 Galway 0-15 Cork 2-9 report in Galway Independent Archived 26 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine and RTÉ online Archived 12 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2009 Galway 3-10 Cork 1-5 report in Connacht Tribune Archived 19 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine , Cork Independent and RTÉ online Archived 19 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2010 Intermediate final Offaly 2-12 Wexford 2-10 report in Irish Independent, RTÉ online Archived 14 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Irish Times and Irish Times online and RTÉ online match-tracker Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2011 final Wexford 2-12 Antrim 0-15 Report in Irish Times and Irish Examiner
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- ↑ "Last year's beaten finalists Antrim clinch first All-Ireland intermediate crown with eight-point win". The 42 . 12 September 2021./
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