All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1979

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All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1979
Winners
Champions Buffers Alley (Wexford) (1st title)
Captain Kathleen Tonks
Runners-up
Runners-up Athenry (Gal)

The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Buffers Alley from Wexford, who defeated Athenry from Galway in the final, played at Athenry . [1] [2]

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Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Ballyagran and Portglenone winning the championships of the other two provinces. Fiona Cousins, Teresa Hobbs, Dorothy Walsh and Bridie Doran scored Alley’s goal as they dethroned the champions Ballyagran in the semi-final.

The Final

The final was played in miserable weather and underfoot conditions. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Buffers Alley were rewarded for their dedication and promotion of the games in the Monamolin-Kilmuckridge district of Wexford when they won the All Ireland club title for the first time at Athenry. They overcame the heavy pitch conditions much more effectively than the lighter local team. Their striking was longer, their combination better and this, allied to their determination, added up to a successful performance.

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Final stages

Buffers Alley (Wx)4-2 – 0-1 Ballyagran

Athenry (Gal)10-7 – 3-2 Portglenone

Buffers Alley (Wx)2-6 – 1-2 Athenry (Gal)
Buffers Alley
GK1 Kathleen Tonks (captain)
FB2 Margaret Leacy
RWB3 Geraldine Duggan
CB4 Deirdre Cousins
LWB5 Martina Cousins
MF6 Fiona Cousins
MF7 Maggie Hearne
MF8 Elsie Walsh
RWF9 Caroline O'Leary
CF10 Dorothy Walsh
LWF11 Teresa Hobbs
FF12 Bridie Doran
Athenry
GK1 Breda Coady
FB2 Noreen Treacy
RWB3 Chris Silke
CB4 Anne Duane
LWB5 Anne Delaney
MF6 Olive Coady
MF7 Madge Hobbins
MF8 Anne Poniard
RWF9 M. Sweeney
CF10 Una Jordan
LWF11 Anne Morris
FF12 Teresa Duane

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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. All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, December 3, 1979
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, December 3, 1979
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, December 3, 1979
  6. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1979
  7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1979
  8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1979
  9. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1979
  10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1979
  11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1979
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present
Succeeded by