All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1981

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All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1981
Winners
Champions Buffers Alley (Wexford) (2nd title)
Captain Ann Butler
Runners-up
Runners-up Killeagh (Cork

The 1981 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 Killeagh from Cork in the final, played at Gaultier . [1] [2] It was the first leg of a record four in a row won by the club.

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Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Oranmore and Kilkeel winning the championships of the other two provinces. Margaret Leacy who had missed the previous season returned to the Buffers Alley team and her presence was a factor in their reversing the result in the 1980 final.

The Final

Buffers Alley went five points up in the first ten minutes of the final and won by five. [3] [4] [5]

Final stages

Buffers Alley (Wx)6-12 – 2-4 Oranmore

Killeagh (Cork)4-6 – 0-3 Kilkeel

Buffers Alley (Wx)2-6 – 1-4 Killeagh (Cork)
Buffers Alley (Wx):
GK1 Terri Butler
FB2 Ann Butler (captain)
RWB3 Geraldine Duggan
CB4 Margaret Leacy
LWB5 Deirdre Cousins
MF6 Fiona Cousins
MF7 Stellah Sinnott
MF8 Elsie Walsh
RWF9 Gertrude O'Leary
CF10 Caroline O'Leary
LWF11 Dorothy Walsh
FF12 Bridie Doran
Killeagh (Cork):
GK1 Patricia Fitzgibbon
FB2 Marie O'Donovan
RWB3 Mary Spillane
CB4 Cathy Landers
LWB5 Barbara Kirby
MF6 Pat Lenihan
MF7 Ann Marie Landers
MF8 Fidelma O'Connor
RWF9 Patsy Keniry
CF10 Marion Sweeney
LWF11 Betty Joyce
FF12 Bridie Doran

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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, November 9, 1981
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, November 9, 1981
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, November 9, 1981
  6. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1981
  7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1981
  8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1981
  9. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1981
  10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1981
  11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1981
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present
Succeeded by