All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1984

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All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1984
Winners
Champions Buffers Alley (Wexford) (5th title)
Manager Mick Butler
Captain Norah Gahan
Runners-up
Runners-up Killeagh (Cork)
Manager Bertie Tory

The 1984 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won for the fourth year in succession by Buffers Alley from Wexford who defeated Killeagh from Cork) in the final, played at Monamolin. [1] [2] It was the fourth title in a row won by the club.

Contents

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Glenamaddy and Leitrim Fontenoys from Down winning the championships of the other two provinces. Marion Sweeney, Patricia Fitzgibbon and Anne Leahy scored Killeagh's goals in their victory over Leitrim. Elsie Cody, Gertrude O'Leary and Bridie Doran scored Buffers Alley's goals in their semi-final victory over Glenamaddy, while Kitty Hoey and Kathleen Garvey scored Glenamaddy's goals.

The Final

Gertrude O'Leary’s goal secured a comeback victory for Buffers Alley in the final. [3] [4] [5]

Final stages

Buffers Alley (Wx)3-1 – 2-2 Glenamaddy

Killeagh (Cork)3-3 – 0-2 Leitrim

Buffers Alley (Wx)2-4 – 1-4 Killeagh (Cork)
Buffers Alley (Wx):
GK1 Kathleen Tonks
FB2 Ann Butler
RWB3 Geraldine Wynne
CB4 Dorothy Kenny
LWB5 Elsie Cody
MF6 Fiona Cousins
MF7 Stellah Sinnott
MF8 Norah Gahan (captain)
RWF9 Caroline Farrington
CF10 Gertrude O'Leary
LWF11 Bridie Doran
FF12 Teresa Hobbs
Killeagh (Cork):
GK1 Kathleen Costine
FB2 Marie O'Donovan
RWB3 Mary Spillane
CB4 Cathy Landers
LWB5 Breda Landers
MF6 Patsy Keniry
MF7 Shelley Spillane
MF8 Ann Marie Landers
RWF9 Bernie Costine
CF10 Anne Leahy
LWF11 Patricia Fitzgibbon
FF12 Marion Sweeney (captain)

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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, October 29, 1984
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, October 29, 1984
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, October 29, 1984
  6. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1984
  7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1984
  8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1984
  9. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1984
  10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1984
  11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1984
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present
Succeeded by