Gael Linn Cup 1971

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Gael Linn Cup 1971
Winners
Champions Leinster (11th title)
Runners-up
Runners-up Ulster
Other
Matches played3

The 1971 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Leinster, who defeated Ulster in the final, played at Parnell Park. [1] [2]

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Arrangements

Leinster defeated Connacht at Parnell Park, scoring 7–4 without reply. Ulster defeated Munster by a point in Carrickmacross, 4–3 to 3–5. Leinster pulled away in the second half of the final with three goals from Josie Kehoe and two from Orla Ni Siochain to win by 5–4 to 0–5. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

The game was won and lost in the ten minutes after the interval when Leinster scored three goals and two points and Ulster's only score was a point from a thirty.

Final stages

Leinster 6–4 – 0–5 Ulster

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Leinster:
GK1 Teresa Sheil (Wexford)
FB2 Mary Ryan (Dublin)
RWB3 Joan Murphy (Wexford)
CB4 Margaret O'Leary (Wexford) (captain)
LWB5 Carmel O'Shea (Killkenny)
MF6 Annie Kehoe (Wexford) (0–1)
MF7 Anne Sheehy (Dublin)
MF8 Elsie Walsh (Wexford) (0–1)
RWF9 Helena O'Neill (Killkenny)
CF10 Mary Walsh (Wexford) (0–1)
LWF11 Orla Ní Síocháin (Dublin) (2–0)
FF12 Josie Kehoe (Wexford) (3–1)
Ulster:
GK1 Teresa Cassidy (Antrim)
FB2 Kathleen McCann (Down)
RWB3 Anne McCone (Armagh)
CB4 Mairéad Diamond (Antrim)
LWB5 Kathleen Kelly (Antrim)
MF6 Kathleen Fee (Tyrone)
MF7 Sue Cashman (Antrim) (captain) (0–1)
MF8 Mairéad McAtamney (Antrim) (0–2)
RWF9 Pat Crangle (Down)
CF10 Chris O'Boyle (Antrim)
LWF11 Marion Delaney (Armagh) (0–2)
FF12 Lily Scullion (Antrim)

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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. Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, 1 November 1971
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, 1 November 1971
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, 1 November 1971
  6. Report of final in Irish Examiner, 1 November 1971
  7. Report of final in Irish News, 1 November 1971
Preceded by Gael Linn Cup
1954 – present
Succeeded by