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]

Contents

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 Jose Kehoe and two from Orla Ni Siochain to win by 5–4 to 0–5. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Agnes Hourigan, president of the Camogie Association, 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:
GK1Teresa Sheil (Wexford)
FB2Mary Ryan (Dublin)
RWB3Joanne Murphy (Wexford)
CB4 Margaret O'Leary (Wexford) (captain)
LWB5Carmel O'Shea (Killkenny)
MF6Anne Kehoe (Wexford) (0–1)
MF7Annie Sheehy (Dublin)
MF8Elsa Walsh (Wexford) (0–1)
RWF9Helena O'Neill (Killkenny)
CF10 Mary Walsh (Wexford) (0–1)
LWF11Orla Ni Siochain (Dublin) (2–0)
FF12Jose Kehoe (Wexford) (3–1)
Ulster:
GK1Theresa Cassidy (Antrim)
FB2Kathleen McCann (Down)
RWB3Annie McCone (Armagh)
CB4Mairead Diamond (Antrim)
LWB5Kathleen Kelly (Antrim)
MF6 Kathleen Fee (Tyrone)
MF7 Sue Cashman (Antrim) (captain) (0–1)
MF8 Mairéad McAtamney (Antrim) (0–2)
RWF9Pat Crangle (Down)
CF10Chris Boyle (Antrim)
LWF11Marian Delaney (Armagh) (0–2)
FF12Lilly Scullion (Antrim)

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