Gael Linn Cup 1983

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Gael Linn Cup 1983
Winners
Champions Leinster (16th title)
Runners-up
Runners-up Munster
Other
Matches played3

The 1983 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 Munster in the final, played at Ballinlough. [1] [2]

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Arrangements

Leinster defeated Connacht by 5–8 to 1–2 at Mobhi Road. Joan Gormley then scored a goal in the dying seconds of the final against Munster at Ballinlough to win by 2–7 to 1–7. Angela Downey scrambled Leinster's first goal in a goalmouth melee in the first half and Tipeprary's Deirdre Lane had a goal for Munster in the opening minutes. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Gael Linn Trophy

In the Gael Linn Cup trophy Ulster defeated Munster at Ballymacward by 2–12 to 3–5., Leinster defeated Connacht 4–6 to 1–4 at Mobhi Road. The sides were level on 12 occasions in the final and the match went into extra time before Munster won by 1–12 to 1–11.

Final stages

Leinster 2–7 – 1–7 Munster
Leinster:
GK1 Yvonne Redmond (Dublin)
FB2 Anne O'Brien (Dublin)
RWB3 Geraldine Wynne (Wexford)
CB4 Bernie Toner (Dublin)
LWB5 Ann Downey (Killkenny)
MF6 Biddy O'Sullivan (Killkenny)
MF7 Mary Mernagh (Dublin)
MF8 Edel Murphy (Dublin)
RWF9 Anna Condon (Dublin)
CF10 Elsie Walsh (Wexford)
LWF11 Angela Downey (Killkenny)
FF12 Joan Gormley (Dublin)
Munster:
GK1 Marion McCarthy (Cork)
FB2 Eileen Dineen (Cork)
RWB3 Miriam Higgins (Cork)
CB4 Cathy Landers (Cork)
LWB5 Martha Kearney (Cork)
MF6 Clare Cronin (Cork)
MF7 Helen Collins (Limerick)
MF8 Sandie Fitzgibbon (Cork)
RWF9 Mary O'Leary (Cork)
CF10 Deirdre Lane (Tipperary)
LWF11 Brid Stokes (Limerick)
FF12 Mary Geaney (Cork)

Junior final

Munster 1–12 – 1–11 Leinster
Munster:
GK1 Debbie Cleary (Clare)
FB2 Mary Maher (Cork)
RWB3 Mary Ring (Cork)
CB4 Liz Dunphy (Cork)
LWB5 Margo Twomey (Cork) (captain)
MF6 Ann Marie Landers (Cork)
MF7 Anne Daly (Clare)
MF8 Mary O'Donovan (Cork)
RWF9 Maura McNicholas (Clare)
CF10 Anne Leahy (Cork)
LWF11 Helen Cusack (Clare)
FF12 Lilian Zinkant (Cork)
Leinster:
GK1 Geraldine Sutton (Dublin)
FB2 Claire Rainey (Dublin)
RWB3 Anne Hyland (Dublin)
CB4 Mary Duane (Dublin)
LWB5 Anna Dargan (Kildare)
MF6 Jo Holden (Dublin)
MF7 Eithne O'Hehir (Dublin)
MF8 Deirdre Byrne (Dublin)
RWF9 Carmel O'Byrne (Dublin)
CF10 Miriam Malone (Kildare)
LWF11 Siobhán Cronin (Dublin)
FF12 Linda Forde (Westmeath)

Related Research Articles

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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, 24 October 1983
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, 24 October 1983
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, 24 October 1983
  6. Report of final in Irish Examiner, 24 October 1983
  7. Report of final in Irish News, 24 October 1983
Preceded by Gael Linn Cup
1954 – present
Succeeded by