1988 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The championship was won by Kilkenny who defeated Cork by a six-point margin in the final.[1] The match drew an attendance of 4,000.[2][3][4][5][6] It was the first All-Ireland championship to be played over the extended time period of 60 minutes.

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1988
Championship details
DatesJune – 25 September 1988
Teams8
All-Ireland champions
WinnersKilkenny (12th win)
CaptainAngela Downey
ManagerTom Ryan
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upCork
CaptainLinda Mellerick
1987
1989

Semi-finals

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Kilkenny had a massive 21-point victory over Galway and Cork defeated Wexford by seven points in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Final

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Ann Leahy scored after just 12 seconds in one of the quickest goals in a final of the All Ireland camogie championship;. Breda Holmes scored two goals and Clare Jones scored another as Kilkenny won the final. Cork were 2-2 to 1-5 behind at half time in the final. Cork’s jersey numbers proved hard to read. Pat Roche complained in the Irish Times:

Nobody on a losing side wishes to be easily identified but this was stretching it too far. Cork’s challenge may not have faded into obscurity like the numbers of their backs, but they were held at bay long enough for Kilkenny to record their fourth successive triumph.. Though Cork trailed by 3-3 to 1-5 at the interval, they challenged gamely to be in with a chance in the closing stages. That Cork’s chances were alive playing into the teeth of a strong downfield breeze in the closing stages was due to their persistence around the Kilkenny posts and the probings of Linda Mellerick.

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Final stages

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Cork2-9 – 2-2Wexford

Kilkenny3-19 – 1-4Galway

Kilkenny4-11 – 3-8Cork
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kilkenny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cork
KILKENNY:
GK 1 Marie Fitzpatrick (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)
FB 2 Biddy O'Sullivan (Shamrocks)
RWB 3 Helen Holmes (St Paul’s)   32)'
CB 4 Deirdre Malone (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)
LWB 5 Frances Rothwell (Mooncoin)
MF 6 Clare Jones (St Paul’s) (1-1)
MF 7 Ann Downey (St Paul’s) (0-4)
MF 8 Anna Whelan (Castlecomer)
RWF 9 Breda Cahill (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)
CF 10 Breda Holmes (St Paul’s) (2-1)
LWF 11 Angela Downey (St Paul’s) (Capt) (1-3)
FF 12 Jo Dunne (Carrickshock) (0-1)
Substitutes:
RWF Marina Downey (St Paul’s) for Helen Holmes   32)'

Sub used: Marina Downey (0-1)

CORK:
GK 1 Marion McCarthy
FB 2 Mary Ring
RWB 3 Mary Spillane (1-0)
CB 4 Cathy Landers Harnedy
LWB 5 Anne O'Donovan
MF 6 Sandie Fitzgibbon (0-1)
MF 7 Clare Cronin
MF 8 Colette O'Mahony (0-1)
RWF 9 Anne Leahy (1-0)
CF 10 Linda Mellerick (0-3)
LWF 11 Irene O'Leary   45)'
FF 12 Mary Geaney (1-3)
Substitutes:
RWF Liz Dunphy (0-2) for O'Leary   45)'

References

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  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. ^ Report of final in Irish Press, September 26, 1988
  3. ^ Report of final in Irish Independent, September 26, 1988
  4. ^ Report of final in Irish Times, September 26, 1988
  5. ^ Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 26, 1988
  6. ^ Report of final in Irish News, September 26, 1988
  7. ^ Irish Times Sept 261988
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Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by