1977–78 National Camogie League

The 1977 National Camogie League is a competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Wexford, who defeated Cork in the final, played at Castleboro.

National Camogie League 1977

Winners
Champions	Wexford (1st title)
Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork

Arrangements

Cork, who did not compete in 1976-77, won the western zone with full points, defeating holders Tipperary, Clare, Galway and Limerick. Wexford lost in their first outing to Kilkenny, who in turn lost to Dublin, leaving all three counties on two points. In the play-offs Wexford then beat Kilkenny and Dublin but by the time these matches had been played, the final, fixed for mid-November had to be put forward to March. Wexford had beaten Cork by 3-8 to 1-3 in the open draw championship the previous July.

The Final

Bridget Doyle scored two goals as Wexford won the final by seven points. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Last year’s runners-up became champions when they defeated a youthful and dashing Cork combination. Cork took some time to settle down. They were forced to make one change in their team before the start, Hannah Cortter replacing Margaret McCarthy. They had first class defenders in Marie Mackey and Betty Joyce, Pat Riordan and Pat Moloney were staunch worker sin centre field and Margarete O'Leary was a sharp-shooting quarter. Deirdre Cousins, Dorothy and Elsie Walsh and Kit Codd did well for the winners.

Final stages

March 5, 1978
Final

Wexford	6-4 – 1-2	Cork
Bridget Doyle 2-1; Margaret Leacy, D Walsh, E Walsh K Codd 0-1 each.		M O'Leary 0-2; P Moloney 0-2.

Clonroche, Wexford

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Helena O'Neill (Kilkenny)

Wexford

Cork

Wexford: GK 1 Kathleen Tonks (Buffers Alley) FB 2 Jane Murphy (Buffers Alley) RWB 3 Deirdre Cousins (Buffers Alley) CB 4 Margaret Leacy (Buffers Alley) LWB 5 Mairéad Darcy (St Mary’s Enniscorthy) MF 6 Dorothy Walsh (Buffers Alley) MF 7 Bridget Doyle (Buffers Alley) MF 8 Margaret Murphy (Cloughbawn/Adamstown) RWF 9 Kit Codd (Cloughbawn-Adamstown) CF 10 Elsie Walsh (Buffers Alley) LWF 11 Eileen Kehoe (Cloughbawn/Adamstown) FF 12 Bridget Doyle (Cloughbawn/Adamstown)

Cork: GK 1 M O'Sullivan FB 2 Marie Costine (Cloyne) RWB 3 Betty Joyce CB 4 Marie Mackey (Glen Rovers) LWB 5 Helen Cotter MF 6 Patricia Riordan (Ballinlough) MF 7 Claire Cronin (Balinlough) MF 8 Pat Moloney (Killeagh) RWF 9 Mary O'Leary (Watergrasshill) CF 10 Mary Geaney (Eire Og) LWF 11 Marion Sweeney (Killeagh) FF 12 Nancy O'Driscoll (Éire Óg)

External links

• Camogie Association