1938 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1938
Championship Details
Dates Apr 24 – Oct 30
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (4th title)
Captain Emmy Delaney
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Cork (4th title)
Kathleen Coughlan
Manager
Matches played

The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1938 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Cork by a six point margin in the final.[1]

Structure

Cork beat Waterford by 6-3 to nil in the Munster final. Antrim beat Cavan by 3-2 to 2-0 in the Ulster final. Eva Moran scored 2-1 as Dublin beat Antrim by three points in the semi-final in Belfast on a day that GAA President, Paddy McNamee, threw in the ball.

Final

Two late goals by Doreen Rogers gave Dublin victory over Cork in the All-Ireland Final on a heavy pitch at the Cork Athletic Grounds. The match was level with five minutes remaining.[2][3][4][5][6]

Final stages

October 2
Semi-Final
Cork 5-1 – 0-1 Galway
Galway Sportsground

September 18
Semi-Final
Dublin 3-1 – 2-1 Antrim
McRory Park

November 30
Final
Dublin 5-0 – 2-3 Cork
Dublin
Cork
DUBLIN:
GK 1 Mary Lahiffe (UCD)
FB 2 Rose Martin (Austin Stacks)
RWB 3 Patty Kenny (Col San Dominic)
CB 4 Peggy Griffin (Col San Dominic)
LWB 5 May Fletcher ( Scoil Bríghde)
MF 6 Sheila Hodgins (Optimists)
MF 7 Emmy Delaney (UCD) (Capt) (1-0)
MF 8 Angela Egan (Col San Dominic)
RWF 9 Agnes Hourigan (UCD)
CF 10 Nuala Sheehan (UCD) (1-0)
LWF 11 Doreen Rogers (Austin Stacks) (2-0)
FF 12 Ita McNeill (UCD) (1-0).
CORK:
GK 1 Eileen Lyons
FB 2 Kathleen Coughlan (Capt)
RWB 3 Bríd Cronin
CB 4 Nan O’Dowd
LWB 5 Essie Staunton
MF 6 Lil Kirby (0-3)
MF 7 Maura Cronin
MF 8 Chrissie Cashman
RWF 9 Josie McGrath
CF 10 Kitty Buckley (1-0)
LWF 11 Renee Fitzgerald (1-0)
FF 12 Betty Riordan

MATCH RULES

See also

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. Report of final in Irish Press, October 31, 1938
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, October 31, 1938
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, October 31, 1938
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 31, 1938
  6. Report of final in Irish News, October 31, 1938

External links

Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1937
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1939
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