1940 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1940
Championship Details
Dates May 19-October 12
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Cork (5th title)
Captain Lil Kirby
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Peg Morris
Manager
Matches played 2

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1940 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a five point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Structure

Dublin were still in isolation, the only remaining members left of the old Camogie association while the other country boards affiliated to the National Camogie Association after a dispute over lifting the ban on hockey players. Cork defeated Waterford by 5-3 to 1-4 in the only match played in Munster, a match refereed by dual All-Ireland medallist and future Taoiseach, Jack Lynch. Antrim, champions for five years in Ulster, were surprisingly beaten by Derry who then lost the Ulster final to Cavan. Celia Mulholland, Eileen O’Beirne, Peg Morris and Frances Coen scored Galway’s goals in their semi-final defeat of Cavan. Louth had most of the play and did most of the attacking in the second half when they lost to Cork in the semi-final at Darver. Renee Fitzgerald, Eileen Casey, Kathleen Barry Murphy and Casey again were Cork’s goalscorers.

Final

Cork led Galway by 4-1 to 0-1 by half-time in the final and won despite being kept Cork scoreless for the remainder of the game and Galway's recovery goals from Peg Morris and Celia Mulholland.[7]

Final stages

September 29
Semi-Final
Cork 4-3 – 1-5 Louth
Darver

September 29
Semi-Final
Galway 4-2 – 0-3 Cavan

October 14
Final
Cork 4-1 – 2-2 Galway
Cork
Galway
DUBLIN:
GK 1 Peggy Hogg
FB 2 Kathleen Coughlan
RWB 3 Maura Brennan
CB 4 Joan Cotter
LWB 5 Mary Fitzgerald
MF 6 Kitty Buckley (1-0)
MF 7 Lil Kirby (Capt) (1-1)
MF 8 Nan O’Dowd
RWF 9 Patty Hegarty (1-0)
CF 10 Eileen Casey
LWF 11 Renee Fitzgerald (1-0)
FF 12 Maureen Cashman.
GALWAY:
GK 1 Josie Melvin
FB 2 Kathleen Keyes
RWB 3 Monica Duggan
CB 4 Catherine Griffin
LWB 5 Nora Conroy
MF 6 Kathleen Cosgrove (0-1)
MF 7 Frances Coen
MF 8 Hilda Murphy
RWF 9 Peg Morris (Capt) (1-1)
CF 10 Eileen O’Beirne
LWF 11 Nora O’Connell
FF 12 Celia Mulholland (1-0)

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 14, 1940
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, October 14, 1940
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, October 14, 1940
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 14, 1940
  6. Report of final in Irish News, October 14, 1940
  7. Report of final in Irish Press, October 14, 1940

External links

Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1939
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1941
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