1942 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1942

Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Dublin (5th title)
Captain	Peggy Griffin
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
Captain	Peggy Hogg
Manager
Matches played

The 1942 All Ireland Camogie Championship was won by Dublin, beating Cork in a replayed final. Cork thought they had won the initial final at the Mardyke when Renee Fitzgerald scored first an equalising, then a late winning goal. Referee Sean Gleeson said he had blown the whistle before Ftzgerald’s second goal.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The replay was the first All Ireland final to have a match programme and the first to be broadcast by Radio Éireann.

Final stages

In the All Ireland semi-finals Cork beat Galway 7-4 to 2-0 and Dublin beat Antrim 12-0 to 1-0. Cork had a goal disallowed in the last minute of the drawn final.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Final stages

Cork v Galway

Semi-Final

Cork	7-4 – 2-0	Galway

The Mardyke

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Cork v Antrim

Semi-Final

Cork	12-0 – 2-0	Antrim

Dolphin's Barn

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Dublin v Cork

1942-10-25 Final 14:00 BST

Dublin	1-2 – 1-2	Cork

The Mardyke, Cork Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sean Gleeson Tipperary

Dublin v Cork

1942-11-15 Replay 14:00 BST

Dublin	1-2 – 1-2	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vera Campbell Antrim

Dublin

Cork

DUBLIN: GK 1 Maura O’Carroll (Scoil Brighde) FB 2 Rose Martin (Austin Stacks) RWB 3 Patricia Kenny ([Colaiste San Dominic Camogie Club|Col San Dominic]) CB 4 Peggy Griffin (Col San Dominic) (captain) LWB 5 Kathleen Kearns (Optimists) MF 6 Eva Moran (Col San Dominic) MF 7 Kathleen Cody GSR MF 8 Kathleen Mills GSR RWF 9 Īde O’Kiely (UCD) CF 10 Rose Fletcher (Scoil Brighde) 1-0 LWF 11 Doreen Rogers (Austin Stacks) (3-0) FF 12 Maura Moore (Optimists) (1-0) Substitutes: MF Josie Kelly (UCD) for Eva Moran  20'

CORK: GK 1 Peggy Hogg (captain) FB 2 Joan Cotter RWB 3 Maureen Cashman CB 4 Mary Fitzgerald LWB 5 Maureen Hegarty MF 6 Mary Vallelly MF 7 Kathleen Coughlan MF 8 Kathleen Barry RWF 9 Kitty Buckley (Old Aloysius) 1-2 CF 10 Patty Hegarty LWF 11 Eileen Casey 1-0 FF 12 Renee Fitzgerald (Old Aloysius) Substitutes: MF Mona Hobbs for Kathleen Barry  35'

MATCH RULES

• 50 minutes
• Replay if scores level
• Maximum of 3 substitutions allowable only if player was injured

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
• Wikipedia List of Camogie players
• National Camogie League
• Camogie All Stars Awards
• Ashbourne Cup

References

1. Report of replay in Irish Press, November 16, 1942
2. Report of replay in Irish Independent, November 16, 1942
3. Report of replay in Irish Times, November 16, 1942
4. Report of replay in Irish Examiner, November 16, 1942
5. Report of replay in Irish News, November 16, 1942
6. Report of final in Irish Press, October 26, 1942
7. Report of final in Irish Independent, October 26, 1942
8. Report of final in Irish Times, October 26, 1942
9. Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 26, 1942
10. Report of final in Irish News, October 26, 1942

External links

• Official Camogie website
• History of Camogie senior championship slideshow. presented by Cumann Camógaíochta Communications Committee at GAA Museum January 25, 2010 part one, part two, part three and part four
• Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
• Camogie on official GAA website
• Timeline: History of Camogie
• Camogie on GAA Oral History Project
• Camogie Websites for Antrim and Dublin