1958 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1958
Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (17th title)
Captain Kathleen Mills
Manager Nell McCarthy
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Tipperary
Alice Hanley
Manager Bernie Sands
Matches played

The 1958 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1958 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Tipperary by a 15 point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Championship

Tipeprary were trained by 1930s hurler Bernard Sands. Mary England Kathleen Downes, Kathleen Griffin (two each), Edie Merrigan and Breda Scully scored in Tipperary’s dramatic eight goals to 5-1 emi-final victory over Antrim at Roscrea. The match produced such a high standard of hurling that the spectators were applauding for most of the game, the Nenagh Guardian reported. Galway described the semi-final encounter as its biggest ever camogie fixture.

Final

The final was played after the Tipperary v Kilkenny hurling semi-final with some 6-7,000 of the 53,357 attendance staying on to view the camogie match. Financial restraints prevented Tipperary from booking into a hotel and so players had made their own way to Dublin and some had stayed overnight with relatives. They took the lead with a goal from Kathleen Downes in the first minute of the game. from the tenth minute Dublin asserted their dominance. Mitchel Cogley wrote in the Irish Independent:

Tipperary flattered only to deceive for the opening ten minutes and even allowing for a couple of fine efforts later on, they were defending for most of the game. For once Kathleen Mills did not display her general all-round ability, but as a contribution to winning her 13th All-Ireland medal she scored a wonder goal which must rank as the greatest ever seen. From fully 45 yards out on the sideline, the CIE club girl with deadly accuracy gave Cathleen Carroll no chance. Dublin’s strength lay in the ability of Kathleen Ryder and Una O’Connor to make the most of their chances against a Tipperary defence that put in extremely hard work for a major portion of the second half. Cathleen Carroll, the Roscrea girl who kept goal for Tipperary played well and added to the numerous goalmouth thrills by bringing off a couple of freakish saves.[7]

Final stages

July 13
Semi-Final
Dublin 5-4 – 0-1 Galway

July 20
Semi-Final
Tipperary 8-0 – 5-1 Antrim

August 10
Final
Dublin 5-4 – 1-1 Tipperary
Dublin
Tipperary
DUBLIN:
GK 1 May Kavanagh (Col San Dominic)
FB 2 Betty Hughes (CIÉ)
RWB 3 Doris Nolan (Celtic)
CB 4 Doreen Brennan (UCD)
LWB 5 Kay Lyons (Celtic)
MF 6 Bríd Reid (Austin Stacks)
MF 7 Annette Corrigan (UCD) (0-2)
MF 8 Kathleen Mills (CIÉ) (Capt) (2-0)
RWF 9 Mary O’Sullivan (Civil Service)
CF 10 Kay Ryder (Naomh Aoife) (1-0)
LWF 11 Annie Donnelly (UCD) (0-1)
FF 12 Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (2-1)
TIPPERARY:
GK 1 Catherine Carroll (Roscrea)
FB 2 Kitty Flaherty (Cahir)
RWB 3 Peg Moloney (Roscrea)
CB 4 Kathleen England (Roscrea)
LWB 5 Bridie Scully (Roscrea)
MF 6 Terry Griffin (Roscrea)
MF 7 Alice Hanley (Cahir)
MF 8 Mary England (Roscrea) (0-1)
RWF 9 Edie Merrigan (Sean Treacy’s Hollyford)
CF 10 Mary O’Neill (Newcastle)
LWF 11 Kathleen Downes (Roscrea) (1-0)
FF 12 Kathleen Griffin (Roscrea)

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, August 11, 1958
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, August 11, 1958
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, August 11, 1958
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, August 11, 1958
  6. Report of final in Irish News, August 11, 1958
  7. Irish Independent Aug 11 1958

External links

Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1957
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1959
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