1991 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1991

Championship Details
Dates	8 June – 22 September
Counties	6
Sponsor
All-Ireland Champions
Winners	Kilkenny (11th title)
Captain	Angela Downey
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
Captain	Therese O’Callaghan
Manager
Matches played	7

The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was won by Kilkenny who defeated Cork by a seven point margin in the final.^[1] The match drew an attendance of 3,024 including President Mary Robinson.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Final

Three goals from Breda Holmes won the final for Kilkenny but there was no doubting who the architect of the Kilkenny comeback was. Angela Downey’s ingenuity contributed to two of the goals, Marina Downey was the architect of the third. According to Kathryn Davis in the Irish Times:

An emotional Angela Downey, who was beset by cramp in the final minute and who looked as if she would not actually make it up the steps to receive the O’Duffy cup put it more succinctly when she said: “it was pure stubbornness. We were written off but we came back for one last hurrah.”^[7]

Final stages

Kilkenny v Wexford

August 4 Semi-Final

Kilkenny	2-13 – 2-7	Wexford

Enniscorthy

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Cork v Galway

August 11 Semi-Final

Cork	2-13 – 1-4	Galway

Ballinlough

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Kilkenny v Cork

September 22 Final

Kilkenny	3-8 – 0-10	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin

Kilkenny

Cork

KILKENNY: GK 1 Marie Fitzpatrick (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) FB 2 Biddy O'Sullivan (Shamrocks) RWB 3 Una Murphy (Tullogher) CB 4 Deirdre Malone (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) LWB 5 Frances Rothwell (Mooncoin)  46' MF 6 Marina Downey (Lisdowney) MF 7 Ann Downey (Lisdowney) (0-3) MF 8 Gillian Dillon (St Lachtain's) (2-0) RWF 9 Sinéad Millea (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) CF 10 Bridget Mullally (Glenmore) LWF 11 Angela Downey (Lisdowney) (Capt) (0-4) FF 12 Breda Holmes (Lisdowney) (1-1) Substitutes: LWB Tracy Millea (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) for Rothwell  46'

CORK: GK 1 Marion McCarthy FB 2 Liz Dunphy RWB 3 Paula Goggins CB 4 Breda Kenny LWB 5 Liz Towler MF 6 Colette O’Mahony (0-3)  36' MF 7 Therese O’Callaghan (Capt) MF 8 Sandie Fitzgibbon (0-1) RWF 9 Linda Mellerick CF 10 Ger McCarthy (0-1) LWF 11 Liz O’Neill FF 12 Irene O’Leary (0-5) Substitutes: MF Irene O'Keeffe for O’Mahoney  36'

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, September 23, 1991
3. Report of final in Irish Independent, September 23, 1991
4. Report of final in Irish Times, September 23, 1991
5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 23, 1991
6. Report of final in Irish News, September 23, 1991
7. Report of final in Irish Times, September 23, 1991