All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1968

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1968

Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winners
Winners	St Paul’s (Kk (1st title)
Captain	Tessie Brennan
Manager
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up	Ahane (Lk)
Captain
Manager
Matches played

The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by St Paul’s (Kk, who defeated Ahane (Lk) in the final, played at St John’s Park.^[1][2]

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Deirdre and Ballinasloe winning the championships of the other two provinces.

The Final

St Paul’s had the final won at half time when they led by 5-1 to 0-1. Anne Carroll scored 4-1 of their total and M Cassin 3-1. Carrie Clancy, their outstanding player, scored a second half goal from a thirty.^[3][4][5]

Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

The winners were the more experienced side, showing fine combination, perfect positional sense, better ball control and were much better strikers. The visitors, while they had some fine individual players and a fine goalkeeper, lacked teamwork and were too slow to get rid of the ball.

Final stages

St Paul’s (Kk v Deirdre

September 1 Semi-Final

St Paul’s (Kk	3-4 – 2-2	Deirdre

Casement Park[6][7][8]

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Ahane (Lk) v Ballinasloe

September 8 Semi-Final

Ahane (Lk)	3-3 – 3-2	Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe[9][10][11]

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St Paul’s (Kk v Ahane (Lk)

November 3 Final

St Paul’s (Kk	7-2 – 1-2	Ahane (Lk)

St John’s Park

St Paul’s

Ahane

St Paul’s (Kk: GK 1 Jo Golden FB 2 Mary Holohan RWB 3 Joan Kelly CB 4 Anne Phelan LWB 5 Bríd Fennelly MF 6 Mary Conway MF 7 Carmel O'Shea MF 8 Liz Neary RWF 9 Maura Cassin CF 10 Breda Cassin LWF 11 Teasie Brennan (captain) FF 12 Ann Carroll

Ahane (Lk): GK 1 Helen Roche FB 2 Bridget Ryan RWB 3 Mary Hayes CB 4 Margaret Madden LWB 5 Kitty Ryan MF 6 Kathleen Richardson MF 7 Carrie Clancy MF 8 Betty O'Leary RWF 9 Teresa Fennessy CF 10 Joan Hayes LWF 11 Mary Barry FF 12 Peggy Duffy

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. All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie
3. Report of final in Irish Press, November 4, 1968
4. Report of final in Irish Independent, November 4, 1968
5. Report of final in Irish Times, November 4, 1968
6. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1968
7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1968
8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1968
9. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1968
10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1968
11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1968

External links

• Camogie Association