All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1979

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1979

Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winners
Winners	Buffers Alley (Wexford) (1st title)
Captain	Kathleen Tonks
Manager
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up	Athenry (Gal)
Captain
Manager
Matches played

The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Buffers Alley from Wexford, who defeated Athenry from Galway in the final, played at Athenry .^[1][2]

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Ballyagran and Portglenone winning the championships of the other two provinces. Fiona Cousins, Teresa Hobbs, Dorothy Walsh and Bridie Doran scored Alley’s goal as they dethroned the champions Ballyagran in the semi-final.

The Final

The final was played in miserable weather and underfoot conditions. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Buffers Alley were rewarded for their dedication and promotion of the games in the Monamolin-Kilmuckridge district of Wexford when they won the All Ireland club title for the first time at Athenry. They overcame the heavy pitch conditions much more effectively than the lighter local team. Their striking was longer, their combination better and this, allied to their determination, added up to a successful performance.

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Final stages

Buffers Alley (Wx) v Ballyagran

September 1 Semi-Final

Buffers Alley (Wx)	4-2 – 0-1	Ballyagran

Monamolin[6][7][8]

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Athenry (Gal) v Portglenone

September 8 Semi-Final

Athenry (Gal)	10-7 – 3-2	Portglenone

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Buffers Alley (Wx) v Athenry (Gal)

December 2 Final

Buffers Alley (Wx)	2-6 – 1-2	Athenry (Gal)

Athenry

Buffers Alley

Athenry

Buffers Alley GK 1 Kathleen Tonks (captain) FB 2 Margaret Leacy RWB 3 Geraldine Duggan CB 4 Deirdre Cousins LWB 5 Martina Cousins MF 6 Fiona Cousins MF 7 Maggie Hearne MF 8 Elsie Walsh RWF 9 Caroline O'Leary CF 10 Dorothy Walsh LWF 11 Teresa Hobbs FF 12 Bridie Doran

Athenry GK 1 Breda Coady FB 2 Noreen Treacy RWB 3 Chris Silke CB 4 Anne Duane LWB 5 Anne Delaney MF 6 Olive Coady MF 7 Madge Hobbins MF 8 Anne Poniard RWF 9 M. Sweeney CF 10 Una Jordan LWF 11 Anne Morris FF 12 Teresa Duane

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, December 3, 1979
4. Report of final in Irish Independent, December 3, 1979
5. Report of final in Irish Times, December 3, 1979
6. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1979
7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1979
8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1979
9. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1979
10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1979
11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1979

External links

• Camogie Association