Gael Linn Cup 1958

Gael Linn Cup 1958
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
Gael Linn Cup winners
Winners Leinster (3rd title)
Captain
Manager
Gael Linn Cup Runners-up
Runners-up Ulster
Captain
Manager
Matches played 3

The 1958 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Leinster, who defeated Ulster in the final, played at Parnell Park.[1][2]

The Final

Ulster defeated Munster, 4–1 to 2–6 and Leinster defeated Connacht, 6–7 to 0–2. Leinster defeated Ulster in the final at Parnell Park by 8–2 to 3–3. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Leinsetr who fielded no less than ten Dublin players were in command from start to finish.

[3][4][5][6][7]

Final stages


Final
Leinster 5–2 – 3–3 Ulster

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Leinster:
GK 1 May Kavanagh (Dublin)
FB 2 Betty Hughes (Dublin)
RWB 3 Vera Lee (Kildare)
CB 4 Kay Ryder (Dublin)
LWB 5 Rose Woods (Louth)
MF 6 Bríd Reid (Dublin)
MF 7 Annette Corrigan (captain) (Dublin)
MF 8 Kathleen Mills (Dublin)
RWF 9 Anna May Brennan (Laois) (1–0)
CF 10 Mary O'Sullivan (Dublin) (1–0)
LWF 11 Una O'Connor (Dublin) (6–1)
FF 12 Annie Donnelly (Dublin)
Ulster:
GK 1 Teresa Kearns (Antrim)
FB 2 Moya Forde (Antrim)
RWB 3 Eithne Carabine (Antrim)
CB 4 Winnie Kearns (Antrim) (0–1)
LWB 5 Irene Maguire (Antrim)
MF 6 Margo McCourt (Antrim)
MF 7 Margaret Dorrity (Derry) (1–1)
MF 8 Madge Rainey (Antrim)
RWF 9 Chris Hughes (Antrim)
CF 10 Claire Kearns (Antrim) (0–1)
LWF 11 Maeve Gilroy (Antrim) (2–0)
FF 12 Marion Kearns (Antrim) (0–1)

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. Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, 1 October 1958
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, 1 October 1958
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, 1 October 1958
  6. Report of final in Irish Examiner, 1 October 1958
  7. Report of final in Irish News, 1 October 1958

External links

Preceded by
Gael Linn Cup 1957
Gael Linn Cup
1954 – present
Succeeded by
Gael Linn Cup 1959
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