National Camogie League

National Camogie League
Current season or competition: 2016 National Camogie League
Irish	Sraith Náisiúnta Camógaíochta
Founded	1976–77
Title holders	Galway (4th title)
First winner	Tipperary
Most titles	Cork (16 titles)
Sponsors	Irish Daily Star

The National Camogie League^[1] is the second most important competition in the Irish team sport of camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in four divisions graded by ability. It was first played in 1976 for a trophy donated by Allied Irish Banks when Tipperary beat Wexford in a replayed final. Division Two (originally the National Junior League) was inaugurated in 1979 and won by Kildare.^[2]

The first two National League competitions started in the autumn and finished in the spring of 1976–77 and 1977–78 respectively. Since then the competition has been completed within the calendar year. The 2001 final was not played until October because of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak earlier in the year. From 1980 to 2005 the National League was divided into two sections – Senior and Junior. Reserve teams from the leading counties were allowed enter the Junior League after 1982. The current structure with Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4 was introduced in 2006. A one-day blitz competition for fifth tier counties, Division 5, was organised in 2008 and 2009. The second division was known for a period as Division 1B and the third Division was Division 2, they have been reallocated for reasons of consistency in the records below.

The current holders are Galway who defeated Cork in the 2015 final.

Winner's Table

County	Wins	Years won
Cork	16	1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013
Kilkenny	12	1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2014, 2016
Wexford	4	1977, 2009, 2010, 2011
Galway	4	1994, 2002, 2005, 2015
Dublin	3	1979, 1981, 1983
Tipperary	2	1976, 2004

National Camogie League Finals

Click on the year for details and team line-outs from each individual competition.

The first figure is the number of goals scored (equal to 3 points each) and the second total is the number of points scored, the figures are combined to determine the winner of a match in Gaelic Games

Year	Date	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Captain
1976–77	Mar 3	Tipperary	2-1	Wexford	2-1	Rathnure	Monica Butler
Replay	Apr 10	Tipperary	4-2	Wexford	1-3	Thurles	Monica Butler
1977–78	Mar 5	Wexford	6-4	Cork	1-2	Castleboro	Nancy O'Driscoll
1978	Nov 12	Kilkenny	2-4	Limerick	1-5	Adare	Mary Fennelly
1979	Nov 18	Dublin	0-6	Limerick	0-0	Russell Park	Anne O'Brien
1980	June 29	Kilkenny	3-8	Tipperary	1-3	Roscrea	Bridie McGarry
1981	June 21	Dublin	1-7	Cork	1-4	Russell Park	Síle Wallace
1982	May 24	Kilkenny	2-5	Cork	1-4	St Johns Park, Kilkenny	Teresa O'Neill
1983	May 22	Dubin	4-8	Wexford	1-6	Russell Park	Barbara Redmond
1984	June 17	Cork	1-8	Dublin	0-4	Ballinlough	Sandie Fitzgibbon
1985	June 2	Kilkenny	4-7	Dublin	2-13	Parnell Park
Replay	June 23	Kilkenny	4-7	Dublin	3-6	Nowlan Park	Bridie McGarry
1986	May 18	Cork	3-8	Dublin	1-10	O'Toole Park	Marion McCarthy
1987	June 7	Kilkenny	4-8	Dublin	1-6	Nowlan Park	Bridie McGarry
1988	June 12	Kilkenny	3-10	Dublin	2-4	O'Toole Park	Angela Downey
1989	June 18	Kilkenny	6-7	Cork	1-11	Nowlan Park	Ann Downey
1990	June 10	Kilkenny	1-10	Wexford	2-4	Enniscorthy	Breda Holmes
1991	June 30	Cork	2-13	Kilkenny	2-8	Ballinlough	Therése O'Callaghan
1992	June 14	Cork	2-17	Wexford	0-11	Enniscorthy	Sandie Fitzgibbon
1993	June 6	Kilkenny	4-7	Cork	1-13	Ballyragget	Marina Downey
1994	June 12	Galway	1-13	Tipperary	1-8	Ballinasloe	Deirdre Costello
1995	June 21	Cork	5-16	Armagh	3-4	St Finbarrs	Denise Cronin
1996	June 2	Cork	3-16	Galway	1-7	Páirc Uí Rinn	Therése O'Callaghan
1997	June 8	Cork	4-12	Kilkenny	0-9	Páirc Uí Rinn	Linda Mellerick
1998	June 1	Cork	1-16	Galway	2-9	Ballinasloe	Eithne Duggan
1999	May 22	Cork	9-19	Tipperary	2-4	Thurles	Vivienne Harris
2000	May 20	Cork	3-7	Tipperary	1-10	Tullamore	Vivienne Harris
2001	Oct 27	Cork	6-9	Galway	0-11	Nenagh	Vivienne Harris
2002	May 24	Galway	4-9	Limerick	1-9	Tullamore	Louise Curry
2003	May 11	Cork	3-10	Tipperary	1-12	Páirc Uí Rinn	Stephanie Dunlea
2004	May 22	Tipperary	3-10	Wexford	2-9	Nowlan Park	Joanne Ryan
2005[3]	May 29	Galway	1-6	Cork	0-6	Thurles	Therese Maher
2006	May 14	Cork	2-7	Tipperary	2-5	Thurles	Joanne O'Callaghan
2007[4]	May 6	Cork	3-8	Wexford	2-10	Nowlan Park	Gemma O'Connor
2008	Apr 26	Kilkenny	3-11	Galway	0-17	Nowlan Park	Marie O'Connor
2009	Apr 25	Wexford	2-12	Tipperary	0-11	Parnell Park	Aoife O'Connor
2010	Apr 24	Wexford	1-7	Kilkenny	1-6	Thurles	Una Leacy
2011[5]	Apr 17	Wexford	3-10	Galway	0-10	Thurles [6]	Ursula Jacob
2012 [7]	May 6	Cork	1-8	Wexford	0-9	Thurles	Julia White
2013[8]	May 5	Cork	0-12	Wexford	1-7	Nowlan Park	Anna Geary
2014[9]	May 4	Kilkenny	1-15	Clare	0-4	Thurles
2015[10]	May 3	Galway	2-15	Cork	2-12	Thurles
2016[11]	May 1	Kilkenny	2-7	Galway	0-7	Thurles

Lower division finals

Junior National League / Division 2

Dublin All-Ireland medal-holder, Eileen Bourke presented Corn de Búrca for the Junior National League in memory of her sister, Joan who served as secretary of Leinster Colleges Council.^[12]

• 1980 Armagh 2-5 Kildare 2-3
• 1981 Cavan 2-4 Louth 1-7
• Replay Cavan 0-4 Louth 0-2
• 1982 Dublin 6-9 Tyrone 0-2
• 1983 Dublin 3-9 Westmeath 2-5
• 1984 Dublin 2-4 Armagh 1-3
• 1985 Galway 3-10 Kildare 3-3
• 1986 Kildare 2-3 Dublin 1-4
• 1987 Dublin 6-4 Kildare 1-7
• 1988 Armagh 1-9 Down 0-6
• 1989 Kildare 2-14 Armagh 3-8
• 1990 Kildare 2-13 Kilkenny 1-3
• 1991 Limerick 3-13 Roscommon 3-4
• 1992 Limerick 4-13 Down 2-6
• 1993 Armagh 3-8 Dublin 2-1
• 1994 Armagh 1-18 Cork 1-2
• 1995 Galway 4-13 Down 2-9
• 1996 Limerick 5-10 Down 3-7
• 1997 Antrim 5-12 Down 3-16
• 1998 Down 0-20 Cork 0-12
• 1999 Derry 3-7 Wexford 0-7
• 2000 Cork 3-9 Laois 1-5
• 2001 Cork 3-14 Derry 4-3
• 2002 Offaly 3-18 Laois 2-6^[13]
• 2003 Galway 2-10 Armagh 1-8
• 2004 Kildare 2-11 Laois 2-6^[14]
• 2005 Cork 2-10 Galway 2-7
• 2006 Kilkenny 2-8 Dublin 2-7
• 2007 Limerick 1-14 Cork 0-5
• 2008 Clare 4-8 Derry 3-9^[15]
• 2009 Wexford 2-9 Antrim 0-11^[16]
• 2010 Wexford 2-9 Offaly 1-9^[17]
• 2011 Waterford 0-16 Antrim 2-9
• 2012 Derry 2-11 Meath 0-6
• 2013^[18] Limerick 3-14 Kildare 0-10
• 2014
• 2015^[19] Waterford 3-10 Laois 2-5
• 2016^[20] Meath 1-10 Galway 2-3

Division 3

• 2006 Clare 1-14 Derry 3-7
• 2007 Waterford 1-18 Down 2-13
• 2008 Antrim 1-10 Offaly 1-10^[21]
• Replay Antrim 6-11 Offaly 3-7^[22]
• 2009 Down 0-15 Laois 2-8
• 2010 Laois 2-10 Meath 2-5^[23]
• 2011 Meath 3-9 Kildare 2-11^[24]
• 2012 Kildare 1-8 Armagh 0-10^[25]
• 2013^[26][27] Laois 0-9 Dublin 0-7
• 2014 Westmeath
• 2015^[28] Carlow 0-12 Dublin 1-7
• 2016 ^[29]Armagh 3-11 Roscommon 2-9

Division 4

• 2008 Meath 5-7 Roscommon 1-5^[30]
• 2009 Kildare 3-7 Westmeath 1-10
• 2010 Tyrone 3-12 Westmeath 1-9^[31]
• 2011 Westmeath 4-6 Cavan 2-7^[32]
• 2012 Dublin 1-6 Carlow 0-5^[33]
• 2013^[34] Carlow 2-6 Tyrone 2-4
• 2014 Limerick
• 2015^[35]Kerry 1-12 Meath 1-4

Division 5

Division 5 was run as a one-day blitz competition. It was discontinued in 2010 with the introduction of a championship structure for the All Ireland Junior B grade (Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup).

• 2006 Monaghan
• 2007 Monaghan
• 2008 Tyrone 2-4 Cavan 1-3^[36]
• 2009 Wicklow 2-7 Monaghan 1-1^[37]

References

1. Pádraig Puirséil: Scéal na Camógaíochta (1984)
2. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
3. 2005 final Galway 1-6 Cork 0-6 report in Irish Independent
4. 2007 final Cork 3-8 Wexford 2-10 report in 2007 Irish Independent
5. 2011 final Wexford 3-10 Galway 0-10 report on RTE Online
6. Attendance at the 2011 final was 4,180
7. 2012 Cork 1-8 Wexford 0-9 report on RTÉ sport
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9. "Kilkenny 1-15 Clare 0-4". RTE. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
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12. camogie.ie
13. 2002 Div 2 Offaly 3-18 Laois 2-6 report in Irish Independent
14. 2004 Div 2 Kildare 2-11 Laois 2-6 report in Irish Independent
15. 2008 Div 2 Clare 4-8 Derry 3-9 in Blanchardstown report on camogie.ie
16. 2009 Div 2 Wexford 2-9 Antrim 0-11 report in Irish Independent
17. 2010 Div 2 Wexford 2-9 Offaly 1-9 report on camogie.ie
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20. "Camogie: Royals eke out famous victory". Hogan Stand. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
21. 2008 Div 3 Antrim 1-10 Offaly 1-10 report on camogie.ie
22. 2008 Div 3 replay Antrim 6-11 Offaly 3-10 in Cooley report on camogie.ie
23. 2010 Div 3 Laois 2-10 Meath 2-5 Division 3 final report on Hogan Stand, Laois Nationalist and Camogie.ie
24. 2011 Div 3 Final Meath 3-9 Kildare 2-11 Hogan Stand and Breakingnews.ie
25. 2012 Div 3 Final Kildare 1-8 Armagh 0-10 Camogie.ie
26. "Laois and Carlow win". Hogan Stand. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
27. "Goalkeeper Dunne the hero as Laois secure league title". Leinster Express. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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29. "Camogie: Donnelly the apple of Orchard's eye". Hogan Stand. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
30. 2008 Div 4 Meath 5-7 Roscommon 1-5 report on camogie.ie
31. 2010 Div 4 Tyrone 3-12 Westmeath 1-9 report in Westmeath Examiner
32. 2011 Div 4 Final Westmeath 4-6 Cavan 2-7 report on Breakingnews.ie
33. 2012 Div 4 Final Dublin 1-6 Carlow 0-5 Camogie.ie
34. "Doyle goal seals league for Carlow". Carlow Nationalist. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
35. "Waterford, Carlow and Kerry claim camogie titles". RTE Sport. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
36. 2008 Div 5 Tyrone 2-4 Cavan 1-3 report on RTE online
37. 2009 Div 5 Wicklow 2-7 Monaghan 1-1 report on Camogie.ie