1939 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1939
Tournament details
Date14 May – 12 November
Winners
ChampionsCork (4th title)
CaptainRenee Fitzgerald
Runners-up
Runners-upGalway
CaptainPeg Morris
Other
Matches played2

The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1939 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Cork, who defeated Galway by a 15-point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Semi-final[edit]

The exclusion of All Ireland champions Dublin in a dispute over the ban on hockey players (in practice the All Ireland championship was organised by the National Camógaíocht Association while Dublin remained in the old Association with support from Kildare and clubs in Meath and Wicklow) was to lead to an eight-year-long split in the Camogie Association. It opened the way for Louth to win the Leinster championship once more, defeating Meath by 8–2 to 4–1 in the Leinster final in Darver. A goal entering the third quarter from Kitty Buckley and two from Renee Fitzgerald were the turning points in Cork's 6–3 to 2–3 victory over Louth in the semi-final. Louth refused Cork's offer of a walkover in the All Ireland semi-final, also fixed for Darver. They paid Cork's travelling expenses, organised a welcome reception and then made their exit from the championship by an 11-point margin. Patsy McCullagh scored all of Galway's 2–1 in the semi-final in Belfast but missed the final.

Final[edit]

Renee Fitzgerald scored four goals in the final as Cork won by 15 points. Cork were not presented with the O'Duffy Cup as Dublin had not returned it. They played in grey, green and white, the colours of county champions, Old Aloysians, who supplied ten of the starting twelve.[7]

Final stages[edit]

Galway2–1 – 1–1Antrim
Cork6–2 – 2–3Louth
Cork6–1 – 1–1Galway
Cork
Galway
Cork:
GK 1 Peggy Hogg
FB 2 Joan Cotter
RWB 3 Bríd Cronin
CB 4 Kathleen Coughlan
LWB 5 Mary Fitzgerald
MF 6 Nan O'Dowd
MF 7 Lil Kirby (0–1)
MF 8 Maura Cronin
RWF 9 Kitty Buckley (1–0)
CF 10 Josie McGrath
LWF 11 Eileen Casey (1–0)
FF 12 Renee Fitzgerald (Capt) (4–0)
Galway:
GK 1 Josie Melvin
FB 2 Kathleen Keyes
RWB 3 Monica Duggan
CB 4 Catherine Griffin
LWB 5 Nora O'Connell
MF 6 Nora Kavanagh
MF 7 Kathleen Cosgrave
MF 8 Frances Coen
RWF 9 Hilda Murphy (1–0)
CF 10 Eileen O'Beirne
LWF 11 Peg Morris (Capt) (0–1)
FF 12 Celia Mulholland
Match Rules
  • 50 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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, November 13, 1939
  3. ^ Report of final in Irish Independent, November 13, 1939
  4. ^ Report of final in Irish Times, November 13, 1939
  5. ^ Report of final in Irish Examiner, November 13, 1939
  6. ^ Report of final in Irish News, November 13, 1939
  7. ^ Report of final in Irish Press, November 13, 1939

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Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932–present 		Succeeded by
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