2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Camogie championship April 2022 2003 3 June — 21 September 2003 6 18 Tipperary 4th Una O'Dwyer Raymie Ryan Cork John Considine 2002 2004 The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2003 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who defeated Cork by a three-point margin in the final. The attendance was a then record of 16,183. Player of the Match was Eimear McDonnell, a niece of Cork football legend Billy Morgan. The championship and the final was a high point in a period of rapid growth in the popularity of the sport of camogie which quadrupled the average attendance at its finals in a ten-year period.2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner https://web.archive.org/web/20110810071623/http://www.examiner.ie/archives/2003/0922/sport/the-golden-era-continues-for-tipperary-869335181.html 10 August 2011 , Irish Independent, and Irish Times. Moran Mary Mary Moran (camogie) A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie Cumann Camógaíochta 2011 Dublin, Ireland 460 978-1-908591-00-5 Semi-finals In the semi-final Cork were 2-2 up after only seven minutes, with the goals coming from Fiona O'Driscoll and Orla O'Sullivan. “All Galway could do was look on” one reporterMarch 2025 wrote as they trailed 0-0 to Cork's 3-6 at the break and lost by 25 points. Tipperary beat Limerick 18 points in the other semi-final. With six minutes of the half remaining, Tipperary were awarded a penalty which centre back Ciara Gaynor struck to the back of the net and it gave them a 2-8 to 0-7 half-time lead. Final Cork led 0-3 to 1-3 at half-time. Deirdre Hughes got an early second-half goal and Eimear McDonnell scored four points to put them into a six-point lead with 10 minutes remaining before a late Gemma O'Connor goal put a better appearance on the scoreboard. Goalkeeper Jovita Delaney made a vital block and clearance on a late free. Final stages August 23Semi-Final Cork 4-16 – 0-3 Galway Cusack Park, Ennis August 23Semi-Final Tipperary 4-16 – 0-10 Semi-final report in Irish Independent Limerick Cusack Park, Ennis September 21Final Tipperary 2-11 – 1-11 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner https://archive.today/20121202233350/http://www.examiner.ie/archives/2003/0922/sport/the-golden-era-continues-for-tipperary-869335181.html 2012-12-02 , Irish Independent, and Irish Times. Cork Croke Park, Dublin _goldshoulders _goldhorizontal _goldshoulders 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff FFFFFF 0000ff Tipperary _red_2 _red _red_3 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Cork TIPPERARY: GK 1 Jovita Delaney (Cashel)RCB 2 Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara)FB 3 Una O'Dwyer (Cashel) (Capt) LCB 4 Claire Madden (Fr. O'Neills)RWB 5 Sinéad Nealon (Burgess)CB 6 Ciara Gaynor (Burgess)LWB 7 Therese Brophy (Burgess)MF 8 Angie McDermott (Cappawhite)MF 9 Philly Fogarty (Cashel)RWF 10 Joanne Ryan (Drom-Inch) (0-1) CF 11 Emily Hayden (Cashel) (0-2) LWF 12 Claire Grogan (Cashel) (0-1) RCF 13 Noelle Kennedy (Toomevara) (0-2) 56FF 14 Deirdre Hughes (Toomevara) (1-1) LCF 15 Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) (1-4) Substitutes: RCF Trish O'Halloran (Portroe) for Fogarty 55CORK: GK 1 Ger Casey (Inniscarra)RCB 2 Joanne Callaghan (Cloughduv)FB 3 Eithne Duggan (Bishopstown)LCB 4 Stephanie Delea (Cloughduv) (Capt) RWB 5 Paula O'Connor (Newtownshandrum) Half timeCB 6 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) (0-2) LWB 7 Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) (1-0) 36 54MF 8 Rachel Maloney (Courcey Rovers)MF 9 Vivienne Harris (Bishopstown) 47RWF 10 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) (0-1) CF 11 Emer Dillon (Ballygarvan) (0-2) LWF 12 Jennifer O'Leary (Barryroe) (0-2) RCF 13 Orla O'Sullivan (St Finbarr's) (0-1) 54FF 14 Caoimhe Harrington (Newtownshandrum) 47LCF 15 Fiona O'Driscoll (Fr O’Neill’s) (0-3) Substitutes:RWB Cathriona Foley (Rockbán) for Paula O'Connor Half time MF Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) for Harris 47 LWB Sarah Hayes (Rockbán) for Gemma O'Connor 36FF Colette Desmond (Newcestown) for Harrington 47FF Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) for O'Sullivan (returning to play) 54 References 30em External links All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2002 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2004 1932 – present 2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship