1986 National Camogie League

Camogie tournament April 2022 February 2022 National Camogie League 1986 Cork (2nd title) Dublin The 1986 National Camogie League is a competition in the women's’ team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Dublin in the final, played at O'Toole Park. Moran Mary Mary Moran (camogie) A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie Cumann Camógaíochta 2011 Dublin, Ireland 460 978-1-908591-00-5National Camogie League on Camogie.ie Arrangements Dublin came through their section with full points, beating Kilkenny 3-8 to 2-1 and Galway in their final match at Silver Park. Goalkeeper Yvonne Redmond indicated she would be in the USA and was not considered for selection for the League final. Cork defeated Tipperary 3-10 to 1-3 to top their group. The Final Two second half goals from Mary Geaney gave Cork victory in an exciting final.Report of final in Irish Press, May 19, 1986Report of final in Irish Independent, May 19, 1986Report of final in Irish Times, May 19, 1986Report of final in Irish Examiner, May 19, 1986Report of final in Irish News, May 19, 1986 Playing with a strong wind, Dublin, who were without Barbara Redmond, Brenie Toner and Carmel Byrne, led by a point at half time 1-6 to 1-5 largely thanks to five points from Edel Murphy and a goal from Marie Connell. Cork midfielder Sandie Fitzibbon looked very impressive in the half, and with goal scorer Linda Mellerick and Collite O'Mahoney, who scored two points, finding their range. Points from Sandie Fitzgibbon and Ann Leahy put Cork into the lead only minutes after the restart, but Edel Murphy quickly put Dublin back in the lead with two points from frees. It all fell apart for the Dubliners in the 37th minutes when Cork full forward Mary Geaney finished a long ball from the right into the net. Dublin pulled the Cork lead back to a single point twice in the remaining quarter with points from Marie Connell and Anna Condron and with minutes left Marie Connell mishit a shot only yards from goal and Edel Murphy shot just wide from a difficult free before Mary Geaney wrapped it up in the final minute with another opportunist goal. Division 2 The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Kildare who defeated Dublin in the final, bringing national honours to Miriam Malone who had played for two decades for Kildare. Kildare defeated Cavan and Dublin defeated Clare in the quarter-final and Derry in the semi-final. Final stages May 18Final Cork 3-8 – 1-10 Dublin O'Toole Park _red_2 _red _red_3 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Cork _navyshoulders 000080 87CEEB 000080 000080 87CEEB Dublin Cork: GK 1 Marian McCarthy (Éire Óg)FB 2 Ellen Dineen (Éire Óg)RWB 3 Mary Spillane (Killeagh)CB 4 Clare Cronin (Old Als)LWB 5 A Leahy 0-1MF 6 Val Fitzpatrick (Glen Rovers) 0-1MF 7 Liz DunphyMF 8 Sandie Fitzgibbon (Glen Rovers) 0-1RWF 9 Collitte O'Mahoney (St Finbarr's) 0-3CF 10 Noelle O'Driscoll 0-1LWF 11 Linda Mellerick 1-0FF 12 Mary Geaney (Éire Óg) 2-1Dublin: GK 1 Gaye Moran (UCD)FB 2 Marian Conroy (Austin Stacks)RWB 3 Germaine Noonan (UCD) CB 4 Brenda Kenny (UCD) (40LWB 5 Helen Broderick (UCD)MF 6 Una Crowley (Celtic)MF 7 Mary Mernagh (Cuala Naomh Mhuire)MF 8 Edel Murphy (UCD) (Capt) 0-7RWF 9 Cathy Walsh 0-1 (Cúchulainn Crumlin) (30)CF 10 Joanne Gormley (UCD) LWF 11 Anna Conlon (Cúchulainn Crumlin) 0-1FF 12 Marie Connelly (Celtic) 1-1Substitutes: RWF Carmel Byrne (Celtic) for Walsh (30) MF Catherine Ledwidge (Phoenix) for Kenny (40) References External links Camogie Association National Camogie League National Camogie League 1985 National Camogie League 1987 1977 – present National Camogie League 1986