1988 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Camogie championship April 2022 1988 June – 25 September 1988 8 Kilkenny 12th Angela Downey Tom Ryan Cork Linda Mellerick 1987 1989 The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The championship was won by Kilkenny who defeated Cork by a six-point margin in the final. 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 The match drew an attendance of 4,000.Report of final in Irish Press, September 26, 1988Report of final in Irish Independent, September 26, 1988Report of final in Irish Times, September 26, 1988Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 26, 1988Report of final in Irish News, September 26, 1988 It was the first All-Ireland championship to be played over the extended time period of 60 minutes. Semi-finals Kilkenny had a massive 21-point victory over Galway and Cork defeated Wexford by seven points in the All-Ireland semi-finals. Final Ann Leahy scored after just 12 seconds in one of the quickest goals in a final of the All Ireland camogie championship;. Breda Holmes scored two goals and Clare Jones scored another as Kilkenny won the final. Cork were 2-2 to 1-5 behind at half time in the final. Cork’s jersey numbers proved hard to read. Pat Roche complained in the Irish Times: Nobody on a losing side wishes to be easily identified but this was stretching it too far. Cork’s challenge may not have faded into obscurity like the numbers of their backs, but they were held at bay long enough for Kilkenny to record their fourth successive triumph.. Though Cork trailed by 3-3 to 1-5 at the interval, they challenged gamely to be in with a chance in the closing stages. That Cork’s chances were alive playing into the teeth of a strong downfield breeze in the closing stages was due to their persistence around the Kilkenny posts and the probings of Linda Mellerick.Irish Times Sept 261988 Final stages August 21Semi-Final Cork 2-9 – 2-2 Wexford Ballinlough August 28Semi-Final Kilkenny 3-19 – 1-4 Galway Glenamaddy September 25Final Kilkenny 4-11 – 3-8 Cork Croke Park, Dublin _borderonblack _blackstripes _borderonblack FFC125 FFC125 FFC125 FFFFFF FFC125 Kilkenny _red_2 _red _red_3 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Cork KILKENNY: GK 1 Marie Fitzpatrick (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)FB 2 Biddy O'Sullivan (Shamrocks)RWB 3 Helen Holmes (St Paul’s) 32)CB 4 Deirdre Malone (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)LWB 5 Frances Rothwell (Mooncoin)MF 6 Clare Jones (St Paul’s) (1-1)MF 7 Ann Downey (St Paul’s) (0-4)MF 8 Anna Whelan (Castlecomer)RWF 9 Breda Cahill (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)CF 10 Breda Holmes (St Paul’s) (2-1)LWF 11 Angela Downey (St Paul’s) (Capt) (1-3)FF 12 Jo Dunne (Carrickshock) (0-1)Substitutes: RWF Marina Downey (St Paul’s) for Helen Holmes 32) Sub used: Marina Downey (0-1)CORK: GK 1 Marion McCarthyFB 2 Mary RingRWB 3 Mary Spillane (1-0)CB 4 Cathy Landers HarnedyLWB 5 Anne O'DonovanMF 6 Sandie Fitzgibbon (0-1)MF 7 Clare CroninMF 8 Colette O'Mahony (0-1)RWF 9 Anne Leahy (1-0)CF 10 Linda Mellerick (0-3)LWF 11 Irene O'Leary 45)FF 12 Mary Geaney (1-3)Substitutes: RWF Liz Dunphy (0-2) for O'Leary 45) References 30em External links All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1989 1932 – present Category:1988 in camogie 1988