1986 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Camogie championship April 2022 1986 June – 14 September 1986 7 Kilkenny 6th Liz Neary Dublin Una Crowley 1985 1987 The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1986 season. The championship was won by Killkenny who defeated Dublin by a nine-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 5,000.Report of final in Irish Press, September 15, 1986Report of final in Irish Independent, September 15, 1986Report of final in Irish Times, September 15, 1986Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 15, 1986Report of final in Irish News, September 15, 1986 Arrangements Galway fielded ten of their 1985 junior winning side in the 1986 Senior championship but were defeated by a last minute goal scored by Wexford’s Jackie Codd at Monamolin. Deidre Costello scored 3-1 for Galway. Angela Downey scored 4-2 in Kilkenny’s big quarter-final win over Limerick. Semi-finals A four-goal blitz by Dublin’s Marie Connelly turned the semi-final at Monamolin in Dublin’s favour. The second semi-final at Nowlan Park was one of the best in the history of camogie’s 12-a-side era. Cork was leading by five points 3-12 to 2-10 entering injury time when, out of nowhere, Angela Downey got inside her marker and blasted the ball past Marian McCarthy from close range. A short puck-out fell to Angela. Not content to go for a point she let fly for a goal. Marian McCarthy dived to bring off a great save but saw the ball go off her stick to the unmarked Jos Dunne who scored another Kilkenny goal. Cork had led by three points at half-time and a goal from Iren O'Leary seemed to wrap it up for Cork with time running out. The Irish Independent reported: The match was the best seen for some time. It had everything, two skilful committed teams, great scores, near misses and a breathtaking finish. From camogie’s point of view, what a pity it did not end in a draw, thus giving fans another chance to watch these great sides in action. Full credit to Kilkenny for plugging away when the game appeared to be slipping away from them. Clare Jones had her best game in the Kilkenny colours. She along with Angela Downey, Breda Holmes, Jos Dunne and Mary Fitzpatrick looked very sharp.Irish Independent August 28, 1986 Final Kilkenny led 0-5 to 0-2 at half time and as Pat Roche wrote in the Irish Times, the “rate of their subsequent work was devastating,” as they built from a four-point lead to an 11-point one: There have been few hurling matches that have been played at headquarters or any other venue this seas that could compare with the individual skills of the combatants. Ann Downey plays with the number seven on her back, which gives her the freedom of the pitch. She spent most of the afternoon breaking up Dublin attacks and sending her side forward with seariung drives into a front running division that included her sister Angela, whose lighting sorties and skills are designed to frighten any defence.Report of final in Irish Times, September 15, 1986 Final stages August 10Quarter-final Dublin 0-13 – 1-4 Tipperary Silver Park August 10Quarter-final Wexford 3-8 – 3-6 Galway Monamolin August 10Quarter-final Cork 2-7 – 1-2 Antrim St Finbarr's August 10Quarter-final Kilkenny 6-11 – 2-4 Limerick Nowlan Park August 24Semi-Final Dublin 5-9 – 3-2 Wexford Monamolin August 24Semi-Final Kilkenny 4-11 – 3-12 Cork Nowlan Park September 14Final Kilkenny 2-12 – 2-3 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin _borderonblack _blackstripes _borderonblack FFC125 FFC125 FFC125 FFFFFF FFC125 Kilkenny _navyshoulders 000080 87CEEB 000080 000080 87CEEB Dublin KILKENNY: GK 1 Marie Fitzpatrick (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)FB 2 Liz Neary (St Paul’s) (Capt)RWB 3 Anne Holden (Ballyhale Shamrocks)CB 4 Bridie McGarry (St Paul’s)LWB 5 Biddy O'Sullivan (Shamrocks)MF 6 Anne Whelan (Castlecomer) MF 7 Ann Downey (St Paul’s) MF 8 Clare Jones (St Paul’s) RWF 9 Jos Dunne (Carrickshock) (0-4) CF 10 Rita Weymes (0-1)LWF 11 Angela Downey (St Paul’s) (2-4)FF 12 Breda Holmes (St Paul’s) (0-1) DUBLIN: GK 1 Yvonne Redmond (Cúchulainn Crumlin)FB 2 Marian Conway (Austin Stacks)RWB 3 Germaine Noonan (UCD) CB 4 Brenda Kenny (UCD) (0-1)LWB 5 Helen BroderickMF 6 Una Crowley (Celtic) (Capt)MF 7 Mary Mernagh (Cuala Naomh Mhuire)32MF 8 Cathy Walshe (Cúchulainn Crumlin)RWF 9 Joanne Gormley (UCD) 39CF 10 Edel Murphy (UCD) (1-2)LWF 11 Carmel Bryne (Celtic) 42FF 12 Marie Connelly (Celtic)Substitutes: MF Brenie Tone (Cuala Naomh Mhuire) for Mernagh 32 MF Anna Conda (Cúchulainn Crumlin) for Gormley 39 MF Patricia Clinton (St Vincents) for O'Byrne 42 MATCH RULES 50 minutes Replay if scores level Maximum of 3 substitutions See also All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Wikipedia List of Camogie players National Camogie League Camogie All Stars Awards Ashbourne Cup References External links Camogie Association All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour Historical reports of All Ireland finals Camogie on facebook Camogie on GAA Oral History Project All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1985 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1987 1932 – present Category:1986 in camogie 1986