All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1984
Winners
ChampionsBuffers Alley (Wexford) (5th title)
ManagerMick Butler
CaptainNorah Gahan
Runners-up
Runners-upKilleagh (Cork)
ManagerBertie Tory

The 1984 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won for the fourth year in succession by Buffers Alley from Wexford who defeated Killeagh from Cork) in the final, played at Monamolin.[1][2] It was the fourth title in a row won by the club.

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Glenamaddy and Leitrim Fontenoys from Down winning the championships of the other two provinces. Marion Sweeney, Patricia Fitzgibbon and Anne Leahy scored Killeagh's goals in their victory over Leitrim. Elsie Cody, Gertrude O'Leary and Bridie Doran scored Buffers Alley's goals in their semi-final victory over Glenamaddy, while Kitty Hoey and Kathleen Garvey scored Glenamaddy's goals.

The Final

Gertrude O'Leary’s goal secured a comeback victory for Buffers Alley in the final.[3][4][5]

Final stages

Buffers Alley (Wx)3-1 – 2-2Glenamaddy
Killeagh (Cork)3-3 – 0-2Leitrim
Buffers Alley (Wx)2-4 – 1-4Killeagh (Cork)
Buffers Alley (Wx):
GK1Kathleen Tonks
FB2Ann Butler
RWB3Geraldine Wynne
CB4Dorothy Kenny
LWB5Elsie Cody
MF6Fiona Cousins
MF7Stellah Sinnott
MF8Norah Gahan (captain)
RWF9Caroline Farrington
CF10Gertrude O'Leary
LWF11Bridie Doran
FF12Teresa Hobbs
Killeagh (Cork):
GK1Kathleen Costine
FB2Marie O'Donovan
RWB3Mary Spillane
CB4Cathy Landers
LWB5Breda Landers
MF6Patsy Keniry
MF7Shelley Spillane
MF8Ann Marie Landers
RWF9Bernie Costine
CF10Anne Leahy
LWF11Patricia Fitzgibbon
FF12Marion Sweeney (captain)

References

  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. ↑ All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie
  3. ↑ Report of final in Irish Press, October 29, 1984
  4. ↑ Report of final in Irish Independent, October 29, 1984
  5. ↑ Report of final in Irish Times, October 29, 1984
  6. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1984
  7. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1984
  8. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1984
  9. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1984
  10. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1984
  11. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1984
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