All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1998
Winners
ChampionsGranagh-Ballingarry (Limerick) (1st title)
ManagerMike Chawke
CaptainVera Sheehan
Runners-up
Runners-upSt Vincents (Du)
CaptainGermaine Noonan

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Granagh-Ballingarry from Limerick, who defeated St Vincents from Dublin in the final, played at Ballingarry.[1][2] It was the last club championship final to be played with 12-a-side.

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Pearses and Leitrim Fontenoys winning the championships of the other two provinces. Eileen O'Brien, a student at St Mary’s, Charleville, was chief playmaker and scored 1–7 herself as Granagh-Ballingarry defeated three-in-a-row chasing Pearses from Galway in the semi-final. Louise Lynch, Denise O'Leary and Denise Smith scored St Vincent’s goals in the other semi-final.

The Final

Granagh-Ballingarry took an eight-point lead after 20 minutes of the final and went on to win by 11. Tom Humphries wrote in the Irish Times:

A crowd of about 3,500 made the journey to the tiny village of Ballingarry to see two sides with formidable CVs. Granagh-Ballingarry are the product of a merger in the late '70s but Ballingarry's record of success stretches back to the late 1920s and early '30s. St Vincent's are another amalgamation job, the Dublin giants Marino having thrown in their lot with the local GAA club a few years ago. St Vincent's escaped Leinster after years of trying this year and the method used was quick ground hurling. Pulling on the ball before it had time to nestle in the turf. They got to Limerick yesterday to find that the elements had conspired against them. The pitch was so heavy and sodden that it was a wonder the game was played at all. With the ball steadfastly refusing to move along the grass the home team produced the style of play designed to maximise home advantage. Jean Cullinane and Eileen O'Brien launched scores on the run from 30 and 40 yards out respectively. The confident execution put an end to all arguments.

Niamh Cregan on the Vincents’ team was daughter of All-Ireland hurler, Eamon Cregan[3]

Final stages

Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)2-11 – 1-4Pearses
St Vincents (Du)3-12 – 1-8Leitrim Fontenoys
Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)1-19 – 1-8St Vincents (Du)
Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick):
GK1Breda O'Brien
FB2Bernie O'Brien
RWB3Patricia McKenna
CB4Bernie Chawke
LWB5Laura Leslie
MF6Jean Cullinane
MF7Deirdre Sheehan
MF8Kay Burke
RWF9Eileen O'Brien
CF10Mary O'Connor
LWF11Vera Sheehan (captain)
FF12Ida Quaid
St Vincents (Du):
GK1Mary Regan
FB2Patsy Murphy
RWB3Niamh Cregan
CB4Patricia Clinton
LWB5Germaine Noonan (captain)
MF6Ursula Hannon
MF7Denise O'Leary
MF8Róisín Brady
RWF9Louise Lynch
CF10Adrienne McGovern
LWF11Denise Smith
FF12Emer Brannigan

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. ↑ preview in Irish Independent, Tom Humphries comment piece in Irish Times
  4. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, September 9, 1998
  5. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1998
  6. ↑ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1998
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