1963 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1963 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Antrim by a 13-point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1963
Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (22nd title)
Captain Úna O'Connor
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Antrim
Captain Sue Ward
Manager
Matches played

Structure

Cork led Dublin 2-1 to 1-1 at half time in the All Ireland semi-final at The Mardyke then stretched their lead to 3-4 to 1-2, before Una O'Connor and Mary Sherlock responded with goals and Sherlock added an equalising point three minutes from the end. Three goals each from Judy Doyle and Una O'Connor and further goals from Mary Sherlock and Brid Keenan secured Dublin's place in the final on a day that Cork's train broke down en route to Dublin.

Final

Two goals from Una O'Connor and a third from Bríd Keenan at the start of the second half secured the championship for Dublin. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

The scoreline did scant justice to the see saw nature of the exchanges. Far greater craft, combination and cohesion in attack, together with a back line that made only one mistake in the full fifty minutes, despite long spells of Antrim pressure, gave Dublin the title after a scintillating game. At al times but more especially so in the second half, Antrim had as much if not more of the play than the victors but whereas the Dublin forwards scored from almost every possible opportunity, the Ulster champions blazed wide time and again when well placed. Una O’Connor, who won her tenth All Ireland medal, roamed well outfield from her normal full-forward post, and, too mobile for opposing full-back Moya Forde, distributed the bal magnificently to a brilliant pair of corner-forwards Judy Doyle and Bríd Keenan, whose well taken scores made all the difference.[7]

Final stages
Dublin3-2 – 3-2Cork
Dublin8-4 – 1-0Cork
Antrim4-6 – 1-3Galway
Dublin7-3 – 2-5Antrim
Dublin
Antrim
Dublin
GK1Concepta Clarke (Austin Stacks)
FB2Betty Hughes (CIÉ)
RWB3Sheila Ware (Eoghan Rua)
CB4Ally Hussey (Celtic)
LWB5Kay Lyons (Eoghan Rua)
MF6Maureen McEvoy (Presentation Terenure Pat)
MF7Mary Sherlock (Austin Stacks) (0-2)
MF8Mary Ryan (Austin Stacks)
RWF9Bríd Keenan (Austin Stacks) (3-0)
CF10Kay Ryder (Naomh Aoife)
LWF11Judy Doyle (CIÉ) (2-1)
FF12Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (Capt) (2-0)
Antrim
GK1Teresa Kearns (Dunloy)
FB2Moya Forde (Ahoghill)
RWB3Margo Kane (St Teresa's Belfast)
CB4Chris Hughes-O’Boyle (St Malachy's Randalstown)
LWB5Mairéad McAtamney (Portglenone)
MF6Betty Smith (Gael Uladh)
MF7Sue Ward (Deirdre) (Capt) (0-2)
MF8Leontia Carabine (St Teresa's Belfast) (0-1)
RWF9Marion Kearns (St Malachy's Randalstown) (1-0)
CF10Mary Phil Jameson (Ballycastle) (1-1)
LWF11Marie Laverty (Deirdre)
FF12Maeve Gilroy (St Malachy's Randalstown) (0-1).

MATCH RULES

  • 50 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

See also

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. Report of final in Irish Press, September 9, 1963
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1963
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, September 9, 1963
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 9, 1963
  6. Report of final in Irish News, September 9, 1963
  7. Irish Press Sept 10 1963
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