1940 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1940 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Cork, who defeated Galway by a five-point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1940
Championship Details
Dates 19 May – 12 October
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Cork (5th title)
Captain Lil Kirby
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Peg Morris
Manager
Matches played 2

Structure

Dublin were still in isolation, the only remaining members left of the old Camogie association while the other country boards affiliated to the National Camogie Association after a dispute over lifting the ban on hockey players. Cork defeated Waterford by 5–3 to 1–4 in the only match played in Munster, a match refereed by dual All-Ireland medallist and future Taoiseach, Jack Lynch. Antrim, champions for five years in Ulster, were surprisingly beaten by Derry, who then lost the Ulster final to Cavan. Celia Mulholland, Eileen O'Beirne, Peg Morris and Frances Coen scored Galway's goals in their semi-final defeat of Cavan. Louth had most of the play and did most of the attacking in the second half when they lost to Cork in the semi-final at Darver. Renee Fitzgerald, Eileen Casey, Kathleen Barry Murphy and Casey again were Cork's goalscorers.

Final

Cork led Galway by 4–1 to 0–1 by half-time in the final and won despite being kept Cork scoreless for the remainder of the game and Galway's recovery goals from Peg Morris and Celia Mulholland.[7]

Final stages
Cork4–3 – 1–5Louth
Darver
Galway4–2 – 0–3Cavan
Cork4–1 – 2–2Galway
Cork
Galway
Dublin:
GK1Peggy Hogg
FB2Kathleen Coughlan
RWB3Maura Brennan
CB4Joan Cotter
LWB5Mary Fitzgerald
MF6Kitty Buckley (1–0)
MF7Lil Kirby (Capt) (1–1)
MF8Nan O'Dowd
RWF9Patty Hegarty (1–0)
CF10Eileen Casey
LWF11Renee Fitzgerald (1–0)
FF12Maureen Cashman
Galway:
GK1Josie Melvin
FB2Kathleen Keyes
RWB3Monica Duggan
CB4Catherine Griffin
LWB5Nora Conroy
MF6Kathleen Cosgrove (0–1)
MF7Frances Coen
MF8Hilda Murphy
RWF9Peg Morris (Capt) (1–1)
CF10Eileen O'Beirne
LWF11Nora O'Connell
FF12Celia Mulholland (1–0)
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, October 14, 1940
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, October 14, 1940
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, October 14, 1940
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 14, 1940
  6. Report of final in Irish News, October 14, 1940
  7. Report of final in Irish Press, October 14, 1940
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