1943 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 1943 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1943 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin, who defeated Cork by a 20-point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The match was played at Croke Park, Dublin.

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1943
Championship Details
Dates June 16 – October 17
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (6th title)
Captain Peggy Griffin
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Cork
Kathleen Coughlan
Manager
Matches played 2

Final

Dublin goalkeeper Peggy Hogg was forced to withdraw through illness on the morning of the match.[7]

Aftermath

Elizabeth Mulcahy, who scored the opening goal for Dublin, was to become one of Ireland's foremost fashion designers.

Final stages
Dublin1–4 – 0–0Antrim
MacRory Park
Cork6–7 – 1–0Galway
Dublin8–0 – 1–1Cork
Dublin
Cork
Dublin:
GK1Maura O'Carroll (Scoil Bríghde)
FB2Rose Martin (Austin Stacks)
RWB3Patty Kenny (Col San Dominic)
CB4Peggy Griffin (Col San Dominic) (Capt)
LWB5Kathleen Kearns (Optimists)
MF6Josie Kelly (UCD)
MF7Kathleen Cody (GSR)
MF8Kathleen Mills (GSR) (1–0)
RWF9Īde O'Kiely (UCD) (2–0)
CF10Elizabeth Mulcahy (UCD) (1–0)
LWF11Doreen Rogers (Austin Stacks) (3–0)
FF12Maura Moore (Optimists) (1–0)
Cork:
GK1Eily Lyons
FB2Mary O'Leary
RWB3Maureen Cashman
CB4Mary Fitzgerald
LWB5Maureen Hegarty
MF6Kitty Buckley
MF7Kathleen Coughlan (Capt)
MF8Mona Hobbs
RWF9Kathleen Barry
CF10Patty Hegarty (0–1)
LWF11Eileen Casey (1–0)
FF12Sheila Kelleher
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 18, 1943
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, October 18, 1943
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, October 18, 1943
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 18, 1943
  6. Report of final in Irish News, October 18, 1943
  7. Report of final in Irish Press, October 18, 1943
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