1964 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 1964 All Ireland Camogie Championship was won by Dublin, their eight title in succession in a winning streak that would eventually extend to ten in a row, beating Antrim in the final. The match was attended by more than 3,000 spectators according to the report in the Irish Times.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1964
Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (24th title)
Captain Una O'Connor
Manager Nell McCarthy
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Antrim
Captain Sue Ward
Manager
Matches played

Semi-finals

Dublin beat the Connacht champions Galway by 10-2 to nil at Parnell Park on a day Galway were missing their goalkeeper Eileen Naughton. Antrim beat Munster champions Tipperary by 6-8 to 2-3 at Glenarriffe.

Final

Three early goals from Judy Doyle finished the match as a contest and Dublin won easily by 7-4 to 3-1.[7] Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Despite the scoreline the final must rank with the greatest and most brilliant camogie matches ever played. Three early goals by their flying full forward Judy Doyle in the first seven minutes of the game proved the really vital factor in Dublin’s victory. Those early goals, all the result of crafty team-work by the experienced Dublin attack, hung heavy on the minds of the Antrim forwards for the rest of the first half. Although with the fresh breeze behind them, they had by far the greater number of chances, they often shot too hurriedly and too wildly and Concepta Clarke saved magnificently when they did shoot straight. The result was that, at the interval, Antrim had one point on the board and nine wides, while Dublin, thanks to that wonderful zig-zag solo run and flashing shot by captain Una O'Connor, and a rare piece of opportunism by Bríd Keenan, had stretched their goal total to five and their lead to fourteen points by the half-time whistle. Lesser teams than Antrim might well have accepted defeat at that stage, but the girls in saffron, having switched Lily Scullion to midfield and Maeve Gilroy to centre-forward, restarted as though the game had just begun.[8]

Final stages

Dublin9-1 – 5-3Galway

Antrim3-2 – 1-0Tipperary
Glenarriffe

Dublin7-4 3-1Antrim
J Doyle 4-1, B Keenan 2-0, U O’Connor 1-3 E Smith 1-0, M Gilroy 1-0, MP Jameson 1-0, M McAtamney 0-1,
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: M O'Kelly (Cork)
Dublin
Antrim
DUBLIN:
GK1Concepta Clarke (Austin Stacks)
FB2Mary Ryan (Austin Stacks)
RWB3Rose O'Reilly (Na Piarsaigh)
CB4Alison Hussey (Celtic)
LWB5Kay Lyons (Eoghan Ruadh)
MF6Patricia Timmons (Naomh Aoife)
MF7Mary Sherlock Austin Stacks
MF8Orla Ní Síocháin Austin Stacks
RWF9Bríd Keenan (Austin Stacks) 2-0
CF10Kay Ryder (Austin Stacks)
LWF11Judy Doyle (CIE) 4-1
FF12Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (captain) 1-3
ANTRIM:
GK1Theresa Kearns (Dunloy)
FB2Moya Forde (Ahogill)
RWB3Chris O'Boyle (St Malachy’s)
CB4Sue Ward (Deirdre) (captain)
LWB5Mairéad Carabine St Theresa’s
MF6Betty Smyth (Gael Uladh) 1-0
MF7Maeve Gilroy (St Malachy’s) 1-0
MF8Mairead McAtamney (Portglenone) 0-1
RWF9Marion McFettridge (St Malachy’s)
CF10Lily Scullion (Ahogill)
LWF11Kitty Finn (St Agnes’s)
FF12Mary Phil Jameson (St Theresa’s) 1-0

MATCH RULES

  • 50 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions allowable only if player was injured

See also

References

  1. Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
  2. Report of final in Irish Press, October 5, 1964
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, October 5, 1964
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, October 5, 1964
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 5, 1964
  6. Report of final in Irish News, October 5, 1964
  7. Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
  8. Irish Press Oct 5 1964
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