2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2001 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who scored defeated their great rivals of the age Cork in a replayed semi-final and Kilkenny by a 16-point margin in the final. The attendance was a then record of 16,354.[1][2]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2001
Championship details
Dates3 June — 21 September 2001
Teams6
All-Ireland champions
WinnersTipperary (3rd win)
CaptainEmily Hayden
ManagerMichael Cleary
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upKilkenny
CaptainMairéad Costello
ManagerBrendan Williams and Ted Browne
Championship statistics
Matches played18
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Semi-finals

Tipperary needed an injury time equaliser to draw with Cork in the semi-finals at Mullingar. Injury time goals by Eimear McDonnell and Noelle Kennedy gave Cork a somewhat flattering seven-point victory in the replay. Martina Maher scored both goals for Kilkenny against Galway for Kilkenny who qualified for their second final in three years with a relatively inexperienced team, Edel Maher and Aoife Neary were just 16 and goalkeeper Caitriona Ryan only made her championship debut that summer, when star of the team Sinead Millea returned from her world travels. Kilkenny were jointly managed by Brendan Williams and Ted Browne (Angela Downey's husband),

Final

Tipperary took control of the final in a three-minute spell from the ninth to the 12th minute of the first half when first Claire Grogan and then Deirdre Hughes smashed home excellent goals before Hughes scored again with a sparkling point. Kilkenny never recovered from this seven point barrage.

Supermom

Dubbed “supermom” in the media, Kilkenny substitute Jillian Dillon-Maher gave birth to her third child Darragh just seven weeks old before she helped Kilkenny dispatch Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. She then played in the All Ireland final just two and a half months after giving birth.[3]

Final stages
Kilkenny2-12 – 1-9Galway
Tipperary2-8 – 0-14 [4]Cork
Mullingar
Tipperary3-13 – 1-12 [5]Cork
Mullingar
Tipperary4-13 – 1-6 [6]Kilkenny
Tipperary
Kilkenny
TIPPERARY:
GK1Jovita Delaney (Cashel)
RCB2Paula Bulfin (Cashel) downward-facing red arrow 56'
FB3Una O'Dwyer (Cashel)
LCB4Claire Madden (Nenagh Éire Óg)
RWB5Sinéad Nealon (Burgess)
CB6Ciara Gaynor (Burgess) (0-1)
LWB7Therese Brophy (Burgess)
MF8Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara)
MF9Philly Fogarty (Cashel) (0-1) downward-facing red arrow 56'
RWF10Emily Hayden (Cashel) (Capt)
CF11Noelle Kennedy (Toomevara) (0-5)
LWF12Joanne Ryan (Drom-Inch)
RCF13Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) (1-2)
FF14Deirdre Hughes (Toomevara) (2-2)
LCF15Claire Grogan (Cashel) (1-2) downward-facing red arrow 56'
Substitutes:
LCFGráinne Shanahan (Cashel) for Grogan upward-facing green arrow 56' 0-1
MFNiamh Harkin (Cashel) for Fogarty upward-facing green arrow 56'
RCBSheena Howard (Cashel) for Bulfin upward-facing green arrow 56'
KILKENNY:
GK1Caitriona Ryan (Tullogher)
RCB2Marie Maher (St Anne’s)
FB3Sinéad Costello (St Lachtain's)
LCB4Mairéad Costello (St Lachtain's) (Capt)
RWB5Esther Kennedy (St Lachtain's)
CB6Kelly Long (St Lachtain's)
LWB7Edel Maher (St Anne’s) downward-facing red arrow 56'
MF8Bridget Mullally (Glenmore) (0-1)
MF9Lizzie Lyng (Rower-Inistioge) (0-1)
RWF10Sinéad Millea (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) (1-2)
CF11Martina Maher (St Martin’s)
LWF12Imelda Kennedy (St Lachtain's) (0-1)
RCF13Catherine Doherty (St Anne’s)
FF14Aoife Neary (James Stephens)
LCF15Marina Downey (Lisdowney) (0-1)
Substitutes:
LCFJillian Dillon-Maher (St Lachtain's) for Edel Maher upward-facing green arrow 23' 0-1

References
  1. 2001 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times
  2. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  3. Irish Independent Sept 15 2001: Supermum aims to turn underdogs into top Cats
  4. Semi-final report in Irish Independent
  5. Semi-final report in Irish Independent
  6. 2001 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times
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