All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship

All Ireland Junior Camogie Championship
Irish	Craobh Soisir na hÉireann
Founded	1968
Trophy	Kay Mills Cup (formerly New Ireland Cup)
Title holders	Offaly (1st title)
First winner	Down
Most titles	Cork (7 titles)

The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is the most important competition for second-rank and third-rank counties in the women’s field sport of camogie. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term junior applies to the level of competition rather than the age group.

History

The competition was established in 1969 for the New Ireland Cup. The name was changed to the Kay Mills Cup in honour of former player Kathleen Mills in 2010. The semi-finals for the 2010 championship resulted Antrim 3-10 Down 3-9 and Waterford 2-14 Meath 1-9.

In 2006 the second teams of the first-rank camogie counties were removed from the competition. Since 2010 the competition has been officially, though not popularly, known as the Premier Junior Ireland championship.

The series of games, organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland, are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Junior Camogie Final being played alongside the Senior Final on the second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. The current champions are Offaly, who beat Waterford in the All-Ireland final on September 13, 2009.

Kay Mills Cup Camogie Finals

Year	Date	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Captain	Referee
1968	Sept 15	Down	2-3	Cork	1-1	Croke Pk		Phyllis Breslin (Dublin)
1969	Sept 21	Derry	4-2	Cork	2-4	Croke Pk		Anne Ashton (Dublin)
1970	Sept 20	Dublin	4-2	Armagh	3-3	Croke Pk		Vera Mannion (Mayo)
1971	Sept 19	Dublin	2-2	Cork	1-2	Croke Pk	Patricia Morrissey	Nancy Murray (Antrim
1972	Sept 17	Galway	3-6	Wexford	2-1	Croke Pk		Lil O'Grady (Cork)
1973	Sept 16	Cork	4-4	Galway	1-4	Croke Pk	Nancy O’Driscoll	Teresa Byrne (Wicklow)
1974	Sept 15	Clare	3-2	Dublin	3-0	Croke Pk	Margaret O’Toole	Mary Lynch (Monaghan)
1975	Sept 21	Dublin	5-0	Down	0-3	Croke Pk	B Kennedy	Eithne Neville (Limerick)
1976	Sept 19	Down	3-4	Wexford	3-3	Croke Pk		Phyllis Breslin (Dublin)
1977	Sept 18	Limerick	2-7	Wexford	3-1	Croke Pk	Carrie Clancy	Miriam Higgins (Cork)
1978	Sept 17	Derry	3-4	Cork	1-4	Croke Pk		Phyllis Breslin (Dublin)
1979	Sept 9	Galway	4-3	Cork	3-2	Croke Pk		Carrie Clancy (Limerick)
1980	Sept 14	Cork	4-4	Tyrone	1-4	Croke Pk		Kathleen Quinn (Galway)
1981	Sept 13	Clare	3-2	Antrim	0-7	Croke Pk	Claire Jones	Belle O'Loughlin (Down)
1982	Sept 26	Louth	1-7	Cork	1-6	Croke Pk		Kathleen Quinn (Galway)
1983	Sept 25	Cork	2-5	Dublin	1-3	Croke Pk		Bríd Stokes (Limerick)
1984	Sept 9	Cork	5-8	Cavan	2-2	Croke Pk		Rita Whyte (Dublin)
1985	Sept 15	Galway	8-7	Armagh	3-7	Croke Pk		Síle Wallace (Dublin)
1986	Sept 14	Clare	1-13	Kildare	3-4	Croke Pk	Maura McNicholas	Rose Ryan (Dublin)
1987	Sept 27	Kildare	2-10	Armagh	0-7	Croke Pk		Kitty McNicholas (Clare)
1988	Sept 25	Galway	3-4	Limerick	1-5	Croke Pk		Rose Merriman (Kildare)
1989	Sept 24	Kildare	3-11	Galway	1-3	Croke Pk		Áine Derham (Dublin)
1990	Sept 23	Kildare	2-14	Tipperary	3-7	Croke Pk		Miriam O'Callaghan (O'y)
1991	Sept 22	Down	3-13	Tipperary	2-14	Croke Pk		Mary Connor (Louth)
1992	Sept 27	Tipperary	6-13	Galway	2-7	Croke Pk		Maria Pollard (Waterford)
1993	Sept 26	Armagh	3-9	Galway	3-9	Croke Pk		Biddy Phillips (Tipperary)
Replay	Oct 10	Armagh	2-10	Galway	0-6	Croke Pk		Biddy Phillips (Tipperary)
1994	Sept 25	Galway	2-10	Limerick	1-11	Croke Pk		Catherine McAllister (A'm)
1995	Sept 24	Limerick	6-5	Roscommon	2-7	Croke Pk		Maria Pollard (Waterford)
1996	Sept 22	Cork	4-8	Roscommon	2-7	Croke Pk		Fiona McKenna (Antrim
1997	Sept 7	Antrim	7-11	Cork	2-10	Croke Pk		Mary Connor (Louth)
1998	Sept 6	Galway'	3-11	Tipperary	2-10	Croke Pk	Ann Dolan	Catherine McAllister (A'm)
1999	Sept 5	Cork	1-13	Derry	2-9	Croke Pk		John Morrissey (Tip)
2000	Sept 3	Derry	3-15	Cork	1-13	Croke Pk		John Pender (Kildare)
2001	Sept 16	Tipperary	4-16	Offaly	1-7	Croke Pk		Aoife Woods (Armagh)
2002	Sept 15	Kilkenny	2-11	Tipperary	2-8	Croke Pk		Úna Kearney (Armagh)
2003	Sept 21	Galway	1-12	Clare	2-5	Croke Pk		Eamonn Browne (Tip)
2004	Sept 19	Cork	4-5	Down	2-4	Croke Pk		Aileen Lawlor (Wh)
2005	Sept 18	Dublin	1-7	Clare	1-7	Croke Pk		Úna Kearney (Armagh)
Replay	Oct 8	Dublin	2-9	Clare	1-4	Birr		Úna Kearney (Armagh)
2006	Aug 19	Dublin	0-12	Derry	1-7	Tullamore		Cathal Egan (Cork)
2007	Sept 9	Derry	3-12	Clare	2-14	Croke Pk		Cathal Egan (Cork)
2008	Sept 14	Clare	2-8	Offaly	1-10	Croke Pk		Úna Kearney (Armagh)
2009	Sept 13	Offaly	3-14	Waterford	2-8	Croke Pk	Marian Crean	Pat Walsh (Armagh)

Highlights

• Down’s victory in the inaugural junior championship in 1968. The team was N McKenna, P McGrady, R McCann, E Coulter, N Sands, R Walsh, M Caldwell, B Sands, C Reid, P Crangle, AM Kelly, E Turley.
• Wexford‘s victory in the 1968 Leinster Junior championship and Smyco Cup before losing to Down in the All Ireland semi-final - the Smyco Cup in Leinster preceded the provincial and Leinster junior championships,
• Derry’s victory in the 1969 championship with two goals from J McTeake and further goals from M McTeake and E McGuirk.
• Roscommon’s breakthrough in 1970, beating Mayo in the Connacht final and then hosting the All Ireland semi-final against Dublin at Athleague.
• Cork’s 1973 victory after losing three finals in the previous three years, Midge Poniard scoring a point that rebounded from a thirty she had taken herself.
• Clare’s breakthrough victory in 1974, coming from behind in the final minutes, on a day the referee blew the final whistle five minutes short, the goals from M Davern, M Dolan and M Griffin.
• Down’s one point win in 1976, thanks to a great performance and a controversial point by Marion McGarvey, sent over the top crossbar but allowed by the referee.
• Limerick’s breakthrough win in 1977, on a day Eileen Kehoe scored all of Wexford’s 3-1
• Derry’s win in 1978 with two goals from dual player, hockey international Caroline McWilliams and another from Kathleen Marrion from Greenlough.
• Louth’s breakthrough victory in 1982, with the winning score from Noreen Maguire, a goal from Mary O'Connor, Ann Currid and Kitty Sharkey.
• Deirdre Costelloe’s four goals for Galway in the 1985 final
• Catherine O'Loughlin’s emergence as key player for Clare in the 1986 final.
• Kildare’s breakthrough victory in 1987, Miriam Malone scoring 1-6 and a second goal coming from Marianne Johnson.
• Galway’s 1988 victory with dominant performances from Imelda Hobbins, who scored 2-3, and Ann Coleman who score 1-3
• Kildare’s 1990 victory, holding of a great Tipperary rally, key players were Maria Malone who scored 1-5 before Tipperary replied, and Melanie Treacy at full-back.
• Limerick’s victory in 1995 with three goals from the diminutive Kay Burke, preventing a breakthrough victory by Roscommon by one point.
• Cork’s 1996 win over Roscommon with three goals by Mary Kennefick.
• Galway’s 1998 victory over Tipperary by four points, with Lourda Kavanagh scoring 1-9.
• Cork’s one point win over Derry in a 1999 thriller, Shauna McCaul having hit the woodwork for Derry and goalkeeper Geraldine Casey saved twice from Cork full forward Mary O’Kane.
• Derry’s victory in 2000 with eleven points from Paula McAtamney and goalkeeper Aileen Crilly denied Amanda O'Regan several goal chances.
• The 2002 final in which Kilkenny’s Aoife Neary burst on the scene with 1-8
• Catherine O'Loughlin’s stunning last-second goal in 2003 to earn a draw for Clare, who had trailed by four points going into injury time.
• Niamh Taylor’s injury time pressure-point from a free in 2006 to earn a draw for Dublin.
• Aisling Diamond’s goal after seven and a half minutes of injury time to give Derry a one-point victory over Offaly in 2007, after the sides were level seven times.

Nancy Murray Cup

The Junior A championship was introduced under new competition structures in 2006. The trophy is named for Nancy Murray who was President of the Camogie Association 1973-75. A member of the Deridre club in Belfast, she won three All-Ireland senior medals with Antrim, coached her county to All-Ireland success in 1956 and 1967 and refereed four All-Ireland senior finals. The 2010 Nancy Murray Cup semi-finals resulted Armagh 4-6 Westmeath 1-9 and Kildare 3-14 London 0-10.

• 2006 Armagh 0-7 Laois 0-1
• 2007 Laois 1-15 Meath 1-9
• 2008 Meath 0-10 Roscommon 1-6
• 2009 Roscommon 2-8 Armagh 3-5
• Replay Roscommon 1-7 Armagh 0-7
• Armagh v Kildare

Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup

The Junior B championship was introduced under new competition structures in 2006. The trophy is named for Máire Ní Chinnéide, first president of the Camogie Association and one of the founders of the game in the Craobh a’ Chéitinnigh branch of Conradh na Gaelige.

• 2006 Westmeath 3-5 Monaghan 1-4
• 2007 Carlow 0-10 Monaghan 1-3
• 2008 Tyrone 4-11 Wicklow 1-3
• 2009 Cavan 0-5 Wicklow 0-4
• 2010 Monaghan 1-7 Cavan 1-7
• Replay Monaghan 0-12 Cavan 1-8

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
• Wikipedia List of Camogie players
• National Camogie League
• Camogie All Stars Awards
• Ashbourne Cup

External links

• Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael
• Official camogie magazine On The Ball issue 1 and issue 2
• Fixtures 2010.xls 2010 Fixture list download
• History of Camogie slideshow. presented by Cumann Camógaíochta Communications Committee at GAA Museum January 25, 2010 part one, part two, part three and part four
• Camogie on official GAA website
• Timeline: History of Camogie
• Camogie on facebook
• Video Highlghts of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final on YouTube
• Video highlights of 2009 All Ireland junior final on YouTube
• Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
• County and provincial websites: Antrim Armagh Clare Connacht Cork Derry Down Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Leinster Limerick London Louth Meath Munster North America Offaly Tipperary Ulster Waterford Wexford Wicklow
• Camogie on GAA Oral History Project