2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2008
Championship details
Dates1 June — 14 September 2008
Teams7
All-Ireland champions
WinnersCork (22nd win)
CaptainCathriona Foley
ManagerDenise Cronin
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upGalway
CaptainSinéad Cahalan
ManagerLiam Donoghue
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The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2008 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a five-point margin in the final.[1][2] The championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008. The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals.

Group stages

Substitute Lourda Kavanagh’s late goal helped Galway to a surprise against Cork in the group stages by 1–9 to 0–8 at Páirc Ui Rinn. Cork went on to gain revenge when the same teams med again in the All-Ireland final, the second time a group result had been reversed in the final in the three years since the round-robin format was introduced into the championship in 2006.

Results

Group stage

The cross table below summarises the group stages, which were played from June 1 to August 3, 2008. Away results are italicised.

Team C G W T K D L Pts
Cork -02222210
Galway 2-210229
Wexford 00-22228
Tipperary 010-2227
Kilkenny 0200-226
Dublin 00000-22
Limerick 000000-0

Final stages

Cork3–14 – 0–10Tipperary
Wexford1–10 – 1–13Galway
Cork2–10 – 1–8Galway
Cork
Galway
CORK:
GK1Aoife Murray (Cloughduv)
RCB2Linda O'Connell (St Finbarr's)
FB3Cathriona Foley (Rockbán Archived 16 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine) (captain)
LCB4Joanne Callaghan (Cloughduv)
RWB5Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's)
CB6Mary O'Connor (Killeagh)
LWB7Sarah Hayes (Courcey Rovers)
MF8Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) 0-1
MF9Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) 0-1
RWF10Amanda Regan (Douglas) downward-facing red arrow 57'
CF11Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) downward-facing red arrow 47'
LWF12Emer O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig) 0-1
RCF13Sile Burns (Rockbán Archived 16 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine) (captain) 2-0
FF14Rachel Maloney (Courcey Rovers) 0-7
LCF15Elaine Riordan (Milford) downward-facing red arrow Half time'
Substitutes:
LCFEmer Farrell (Sarsfields) for O'Riordan upward-facing green arrow (half-time)'
CFRena Buckley (Inniscarra) for O'Donoghue upward-facing green arrow 47'
RWFLinda Dorgan (Inniscarra) for O'Regan upward-facing green arrow 57'
GALWAY:
GK1Susan Earner (Meelick Eyrecourt)
RCB2Sandra Tannian (St Thomas)
FB3Aibhe Kelly (Davitts)
LCB4Therese Manton (Mullagh)
RWB5Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor)
CB6Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh) (captain)
LWB7Niamh Kilkenny (Pearses)
MF8Aine Hillary (Pearses) 1-0
MF9Sarah Noone (Ahascragh-Caltra Archived 5 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine) downward-facing red arrow 48'
RWF10Molly Dunne (Meelick Eyrecourt) downward-facing red arrow Half time'
CF11Therese Maher (Athenry)
LWF12Veronica Curtin (Kinvara Archived 21 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine)
RCF13Orla Kilkenny (Pearses)
FF14Jessica Gill (Athenry)
LCF15Brenda Kerins (Ardrahan) downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutes:
RWFLourda Kavanagh (Davitts) for Dunne upward-facing green arrow (half-time)'
MFCatriona Cormican (Cappataggle for Noone upward-facing green arrow 48'
LCFDeirdre Burke (Meelick Eyrecourt) for Kerins upward-facing green arrow 58'

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. ↑ 2008 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Reaction in Irish Examiner
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