Gael Linn Cup 2004

Gael Linn Cup 2004
Tournament details
SponsorSchwarzkopf
Winners
ChampionsMunster (18th title)
Runners-up
Runners-upConnacht
Other
Matches played3

The 2004 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Munster, who defeated Connacht in the final, played at Silver Park Kilmacud.[1][2]

Arrangements

Connacht defeated Leinster in an exceptional quality semi-final by 3–11 to 3–10. Munster defeated Ulster 1–20 to 1–9. A goal from Tipperary's Deirdre Hughes helped Munster defeat Connacht by seven points in the final. Hughes scored the goal after she was fed by her county colleague Eimear McDonnell, helping Munster lead by 1–8 to 0–5 at half time. Cork' Mary O'Connor was selected as the player of the tournament helped by her tally of 0–3 in the final, while Deirdre Hughes, Eimear McDonnell and Ellen O'Brien were Munster's heroines as they defeated Connacht by 1–16 to 1–9.[3]

Final stages

Munster1–16 – 1–9Connacht

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Munster:
GK1Aoife Murray (Cork)
RCB2Joanne Callaghan (Cork)
FB3Una O'Dwyer (Tipperary)
LCB4Mairéad Kelly (Limerick)
RWB5Sinéad Nealon (Tipperary)
CB6Mary O'Connor (Cork)
LWB7Therese Brophy (Tipperary)
MF8Angie McDermott (Tipperary)
MF9Siobhán Ryan (captain) (Tipperary)
RWF10Jenny O'Leary (Cork)
CF11Emily Hayden (Tipperary)
LWF12Vera Sheehan (Limerick)
RCF13Eimear McDonnell (Tipperary)
FF14Deirdre Hughes (Tipperary)
LCF15Ellen O'Brien (Limerick)
Connacht:
GK1Sharon Finneran (Rocommon)
RCB2Martina Harkin (Galway)
FB3Sinéad Cahalan (Galway)
LCB4Lizzie Flynn (Galway)
RWB5Colette Glennon (Galway)
CB6Ailbhe Kelly (Galway)
LWB7Sinéad Keane (Galway)
MF8Caroline Kelly (Galway)
MF9Anne Hardiman (Galway)
RWF10Caroline Murray (Galway)
CF11Áine Hillary (Galway)
LWF12Ann Marie Hayes (Galway)
RCF13Orla Kilkenny (Galway)
FF14Lourda Kavanagh (Galway)
LCF15Emma Kilkelly (Galway)

Junior Final

Munster4–16 – 1–4Leinster

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Munster:
GK1Ellen Clifford (Cork)
RCB2Joan Scanlon (Clare)
FB3Helen Breen (Tipperary)
LCB4Caitríona Foley (Cork)
RWB5Méadhbh Corcoran (Tipperary)
CB6Amanda O'Regan (Cork)
LWB7Kate Marie Hearn (Waterford)
MF8Elaine O'Riordan (Cork)
MF9Julia Kirwan (Tipperary)
RWF10Áine Lyng (Waterford)
CF11Anna Geary (Cork)
LWF12Deirdre Murphy (Clare)
RCF13Catherine O'Loughlin (Clare)
FF14Miriam Deasy (Cork)
LCF15Mary Coleman (Cork)
Leinster:
GK1Emer Butler (captain) (Dublin)
RCB2Sylvia Hanks (Dublin)
FB3Aishling Moran (Wexford)
LCB4Jenny Codd(Wexford)
RWB5Eileen Hanrick (Wexford)
CB6Louise Conlon(Kildare)
LWB7Anna Campion (Laois)
MF8Therese Keenan (Laois)
MF9Orla Bambury (Kildare)
RWF10Gretta Heffernan (Wexford)
CF11Brenie Kennedy(Kildare)
LWF12Una Leacy (Wexford)
RCF13Jeanette Feighery (Offaly)
FF14Susie O'Carroll (Kildare)
LCF15Evelyn Quigley (Wexford).

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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. ↑ Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. ↑ 2004 Munster 1–16 Connacht 1–9 report in Hogan Stand Irish Times and Irish Independent

    Gael Linn Trophy

    Prolific scoring from Clare's Catherine O'Loughlin, Waterford's Áine Lyng, Cork's Anna Geary, Clare's Deirde Murphy and Cork's Mary Colman helped Munster defeat Ulster 6–17 to 1–8 and Leinster 4–16 to 1–4 to retain the Gael-Linn Trophy.
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