BY THE TIME Sinéad Millea came into the Kilkenny senior camogie panel, the county was coming to the end of one of the longest winning runs in the history of the sport. Sinéad Millea in action for Kilkenny in the 1999 All-Ireland final. Source: Donna McBride/INPHO It was 1991, and the Cats were six-in-a-row All-Ireland […]
Kerry 0-11 Limerick 0-8 BIRTHDAY GIRL PATRICE Diggin scored five points and won player of the match honours, while Sara Murphy backed up a powerful defensive effort with a massive score of her own as Kerry, a county with only one adult club, secured a historic Liberty Insurance All-Ireland junior camogie championship title at Croke Park. […]
Westmeath 1-11 Galway 1-9 AN INCREDIBLE SECOND-HALF comeback which epitomises their meteoric rise through the ranks, Westmeath were crowned All-Ireland intermediate champions at Croke Park this afternoon just two years after winning their first-ever camogie title. Premier Junior champions in 2017, Johnny Greville’s side now progress to the senior ranks after a two-point win over […]
Galway 3-14 Kilkenny 0-17 Player of the Match Niamh Kilkenny was immense for Galway. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO A FIRST ALL-IRELAND title since 2013 for Galway, and a third consecutive September decider defeat at Croke Park for Kilkenny as the Tribeswomen lifted the O’Duffy Cup in front of a record-breaking crowd of 24,730. As the old […]
– Emma Duffy reports from Croke Park IT MUST BE pretty difficult to sum up the feeling of winning an All-Ireland title. Victorious Galway manager Cathal Murray. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO After his side produced an incredible display to get their hands on the O’Duffy Cup for the first time since 2013, Cathal Murray, like many […]
– Emma Duffy reports from Croke Park ‘DÉJA VU,’ KILKENNY boss Ann Downey says after another crushing All-Ireland senior camogie final defeat, settling into her seat to face the media. They’ve reached six deciders in this decade, and lost five of them. Since Downey took the reins in 2016 and steered them to All-Ireland glory […]
GALWAY TOOK THE main senior prize on offer but it was also a momentous occasion on All-Ireland camogie final day for both Westmeath and Kerry yesterday. Westmeath claimed a 1-11 to 1-9 victory in the intermediate decider against Galway, who were fielding their second side, to cap a remarkable rise for the county. They will […]
A DREAM COME true on the biggest stage. Ailish O’Reilly celebrates with her grandmother, Mary O’Reilly. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The outpour of emotion as the final whistle sounded at Croke Park said it all. After falling at the short so many times over the past few years, Galway finally reached the Holy Grail with a […]
2016 ALL-IRELAND WINNING boss Ann Downey has stepped down from her role as Kilkenny camogie manager following yesterday’s decider defeat to Galway. The Leinster county have confirmed that Downey made the announcement to her team in the Croke Park dressing room yesterday, and followed that up with a few words to everyone at the post-match […]
THERE WERE SMILES all round as the victorious Galway senior camogie squad brought the O’Duffy Cup to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin earlier today. The Tribeswomen produced an incredible display to edge out Kilkenny in Sunday’s thrilling decider, and secure their first senior All-Ireland crown since 2013. Galway hit three first-half goals to send […]