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 spring 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 had been 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 - 0 2 2 2 2 2 10
Galway 2 - 2 1 0 2 2 9
Wexford 0 0 - 2 2 2 2 8
Tipperary 0 1 0 - 2 2 2 7
Kilkenny 0 2 0 0 - 2 2 6
Dublin 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 2
Limerick 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0

Final stages

Cork3–14 – 0–10Tipperary
Wexford1–10 – 1–13Galway
Cork2–10 – 1–8Galway
Cork
Galway
CORK:
GK 1 Aoife Murray (Cloughduv)
RCB 2 Lynda O'Connell (St Finbarr's)
FB 3 Cathriona Foley (Rockbán) (captain)
LCB 4 Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv)
RWB 5 Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's)
CB 6 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh)
LWB 7 Sara Hayes (Courcey Rovers)
MF 8 Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) 0-1
MF 9 Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) 0-1
RWF 10 Amanda O'Regan (Douglas) downward-facing red arrow 57'
CF 11 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) downward-facing red arrow 47'
LWF 12 Eimear O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig) 0-1
RCF 13 Síle Burns (Rockbán) (captain) 2-0
FF 14 Rachel Moloney (Courcey Rovers) 0-7
LCF 15 Elaine O'Riordan (Milford) downward-facing red arrow Half time'
Substitutes:
LCF Emer O'Farrell (Sarsfields) for O'Riordan upward-facing green arrow (half-time)'
CF Rena Buckley (Inniscarra) for O'Donoghue upward-facing green arrow 47'
RWF Linda Dorgan (Inniscarra) for O'Regan upward-facing green arrow 57'
GALWAY:
GK 1 Susan Earner (Meelick Eyrecourt)
RCB 2 Sandra Tannian (St Thomas)
FB 3 Aibhe Kelly (Davitts)
LCB 4 Therese Manton (Mullagh)
RWB 5 Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor)
CB 6 Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh) (captain)
LWB 7 Niamh Kilkenny (Pearses)
MF 8 Aine Hillary (Pearses) 1-0
MF 9 Sarah Noone (Ahascragh-Caltra) downward-facing red arrow 48'
RWF 10 Molly Dunne (Meelick Eyrecourt) downward-facing red arrow Half time'
CF 11 Therese Maher (Athenry)
LWF 12 Veronica Curtin (Kinvara)
RCF 13 Orla Kilkenny (Pearses)
FF 14 Jessica Gill (Athenry)
LCF 15 Brenda Kerins (Ardrahan) downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutes:
RWF Lourda Kavanagh (Davitts) for Dunne upward-facing green arrow (half-time)'
MF Catriona Cormican (Cappataggle for Noone upward-facing green arrow 48'
LCF Deirdre 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
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present 		Succeeded by