All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1981

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1981
Winners
ChampionsBuffers Alley (Wexford) (2nd title)
CaptainAnn Butler
Runners-up
Runners-upKilleagh (Cork

The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Buffers Alley from Wexford, who defeated Killeagh from Cork in the final, played at Gaultier .[1][2] It was the first leg of a record four in a row won by the club.

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Oranmore and Kilkeel winning the championships of the other two provinces. Margaret Leacy who had missed the previous season returned to the Buffers Alley team and her presence was a factor in their reversing the result in the 1980 final.

The Final

Buffers Alley went five points up in the first ten minutes of the final and won by five.[3][4][5]

Final stages

Buffers Alley (Wx)6-12 – 2-4Oranmore

Killeagh (Cork)4-6 – 0-3Kilkeel

Buffers Alley (Wx)2-6 – 1-4Killeagh (Cork)
Buffers Alley (Wx):
GK 1 Terri Butler
FB 2 Ann Butler (captain)
RWB 3 Geraldine Duggan
CB 4 Margaret Leacy
LWB 5 Deirdre Cousins
MF 6 Fiona Cousins
MF 7 Stellah Sinnott
MF 8 Elsie Walsh
RWF 9 Gertrude O'Leary
CF 10 Caroline O'Leary
LWF 11 Dorothy Walsh
FF 12 Bridie Doran
Killeagh (Cork):
GK 1 Patricia Fitzgibbon
FB 2 Marie O'Donovan
RWB 3 Mary Spillane
CB 4 Cathy Landers
LWB 5 Barbara Kirby
MF 6 Pat Lenihan
MF 7 Ann Marie Landers
MF 8 Fidelma O'Connor
RWF 9 Patsy Keniry
CF 10 Marion Sweeney
LWF 11 Betty Joyce
FF 12 Bridie Doran

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. ^ All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie
  3. ^ Report of final in Irish Press, November 9, 1981
  4. ^ Report of final in Irish Independent, November 9, 1981
  5. ^ Report of final in Irish Times, November 9, 1981
  6. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1981
  7. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1981
  8. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1981
  9. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1981
  10. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1981
  11. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1981
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present
Succeeded by