All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1989

The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won for the third year in succession and the record eighth time in all by St Paul’s from Kilkenny, who defeated Mullagh from Galway in the final, played at Nowlan Park.[1][2] It was the first club championship final to be played under the new rules fixing the duration of matches at 60 minutes.

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1989
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winners
Winners St Paul’s (Kilkenny) (8th title)
Captain Ann Downey
Manager
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up Mullagh (Galway)
Captain
Manager
Matches played

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Swatragh and Sixmilebridge winning the championships of the other two provinces.

The Final

Mullagh had won Féile na nGael titles in 1985 and 1986 and were first time Galway champions. Despite scoring 4-2 they were heavily defeated by 14 points in the final.[3][4][5]

Final stages
St Paul’s (Kk5-6 – 1-11Swatragh
Mullagh (Galway)2-6 – 3-2Sixmilebridge
St Paul’s (Kk6-10 – 4-2Mullagh (Galway)
St Paul’s (Kk:
GK1Maria Lawlor
FB2Catherine Holmes
RWB3Helen Holmes
CB4Bridie McGarry
LWB5Catherine Neary
MF6Clare Jones
MF7Ann Downey
MF8Geraldine Ryan
RWF9Breda Ryan
CF10Breda Holmes
LWF11Angela Downey
FF12Noelle O'Driscoll
Mullagh (Galway):
GK1Kathleen Coen
FB2Eilis Kilkenny
RWB3Mary Dolphin
CB4Brigid Fahy
LWB5Madge Kennedy
MF6Cora Curley
MF7Triona Dolphin
MF8Emer Hardiman
RWF9Aideen Murphy
CF10Alice Murphy
LWF11Imelda Hobbins
FF12Noelle O'Driscoll

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 6, 1989
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, November 6, 1989
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, November 6, 1989
  6. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1989
  7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1989
  8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1989
  9. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1989
  10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1989
  11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1989
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