All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1971
Winners
ChampionsAustin Stacks (Dublin) (1st title)
CaptainMary Ryan
Runners-up
Runners-upThurles (Tip)

The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was by Austin Stacks from Dublin, who defeated Thurles from Tipperary in the final, played at Croke Park.[1][2]

Arrangements

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

The Final

Pauline Brennan and Anne Sheehy got two goals each and Rita Halpin a fifth in Austin Stacks 12-point victory in the final. Stacks led 3-2 to 1-1 at half-time.[3][4][5]

Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

The winners were a better trained side, showing a finer understanding and better teamwork, though the Tipperary girls had some fine strikers, but they were anxious to lift the ball even when a ground strike would have been m ore effective. The Tipperary girls had their best period just after the interval and it looked as if they were getting on top when they goaled to cut the margin to four points, but Austin Stacks recovered and, lasting better, they dominated the closing stages to win comfortably.

Provincial stages

Ballinasloe (Galway)btBreaffy (Mayo)

Austin Stacks (Dublin)4-2 – 4-1St Paul’s (Kilkenny)
Naas[6]

Thurles (Tipperary)2-5 – 0-1South Presentation (Cork)
Thurles[7]

Portglenone (Antrim)btClanna Gael (Armagh)
Lurgan

Final stages

Austin Stacks (Dublin)5-2 – 1-0Portglenone (Antrim)

Thurles (Tipperary)1-3 – 1-1Ballinasloe (Galway)

Austin Stacks (Dublin)5-4 – 2-1Thurles (Tipperary)
Austin Stacks (Du):
GK1Sheila Murray
FB2Mary Ryan (captain)
RWB3Bríd Keenan
CB4Vera Sullivan
LWB5Fiona Murray
MF6Sheila McEvoy
MF7Lucy McEvoy
MF8Orla Ní Síocháin
RWF9Pauline Brennan
CF10Anne Sheehy
LWF11Rita Halpin
FF12Dympna Caldwell
Thurles (Tip)
GK1Sally Long
FB2Mary Graham
RWB3Margaret Murphy
CB4Bernie O'Dowd (captain)
LWB5Alice Perry
MF6Beatrice Lawrence
MF7Ann Ralph
MF8Kit Boland
RWF9Marion Moynihan
CF10Kay Bermingham
LWF11Margo Loughnane
FF12Marion Troy

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, March 19, 1972 competition of 1971
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, March 19, 1972 competition of 1971
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, March 19, 1972 competition of 1971
  6. Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, January 17; Page 13
  7. Irish Examiner 1841-current, Monday, November 29, 1971; Page: 14
  8. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1971
  9. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1971
  10. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1971
  11. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1971
  12. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1971
  13. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1971
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