The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2001 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who scored defeated their great rivals of the age Cork in a replayed semi-final and Kilkenny by a 16-point margin in the final. The attendance was a then record of 16,354.2001 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times 978-1-908591-00-5
Semi-finals Tipperary needed an injury time equaliser to draw with Cork in the semi-finals at Mullingar. Injury time goals by Eimear McDonnell and Noelle Kennedy gave Cork a somewhat flattering seven-point victory in the replay. Martina Maher scored both goals for Kilkenny against Galway for Kilkenny who qualified for their second final in three years with a relatively inexperienced team, Edel Maher and Aoife Neary were just 16 and goalkeeper Caitríona Ryan only made her championship debut that summer, when star of the team Sinead Millea returned from her world travels. Kilkenny were jointly managed by Brendan Williams and Ted Browne (Angela Downey's husband),
Final Tipperary took control of the final in a three-minute spell from the ninth to the 12th minute of the first half when first Claire Grogan and then Deirdre Hughes smashed home goals before Hughes scored again with a point. Kilkenny never recovered from this seven point barrage.
Supermom Dubbed “supermom” in the media, Kilkenny substitute Jillian Dillon-Maher gave birth seven weeks old before she helped Kilkenny dispatch Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. She then played in the All Ireland final two and a half months after giving birth. Irish Independent Sept 15 2001: Supermum aims to turn underdogs into top Cats
Final stages
TIPPERARY: GK 1 Jovita Delaney (Cashel)RCB 2 Paula Bulfin (Cashel) FB 3 Una O'Dwyer (Cashel)LCB 4 Claire Madden (Portroe)RWB 5 Sinéad Nealon (Burgess) CB 6 Ciara Gaynor (Burgess) (0-1)LWB 7 Therese Brophy (Burgess)MF 8 Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara) MF 9 Philly Fogarty (Cashel) (0-1) RWF 10 Emily Hayden (Cashel) (Capt) CF 11 Noelle Kennedy (Toomevara) (0-5) LWF 12 Joanne Ryan (Drom-Inch)RCF 13 Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) (1-2) FF 14 Deirdre Hughes (Toomevara) (2-2) LCF 15 Claire Grogan (Cashel) (1-2) Substitutes: LCF Gráinne Shanahan (Toomevara) for Grogan 0-1 MF Niamh Harkin (Cashel) for Fogarty RCB Sheena Howard (Cashel) for Bulfin KILKENNY: GK 1 Caitríona Ryan (Tullogher)RCB 2 Marie Maher (St Anne’s)FB 3 Sinéad Costelloe (St Lachtain's)LCB 4 Mairéad Costelloe (St Lachtain's) (Capt) RWB 5 Esther Kennedy (St Lachtain's)CB 6 Kelly Long (St Lachtain's)LWB 7 Edel Maher (St Anne’s) MF 8 Brigid Mullally (Glenmore) (0-1) MF 9 Lizzie Lyng (Rower-Inistioge) (0-1) RWF 10 Sinéad Millea (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) (1-2) CF 11 Martina Maher (St Martin’s)LWF 12 Imelda Kennedy (St Lachtain's) (0-1) RCF 13 Catherine Doherty (St Anne’s)FF 14 Aoife Neary (James Stephens)LCF 15 Marina Downey (Lisdowney) (0-1)Substitutes: LCF Jillian Dillon (St Lachtain's) for Edel Maher 0-1
References
External links Camogie Association All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour County and provincial websites: Antrim Armagh Clare Connacht Cork Derry Down Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Leinster Limerick London Louth Meath Munster Offaly Tipperary Ulster Waterford Wexford Wicklow Camogie on facebook Camogie on GAA Oral History Project