The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was won by Cork, beating Dublin by a two-point margin in the final. 978-1-908591-00-5Report of final in Irish Press, September 26, 1983Report of final in Irish Independent, September 26, 1983Report of final in Irish Times, September 26, 1983Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 26, 1983Report of final in Irish News, September 26, 1983
Arrangement A record eleven counties participated in the championship, the highest number since the separation of senior and junior championships in 1968. Antrim withdrew from the championship and gave a walkover to Cork in their tie scheduled for June 19. Tipperary surprised fancied Galway in the quarter-final.
Final Claire Kelleher scored the clinching goal for Cork five minutes from the end, carrying the ball round the hitherto impenetrable Dublin defence without having the ball tapped off her stick. That score left two points between the sides and although Dublin used all their resources they could not break down the resolute Cork defence. Cork shot a surfeit of wides in the first half and did not get their first score until the 12th minute, when Dublin were three points up. Val Fitzpatrick then hit a cracking shot which Yvonne Redmond could not hold to make it 1–1 to 0-3 and Mary Geaney went on to give Cork the lead for the first time.Report of final in Irish Press, September 26, 1983Report of final in Irish Independent, September 26, 1983Report of final in Irish Times, September 26, 1983Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 26, 1983Report of final in Irish News, September 26, 1983
Final stages
CORK: GK 1 Marian McCarthy (Éire Óg)FB 2 Ellen Dineen (Éire Óg)RWB 3 Miriam Higgins (Éire Óg)CB 4 Cathy Landers (Killeagh) (Capt)LWB 5 Martha KearneyMF 6 Clare Cronin (Old Als)MF 7 Marion Sweeney MF 8 Sandie Fitzgibbon (Glen Rovers)RWF 9 Mary O'Leary (Watergrasshill) (0-4)CF 10 Val Fitzpatrick (Glen Rovers) (1-0)LWF 11 Claire Kelleher (1-0)FF 12 Mary Geaney (Éire Óg) (0-1)Substitutes: MF Ger McCarthy (Glen Rovers) for Sweeney DUBLIN: GK 1 Yvonne Redmond (Cúchulainn Crumlin)FB 2 Anna O'Brien (Cúchulainn Crumlin)RWB 3 Catherine Ledwidge (Phoenix)CB 4 Brenie Toner (Cuala Naomh Mhuire)LWB 5 Germaine Noonan (UCD)MF 6 Una Crowley (Celtic) (Capt) MF 7 Edel Murphy (UCD) (0-4)MF 8 Barbara Redmond (Cúchulainn Crumlin)RWF 9 Anne Condon (Austin Stacks)CF 10 Mary Mernagh (Cuala Naomh Mhuire) (1-0)LWF 11 Marian Conroy (Austin Stacks) (Capt) (0-2)FF 12 Joanne Gormley (UCD)Substitutes:LWF Anna Thorpe (An Caisleán Walkinstown) for Crowley RWF Anna Colgan (Celtic) for Thorpe MATCH RULES 50 minutes Replay if scores level Maximum of 3 substitutions
See also All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Wikipedia List of Camogie players National Camogie League Camogie All Stars Awards Ashbourne Cup
References
External links Official Camogie website History of Camogie senior championship slideshow. presented by Cumann Camógaíochta Communications Committee at GAA Museum January 25, 2010 part one, part two, part three and part four Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals Camogie on official GAA website Timeline: History of Camogie Camogie on GAA Oral History Project Camogie Websites for Antrim and Dublin