The 2005 National Camogie League is a competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Galway, who defeated Cork in the final, played at Thurles. 978-1-908591-00-5National Camogie League on Camogie.ie
Background Galway were without Lourda Kavanagh and Áine Hilary due to injury, and their victory was more remarkable for the fact they failed to win a single league match in 2004, but under the new management team of Sharon Glynn, former U21 hurler Damian Coleman and former All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner P. J. Molloy.
Final Galway's match-turning goal came two minutes into injury-time of the first half when Breda Kerins found the waiting Veronica Curtin who scored to put Galway 1–4 to 0–3 ahead. Report of final in Evening Echo, May 30, 2005Report of final in Irish Independent, May 30, 2005Report of final in Irish Times, May 30, 2005Report of final in the Irish Examiner, May 30, 2005.Report of final in the Irish News, May 30, 2005. Galway started nervously and had to wait 23 minutes before their opening score, a point from full-forward Veronica Curtin who was to marry to selector Damian Coleman. After Eimear Dillon and Curtin exchanged points early in the second half, Cork closed the gap with two Jennifer O'Leary frees, the second which came 12 minutes into the half was Cork's last score of the day. Galway too failed to score again until the 20th minute when Veronica Curtin sent over her fifth point.
Goalkeeper misses penalty Galway had a chance to wrap it up with seven minutes to go when they were awarded a penalty. Goalkeeper Stephanie Gannon, the 2004 young player of the year, ran the length of the pitch to take the penalty, but it was saved on the line.
Aftermath Galway manager, the former hurler Damian Coleman, said: "We came determined to compete and win. Those girls did everything that was asked of them, I am so proud of them.
Division 2 The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Cork intermediates who defeated Galway intermediates in the final.
Final stages
Galway: GK 1 Stephanie Gannon (Athenry)RCB 2 Regina Glynn (Athenry)FB 3 Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh)LCB 4 Nicole Gavin (Ahascragh-Caltra)RWB 5 Lorraine Lally (Pearses)CB 6 Therése Maher (Athenry) (captain)LWB 7 Aibhe Kelly (Davitts)MF 8 Shauna Murphy (Loughrea)MF 9 Colette GlennonRWF 10 Aoife Lynskey (Ardrahan)CF 11 Brenda Hanney (Killimor)LWF 12 Orla Kilkenny (Pearses)RCF 13 Breda Kerins (Ardrahan )FF 14 Veronica Curtin (Kinvara )LCF 15 Emma Kilkelly (Kinvara )Substitutes: RWF Katherine Glynn (Athenry) for Glennon MF Aislinn Connolly (Castlegar) for Hanney LCF Jessica Gill (Athenry) for Lynskey LCF Fiona Healy (Mullagh) for Shauna Murphy Cork: GK 1 Aoife Murray (Cloughduv)RCB 2 Jennifer BrowneFB 3 Stephanie Delea (Cloughduv)LCB 4 Joanne Callaghan (Cloughduv) RWB 5 Amanda Regan (Douglas)CB 6 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh)LWB 7 Nora Ahern (Fr O'Neill's)MF 8 Rachel Maloney (Courcey Rovers)MF 9 Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) RWF 10 Angela Walsh (Killeagh)CF 11 Eimear Dillon (Ballygarvan) 0–2LWF 12 Jennifer O'Leary (Barryroe) 1–3RCF 13 Colette Desmond (Newcestown) FF 14 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) 0–1LCF 15 Ciara Healy Substitutes: MF Vivienne Harris (Bishopstown) for Corkery RCF Elaine Burke (Valley Rovers) for Desmond LCB Rosarie Holland (Barryroe) for O’Callaghan LCF Paula O'Connor (Newtownshandrum) for Healy
References
External links Camogie Association