1997 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championshipknown as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasonswas the high point of the 1997 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a four-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 10,212, then the second highest in the history of camogie.[1][2]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1997
Championship details
Dates3 June — 7 September 1997
All-Ireland champions
WinnersCork (18th win)
CaptainLinda Mellerick
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upGalway
CaptainMartina Harkin
ManagerTony Ward
1996
1998

Semi-finals

The 22-year-old Sharon Glynn scored 2-12 in the semi-final including a 56th-minute goal just as Kilkenny were clawing their way back into the game in the semi-final at Loughrea. Wexford were outplayed by Cork in the second semi-final at Páirc Uí Rínn.

Final

Angela Downey described the final as a slow-paced match and a poor game, but Cork deserved to win. Although Lynn Dunlea stretched Cork's lead to double scores, 0-14 to 1-4, almost 20 minutes into the second half the game had an unexpectedly exciting finish with Therese Maher being denied a match-saving goal by the Cork goalkeeper Cora Keohane. Pat Roche wrote in the Irish Times:

Weathering a storm of Galway onslaughts in the closing 10 minutes had been an achievement in itself. Avenging last year's defeat by Galway was sheer joy for the team - and for the supporters it was a delight to watch the skills of goalkeeper Cora Keohane, defenders Denise Cronin and Sandie Fitzgibbon, garnished by the delicate scoring touches of Lynn Dunlea, The timing of her scores in the second half was as crucial as the points themselves, as they staved off a threatened Galway storm. The best example of this came in the seventh minute of the second half after Denise Gilligan smashed home Galway's first goal, leaving only three points between the sides. Dunlea added a second to take the good out of that Galway goal and was on the mark again inside the last five minutes when the defiant Galway women got the deficit down to four points with a goal from substitute Veronica Curtin.

Galway manager Tony Ward said:

We threw it away in the first half. We have no excuses, we never played as well as we can."It's a double disappointment, I suppose, to lose two All-Irelands back to back. Still, I don't think anybody can say that there was too much between the teams out there. That extra bit of experience and luck probably saw them through, but we gave them a good match all the same.

Final stages

Galway4-14 – 2-11Kilkenny

Cork3-22 – 1-7Wexford

Cork0-15 – 2-5 [3]Galway
Cork
Galway
CORK:
GK1Cora Keohane (Barryroe)
FB2Eithne Duggan (Bishopstown)
RWB3Denise Cronin (Glen Rovers)
CB4Sandie Fitzgibbon (Glen Rovers)
LWB5Mags Finn (Fr O'Neill’s)
MF6Linda Mellerick (Glen Rovers) (Capt)
MF7Vivienne Harris (Bishopstown) (0-4)
MF8Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) (0-1)
RWF9Sinéad O'Callaghan (Ballinhassig)
CF10Fiona O'Driscoll (Fr O'Neill’s)
LWF11Irene O'Keeffe (2-0) (Inniscarra)
FF12Lynn Dunlea (Glen Rovers) (0-10)
Substitutes:
MFEileen Buckley (Aghabullogue GAA)  30'
GALWAY:
GK1Louise Curry (Pearses)
FB2Olive Costello (Sarsfields)
RWB3Olivia Broderick (Davitts)
CB4Tracey Laheen (Pearses)
LWB5Pamela Nevin (Mullagh)
MF6Gretta Maher (Athenry)
MF7Sharon Glynn (Pearses) (0-3)
MF8Dympna Maher (Athenry)
RWF9Martina Harkin (Pearses) (Capt)
CF10Imelda Hobbins (Mullagh)
LWF11Denise Gilligan (Craughwell) (1-0)
FF12Anne Forde (Pearses) (0-1).
Substitutes:
FFVeronica Curtin (Kinvara)  50'
FFTherese Maher (Athenry)  50'

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. 1997 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner and Irish Times
  3. 1997 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner and Irish Times
Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1996
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1998
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