2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2008 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a five-point margin in the final.[1][2] The championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008. The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals.

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2008
Championship details
Dates1 June — 14 September 2008
Teams7
All-Ireland champions
WinnersCork (22nd win)
CaptainCathriona Foley
ManagerDenise Cronin
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upGalway
CaptainSinéad Cahalan
ManagerLiam Donoghue
← 2007
2009 →

Group Stages

Substitute Lourda Kavanagh’s late goal helped Galway spring a surprise against Cork in the group stages by 1-9 to 0-8 at Páirc Ui Rinn. Cork went on to gain revenge when the same teams med again in the All-Ireland final, the second time a group result had been reversed in the final in the three years since the round-robin format had been introduced into the championship in 2006.

Results

Group stage

The cross table below summarises the group stages, which were played from June 1 to August 3, 2008. Away results are italicised.

Team C G W T K D L Pts
Cork -02222210
Galway 2-210229
Wexford 00-22228
Tipperary 010-2227
Kilkenny 0200-226
Dublin 00000-22
Limerick 000000-0

Final stages
Cork3–14 – 0–10Tipperary
Wexford1–10 – 1–13Galway
Cork2–10 – 1–8Galway
Cork
Galway
CORK:
GK1Aoife Murray (Cloughduv)
RCB2Lynda O'Connell (St Finbarr's)
FB3Cathriona Foley (Rockbán) (captain)
LCB4Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv)
RWB5Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's)
CB6Mary O'Connor (Killeagh)
LWB7Sara Hayes (Courcey Rovers)
MF8Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) 0-1
MF9Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) 0-1
RWF10Amanda O'Regan (Douglas)  57'
CF11Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv)  47'
LWF12Eimear O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig) 0-1
RCF13Síle Burns (Rockbán) (captain) 2-0
FF14Rachel Moloney (Courcey Rovers) 0-7
LCF15Elaine O'Riordan (Milford)  Half time'
Substitutes:
LCFEmer O'Farrell (Sarsfields) for O'Riordan  (half-time)'
CFRena Buckley (Inniscarra) for O'Donoghue  47'
RWFLinda Dorgan (Inniscarra) for O'Regan  57'
GALWAY:
GK1Susan Earner (Meelick Eyrecourt)
RCB2Sandra Tannian (St Thomas)
FB3Aibhe Kelly (Davitts)
LCB4Therese Manton (Mullagh)
RWB5Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor)
CB6Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh) (captain)
LWB7Niamh Kilkenny (Pearses)
MF8Aine Hillary (Pearses) 1-0
MF9Sarah Noone (Ahascragh-Caltra)  48'
RWF10Molly Dunne (Meelick Eyrecourt)  Half time'
CF11Therese Maher (Athenry)
LWF12Veronica Curtin (Kinvara)
RCF13Orla Kilkenny (Pearses)
FF14Jessica Gill (Athenry)
LCF15Brenda Kerins (Ardrahan)  58'
Substitutes:
RWFLourda Kavanagh (Davitts) for Dunne  (half-time)'
MFCatriona Cormican (Cappataggle for Noone  48'
LCFDeirdre Burke (Meelick Eyrecourt) for Kerins  58'
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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. 2008 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Reaction in Irish Examiner
Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2007		 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present		 Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009
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