All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1979

The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Buffers Alley from Wexford, who defeated Athenry from Galway in the final, played at Athenry .[1][2]

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1979
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winners
Winners Buffers Alley (Wexford) (1st title)
Captain Kathleen Tonks
Manager
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up Athenry (Gal)
Captain
Manager
Matches played

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Ballyagran and Portglenone winning the championships of the other two provinces. Fiona Cousins, Teresa Hobbs, Dorothy Walsh and Bridie Doran scored Alley’s goal as they dethroned the champions Ballyagran in the semi-final.

The Final

The final was played in miserable weather and underfoot conditions. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Buffers Alley were rewarded for their dedication and promotion of the games in the Monamolin-Kilmuckridge district of Wexford when they won the All Ireland club title for the first time at Athenry. They overcame the heavy pitch conditions much more effectively than the lighter local team. Their striking was longer, their combination better and this, allied to their determination, added up to a successful performance.

[3][4][5]

Final stages
Buffers Alley (Wx)4-2 – 0-1Ballyagran
Athenry (Gal)10-7 – 3-2Portglenone
Buffers Alley (Wx)2-6 – 1-2Athenry (Gal)
Buffers Alley
Buffers Alley
GK1Kathleen Tonks (captain)
FB2Margaret Leacy
RWB3Geraldine Duggan
CB4Deirdre Cousins
LWB5Martina Cousins
MF6Fiona Cousins
MF7Maggie Hearne
MF8Elsie Walsh
RWF9Caroline O'Leary
CF10Dorothy Walsh
LWF11Teresa Hobbs
FF12Bridie Doran
Athenry
GK1Breda Coady
FB2Noreen Treacy
RWB3Chris Silke
CB4Anne Duane
LWB5Anne Delaney
MF6Olive Coady
MF7Madge Hobbins
MF8Anne Poniard
RWF9M. Sweeney
CF10Una Jordan
LWF11Anne Morris
FF12Teresa Duane

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. All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, December 3, 1979
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, December 3, 1979
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, December 3, 1979
  6. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1979
  7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1979
  8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1979
  9. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1979
  10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1979
  11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1979
Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1978		 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present		 Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1980
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