1948 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1948
Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Dublin (8th title)
Captain	Sophie Brack
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Down
	Peg Dooey
Manager
Matches played

The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1948 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Down by a 23-point margin in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] It marked the return of Dublin to the roll of honour after an eight-year hiatus when it was separated from the rest of the camogie playing community, as the CIÉ club, which could call on the two greatest players of the era Kathleen Cody and Kathleen Mills, chose to affiliate to Central Council and their one-club selection won the All-Ireland championship.

Structure

Reigning champions Antrim were favourites to meet Dublin in the All Ireland final. Instead Down shocked Derry 4-5 to 1-0 at Kilclief.

Final

The All-Ireland final between Dublin and Down was played on a Saturday for the first time.

Final stages

Down v Galway

Oct 3
Semi-Final

Down	1-4 – 1-1	Galway

Roscrea

Dublin v Tipperary

Oct 10
Semi-Final

Dublin	1-5 – 1-1	Tipperary

Roscrea

Dublin v Down

October 23
Home Final

Dublin	11-4 – 4-2	Down

Croke Park

Dublin v London

October 23
Final Proper

Dublin	9-3 – 2-2	London

Croke Park

Dublin

Down


DUBLIN:
GK	1	Rita Manifold (CIÉ)
FB	2	Mamie O’Meara (CIÉ)
RWB	3	Catherine Bowler (CIÉ)
CB	4	May Fitzpatrick (CIÉ)
LWB	5	Carmel Nulty (CIÉ)
MF	6	Jean Hannon (CIÉ) (0-1)
MF	7	Kathleen Cody (CIÉ) (3-1)
MF	8	Kathleen Mills (CIÉ) (0-1)
RWF	9	Brenda Neville (CIÉ) (2-0)
CF	10	Joan Cosgrave (CIÉ) (3-0)
LWF	11	May Neville (CIÉ)
FF	12	Sophie Brack (CIÉ) (3-1)


DOWN:
GK	1	Bernie Kelly
FB	2	Anna Kerr
RWB	3	Rosaleen Denvir
CB	4	Peg Dooey (2-2)
LWB	5	Kathleen Mallon
MF	6	Jean McGrath
MF	7	Sheila Keary (1-0)
MF	8	Anna Hollywood
RWF	9	Una Kelly
CF	10	Mary Foy (1-0)
LWF	11	Betty Curran
FF	12	Angela Denvir

MATCH RULES

50 minutes
Replay if scores level
Maximum of 3 substitutions

References

↑ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
↑ Report of final in Irish Press, October 24, 1948
↑ Report of final in Irish Independent, October 24, 1948
↑ Report of final in Irish Times, October 24, 1948
↑ Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 24, 1948
↑ Report of final in Irish News, October 24, 1948

External links

Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1947	All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1932 – present	Succeeded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1949

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships

Tournaments	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Finals	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship History Records and statistics O'Duffy Cup Winning managers Winning players Winning teams

Gaelic Athletic Association

Glossary of terms

Overview	Foundation Headquarters Congress President History Rule 21 Rule 42 125th anniversary events

Founder members	Clare Cork Kilkenny Limerick Louth Meath Tipperary Waterford Wexford

Presidents	Maurice Davin Edward Bennet Peter Kelly Frank Dineen Michael Deering James Nowlan Daniel McCarthy Patrick Breen Liam Clifford Seán Ryan Seán McCarthy Bob O'Keeffe Pádraig MacNamee Séamus Gardiner Dan O'Rourke Michael Kehoe Vincent O'Donoghue Séamus McFerran Joseph Stuart Aodh Ó Broin Alf Ó Muirí Séamus Ó Riain Pádraig Ó Fainín Donal Ó Cianáin Con Murphy Pádraig Mac Floinn Paddy Buggy Mick Loftus John Dowling Peter Quinn Jack Boothman Joe McDonagh Seán McCague Seán Kelly Nickey Brennan Christy Cooney Liam O'Neill Aogán Ó Fearghaíl

County games	Counties County colours County nicknames Clubs GAA Interprovincial Championship All-Ireland Senior Football Championship All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Provincial councils	Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster Britain

Related articles	Croke Park Stadiums Scór Annual Congress Féile na nGael Higher Education Games Administration Committee

Camogie Football Handball Hurling Ladies' football Rounders

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/20/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.