1960 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1960
Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (19th title)
Captain Doreen Brennan
Manager Nell McCarthy
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Manager
Matches played

The 1960 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1960 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Galway by a 14-point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Changes in the old order[]

Dublin needed twenty minutes of extra time to beat Tipperary in the semi-final after what Agnes Hourigan described in the Irish Press as "one of the hardest, fastest and most exciting camogie matches ever played". Tipperary led 1-1 to nil at half time through a goal from , the score was 2–1 each at full time, Kathleen Mills shot a spectacular long range goal from a free in the first minute of extra time and Dublin never subsequently lost the lead, although Tipperary cut the lead back to a point. Galway shocked Antrim in the All Ireland semi-final at Casement Park with a bizarre match-winning goal. Antrim, led until three minutes from the end, when dropped a high lobbing ball into the Antrim goalmouth. The ball struck the in-rushing on the top of the head and was deflected out of the reach of the Antrim goalkeeper for the winner

Final[]

Interest in the final had evaporated by the time it was played, delayed by the drawn All Ireland senior football final.

Final stages[]

Dublin5–1 – 3–3 after extra timeTipperary

Galway3–1 – 2–3Antrim
Casement Park

Dublin6–2 – 2–0Galway
Croke Park
Dublin
Galway
DUBLIN:
GK 1 (Celtic)
FB 2 (CIÉ)
RWB 3 (UCD)
CB 4 Doreen Brennan (UCD) (Capt)
LWB 5 (CIÉ)
MF 6 (Eoghan Rua)
MF 7 (Celtic)
MF 8 Kathleen Mills (CIÉ)
RWF 9 (Civil Service) (3–0)
CF 10 (Naomh Aoife)
LWF 11 (UCD) (1–0)
FF 12 Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (2–2)
GALWAY:
GK 1 Eileen Naughton (St Mary's)
FB 2 (St Enda's)
RWB 3 (St Mary's)
CB 4 (Castlegar)
LWB 5 (Castlegar)
MF 6 (Castlegar)
MF 7 (Athenry) (1–0)
MF 8 (Castlegar) (Capt)
RWF 9 (St Enda's) (1–0)
CF 10 (St Mary's)
LWF 11 (Castlegar)
FF 12 (Castlegar)

MATCH RULES

  • 50 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

See also[]

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. ^ Report of final in Irish Press, November 14, 1960
  3. ^ Report of final in Irish Independent, November 14, 1960
  4. ^ Report of final in Irish Times, November 14, 1960
  5. ^ Report of final in Irish Examiner, November 14, 1960
  6. ^ Report of final in Irish News, November 14, 1960

External links[]

Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1959
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1961
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