Gael Linn Cup 1971

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Gael Linn Cup 1971
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
Gael Linn Cup winners
Winners Leinster (11th title)
Captain
Manager
Gael Linn Cup Runners-up
Runners-up Ulster
Captain
Manager
Matches played 3

The 1971 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Leinster, who defeated Ulster in the final, played at Parnell Park.[1][2]

Arrangements[]

Leinster defeated Connacht at Parnell Park, scoring 7–4 without reply. Ulster defeated Munster by a point in Carrickmacross, 4–3 to 3–5. Leinster pulled away in the second half of the final with three goals from and two from to win by 5–4 to 0–5.[3][4][5][6][7]

Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

The game was won and lost in the ten minutes after the interval when Leinster scored three goals and two points and Ulster's only score was a point from a thirty.

Final stages[]

Leinster6–4 – 0–5Ulster
Leinster
Ulster

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Leinster:
GK 1 (Wexford)
FB 2 (Dublin)
RWB 3 (Wexford)
CB 4 Margaret O'Leary (Wexford) (captain)
LWB 5 (Killkenny)
MF 6 (Wexford) (0–1)
MF 7 (Dublin)
MF 8 (Wexford) (0–1)
RWF 9 Helena O'Neill (Killkenny)
CF 10 Mary Walsh (Wexford) (0–1)
LWF 11 (Dublin) (2–0)
FF 12 (Wexford) (3–1)
Ulster:
GK 1 (Antrim)
FB 2 (Down)
RWB 3 (Armagh)
CB 4 (Antrim)
LWB 5 (Antrim)
MF 6 Kathleen Fee (Tyrone)
MF 7 Sue Cashman (Antrim) (captain) (0–1)
MF 8 Mairéad McAtamney (Antrim) (0–2)
RWF 9 (Down)
CF 10 (Antrim)
LWF 11 (Armagh) (0–2)
FF 12 (Antrim)

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. ^ Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. ^ Report of final in Irish Press, 1 November 1971
  4. ^ Report of final in Irish Independent, 1 November 1971
  5. ^ Report of final in Irish Times, 1 November 1971
  6. ^ Report of final in Irish Examiner, 1 November 1971
  7. ^ Report of final in Irish News, 1 November 1971

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Preceded by Gael Linn Cup
1954 – present
Succeeded by
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