1938 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1938
Championship Details
Dates Apr 24 – Oct 30
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (4th title)
Captain Emmy Delaney
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Cork (4th title)
Kathleen Coughlan
Manager
Matches played

The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1938 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Cork by a six-point margin in the final.[1]

Structure

Cork beat Waterford by 6-3 to nil in the Munster final. Antrim beat Cavan by 3-2 to 2-0 in the Ulster final. Eva Moran scored 2-1 as Dublin beat Antrim by three points in the semi-final in Belfast on a day that GAA President, Paddy McNamee, threw in the ball.

Final

Two late goals by Doreen Rogers gave Dublin victory over Cork in the All-Ireland Final on a heavy pitch at the Cork Athletic Grounds. The match was level with five minutes remaining.[2][3][4][5][6]

Final stages

October 2
Semi-Final
Cork 5-1 – 0-1 Galway
Galway Sportsground

September 18
Semi-Final
Dublin 3-1 – 2-1 Antrim
McRory Park

November 30
Final
Dublin 5-0 – 2-3 Cork
Dublin
Cork
DUBLIN:
GK 1 Mary Lahiffe (UCD)
FB 2 Rose Martin (Austin Stacks)
RWB 3 Patty Kenny (Col San Dominic)
CB 4 Peggy Griffin (Col San Dominic)
LWB 5 May Fletcher (Scoil Bríghde)
MF 6 Sheila Hodgins (Optimists)
MF 7 Emmy Delaney (UCD) (Capt) (1-0)
MF 8 Angela Egan (Col San Dominic)
RWF 9 Agnes Hourigan (UCD)
CF 10 Nuala Sheehan (UCD) (1-0)
LWF 11 Doreen Rogers (Austin Stacks) (2-0)
FF 12 Ita McNeill (UCD) (1-0).
CORK:
GK 1 Eileen Lyons
FB 2 Kathleen Coughlan (Capt)
RWB 3 Bríd Cronin
CB 4 Nan O’Dowd
LWB 5 Essie Staunton
MF 6 Lil Kirby (0-3)
MF 7 Maura Cronin
MF 8 Chrissie Cashman
RWF 9 Josie McGrath
CF 10 Kitty Buckley (1-0)
LWF 11 Renee Fitzgerald (1-0)
FF 12 Betty Riordan

MATCH RULES

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, October 31, 1938
  3. ↑ Report of final in Irish Independent, October 31, 1938
  4. ↑ Report of final in Irish Times, October 31, 1938
  5. ↑ Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 31, 1938
  6. ↑ Report of final in Irish News, October 31, 1938

External links

Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1937
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1939
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