All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1996

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1996

Winners
Champions	Pearses (Galway) (1st title)
Manager	Michael Kennedy
Captain	Ann Forde
Runners-up
Runners-up	Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)

The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Pearses from the Ballymacward and Gurteen areas of Co Galway, who defeated Granagh-Ballingarry from Limerick in the final, played at Glen Rovers.^[1][2]

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Rathnure of Wexford and Leitrim Fontenoys of Down winning the championships of the other two provinces. The 14-year-old Eileen O'Brien, who had won All-Ireland Colleges senior and sevens medals earlier in the season, scored 11 points for Granagh-Ballingarry in the semi-final against Leitrim Fontenoys of Down.

The Final

In the final, Eileen O'Brien, was restricted to two points by Aisling Ward, while Maureen Sheehan confined Sharon Glynn to four scores.^[3][4][5]

Final stages

September 1
Semi-Final

Pearses (Gal)	3-14 – 3-1	Rathnure (Wexford)

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September 8
Semi-Final

Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)	2-15 – 0-8	Leitrim Fontenoys (Down)

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November 24
Final

Pearses (Gal)	1-8 – 2-3	Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)

Glen Rovers

Pearses

Granagh-Ballingarry

Pearses (Gal): GK 1 Louise Curry FB 2 Aisling Ward RWB 3 Colette Deeley CB 4 Tracey Laheen] LWB 5 Brigid Kilgallon MF 6 Michelle Glynn MF 7 Martina Harkin MF 8 Carmel Hannon RWF 9 Martina Haverty CF 10 Sharon Glynn LWF 11 Áine Hillary FF 12 Anne Forde

Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick): GK 1 Breda O'Brien FB 2 Patsy McKenna RWB 3 Bernie O'Brien CB 4 Maureen Sheehan LWB 5 Ida Quaid MF 6 Jean Cullinane MF 7 Ber Chawke MF 8 Deidre Sheehan RWF 9 Kay Burke CF 10 Vera Sheehan LWF 11 Laura Leslie FF 12 Eileen O'Brien

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 Examiner, November 25, 1996
4. Report of final in Irish Independent, November 25, 1996
5. Report of final in Irish Times, November 25, 1996
6. Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, September 2, 1996
7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1996
8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1996
9. Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, September 9, 1996
10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1996
11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1996

External links

• Camogie Association

Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1995

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1964 – present

Succeeded by All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1997