All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1970

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1970

Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winners
Winners	St Paul’s (Kk) (3rd title)
Captain	Mary Conway
Manager
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up	Bellaghy (Der)
Captain
Manager
Matches played

The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won for the third year in succession by St Paul’s from Kilkenny, who defeated Bellaghy from Derry in the final, played at Bellaghy .^[1][2]

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with South Pres and Breaffy winning the championships of the other two provinces.

The Final

Helena O'Neill scored three goals in St Paul’s victory over Bellaghy who had seven Derry county players on their team together with Teresa Cassidy, the former Antrim All-Ireland goalkeeper. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

After an uncertain start they gave a magnificent display of camogie before what was, very fittingly, the biggest crowd ever mustered for one of these club championship finals.

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Final stages

St Paul’s (Kk) v South Pres

September 1 Semi-Final

St Paul’s (Kk)	3-4 – 3-3	South Pres

St John’s Park[6][7][8]

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Bellaghy (Der) v Breaffy

September 8 Semi-Final

Bellaghy (Der)	6-2 – 0-1	Breaffy

Castlebar[9][10][11]

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St Paul’s (Kk) v Bellaghy (Der)

March 28, 1971 Final

St Paul’s (Kk)	6-5 – 2-0	Bellaghy (Der)

Bellaghy

St Paul’s (Kk)

Bellaghy (Der)

St Paul’s (Kk): GK 1 Teresa O'Neill FB 2 Nuala Duncan RWB 3 Anne Phelan CB 4 Carmel O'Shea 0-2 LWB 5 Kathleen Brennan MF 6 Breda Cassin MF 7 Liz Neary MF 8 Maura Cassin 2-1 RWF 9 Carmel Doyle CF 10 Helena O'Neill 3-0 LWF 11 Mary O'Neill 0-1 FF 12 Mary Conway (captain) (1–0)

Bellaghy (Der): GK 1 Kathleen Diamond FB 2 Annie McNally RWB 3 Breege Mackle CB 4 Teresa Cassidy LWB 5 Evelyn Mackle MF 6 Kathleen Marron MF 7 Rosemary McPeake MF 8 Mary McNally RWF 9 Martina McPeake CF 10 Eta McNally LWF 11 Noeleen McNally FF 12 Celine Scullion

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 Press, March 29, 1971 competition of 1970
4. Report of final in Irish Independent, March 29, 1971 competition of 1970
5. Report of final in Irish Times, March 29, 1971 competition of 1970
6. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1970
7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1970
8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1970
9. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1970
10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1970
11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1970

External links

• Camogie Association