1968 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Dublin's defeat

Dublin's 2–3 to 1–3 defeat by Kilkenny at Parnell Park on 23 June 1968 was their first defeat in a Leinster championship match since July 1936, when they lost to Louth. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press

Kilkenny played two matches to reach the Leinster final while Wexford got there without playing a match, getting a bye in the first round and then got a walkover from Louth. As Agnes Hourigan, president of the Camogie Association, pointed out in the Irish Press

Leinster final

It took Kilkenny six years to win an All Ireland title, instead it was Wexford who delivered a breakthrough victory in 1968. They killed off the Linester final with three goals in the first ten minutes and went on to defeat Kilkenny 8–3 to 1–3 with four goals from Mary Doyle, and one each from Jose Kehoe, Bridget O'Connor, Mary Walsh and Ellen Allen.

Final

Two goals down after seven minutes, Wexford battled back in the second quarter to win the final. One of their heroines was playing in her first senior game, Jose Kehoe from Cloughbawn, a last minute change at corner forward for Eileen Allen, and scored an opportunist first goal after the Cork goalkeeper had saved a free from Brenda Doyle that was going over for a point. Agnes Hourigan, president of the Camogie Association, wrote in the Irish Press

Final stages

date = Semi-Final | team1 = Cork| score = 2-11 – 1-2 | team2 = Ballinasloe| stadium = }}

date = Semi-Final | team1 = Galway| score = 4-6 – 4-4 | team2 = Antrim| stadium = Glenariffe }}

date = 15 September Final | team1 = Wexford| score = 4-2 – 2-5 | team2 = Cork| stadium = Croke Park }}

|} MATCH RULES

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

References

References

1. Moran, Mary. (2011). "A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie". Cumann Camógaíochta.
2. Report of final in Irish Press, September 16, 1968
3. Report of final in Irish Independent, September 16, 1968
4. Report of final in Irish Times, September 16, 1968
5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 16, 1968
6. Report of final in Irish News, September 16, 1968
7. Report of final in Irish Press, September 16, 1968