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1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Camogie championship

Field	Value
name	All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1971
winners	Cork (8th title)
captain	Betty Sugrue
manager	Mary Moran
runnersup	Wexford
runnerupcaptain	Brenie O'Dwyer
matches	7

The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1971 season. The championship was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford by a 13-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 4,000.

Semi-finals

Kilkenny won the Leinster Championship for the first time when they defeated Dublin 5–3 to 4–3 and received an unexpected bye to the All-Ireland final when Galway withdrew, receiving a three-month suspension from Central Council for failing to fulfil the fixture.

Final

Cork took control of the final in the first half. Agnes Hourigan, president of the Camogie Association, wrote in the Irish Press

The game was won and lost in the five minutes preceding the interval with Wexford leading 1-1 to 0-2 in the 20th minute when, Rosie Hennessy and Anne Comerford, last year’s captain, cracked home three Cork goals.

Final stages

date = August Semi-Final | team1 = Wexford| score = 6-3 – 3-3 | team2 = Antrim| stadium = Croke Park }}

date = August Semi-Final | team1 = Cork| score = 3-14 – 0-3 | team2 = Galway| stadium = }}

date = Sept 19 Final | team1 = Cork| score = 4-6 – 1-2 | team2 = Wexford| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin}}

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|} MATCH RULES

50 minutes
Replay if scores level
Maximum of 3 substitutions

References

Moran, Mary. (2011). "A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie". Cumann Camógaíochta.
Report of final in Irish Press, September 19, 1971
Report of final in Irish Independent, September 19, 1971
Report of final in Irish Times, September 19, 1971
Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 19, 1971
Report of final in Irish News, September 19, 1971
Report of final in Irish Press, September 19, 1971

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