1977 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Angela Downey was the outstanding player on the field, but she got plenty of help from the other forwards Carmel Savage, Jo Dunne and Mary Purcell. Though she started at left forward, Angela switched to the right for the entire second half. Kilkenny excelled yesterday not only in their strength in the really vital positions but in the all-round efficiency of the entire side. Wexford, with the north-easterly breeze behind them, looked by far the livelier side at the start but, though they more or less dominated the outfield exchanges through the opening 15 minutes, they made surprisingly little impression on a Kilkenny defence in which Liz Neary at full back and Mary Canavany soaked up so much pressure that goal-keeper Teresa O'Neill was rarely in trouble. The sisters Brigit Doyle and Kit Codd tried all they knew to turn the tide, as did the Walshs and Mairéad Darcy but, on the day, Wexford just had not what it took to recapture an All-Ireland title from a well-balanced Kilkenny side, which has now won the title three times in the past four seasons and thus joins Wexford on camogie's Roll of Honour. ===Final stages=== {{footballbox | date = June 19 Quarter-Final | team1 = Wexford| score = 1-11 – 1-8 | team2 = Galway| stadium = Monamolin}} ---- {{footballbox | date = June 26 Quarter-Final | team1 = Dublin| score = 2-12 – 1-1 | team2 = Antrim| stadium = Belfast}} ---- {{footballbox | date = July 4 Quarter-Final | team1 = Wexford| score = 3-8 – 1-5 | team2 = Cork| stadium = Monamolin}} ---- {{footballbox | date = July 31 Quarter-Final | team1 = Clare| score = 6-6 – 1-3 | team2 = Down| stadium = Ennis}} ---- {{footballbox | date = July 31 Quarter-Final | team1 = Kilkenny| score = 7-5 – 1-4 | team2 = Tipperary| stadium = Thomastown}} ---- {{footballbox | date = August 14 Semi-Final | team1 = Wexford| score = 6-4 – 1-3 | team2 = Clare| stadium = Monamolin }} ---- {{footballbox | date = August 21 Semi-Final | team1 = Kilkenny| score = 5-3 – 2-4 | team2 = Dublin| stadium =Parnell Park }} ---- {{footballbox | date = September 18 Final | team1 = Kilkenny| score = 3-4 – 1-3 | team2 = Wexford| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin }} {| width=92% | |{{Football kit }} |{{Football kit }} |} {| width="100%" {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK ||**1** || Teresa O'Neill (St Paul's) |- |FB ||**2** || Liz Neary (St Paul's) |- |RWB ||**3** || Anne Holden(Ballyhale Shamrocks) |- |CB ||**4** || Bridie Martin(Lisdowney) |- |LWB ||**5** || Mary Canavany (St Paul's) |- |MF ||**6** || Helena O'Neill (St Paul's) (0-1) |- |MF ||**7** || Ann Downey (St Paul's) |- |MF ||**8** || Mary Fennelly(St Paul's) |- |RWF ||**9**|| Jo Dunne (Carrickshock) (1-0) |- |CF ||**10**|| Mary Purcell (Carrickshock) |- |LWF ||**11**|| Angela Downey(St Paul's) (Capt) (2-3) |- |FF ||**12**|| Carmel Doyle (Ballyhale Shamrocks) |- |} {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK ||**1** || Kathleen Tonks |- |FB ||**2** || Margaret Lacy (Capt) |- |RWB ||**3** || Mairead Darcy |- |CB ||**4** || Brigit Doyle (1-1) |- |LWB ||**5** || Dorothy Walsh |- |MF ||**6** || Breda Murphy |- |MF ||**7** || Elsa Walsh |- |MF ||**8** || Maggie Hearne (0-2) |- |RWF ||**9**|| Kit Codd |- |CF ||**10**|| Bridie Doran |- |LWF ||**11**|| Brenie Murphy |- |FF ||**12**|| Eileen O'Gorman |- |- | MF || || Anne Kennedy for Doran |- |} |} **MATCH RULES** *50 minutes *Replay if scores level *Maximum of 3 substitutions ==See also== * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship * Wikipedia List of Camogie players * National Camogie League * Camogie All Stars Awards * Ashbourne Cup ==References== ==External links== * [Camogie Association](http://www.camogie.ie) * [All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour](https://web.archive.org/web/20090618114951/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/camogieroh.html) * [Historical reports of All Ireland finals](http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.289122196491.143043.217157391491&type=3) * [Camogie on facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Camogie/217157391491) * [Camogie on GAA Oral History Project](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719143322/http://www.bc.edu/centers/irish/gaahistory/theme-women.html) [[Category:1977 in camogie|All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship]] [[Category:All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship seasons|1977]] [[Category:June 1977 sports events in Europe|All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship]] [[Category:July 1977 sports events in Europe|All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship]] [[Category:August 1977 sports events in Europe|All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship]] [[Category:September 1977 sports events in Europe|All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship]]