2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2019 camogie season.[2]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2019
Championship details
Dates15 June – 8 September 2019[1]
Teams11
All-Ireland champions
WinnersGalway (3rd win)
CaptainSarah Dervan
ManagerCathal Murray
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upKilkenny
CaptainMeighan Farrell & Anna Farrell
ManagerAnn Downey
Championship statistics
Matches played30
2018
2020

The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. The championship began on 15 June.[3] It was won by Galway, who defeated Kilkenny in the final.[4]

Teams

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Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.

Format

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Group stage

The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays each other team in its group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

  • The two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals.
  • The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals.
  • The semi-final winners contest the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Relegation

Group stage

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Key to colours
     Advance to semi-finals
     Advance to quarter-finals
     Relegation playoff

Group games took place 15 June – 24 July 2019.

Group 1

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Team Pld W D L Diff Pts
  Kilkenny 4 4 0 0 +74 12
  Galway 4 3 0 1 +51 9
  Limerick 4 2 0 2 –12 6
  Offaly 4 1 0 3 –28 3
  Wexford 4 0 0 4 –85 0

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L Diff Pts
  Cork 5 5 0 0 +83 15
  Tipperary 5 4 0 1 +5 12
  Waterford 5 3 0 2 +11 9
  Dublin 5 1 1 3 –21 4
  Clare 5 1 1 3 –30 4
  Meath 5 0 0 5 –48 0

Relegation playoff

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Meath  4-9 – 4-13  Wexford
Report

Meath are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.

Knock-out stage

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Quarter-finals

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Limerick  1-5 – 1-9  Tipperary
N Mulcahy 1-2; C Costelloe 0-2; L Stack 0-1 Report C Devane 0-7(6fs, 1 45); N Treacy 1-0; E Fryday, O O'Dwyer, M Campion 0-1 each
Referee: Ray Kelly (Kildare)

Galway  2-16 – 2-8  Waterford
C Dolan 0-10fs; A Donohue, A O’Reilly 1-0 each; N Kilkenny, N Coen 0-2 each; C Murphy, R Hennelly 0-1 each Report B Carton 1-4(0-2f, 0-1 45, 1-0 pen); S Curran 1-0(f); A Lyng 0-2; F Morrissey, N Rockett 0-1 each
Referee: Owen Elliott (Antrim)

Semi-finals

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Kilkenny  2-21 – 3-12  Tipperary
M Quilty 1-9 (0-7fs); D Gaule 0-6(1f); A Dalton 1-1; K Power 0-2; E Keane, A Farrell, K Doyle 0-1 each Report C Devane 0-6(fs); E McDonald 0-3; A McGrath (free), O O’Dwyer, K Kennedy 1-0 each; Megan Ryan, N Treacy, E Fryday 0-1 each
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: John Dermody (Westmeath)

Cork  1-10 – 0-14  Galway
A O’Connor 0-4; O Cotter 0-3(fs); J White 1-0; O Cronin, K Mackey, L Collins 0-1 each Report C Dolan 0-5(3fs); N Kilkenny 0-3; A Donohue, C Cormican 0-2 each; N Hanniffy, A O’Reilly 0-1 each
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: Liz Dempsey (Kilkenny)

Final

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8 September 2019
16:15 IST
Final
Kilkenny   0-17 (17) (23) 3-14   Galway
(HT: 0-10 – 3-07)

Pts: Michelle Quilty 8 (7f), Denise Gaule 3 (1f), Anne Dalton 2 (1f), Miriam Walsh 1, Davina Tobin 1, Anna Farrell 1, Aoife Doyle 1
Gls: Ailish O'Reilly 2, Niamh Hannify 1
Pts: Carrie Dolan 6 (5f, 1 '45), Niamh Kilkenny 4, Sarah Healy 1, Catherine Finnerty 1, Sarah Spellman 1, Noreen Coen 1
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Ray Kelly (Kildare)
Attendance: 24,730

References

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  1. ^ "GAA 2019 Master Fixture Schedule published". www.gaa.ie.
  2. ^ Duffy, Emma. "Poll: Who will win the All-Ireland senior camogie championship in 2019?". The42.
  3. ^ "The Camogie Association : News". www.camogie.ie.
  4. ^ 'Today is huge for Galway camogie, we don't win too many' - Tribe boss Murray
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