All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1996

The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Pearses from the Ballymacward and Gurteen areas of Co Galway, who defeated Granagh-Ballingarry from Limerick in the final, played at Glen Rovers.[1][2]

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1996
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winners
Winners Pearses (Galway) (1st title)
Captain Ann Forde
Manager Michael Kennedy
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)
Captain
Manager
Matches played

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Rathnure and Leitrim Fontenoys winning the championships of the other two provinces. The 14-year-old Eileen O'Brien, who had won All-Ireland Colleges senior and sevens medals earlier in the season, scored 11 points for Granagh-Ballingarry in the semi-final against Leitrim Fontenoys of Down.

The Final

In the final, Eileen O'Brien, was restricted to two points by Aisling Ward while Maureen Sheehan confined Sharon Glynn to four scores.[3][4][5]

Final stages
Pearses (Gal)3-14 – 3-1Rathnure
Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)2-15 – 0-8Leitrim Fontenoys
Pearses (Gal)1-8 – 2-3Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)
Pearses (Gal):
GK1Louise Curry
FB2Aisling Ward
RWB3Colette Deeley
CB4Tracey Laheen
LWB5Brigid Kilgallon
MF6Michelle Glynn
MF7Martina Harkin
MF8Carmel Hannon
RWF9Martina Haverty
CF10Sharon Glynn
LWF11Áine Hillary
FF12Anne Forde
Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick):
GK1Breda O'Brien
FB2Patsy McKenna
RWB3Bernie O'Brien
CB4Maureen Sheehan
LWB5Ida Quaid
MF6Jean Cullinane
MF7Ber Chawke
MF8Deirdre Sheehan
RWF9Kay Burke
CF10Vera Sheehan
LWF11Laura Leslie
FF12Eileen O'Brien

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 Examiner, November 25, 1996
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, November 25, 1996
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, November 25, 1996
  6. Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, September 2, 1996
  7. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1996
  8. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1996
  9. Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, September 9, 1996
  10. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1996
  11. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1996
Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1995		 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present		 Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1997
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