Gael Linn Cup 1983

The 1983 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Leinster, who defeated Munster in the final, played at Ballinlough.[1][2]

Gael Linn Cup 1983
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
Gael Linn Cup winners
Winners Leinster (16th title)
Captain
Manager
Gael Linn Cup Runners-up
Runners-up Munster
Captain
Manager
Matches played 3

Arrangements

Leinster defeated Connacht by 5–8 to 1–2 at Mobhi Road. Joan Gormley then scored a goal in the dying seconds of the final against Munster at Ballinlough to win by 2–7 to 1–7. Angela Downey scrambled Leinster's first goal in a goalmouth melee in the first half and Tipeprary's Deirdre Lane had a goal for Munster in the opening minutes.[3][4][5][6][7]

Gael Linn Trophy

In the Gael Linn Cup trophy Ulster defeated Munster at Ballymacward by 2–12 to 3–5., Leinster defeated Connacht 4–6 to 1–4 at Mobhi Road. The sides were level on 12 occasions in the final and the match went into extra time before Munster won by 1–12 to 1–11.

Final stages
Leinster2–7 – 1–7Munster
Leinster:
GK1Yvonne Redmond (Dublin)
FB2Anne O'Brien (Dublin)
RWB3Geraldine Wynne (Wexford)
CB4Bernie Toner (Dublin)
LWB5Ann Downey (Killkenny)
MF6Biddy O'Sullivan (Killkenny)
MF7Mary Mernagh (Dublin)
MF8Edel Murphy (Dublin)
RWF9Anna Condon (Dublin)
CF10Elsie Walsh (Wexford)
LWF11Angela Downey (Killkenny)
FF12Joan Gormley (Dublin)
Munster:
GK1Marion McCarthy (Cork)
FB2Eileen Dineen (Cork)
RWB3Miriam Higgins (Cork)
CB4Cathy Landers (Cork)
LWB5Martha Kearney (Cork)
MF6Clare Cronin (Cork)
MF7Helen Collins (Limerick)
MF8Sandie Fitzgibbon (Cork)
RWF9Mary O'Leary (Cork)
CF10Deirdre Lane (Tipperary)
LWF11Brid Stokes (Limerick)
FF12Mary Geaney (Cork)

Junior final
Munster1–12 – 1–11Leinster
Munster:
GK1Debbie Cleary (Clare)
FB2Mary Maher (Cork)
RWB3Mary Ring (Cork)
CB4Liz Dunphy (Cork)
LWB5Margo Twomey (Cork) (captain)
MF6Ann Marie Landers (Cork)
MF7Anne Daly (Clare)
MF8Mary O'Donovan (Cork)
RWF9Maura McNicholas (Clare)
CF10Anne Leahy (Cork)
LWF11Helen Cusack (Clare)
FF12Lilian Zinkant (Cork)
Leinster:
GK1Geraldine Sutton (Dublin)
FB2Claire Rainey (Dublin)
RWB3Anne Hyland (Dublin)
CB4Mary Duane (Dublin)
LWB5Anna Dargan (Kildare)
MF6Jo Holden (Dublin)
MF7Eithne O'Hehir (Dublin)
MF8Deirdre Byrne (Dublin)
RWF9Carmel O'Byrne (Dublin)
CF10Miriam Malone (Kildare)
LWF11Siobhán Cronin (Dublin)
FF12Linda Forde (Westmeath)

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. Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, 24 October 1983
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, 24 October 1983
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, 24 October 1983
  6. Report of final in Irish Examiner, 24 October 1983
  7. Report of final in Irish News, 24 October 1983
Preceded by
Gael Linn Cup 1982		 Gael Linn Cup
1954 – present		 Succeeded by
Gael Linn Cup 1986
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