| 2010 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship | |
| Winners: | Galway (1st title) |
| Captain: | Laura Donnellan |
| Manager: | Johnny Kane |
| Runnersup: | Clare |
| Runnerupmanager: | Chloe Morey |
The 2010 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship is an inter-county competition for age graded development squad county teams in the women's team field sport of camogie. The championship was won by Galway, who defeated Clare by four points in a replayed final. The drawn match was played at Nenagh and the replay at Semple Stadium.[1] [2]
Three goals and two points from Susan Fahy helped Clare beat Tipperary in the semi-final at Kilmallock. Galway defeated Kilkenny 1–14 to 2–10 as Kilkenny only managed 1–3 from play.
Rebecca Hennelly took a pass from Shauna Healy and drove it to the Clare net, and then Rebecca Hennelly added a point from a free for Galway’s equalizer in a drawn final at Nenagh.[3] Ailish O'Reilly’s first-half goal helped Galway to a 2 - 12 to 2 - 8 victory over Clare in the replay at Semple Stadium. Clodagh McGrath and the accurate Rebecca Hennelly gave Galway the perfect start, and after O'Reilly’s goal, three unanswered points from Hennelly (free), Aoife Donoghue, and Finola Keely put gave Galway the initiative. Despite a Clare fight-back, Marie Breheny sealed the game for Galway with her 39th-minute goal.[4]
Goals from Mary Jo McCullagh, Mary Kelly and Gráinne McNicholl secured the Minor B final for Derry who defeated Antrim by ten points in the final at Celtic Park.[5] Derry defeated Offaly 5–17 to 0–5 and Antrim defeated Waterford 2–14 to 2–6 both at Ashbourne in the semi-finals. The Minor C final was won by Carlow who defeated Armagh by ten points in the final. Two goals by Eleanor Treacy gave Carlow a half time lead as an exciting second-half saw 28 scores by 15 different players.[6]
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. Mary Moran (camogie) . A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Cumann Camógaíochta . 2011 . Dublin, Ireland . 460. 978-1-908591-00-5