All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship Explained

All Ireland Junior Camogie Championship
Irish:	Craobh Soisir na hÉireann
Sponsors:	RTÉ Sport
Trophy:	Kay Mills Cup (formerly New Ireland Cup)
Current:	Clare
Currentordinal:	5
Super:	st
Most:	Cork, Galway
Mostordinal:	7

The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is a competition for third-tier county teams in the women's field sport of camogie and for second-string teams of first-tier counties. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term junior applies to the level of competition rather than the age group.^[1]

The 2021 championship was contested by Armagh, Cavan, Roscommon and the second teams of Antrim, Clare, Down, Limerick, Kildare, Waterford and Wexford.^[2]

History

The competition was established in 1969 for the New Ireland Cup. The name was changed to the Kay Mills Cup in honour of former player Kathleen Mills in 2010.

In 2006 the second teams of the first-tier camogie counties were removed from the competition. Since 2010 the competition has been officially, though not popularly, known as the Premier Junior Ireland championship. It is the third-tier camogie competition after the O'Duffy Cup for the Senior Championship and the Jack McGrath Cup for the Intermediate Championship. The series of games, organised by the Camogie Association, are played during the summer months with the finals of the three competitions taking place on the second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.

Kay Mills Cup Camogie Finals

The first figure is the number of goals scored (equal to 3 points each) and the second total is the number of points scored, the figures are combined to determine the winner of a match in Gaelic Games

width=8%	Year	width=7%	Date	width=8%	Winner	width=4%	Score	width=8%	Runner-up	width=4%	Score	width=9%	Venue	width=17%	Captain	width=20%	Referee
1968	Sept 15	Down	2-03	Cork	1-01	Croke Park		Phyllis Breslin (Dublin)
1969	Sept 21	Derry	4-02	Cork	2-04	Croke Park		Anne Ashton (Dublin)
1970	Sept 20	Dublin	4-02	Armagh	3-03	Croke Park		Vera Mannion (Mayo)
1971	Sept 19	Dublin	2-02	Cork	1-02	Croke Park	Patricia Morrissey	Nancy Murray (Antrim
1972	Sept 17	Galway	3-06	Wexford	2-01	Croke Park		Lil O'Grady (Cork)
1973	Sept 16	Cork	4-04	Galway	1-04	Croke Park	Nancy O'Driscoll	Teresa Byrne (Wicklow)
1974	Sept 15	Clare	3-02	Dublin	3-00	Croke Park	Margaret O'Toole	Mary Lynch (Monaghan)
1975	Sept 21	Dublin	5-00	Down	0-03	Croke Park	Brigid Kennedy	Eithne Neville (Limerick)
1976	Sept 19	Down	3-04	Wexford	3-03	Croke Park		Phyllis Breslin (Dublin)
1977	Sept 18	Limerick	2-07	Wexford	3-01	Croke Park	Carrie Clancy	Miriam Higgins (Cork)
1978	Sept 17	Derry	3-04	Cork	1-04	Croke Park	Brigid McLaughlin	Phyllis Breslin (Dublin)
1979	Sept 9	Galway	4-03	Cork	3-02	Croke Park		Carrie Clancy (Limerick)
1980	Sept 14	Cork	4-04	Tyrone	1-04	Croke Park		Kathleen Quinn (Galway)
1981	Sept 13	Clare	3-02	Antrim	0-07	Croke Park	Clare Jones	Belle O'Loughlin (Down)
1982	Sept 26	Louth	1-07	Cork	1-06	Croke Park		Kathleen Quinn (Galway)
1983	Sept 25	Cork	2-05	Dublin	1-03	Croke Park		Bríd Stokes (Limerick)
1984	Sept 9	Cork	5-08		2-02	Croke Park		Rita Whyte (Dublin)
1985	Sept 15	Galway	8-07	Armagh	3-07	Croke Park		Síle Wallace (Dublin)
1986	Sept 14	Clare	1–13	Kildare	3-04	Croke Park	Maura McNicholas	Rose Ryan (Dublin)
1987	Sept 27	Kildare	2–10	Armagh	0-07	Croke Park		Kitty McNicholas (Clare)
1988	Sept 25	Galway	3-04	Limerick	1-05	Croke Park		Rose Merriman (Kildare)
1989	Sept 24	Kildare	3–11	Galway	1-03	Croke Park		Áine Derham (Dublin)
1990	Sept 23	Kildare	2–14	Tipperary	3-07	Croke Park		Miriam O'Callaghan (Offaly)
1991	Sept 22	Down	3–13	Tipperary	2–14	Croke Park		Mary Connor (Louth)
1992	Sept 27	Tipperary	6–13	Galway	2-07	Croke Park		Maria Pollard (Waterford)
1993	Sept 26	Armagh	3-09	Galway	3-09	Croke Park		Biddy Phillips (Tipperary)
Replay	Oct 10	Armagh	2–10	Galway	0-06	Croke Park		Biddy Phillips (Tipperary)
1994	Sept 25	Galway	2–10	Limerick	1–11	Croke Park		Catherine McAllister (Antrim)
1995	Sept 24	Limerick	6-05	Roscommon	2-07	Croke Park		Maria Pollard (Waterford)
1996	Sept 22	Cork	4-08	Roscommon	2-07	Croke Park		Fiona McKenna (Antrim
1997	Sept 7	Antrim	7–11	Cork	2–10	Croke Park		Mary Connor (Louth)
1998	Sept 6	Galway	3–11	Tipperary	2–10	Croke Park	Ann Dolan	Catherine McAllister (Antrim)
1999	Sept 5	Cork	1–13	Derry	2-09	Croke Park		John Morrissey (Tipperary)
2000	Sept 3	Derry	3–15	'Cork'	1–13	Croke Park		John Pender (Kildare)
2001	Sept 16	Tipperary	4–16	Offaly	1-07	Croke Park		Aoife Woods (Armagh)
2002	Sept 15		2–11	Tipperary	2-08	Croke Park		Úna Kearney (Armagh)
2003	Sept 21	Galway	1–12	Clare	2-05	Croke Park		Eamonn Browne (Tipperary)
2004^[3]	Sept 19	Cork	4-05	Down	2-04	Croke Park		Aileen Lawlor (Westmeath)
2005	Sept 18	Dublin	1-07	Clare	1-07	Croke Park		Úna Kearney (Armagh)
Replay	Oct 8	Dublin	2-09	Clare	1-04	Birr		Úna Kearney (Armagh)
2006	Aug 19		0–12	Derry	1-07	Tullamore		Cathal Egan (Cork)
2007	Sept 9	Derry	3–12	Clare	2–14	Croke Park		Cathal Egan (Cork)
2008 ^[4]	Sept 14		2-08	Offaly	1–10	Croke Park		Úna Kearney (Armagh)
2009 ^[5]	Sept 13	Offaly	3–14	Waterford	2-08	Croke Park	Marian Crean	Pat Walsh (Armagh)
2010 ^[6]	Sept 12	Antrim	1-09	Waterford	1-09	Croke Park		Donal Leahy (Tipperary)
Replay ^[7]	Oct 3	Antrim	2–10	Waterford	0–12	Ashbourne	Jane Adams	Killian Looney (Cork)
2011 ^[8]	Sept 11	Waterford	2–11	Down	1–13	Croke Park	Lisa McCrickard	Walter Cole (Cork)
2012		Meath	1–11	Down	1-09	Croke Park
2013^[9]	Sept 15	Kildare	2–11	Laois	1-05	Croke Park	Clodagh Flanagan	D. Ryan (Dublin)
2014^[10]	Sept 14	Down	1–12	Laois	1-08	Croke Park		Liz Dempsey (Kilkenny)
2015^[11]	Sept 13	Laois	2–12	Roscommon	1-06	Croke Park		G Coulter (Down)
2016	Sep 11	Carlow	4–10	Armagh	2-07	Croke Park	Teresa Meaney	A Larkin (Cork)
2017^[12]	Sep 10	Westmeath	1–10	Dublin	1–06	Croke Park		P. McDonald (Cavan)
2018	Sep 9	Dublin	1–12	Kerry	0–06	Croke Park	Emer Keenan	Alan Doheny (Laois)
2019	Sep 8	Kerry	0–11	Limerick	0-08	Croke Park		Gavin Donegan (Dublin)
2020	Dec 5	Armagh	0–19	Cavan	3-07	Breffni Park		Mike Ryan (Tipperary)
2021^[13]	Sep 12	Wexford	1–14	Armagh	1–11	Croke Park	Ciara Donohue	Kevin O'Brien (Limerick)
2022^[14]	Aug 7	Antrim	5-05	Armagh	0–13	Croke Park		Mike Ryan Tipperary)
2023^[15]	August 6	Clare	3-07	Tipperary	1-09	Croke Park	Sinead O'Keeffe & Sinead Hogg	Bernard Heaney (Meath)
2024^[16]	August 11	Tipperary	0-12	Laois	1-08	Croke Park

Wins listed by county

County	Wins	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Cork	7	8	1973, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1996, 1999, 2004	1968, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1997, 2000
Galway	7	4	1972, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2003	1973, 1989, 1992, 1993
Dublin	6	3	1970, 1971, 1975, 2005, 2006, 2018	1974, 1983, 2017
Clare	5	3	1974, 1981, 1986, 2008, 2023	2003, 2005, 2007
Down	4	4	1968, 1976, 1991, 2014	1975, 2004, 2011, 2012
Derry	4	2	1969, 1978, 2000, 2007	1999, 2006
Kildare	4	1	1987, 1989, 1990, 2013	1986
Tipperary	3	5	1992, 2001, 2024	1990, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2023
Antrim	3	1	1997, 2010, 2022	1981
Armagh	2	6	1993, 2020	1970, 1985, 1987, 2016, 2021, 2022
Limerick	2	3	1977, 1995	1988, 1994, 2019
Wexford	1	3	2021	1972, 1976, 1977,
Laois	1	3	2015	2013, 2014, 2024
Offaly	1	2	2009	2001, 2008
Waterford	1	2	2011	2009, 2010
Louth	1	0	1982
Kilkenny	1	0	2002
Meath	1	0	2012
Carlow	1	0	2016
Westmeath	1	0	2017
Kerry	1	1	2019	2018
Roscommon	0	3		1995, 1996, 2015
Cavan	0	2		1984, 2020
Tyrone	0	1		1980

Highlights

• Down's victory in the inaugural junior championship in 1968. The team was N McKenna, P McGrady, R McCann, E Coulter, N Sands, R Walsh, M Caldwell, B Sands, C Reid, P Crangle, AM Kelly, and E Turley.
• Wexford‘s victory in the 1968 Leinster Junior championship and Smyco Cup before losing to Down in the All Ireland semi-final - the Smyco Cup in Leinster preceded the provincial and Leinster junior championships,
• Derry's victory in the 1969 championship with two goals from J McTeake and further goals from M McTeake and E McGuirk.
• Roscommon's breakthrough in 1970, beating Mayo in the Connacht final and then hosting the All Ireland semi-final against Dublin at Athleague.
• Cork's 1973 victory after losing three finals in the previous three years, Midge Poniard scoring a point that rebounded from a thirty she had taken herself.
• Clare's breakthrough victory in 1974, coming from behind in the final minutes, on a day the referee blew the final whistle five minutes short, the goals from M Davern, M Dolan and M Griffin.
• Down's one point win in 1976, thanks to a great performance and a controversial point by Marion McGarvey, sent over the top crossbar but allowed by the referee.
• Limerick's breakthrough win in 1977, on a day Eileen Kehoe scored all of Wexford's 3–1
• Derry's win in 1978 with two goals from dual player, hockey international Caroline McWilliams and another from Kathleen Marrion from Greenlough.
• Louth's breakthrough victory in 1982, with the winning score from Noreen Maguire, a goal from Mary O’Connor, Ann Currid and Kitty Sharkey.
• Deirdre Costelloe's four goals for Galway in the 1985 final
• Catherine O'Loughlin's emergence as key player for Clare in the 1986 final.
• Kildare's breakthrough victory in 1987, Miriam Malone scoring 1-6 and a second goal coming from Marianne Johnson.
• Galway's 1988 victory with dominant performances from Imelda Hobbins, who scored 2–3, and Ann Coleman who score 1–3
• Kildare's 1990 victory, holding of a great Tipperary rally, key players were Maria Malone who scored 1-5 before Tipperary replied, and Melanie Treacy at full-back.
• Limerick's victory in 1995 with three goals from the diminutive Kay Burke, preventing a breakthrough victory by Roscommon by one point.
• Cork's 1996 win over Roscommon with three goals by Mary Kennefick.
• Galway's 1998 victory over Tipperary by four points, with Lourda Kavanagh scoring 1–9.
• Cork's one point win over Derry in a 1999 thriller, Shauna McCaul having hit the woodwork for Derry and goalkeeper Geraldine Casey saved twice from Cork full forward Mary O’Kane.
• Derry's victory in 2000 with eleven points from Paula McAtamney and the performance of goalkeeper Aileen Crilly who denied Amanda O'Regan several goal chances.
• The 2002 final in which Kilkenny's Aoife Neary burst on the scene with 1–8
• Catherine O'Loughlin's stunning last-second goal in 2003 to earn a draw for Clare, who had trailed by four points going into injury time.
• Niamh Taylor's injury time pressure-point from a free in 2006 to earn a draw for Dublin.
• Aisling Diamond's goal after seven and a half minutes of injury time to give Derry a one-point victory over Offaly in 2007, after the sides were level seven times.

Nancy Murray Cup

The Junior A championship was introduced under new competition structures in 2006. The grade, the fourth tier for inter-county teams, was contested by Donegal, Louth, Mayo, Monaghan, Tyrone and Wicklow in 2021.^[17]

The trophy is named after Nancy Murray who was President of the Camogie Association from 1973 to 1975. A member of the Deirdre club in Belfast, Murray won three All-Ireland senior medals with Antrim, coached her county to All-Ireland success in 1956 and 1967 and refereed four All-Ireland senior finals.

• 2006 Armagh 0-07 Laois 0-01^[18]
• 2007 Laois 1-15 Meath 1-09^[19]
• 2008 Meath 0-10 Roscommon 1-06^[20]
• 2009 Roscommon 2-08 Armagh 3-05^[21]
• Replay Roscommon 1-07 Armagh 0-07
• 2010 Kildare 3-10 Armagh 2-08^[22]
• 2011 Armagh 1-07 Westmeath 1-07 ^[23]
• Replay Armagh 3-13 Westmeath 3-05 ^[24]
• 2012 Westmeath 1-14 Dublin 2-06
• 2013 Dublin 1-13 Offaly 0-08
• 2014 Limerick 2-08 Carlow 1-06
• 2015^[25] Carlow 0-14 Kerry 0-03
• 2020^[26] Cavan 2-14 Tyrone 1-03
• 2021^[27] Mayo 3-08 Tyrone 1–12
• 2022 Tyrone 3-10 Wicklow 3-09

Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup

The Junior B championship was introduced under new competition structures in 2006 for the fifth tier of inter-county teams. The trophy is named for Máire Ní Chinnéide, first president of the Camogie Association and one of the founders of the game in the Craobh a’ Chéitinnigh branch of Conradh na Gaeilge.

• 2006 Westmeath 3-05 Monaghan 1-04^[28]
• 2007 Carlow 0-10 Monaghan 1-03^[29]
• 2008 Tyrone 4-11 Wicklow 1-03^[30]
• 2009 Cavan 0-05 Wicklow 0-04
• 2010 Monaghan 1-07 Cavan 1-07^[31]
• Replay Monaghan 0-12 Cavan 1-08^[32]
• 2011 Monaghan 1-12 Wicklow 1-07^[33]
• 2012 Carlow 1-11 Kerry 1-03
• 2013 Meath 2-04 Kerry 1-05

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
• Wikipedia List of Camogie players
• National Camogie League
• Camogie All Stars Awards
• Ashbourne Cup

External links

• Camogie website

Notes and References

1. Book: Moran, Mary . Mary Moran (camogie) . A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . An Cumann Camógaíochta . 2011 . Dublin, Ireland . 460.
2. Web site: All-Ireland Camogie Championship fixtures 2021. An Cumann Camógaíochta. July 10, 2021.
3. 2004 final Cork 4-5 Down 2-4 report in Irish Independent
4. 2008 Clare 2-8 Offaly 1-10 Report on bannerladiesfootball.com, Offaly Express
5. 2009 Offaly 3-14 Waterford 2-8 report in Irish Times Independent, and Munster GAA
6. 2010 drawn Junior final Antrim 1-9 Waterford 1-9 report inIrish Times, RTÉ online and RTÉ online match-tracker
7. 2010 junior final replay Antrim 2-10 Waterford 0-12 report in Irish Independent, RTÉ Online and on camogie.ie
8. 2011 Premier Junior final Waterford 2-11 Down 1-13 report in Irish Independent Irish Times and Camogie.ie, Preview in Irish Times
9. Web site: Hurley so inspirational as Kildare claim All-Ireland honours . 2013-09-16. Irish Examiner. 2013-09-16.
10. News: Inspired Down finish on high . 16 September 2014. . 15 September 2014.
11. News: Camogie: Junior All-Ireland joy for Laois as Roscommon defeated . 15 September 2015. . 14 September 2015.
12. News: All-Ireland Premier Junior final: Westmeath claim All-Ireland junior title on Croker debut . 12 September 2017. . 10 September 2017.
13. Web site: Wexford finish strongest to claim All-Ireland glory in Croke Park thriller . 12 September 2021. The 42.
14. Web site: Cosgrove nets four goals to lead Antrim to junior glory. RTÉ Sport. 7 August 2022.
15. Web site: 2023 Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship Final – Clare 3-7 Tipperary 1-9. 6 August 2023. Munster GAA. 10 August 2023.
16. Web site: Tipperary edge out Laois by a point to claim All-Ireland Junior Camogie title. 12 August 2024. Irish Independent. 12 August 2024.
17. Web site: Nancy Murray Cup. 12 September 2021. Camogie Association.
18. 2006 Nancy Murray Cup, Armagh 0-7 Laois 0-1 in Drogheda scorers in Irish Independent
19. 2007 Nancy Murray Cup, Laois 1-15 Meath 1-9 in Leixlip report on hurlingblog.com
20. 2008 Nancy Murray Cup, Meath 0-10 Roscommon 1-6 report on Camogie.ie
21. 2009 Nancy Murray Cup, Roscommon 2-8 Armagh 3-5 report on Camogie.ie
22. 2010 Nancy Murray Cup, Kildare 3-10 Armagh 2-8 in Ashbourne report in Sunday Independent and on camogie.ie and scorers
23. 2011 Nancy Murray Cup replay, Armagh 1-7 Westmeath 1-7 in Ashbourne report in camogie.ie
24. 2011 Nancy Murray Cup replay, Armagh 3-13 Westmeath 3-5 in Ashbourne report in rte sport
25. News: Carlow v Kerry Liberty Insurance All-Ireland junior A camogie final . 24 August 2015. . 24 August 2015.
26. Web site: Result – Cavan Claim Victory in Nancy Murray Cup – 14.11.2020. . 14 November 2020.
27. Web site: Landmark camogie win for Mayo in Nancy Murray Cup. . 29 August 2021.
28. 2006 Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup, Westmeath 3-5 Monaghan 1-4 scorers in the Irish Independent
29. 2007 Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup, Carlow 0-10 Monaghan 1-3 report in Anfearua.com and Western People
30. 2008 Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup, Tyrone 4-11 Wicklow 0-3 on Camogie.ie
31. 2010 Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup, Monaghan 1-7 Cavan 1-7 report on Camogie.ie and scorers
32. 2010 Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup replay, Monaghan 0-12 Cavan 1-8 Report in Irish Independent, on camogie.ie and RTE online
33. 2011 Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup, Monaghan 1-12 Wicklow 1-7 at Donaghmore Ashbourne report on Camogie.ie