The 1993
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1993 season. The championship was won by
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
who defeated
Galway
Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...
by a ten-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 5,400.
Semi-finals
Colette O'Mahony
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scored 3–5 as Cork beat Kilkenny in a high scoring and exciting semi-final, and substitute and
Lynn Dunlea snatched an unlikely winning goal when completely surrounded by Kilkenny defenders to see Cork go through by a point, 5–10 to 2–18. Galway qualified for their first All-Ireland final since 1962 when they defeated Wexford in another high-scoring semi-final at Duggan Park.
Final
Lynn Dunlea scored three goals in Cork’s victory in the final. Croke Park resembled a building site as Cork won their second successive All Ireland. Desmond Fahy wrote in the
Irish Times
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. :
The real difference between the sides was Cork’s deep well of experience. When the game hovered invitingly for both teams in the first five minutes of the second half, they were the side that were able to grasp it.[Report of final in Irish Times, September 27, 1993]
Final stages
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MATCH RULES
*50 minutes
*Replay if scores level
*Maximum of 3 substitutions
See also
*
Wikipedia List of Camogie players
*
National Camogie League
*
Camogie All Stars Awards
References
External links
Camogie AssociationCamogie on facebook
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