The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of

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was won b
Pearses
from the Ballymacward and Gurteen areas of Co Galway, who defeated Granagh-Ballingarry from Limerick in the final, played at Glen Rovers.

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in

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since the 1880s, with

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an
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 agains
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 Sharon Glynn is a camogie player and manager, an All Ireland medalist in 1996 and the star of her county’s 2002 victory in the National Camogie League when she scored three goals in Galway’s 6-6 to 1-7 victory over Limerick. She was nominat ...

to four scores.Report of final in Irish Times, November 25, 1996

Final stages

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References

External links

Camogie Association
{{Camogie_All-Ireland_Club_Championships 1996 in camogie

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