The 1997
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of
camogie
Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.
A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
was won for the second time in succession by
Pádraig Pearse's GAA, (
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 ...
), who defeated Lisdowney (
Kilkenny
Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512.
Kilken ...
) in the final, played at
Ballymacward.
Arrangements
The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in
Gaelic Games
Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...
since the 1880s, with
Loughgiel Shamrocks
Loughgiel Shamrocks GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Loughgiel/Loughguile in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. They are currently the only club in Ulster to have won an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championsh ...
and
Granagh-Ballingarry winning the championships of the other two provinces.
The Final
Martina Haverty's goal for Pearses proved decisive in the final, as the Galway team led 3–3 to 1–0 at half time but had to contend with a Lisdoweny comeback which began when
Ann Downey scored a goal from a free and
Marina Downey
Marina Downey is a camogie player, winner of five All Ireland medals and captain of the Kilkenny team that won the National Camogie League
The National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Very Ireland Camogie Leagues, is a c ...
added three points.
[''Irish Times'', November 24, 1997]
Final stages
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References
External links
Camogie Association
{{Gaelic games in Ireland
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1997
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