The 1989 National Camogie League is a competition 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 by

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 ...

, who defeated

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in the final, played at Nowlan Park. It was the first National League to be played under rules fixing the duration of matches at 60 minutes.

Arrangements

Kilkenny dropped three points early in the league campaign and an understrength team, minus

Angela Downey Angela Downey-Browne (born 1957, Kilkenny) is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie at various times with her local clubs, St Paul’s Camogie Club, St Paul's camogie club based in Kilkenny city and Lisdowney GAA, Lisdowney, and was ...

lost to Cork by seven points. Kilkenny won their way back into contention when Dublin faltered and took their semi-final place at Dubln's expense. Both counties had big wins in the semi-finals, Kilkenny scored 6-8 against Galway in the semi-final and a weak Clare team failed to test Cork.

The Final

and Breda Holmes scored two goals each in the final for Kilkenny in the final.Report of final in Irish News, June 19, 1989

Division 2

The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Kildare who defeated

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

in the final on July 23.

Final stages

References

External links

Camogie Association
{{Gaelic games in Ireland National Camogie League

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