# 2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2001 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who scored defeated their great rivals of the age Cork in a replayed semi-final and Kilkenny by a 16-point margin in the final. The attendance was a then record of 16,354.

## Semi-finals

Tipperary needed an injury time equaliser to draw with Cork in the semi-finals at Mullingar. Injury time goals by Eimear McDonnell and Noelle Kennedy gave Cork a somewhat flattering seven-point victory in the replay. Martina Maher scored both goals for Kilkenny against Galway for Kilkenny who qualified for their second final in three years with a relatively inexperienced team, Edel Maher and Aoife Neary were just 16 and goalkeeper Caitríona Ryan only made her championship debut that summer, when star of the team Sinead Millea returned from her world travels. Kilkenny were jointly managed by Brendan Williams and Ted Browne (Angela Downey's husband),

## Final

Tipperary took control of the final in a three-minute spell from the ninth to the 12th minute of the first half when first Claire Grogan and then Deirdre Hughes smashed home goals before Hughes scored again with a point. Kilkenny never recovered from this seven point barrage.

## Supermom

Dubbed “supermom” in the media, Kilkenny substitute Jillian Dillon-Maher gave birth seven weeks old before she helped Kilkenny dispatch Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. She then played in the All Ireland final two and a half months after giving birth.

### Final stages

| Tipperary | Kilkenny |
TIPPERARY: :
| GK | 1 | Jovita Delaney (Cashel) |
| RCB | 2 | Paula Bulfin (Cashel) 56' |
| FB | 3 | Una O'Dwyer (Cashel) |
| LCB | 4 | Claire Madden (Nenagh Éire Óg) |
| RWB | 5 | Sinéad Nealon (Burgess) |
| CB | 6 | Ciara Gaynor (Burgess) (0-1) |
| LWB | 7 | Therese Brophy (Burgess) |
| MF | 8 | Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara) |
| MF | 9 | Philly Fogarty (Cashel) (0-1) 56' |
| RWF | 10 | Emily Hayden (Cashel) (Capt) |
| CF | 11 | Noelle Kennedy (Toomevara) (0-5) |
| LWF | 12 | Joanne Ryan (Drom-Inch) |
| RCF | 13 | Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) (1-2) |
| FF | 14 | Deirdre Hughes (Toomevara) (2-2) |
| LCF | 15 | Claire Grogan (Cashel) (1-2) 56' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| LCF | | Gráinne Shanahan (Cashel) for Grogan 56' 0-1 |
| MF | | Niamh Harkin (Cashel) for Fogarty 56' |
| RCB | | Sheena Howard (Cashel) for Bulfin 56' |
KILKENNY: :
| GK | 1 | Caitríona Ryan (Tullogher) |
| RCB | 2 | Marie Maher (St Anne’s) |
| FB | 3 | Sinéad Costelloe (St Lachtain's) |
| LCB | 4 | Mairéad Costelloe (St Lachtain's) (Capt) |
| RWB | 5 | Esther Kennedy (St Lachtain's) |
| CB | 6 | Kelly Long (St Lachtain's) |
| LWB | 7 | Edel Maher (St Anne’s) 56' |
| MF | 8 | Brigid Mullally (Glenmore) (0-1) |
| MF | 9 | Lizzie Lyng (Rower-Inistioge) (0-1) |
| RWF | 10 | Sinéad Millea (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) (1-2) |
| CF | 11 | Martina Maher (St Martin’s) |
| LWF | 12 | Imelda Kennedy (St Lachtain's) (0-1) |
| RCF | 13 | Catherine Doherty (St Anne’s) |
| FF | 14 | Aoife Neary (James Stephens) |
| LCF | 15 | Marina Downey (Lisdowney) (0-1) |
| Substitutes: ||||
| LCF | | Jillian Dillon (St Lachtain's) for Edel Maher 23' 0-1 |