# 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2008 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a five-point margin in the final. The championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008. The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals.

## Group stages

Substitute Lourda Kavanagh’s late goal helped Galway to a surprise against Cork in the group stages by 1-9 to 0-8 at Páirc Ui Rinn. Cork went on to gain revenge when the same teams med again in the All-Ireland final, the second time a group result had been reversed in the final in the three years since the round-robin format was introduced into the championship in 2006.

## Results
### Group stage

The cross table below summarises the group stages, which were played from June 1 to August 3, 2008. Away results are italicised.
| Team | C | G | W | T | K | D | L | Pts |
| Cork | - | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Galway | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Wexford | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Tipperary | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Limerick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |

### Final stages

| Cork | Galway |
CORK: :
| GK | 1 | Aoife Murray (Cloughduv) |
| RCB | 2 | Lynda O'Connell (St Finbarr's) |
| FB | 3 | Cathriona Foley (Rockbán) (captain) |
| LCB | 4 | Joanne Callaghan (Cloughduv) |
| RWB | 5 | Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) |
| CB | 6 | Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) |
| LWB | 7 | Sarah Hayes (Courcey Rovers) |
| MF | 8 | Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) 0-1 |
| MF | 9 | Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) 0-1 |
| RWF | 10 | Amanda Regan (Douglas) 57' |
| CF | 11 | Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) 47' |
| LWF | 12 | Eimear O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig) 0-1 |
| RCF | 13 | Sile Burns (Rockbán) (captain) 2-0 |
| FF | 14 | Rachel Maloney (Courcey Rovers) 0-7 |
| LCF | 15 | Elaine Riordan (Milford) Half time' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| LCF | | Emer Farrell (Sarsfields) for O'Riordan (half-time)' |
| CF | | Rena Buckley (Inniscarra) for O'Donoghue 47' |
| RWF | | Linda Dorgan (Inniscarra) for O'Regan 57' |
GALWAY: :
| GK | 1 | Susan Earner (Meelick Eyrecourt) |
| RCB | 2 | Sandra Tannian (St Thomas) |
| FB | 3 | Aibhe Kelly (Davitts) |
| LCB | 4 | Therese Manton (Mullagh) |
| RWB | 5 | Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor) |
| CB | 6 | Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh) (captain) |
| LWB | 7 | Niamh Kilkenny (Pearses) |
| MF | 8 | Aine Hillary (Pearses) 1-0 |
| MF | 9 | Sarah Noone (Ahascragh-Caltra) 48' |
| RWF | 10 | Molly Dunne (Meelick Eyrecourt) Half time' |
| CF | 11 | Therese Maher (Athenry) |
| LWF | 12 | Veronica Curtin (Kinvara) |
| RCF | 13 | Orla Kilkenny (Pearses) |
| FF | 14 | Jessica Gill (Athenry) |
| LCF | 15 | Brenda Kerins (Ardrahan) 58' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| RWF | | Lourda Kavanagh (Davitts) for Dunne (half-time)' |
| MF | | Catriona Cormican (Cappataggle for Noone 48' |
| LCF | | Deirdre Burke (Meelick Eyrecourt) for Kerins 58' |