# 1982 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 1982 All Ireland Camogie Championship was won by Cork, beating Dublin by a single point in the final.

## Early rounds

Edel Murphy scored 1-6 and Marion Conroy another goal as Dublin withstood a late Limerick comeback to win the semi-final by three points. Three first half goals by Val Fitzpatrick helped Cork draw with Kilkenny, for whom Angela Downey scored 1-10 and Bridie McGarry equalised from a sideline ball 25 yards from the left corner flag three minutes from the end, the third draw in the championship between the teams since 1974. Cathy Landers had to score a point from midfield to give Cork victory, just as Helena O'Neill had been faced with a similar free to equalise in 1974. Helena succeeded, Cathy did not. The replay was attended by a large crowd (it was claimed that all three semi-finals had record attendances for this stage but records are incomplete) and finished Cork 5-4 to 3-10 before 20 minutes of extra time was required to separate the sides. Cork scored 2-4 to Kilkenny’s 0-2 in extra time. Their goals came from Mary Geaney and Pat Lenihan (two each), Mary O'Leary who scored 1-8, Marion McCarthy and Marion Sweeney.

## Final

A dramatic point from a 50-yard free in the last minute by Mary O'Leary leaving Dublin lamenting their third defeat in a final in six years. It followed the decisive goal with five minutes to go when Mary O'Leary collected the ball 50 yards from goal and sent in a hard driven shot which dipped below the crossbar. O'Leary scored 1-6 in a fast paced game. Marion McCarthy scored a Dublin goal from the edge of the square after 54 seconds, Cork attacked from the restart and when Yvonne Redmond was slow to clear Pat Lenihan scored a Cork goal after just 90 seconds to complete the quickest two goals in All Ireland camogie history, Una Crowley then had Dublin's second goal after seven minutes and Dublin led 2-5 to 1-3 at half time.

### Final stages

| Cork | Dublin |
CORK: :
| GK | 1 | Marion McCarthy (Éire Óg) |
| FB | 2 | Eileen Dineen (Éire Óg) |
| RWB | 3 | Miriam Higgins (Éire Óg) |
| CB | 4 | Cathy Landers (Killeagh) |
| LWB | 5 | Martha Kearney (Na Piarsaigh) |
| MF | 6 | Clare Cronin (Old Als |
| MF | 7 | Val Fitzpatrick (Glen Rovers) |
| MF | 8 | Ger McCarthy (Glen Rovers) 35' |
| RWF | 9 | Mary O'Leary (Watergrasshill) (1-6) |
| CF | 10 | Pat Lenihan (Killeagh) (Capt) (1-1) 16' 35' |
| LWF | 11 | Marion Sweeney (Killeagh) |
| FF | 12 | Noelle O'Driscoll |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | | Sandie Fitzgibbon (Glen Rovers) for Lenihan 16' |
| MF | | Pat Lenihan for McCarthy 35' |
DUBLIN: :
| GK | 1 | Yvonne Redmond (Cúchulainn Crumlin) |
| FB | 2 | Anne O'Brien (Cúchulainn Crumlin) |
| RWB | 3 | Frances Murphy (UCD) |
| CB | 4 | Bernie Toner (Cuala Naomh Mhuire) |
| LWB | 5 | Catherine Docherty (Celtic) |
| MF | 6 | Una Crowley (Celtic) (1-1) 45' |
| MF | 7 | Mary Mernagh (Cuala Naomh Mhuire) 35' |
| MF | 8 | Edel Murphy (UCD) (0-2) |
| RWF | 9 | Anna Condon (Austin Stacks) (0-1) |
| CF | 10 | Marion Conroy (Austin Stacks) (1-0) |
| LWF | 11 | Barbara Redmond (Cúchulainn Crumlin) |
| FF | 12 | Orla Ryan (Austin Stacks) (0-2) |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | | Joan Gormley (UCD) for Mernagh 35' |
| MF | | M Murphy (Cúchulainn Crumlin) for Crowley 45' |
MATCH RULES
* 50 minutes
* Replay if scores level
* Maximum of 3 substitutions