Camogie championship
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 2005 Winners Champions St Lachtain’s , Freshford (Kilkenny) (2nd title)Manager John Lyng Captain Imelda Kennedy Runners-up Runners-up Davitts (Gal)
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won for the second year in succession by St Lachtain’s , Freshford (Kilkenny), who defeated Davitts (Gal) in the final, played at the Kilruane MacDonagh's GAA club in Cloughjordan.[1] [2]
Arrangements The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with O’Donovan Rossa and Cashel winning the championships of the other two provinces. Marie O'Connor scored three goals for Lachtain’s in their semi-final victory over Rossa. Davitt’s Lourda Kavanagh scored an equalizing goal in the fourth minute of added time in the semi-final against Cashel. Then Caitríona Kelly secured Davitt’s place in the final with three well-taken goals in the replay.
The Final St Lachtain’s captain Margaret Hickey missed the final through injury, but scores from Imelda Kennedy and Marie O'Connor secured the title in her absence.[3]
Final stages November 13 Semi-Final Replay
St Lachtain’s GK 1 Laura Comerford RCB 2 Sinéad Cash FB 3 Gillian Maher LCB 4 Fiona Dowling RWB 5 Margaret McCarthy CB 6 Mairéad Costello LWB 7 Danielle Minogue MF 8 Deirdre Delaney MF 9 Aoife Fitzpatrick RWF 10 Sinéad Connery CF 11 Esther Costello LWF 12 Imelda Kennedy RCF 13 Ann Dalton FF 14 Marie O'Connor LCF 15 Eileen Fitzpatrick
Davitts GK 1 Karen Power RCB 2 Orla Watson FB 3 Anne Broderick LCB 4 Lizzie Flynn RWB 5 Rita Broderick CB 6 Ailbhe Kelly LWB 7 Linda Gohery MF 8 Deirdre Murphy MF 9 Phyllis Hayes RWF 10 Caroline Kelly CF 11 Caitríona Kelly LWF 12 Deirdre Gilchrist RCF 13 Olivia Forde FF 14 Lourda Kavanagh LCF 15 Mary Kelly
References
^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5 ^ All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie ^ St Lachtain’s 1-9 Davitts 1-4 report in Irish Independent and Irish Times ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, October 30, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, October 30, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, October 30, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Connacht Tribune, November 11, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, November 7, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, November 7, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, November 7, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, November 14, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, November 14, 2005 ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, November 14, 2005 External links