Gael Linn Cup 1992
Winners
ChampionsMunster (8th title)
Runners-up
Runners-upLeinster
Other
Matches played3

The 1992 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Munster, who defeated Leinster in the final, played at O'Toole Park.[1][2]

Arrangements

Munster defeated Ulster 2–12 to 2–7 at Holycross. Leinster defeated Connacht 6–14 to 1–3 at Turloughmore. Munster, with 19-year-old Deirdre Hughes the only non-Cork player on the team, then defeated Leinster in the final by 1–18 to 2–9.[3][4][5][6][7] In the Gael Linn trophy semi-final Deirdre Hughes as Munster defeated Ulster 5–6 to 2–7. Connacht defeated Leinster, 2–5 to 1–6. Munster then defeated Connacht 6–11 to 3–3 in the final.

Final stages

Munster1–18 – 2–9Leinster

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Munster:
GK1Kathleen Costine (Cork)
FB2Liz Dunphy (Cork)
RWB3Liz Towler (Cork)
CB4Therese O'Callaghan (Cork)
LWB5Denise Cronin (Cork)
MF6Linda Mellerick (Cork)
MF7Sandie Fitzgibbon (Cork) (captain)
MF8Irene O'Leary (Cork)
RWF9Fiona O'Driscoll (Cork)
CF10Colette O'Mahony (Cork)
LWF11Catherine O'Loughlin (Clare)
FF12Deirdre Hughes (Tipperary)
Leinster:
GK1Terri Butler (Wexford)
FB2Tina Fitzhenry (Wexford)
RWB3Una Murphy (Killkenny)
CB4Cathy Walsh (Dublin)
LWB5Jean O'Leary (Wexford)
MF6Stellah Sinnott (Wexford)
MF7Ann Downey (Killkenny)
MF8Gillian Dillon (Killkenny)
RWF9Marina Downey (Killkenny)
CF10Ann Reddy (Wexford)
LWF11Angela Downey (Killkenny)
FF12Bridget Mullally (Killkenny)

Junior Final

Munster6–11 – 3–3Connacht

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Munster:
GK1Ailish Delaney (Tipperary)
FB2Marguerite Guiry (Limerick)
RWB3Ann Marie Fitzgerald (Tipperary)
CB4Cora Kennedy (Tipperary)
LWB5Claire Madden (Tipperary)
MF6Mairéad Treacy (Limerick)
MF7Bernie Chawke (Limerick)
MF8Triona Bonnar (Tipperary) (captain)
RWF9Sinéad Nealon (Tipperary)
CF10Pauline McCarthy (Limerick)
LWF11Lynn Dunlea (Cork)
FF12Deirdre Hughes (Tipperary)
Connacht:
GK1Maeve Healy (Rocommon)
FB2Brigid Fahy (Galway)
RWB3Elaine Kenny (Galway)
CB4Carmel Allen (Galway)
LWB5Deirdre Connaughton (Rocommon)
MF6Dympna Maher (Galway)
MF7Margaret Burke (Galway)
MF8Teresa Bracken (Rocommon)
RWF9Olivia Broderick (Galway)
CF10Mary Gannon (Rocommon)
LWF11Caitríona Finnegan (Galway)
FF12Emer Hardiman (Galway)

References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, 9 November 1992
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, 9 November 1992
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, 9 November 1992
  6. Report of final in Irish Examiner, 9 November 1992
  7. Report of final in Irish News, 9 November 1992
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