1988 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Nobody on a losing side wishes to be easily identified but this was stretching it too far. Cork’s challenge may not have faded into obscurity like the numbers of their backs, but they were held at bay long enough for Kilkenny to record their fourth successive triumph.. Though Cork trailed by 3-3 to 1-5 at the interval, they challenged gamely to be in with a chance in the closing stages. That Cork’s chances were alive playing into the teeth of a strong downfield breeze in the closing stages was due to their persistence around the Kilkenny posts and the probings of Linda Mellerick. ===Final stages=== {{footballbox | date = August 21 Semi-Final | team1 = Cork| score = 2-9 – 2-2 | team2 = Wexford | stadium = Ballinlough}} ---- {{footballbox | date = August 28 Semi-Final | team1 = Kilkenny| score = 3-19 – 1-4 | team2 = Galway| stadium = Glenamaddy}} ---- {{footballbox | date = September 25 Final | team1 = Kilkenny| score = 4-11 – 3-8 | team2 = Cork| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin }} {| width=92% | |{{Football kit }} |{{Football kit }} |} {| width="100%" {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK ||**1** || Marie Fitzpatrick (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) |- |FB ||**2** || Biddy O'Sullivan (Shamrocks) |- |RWB ||**3** || Helen Holmes (St Paul’s) |- |CB ||**4** || Deirdre Malone (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) |- |LWB ||**5** || Frances Rothwell (Mooncoin) |- |MF ||**6** || Clare Jones (St Paul’s) (1-1) |- |MF ||**7** || Ann Downey (St Paul’s) (0-4) |- |MF ||**8** || Anna Whelan (Castlecomer) |- |RWF ||**9**|| Breda Cahill (St Brigid’s Ballycallan) |- |CF ||**10**|| Breda Holmes (St Paul’s) (2-1) |- |LWF ||**11**|| Angela Downey (St Paul’s) (Capt) (1-3) |- |FF ||**12**|| Jo Dunne (Carrickshock) (0-1) |- |- | RWF || || Marina Downey (St Paul’s) for Helen Holmes |- |} Sub used: Marina Downey (0-1) {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK ||**1** || Marion McCarthy |- |FB ||**2** || Mary Ring |- |RWB ||**3** || Mary Spillane (1-0) |- |CB ||**4** || Cathy Landers Harnedy |- |LWB ||**5** || Anne O'Donovan |- |MF ||**6** || Sandie Fitzgibbon (0-1) |- |MF ||**7** || Clare Cronin |- |MF ||**8** || Colette O'Mahony (0-1) |- |RWF ||**9**|| Anne Leahy (1-0) |- |CF ||**10**|| Linda Mellerick (0-3) |- |LWF ||**11**|| Irene O'Leary |- |FF ||**12**|| Mary Geaney (1-3) |- |- | RWF || || Liz Dunphy (0-2) for O'Leary |- |} |} ==References== ==External links== [[Category:1988 in camogie]] [[Category:All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship seasons|1988]]