2000 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Birth of a rivalry

This and subsequent finals between the two counties was a high point in a period of rapid growth in the popularity of the sport of camogie which quadrupled the average attendance at its finals in a ten-year period. “It was unquestionably a day on which the profile of the game soared and many players produced moments of individual brilliance.,” Pat Roche wrote in the Irish Times.

Early rounds

Cork beat Kilkenny by 2-10 to 1-12 in the quarter-finals, Tipperary beat Clare 4-15 to 0-5, Galway beat Limerick 4-13 to 1-8 and Wexford beat Dublin 4-12 to 0-6. Cork easily defeated Wexford keeping them scoreless until just before the half-time whistle, in the semi-final. A goal by Noelle Kennedy proved to be the turning point of the second semi-final in which Tipperary beat Galway 2-11 to 1-8.

Final

Unusually Tipperary were favourites for the final. By the 17th minute they led by 2-4 to 0-2. Deirdre Hughes was quickly on to a sideline cut by Emily Hayden before netting off a post for the opening goal after four minutes. Within two minutes she palmed the ball to the Cork net to finish off an astute centre from the 14-year-old Claire Grogan. Cork's goal in reply came too late from Una O'Donoghue.

Final stages

date = August 21 Semi-Final | team1 = Cork| score = 3-13 – 1-5 | team2 = Wexford| stadium = Parnell Park, Dublin }}

date = August 21 Semi-Final | team1 = Tipperary| score = 2-11 – 1-8 | team2 = Kilkenny | stadium = Parnell Park, Dublin}}

date = September 3 Final | team1 = Tipperary| score = 2-11 – 1-9 | team2 = Cork| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin }}

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References

References

1. Moran, Mary. (2011). "A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie". Cumann Camógaíochta.
2. 2000 All Ireland final report in [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2000/0904/00090400162.html Irish Times]
3. [http://www.independent.ie/sport/tipperary-can-shade-it-in-thriller-366706.html Preview in Irish Independent]
4. 2000 All Ireland final report in [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2000/0904/00090400162.html Irish Times]