1954 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1954

Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Dublin (14th title)
Captain	Sophie Brack
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Derry
	Patsy McCloskey
Manager
Matches played	2

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1954 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated first time finalists Derry by an 18 point margin in the final.

Final stages

Semi-Final

Dublin	5-3 – 3-1	Cork

Croke Park

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Home Semi-Final

Derry	5-2 – 0-0	Mayo

Newport

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Semi-Final

Derry	3-11 – 0-3	London

Greenlough

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August 22
Final

Dublin	10-4 – 4-2	Derry

Croke Park

Dublin

Derry

DUBLIN: GK 1 Eileen Duffy (Celtic) FB 2 Doretta Blackton (Celtic) RWB 3 Betty Hughes (CIÉ) CB 4 Carmel Walsh (CIÉ) LWB 5 Sheila Donnelly (Eoghan Rua) MF 6 Nancy Caffrey (Eoghan Rua) MF 7 Annette Corrigan (UCD) (0-3) MF 8 Kathleen Mills (CIÉ) RWF 9 Una O’Connor (Celtic) (4-0) CF 10 Sheila Sleator (Eoghan Rua) (2-0) LWF 11 Eileen Bourke (UCD) FF 12 Sophie Brack (Capt) (CIÉ) (Capt) (4-1)

DERRY: GK 1 Anna McPeake FB 2 Theresa Clarke RWB 3 Teresa Halferty CB 4 Carrie Rankin LWB 5 Margaret Dorrity MF 6 Mary McSwiggan MF 7 Patsy McCloskey (Capt) (1-2) MF 8 Kathleen McCloskey RWF 9 Kathleen Madden CF 10 Patsy O’Brien (1-0) LWF 11 Anna Bryson (1-0) FF 12 Rose McAllister (1-0)

MATCH RULES

• 50 minutes
• Replay if scores level
• Maximum of 3 substitutions

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
• Wikipedia List of Camogie players
• National Camogie League
• Camogie All Stars Awards
• Ashbourne Cup

External links

• Camogie Association
• Historical reports of All Ireland finals
• All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
• Camogie on facebook
• Camogie on GAA Oral History Project