All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2011

**All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2010**
Championship Details
Dates	11 June - 11 September
Counties	8
Sponsor	RTÉ Sport RTÉ Sport RTÉ Sport is a cross platform, integrated business division of Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann, responsible for the provision of sport coverage on RTÉ Radio, RTÉ Television, and RTÉ.ie....
All-Ireland Champions
Winners	Wexford
Captain	Ursula Jacob Ursula Jacob Ursula Jacob is a camogie player, winner of All Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011, when she scored a dramatic 52nd minute goal which changed the course of the All Ireland final and secured victory for Wexford. She was player of the match in Wexford’s...
Manager	JJ Doyle JJ Doyle John Joseph Doyle is a former hurler who managed the Wexford camogie to All-Ireland championship success in 2010 and 2011.-Hurling career:Doyle was educated in Marshalstown National School and Enniscorthy CBS...
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Captain	Brenda Hanney Brenda Hanney Brenda Hanney is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford, captain of the 2011 All Ireland runners-up and scorer of the winning goal in the 2011 All Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny.-Other...
Manager	Noel Finn
Matches played	27

The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in association with RTÉ Sport for sponsorship reasons— is the premier competition of the 2011 camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

season. It commenced on 11 June 2011 and ended with the final on 11 September. Eight county teams compete in the Senior Championship out of twenty-seven who compete overall in the Senior, Intermediate

All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship is the most important competition in the women’s field sport of camogie for second-tier county teams and for second-string teams of first-tier counties. If the winning team comes from a second-tier county, that county is promoted to the following...

and Junior

All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is the most important competition for third-tier county teams in the women’s field sport of camogie. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term junior applies to the level of competition rather than the age group...

Championships. Wexford defeated Galway in the final, avenging a surprise 11-point defeat in the round-robin stage of the championship.

Structure

The eight teams played one another once, and receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. The top four teams then contested the semi-finals

.

Change of Sponsor

The Camogie Association

Camogie Association

The Camogie Association organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and across the world. The Association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association.-History:...

lost its sponsor, the Gala retail chain, just six weeks before throw-in and arranged a partnership with RTÉ, “in Association with RTÉ sport,” instead.. One outcome of the partnership was live updates on RTÉ radio were available for the first time as well as an improved two-minute highlights package on the Sunday game on RTÉ television. The finals were televised live and the semi-finals broadcast live online on RTÉ.ie.

Launch

Camogie Association

The Camogie Association organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and across the world. The Association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association.-History:...

president Joan O'Flynn

Joan O'Flynn

-Background:She was the daughter of GAA administrator Seamus Ó Floinn. She is a graduate of University College Cork and University College Dublin -Background:She was the daughter of GAA administrator Seamus Ó Floinn. She is a graduate of University College Cork (BA 1983) and University College...

made an appeal for a heightened profile for women’s sport at the launch of the championship.

“Sport is for all. Just as sport played by men is not for men only, sport played by women is not for women only. I am urging all sports fans to experience the skill and excitement of top class camogie action and to see our sport stars in action. An increase in women in decision making roles in sport, positive attitudes and actions towards women's sport and giving greater prominence and recognition to women's sporting achievements will all make a difference. It is vital for future female participation in sport that children get the opportunity to understand that women are major sports achievers and are accomplished sports stars in their own right.”

At the captain’s launch of the All Ireland final Joan O’Flynn spoke out about the representation of females in sporting attire used in a crisps ad. She said “the Hunky Dory campaign, which features women wearing revealing crop tops in sport poses, was particularly ill-timed given that camogie's top teams will be starring in Croke Park this Sunday.”

Preparations

In the lead-in to the competition, there were management changes in Cork, where Joe O’Brien of Glanworth

Glanworth GAA

Glanworth GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the parish of Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland. The club fields teams in competitions organized by the Cork GAA county board and the Avondhu GAA divisional board. The club plays under the name Glanworth in Gaelic football, and under the...

became manager, Tipperary where John Lillis became manager and Dublin where Denis Murphy

Denis Murphy

Denis Murphy may refer to:*Denis Murphy , Irish traditional musician from the Sliabh Luachra area*Denis Murphy , Australian Labor Party politician and historian...

became manager. Three members of the Clare management team resigned in advance of the championship.

Results

Onfield, the Championship was the most open for several years with all of the leading contendors suffering a defeat in the first three rounds of the championship. In the opening round, 2010

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2010

The 2010 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—is the high point of the 2010 season in the sport of camogie. It commenced on June 13, 2010 and ended with the final between Galway and Wexford on 12...

defeated finalists Galway imposed a surprise 11-point defeat on the defending champions, Wexford. It was the second successive year Galway had defeated Wexford in the round-orobin series, only to lose the All Ireland final to the same opponents on both occasions. The aggregate scoring average of 32.82 points per match was the highest in championship history. Cork had the highest scoring average with 22.71 points per match.

The 2010 Intermediate

All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship

champions Offaly, managed by 1981 hurling hero Joachim Kelly

Joachim Kelly

Joachim Kelly is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Lusmagh and with the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1975 until 1993.-Early & private life:...

, were competing at senior level for the first time and achieved their first victory at this level against Dublin and followed it up with a victory over Clare in the final round. Clare, too, achieved a historic third round victory over Tipperary, their first since 1995 and their first in the senior championship since 1946.

From the beginning five teams were in contention for four semi-final slots. Despite an initial showing by Tipperary, who had last contested an All Ireland semi-final in 2008

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2008

The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008. The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals...

, at the end of the group stages the four teams who qualified for the semi-finals, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny and Wexford, were the same as for the previous two years 2009

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009

The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons— is the high point of the 2009 season in the sport of camogie. It commenced on June 20, 2009 and ended with the final on 13 September 2009...

and 2010

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2010

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals Wexford (2-11) defeated Cork (1-9) with goals by Ursula Jacob

Ursula Jacob

Ursula Jacob is a camogie player, winner of All Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011, when she scored a dramatic 52nd minute goal which changed the course of the All Ireland final and secured victory for Wexford. She was player of the match in Wexford’s...

(30 mins) and Katrina Parrock

Katrina Parrock

Katrina Parrock is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011 and an All Star award winner in 2010 and 2011. She was an All Star nominee in 2006 and 2009 and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011.-Other awards:...

(40 mins), while Cork’s goal was scored by Katriona Mackey

Katriona Mackey

Katriona Mackey born 1992 in Cork is a camogie player and an accountant, winner of an All Ireland camogie medal in 2009. She is twin sister of Pamela, who is also on the Cork camogie panel, she won a Munster championship and an All Ireland, coming on as a sub, in her first season on the panel. She...

(54 mins). Galway (2-13) defeated Kilkenny with goals by Brenda Hanney

Brenda Hanney

Brenda Hanney is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford, captain of the 2011 All Ireland runners-up and scorer of the winning goal in the 2011 All Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny.-Other...

(23 mins) and Tara Ruttledge

Tara Ruttledge

Tara Ruttledge is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford, She was an All-Star nominee in 2010.-Other awards:...

(59 mins) while Kilkenny’s goal was scored by Edel Maher (31 mins). The attendance of 5,100 was a record for the semi-finals and higher than many All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship finals before 1994.

Final

Turning point of the final was the 52nd minute goal scored by Ursula Jacob

Ursula Jacob

. Eight out of 14 journalists at the final described it as among the best in the history of the game. TV analyst and three times All Ireland medalist Therese O'Callaghan

Therése O'Callaghan

Therése O'Callaghan is a camogie player, captain of the winning National Camogie League team in 1991 and again in 1996. She also captained her club Glen Rovers to the All Ireland club championship of 1990.-Career:...

described it as “a dream goal, as good a goal as you are likely to see.”
Former Galway hurling manager Cyril Farrell

Cyril Farrell

Cyril Farrell is a former Irish sportsperson. He was the manager of the Galway senior hurling team in the 1980s and 1990s. He led Galway to four consecutive All Ireland finals appearances from 1985 through 1988. He comes from the Tommy Larkins hurling club in Woodford/Ballinakill...

said during the course of his TV match commentary:

"That's as good a goal as you will see anywhere, a beautiful cross field ball from Josie Dwyer
Josie Dwyer
Josie Dwyer is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in in 2010 and 2011 She famously delivered the pass to Ursula Jacob which secured the 2011 All Ireland title for Wexford...

, fantastic catch, back towards the goal, turn on the left, bang in to the back of the net. You won’t see better than that anywhere. Everything is just on precision, on the dot. Catches it, turns left handed, bang to the back of the net, brilliant score."

Galway manager Noel Finn said: “The goal came against the run of play. It was a sucker punch that late, they got their dander up. They were winning the breaks and when you’re on the back foot it is very hard to try and push on.
It brought the initiative back to Wexford after they had dominated the first half, having taken the initiative with a penalty scored by Una Leacy

Una Leacy

Una Leacy is a camogie player, winner of two All-Star awards in 2007 the year her two early goals helped Wexford win their first All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 32 years and 2011. She won further All Ireland medals in 2010 and 2011....

(4 minutes, but fallen three points behind after a snap goal scored by Tara Ruttledge

Tara Ruttledge

(37 minutes).
Galway led by 1-8 to 1-5 after 50 minutes, but failed to score in the last ten minutes. Finn pondered:

“When you go 10 minutes without scoring, especially the last 10 minutes, you’re not going to hold out. They got the break and they took their scores. When Tara got the goal I thought we would drive on because we were hurling well at that stage, but Wexford dug deep and got the result and its heartbreak again for us this year, I just thought when Wexford went in front they killed the game, that’s experience, we have to learn, it’s very hard to lose two finals. I said coming up here today we were well prepared, better than last year and if we played to our ability we would have got a result. Wexford hit us hard, and fair play to them they are All Ireland champions and we have to suffer the consequences of losing another All Ireland.”

Attendance & TV Audience

The attendance of 14,974 was the sixth highest ever for a camogie-only final day in Croke Park

Croke Park

Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

. An average TV audience of 218,000 tuned in for full match coverage on RTE sport (including half and full time analysis), recording a Neilsen rating

Nielsen Ratings

Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...

of 5.22 and a market share of 23.14, the fifth highest viewership in the game’s history. The final minutes of the game attracted a peak of 303,000 viewers. A further 3,312 viewed on live web feed.

Management Reaction

Winning manager JJ Doyle

JJ Doyle

John Joseph Doyle is a former hurler who managed the Wexford camogie to All-Ireland championship success in 2010 and 2011.-Hurling career:Doyle was educated in Marshalstown National School and Enniscorthy CBS...

of Wexford said:

”What the Wexford teams achieved out there today I doubt ever will be achieved again. We have been in six competitions in two years and we won every one of them. I think they can lay claim to being one of the greatest camogie teams ever to play the game now. The amount of work that went in was phenomenal. We did it because Wexford loves camogie and loves GAA.
They weren't letting us run at them. It was the way it was in Bellefield earlier in the year, a game that was talked about an awful lot. People had said a lot of things about Wexford camogie, especially the senior team. People questioned our girl's hunger. People questioned our desire, said that Galway were going to be hungrier than us. They questioned a lot of things about the team. We wanted to get the opportunity to answer them. Thankfully we have done that.
It is very hard to put into words what I feel right now. I feel extremely proud of the girls, all 48 that have been training with us. The first half seemed to go on for hours and the second half just flew by. Then we got into injury time and I thought it would never end. Anyone looking at that out there today will see that Wexford camogie is made of very very stern stuff. You don’t play for as many years as these girls have and not have the character.
When Galway got the goal lesser teams would have buckled. I have learned a lot about the girls and they have learned a lot about themselves.”

The losing manager Noel Finn of Galway stood down on the Sunday night of the All-Ireland final:

I am very, very disappointed. Last year was hard to take but losing again today was devastation. The girls are devastated in there. We all are. Sport can be cruel, great when you win, very very hard to take when you lose. Scrappy first half. Two points downat half time, I felt we were in the game. We came out with all guns blazing in the second half. When we went three points in front and I thought we would have pushed on. Instead Wexford came back at us. They got the scores and they finished us. It was very, very exciting there. Anyone could have won as it went down to the wire. After they got the goal they sort of pushed on.”

Media Reaction

Media coverage was generally favourable, praisng the intensity and excitement of the game, sometimes at the expense of individual skill. Three times All Ireland medalist Therese O’Callaghan, a television analyst said “Galway did very little wrong today while her co-analyst Stellah Sinnott

Stellah Sinnott

Stellah Sinnott is a camogie manager, winner of a Manager of the Year award after she guided Wexford to their first All Ireland title in 32 years in 2007...

, a former Wexford manager said “the second half had everything you could look for in an All-Ireland final. What separated Wexford from them in the end was Ursula Jacob’s goal.”

Diarmuid O'Flynn wrote in the Irish Examiner, “on such margins do big games turn.” the Irish Independent reported: “like all true champions, JJ Doyle's side simply refused to yield” and the Irish Times noted “Tara Ruttledge had a shot for a point to give them a vital cushion but the sliotar rebounded off the upright across the face of goal and crucially there was no Galway player on hand to tap to the net. Had there been, that would surely have been game over.”

Regional media praised the standard of the game but had predictably contrasting reactions to the results. The Wexford People

Wexford People

The Wexford People is a local or regional newspaper published once per week in County Wexford, Ireland.-Content:The newspaper contains stories relating primarily to Wexford town and its surrounding area, as well as stories relating to Co. Wexford....

declared: “Wexford started the week as the peoples champions - battlers, and winners, to the end - they finished it as probably the greatest Camogie side in game’s history” while sportswriter and author Dean Goodison wrote “a stunning rearguard action by the best set of backs ever to grace a camogie field kept the game alive in the first half.” The Enniscorthy Echo

Enniscorthy Echo

The Enniscorthy Echo is a local newspaper published once per week in County Wexford, Ireland. It is published in colour.-History:...

noted “‘the game as a whole was tough, with both sides tackling hard, hunting in packs and producing some incredible hooking and blocking as they threw the kitchen sink at each other in 60 minutes of pulsating camogie.”

In the defeated county the Galway Advertiser

Galway Advertiser

The Galway Advertiser is a free newspaper distributed throughout Galway city and county on Thursdays. It was the first of the regional newspapers under the "Advertiser" banner, which now also includes publications based in Athlone, Kilkenny, Mayo, and Mullingar....

concluded “what will really stick in the craw when the game is analysed is that Galway won most of the individual battles.” The Tuam Herald

Tuam Herald

The Tuam Herald is a weekly Irish newspaper, founded in 1837 by Richard Kelly, which serves the town of Tuam and County Galway. It has a circulation of about 10,000 copies.Jim Carney...

picked out the performance of “the lionhearted Therése Maher

Therese Maher

Therese Maher is a camogie player, winner of four All Star awards in 2005. 2008. 2009 and 2011 a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford. She was Galway camogie player of the year 1998 and 2008 and a member of the Team...

who proved “that she is up there with the best and most versatile camogie players we have seen or may ever see.” Eoghan Cormican of the Connacht Tribune

Connacht Tribune

The Connacht Tribune is a newspaper circulating chiefly in County Galway, Ireland and is currently the most popular and successful regional newspaper in Ireland....

wrote: “Sickening, absolutely sickening - it’s hard to find a better or more apt adjective to describe Sunday’s All Ireland senior camogie final. Hearts sunk with the sounding of the final whistle.”

Cyril Farrell

Cyril Farrell

also said that the refereeing had been very fussy. “If the hurling all Ireland was refereed like that last week there would have been a stoppage every twenty seconds. “

Protocol Precedent

The Irish Independent

Irish Independent

The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper that is published in both compact and broadsheet formats. It is the flagship publication of Independent News & Media.-History:...

noted in their after-match commentary:

“After lining up to greet the Taoiseach, the Wexford team, led by captain and eventual match-changer Ursula Jacob (pictured above), turned left and came down along the line, shaking hands with all of their Galway opponents before trotting into position for the pre-match parade. It was a nice sporting gesture, surely one that would add greatly to the men's big days.”

Homecoming

The homecoming for the Wexford senior team along with their intermediate

All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship

colleagues on Monday Sept 12th was in two stages, to Enniscorthy and Wexford town. Enniscorthy town Council organised a reception for the two Wexford teams where “but the sports loving Council Cathaoirleach could barely be heard over the din as the members of both winning panels were introduced to the crowd.” They arrived on Wexford Quays in an open-topped bus before stepping onstage to greet a large local crowd. The Enniscorthy Echo reported: “Wexford’s homecoming was a throwback to receptions in Enniscorthy for returning Wexford All-Ireland teams.” David Medcalf wrote in the Wexford People

Wexford People

“the formality of a civic reception was lost in the sheer joy of the occasion.”

Aftermath

Galway manager Noel Finn stepped down on the Sunday evening of the final in the wake of his side’s narrow defeat. The winning Wexford team brought the O'Duffy Cup

O'Duffy Cup

The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is the premier round-robin and knock-out competition in the game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie Final being played on the...

on a tour of the county to schools, clubs and good causes wanting to have the trophy present in their midst.

Team of the championship

The team of the championship selected by RTÉ sports team was:

Mags D’Arcy (Wex);

Claire O'Connor

Claire O'Connor

Claire O’Connor is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship of 2007, 2010 and 2011 and an All Star award winner in 2010 and 2011. She was a member of the 2011 Team of the Championship.-Other awards:...

(Wex), Catherine O’Loughlin

Catherine O'Loughlin (Wexford camogie player)

Catherine O’Loughlin is a camogie player, winner of five All-Star awards in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 and twice winner of All Ireland medals in 2007 2010 and...

(Wex), Lorraine Ryan

Lorraine Ryan

Lorraine Ryan is a camogie player, winner of an All Star award in 2011, a member of the Galway team which contested the 2010 and 2011 All Ireland finals and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011.-Other awards:...

(Gal);

Ann Marie Hayes

Ann Marie Hayes

Ann Marie Hayes is a camogie player. She won camogie All Star awards in 2004, 2009 and 2011, and played in the 2008, 2010 and 2011 All Ireland finals...

(Gal), Therese Maher

Therese Maher

(Gal), Mary Leacy

Mary Leacy

Mary Leacy is an Irish sportsperson. She won camogie All Star awards in 2004 and 2007. She plays camogie with her local club Oulart the Ballagh and has been a member of the Wexford senior inter-county team since 2001...

(Wex);

Niamh Kilkenny

Niamh Kilkenny

Niamh Kilkenny is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford, winner of All Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011....

(Gal), Jill Horan

Jill Horan

Jill Horan is a camogie player, an All Star winner and captain to the Tipperary team in 2011, when she was the player of the second and sixth rounds of the championship and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. With a total of 1-23 she was the seventh highest scoirng player in the...

(Tipp);

Gemma O'Connor

Gemma O'Connor

Gemma O'Connor is an Irish mystery writer born in Dublin in 1940. In 1995 she published her first mystery story which became successful. Educated in Ireland and France, she lived in Oxford, where she worked as a bookbinder, restorator and stewardess before becoming a writer...

(Cork)., Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly (camogie)

Kate Kelly is a camogie player, winner of winner of five All-Star awards in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011. In 2007 she helped Wexford win their first All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 32 years...

(Wex), Aislinn Connolly

Aislinn Connolly

Aislinn Connolly is a camogie player who was an All Star winner in 2010 and 2011 and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. She played in the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 .-Family Background:...

(Gal);

Katrina Parrock

Katrina Parrock

(Wex), Ursula Jacob

Ursula Jacob

(Wex), Michelle Quilty

Michelle Quilty

Michelle Quilty is a camogie player and student. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final and was a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. With a total of 5-26 she was the fourth highest scoring player in the Championship in 2011....

(Kilk);

Player of the Round

The Irish Daily Star
Irish Daily Star
The Irish Daily Star is a tabloid newspaper published in Ireland by the Independent Star Limited. Independent Star Limited is a joint venture between Richard Desmond's UK based Express Newspapers Limited, which owns the British Daily Star, and Irish news magnate Denis O'Brien's Independent News &...

Performance Award is given the player who is judged to have given the best performance on each match day.

First Round: Therese Maher
Therese Maher
Therese Maher is a camogie player, winner of four All Star awards in 2005. 2008. 2009 and 2011 a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford. She was Galway camogie player of the year 1998 and 2008 and a member of the Team...

, Galway
Second Round: Jill Horan
Jill Horan
Jill Horan is a camogie player, an All Star winner and captain to the Tipperary team in 2011, when she was the player of the second and sixth rounds of the championship and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. With a total of 1-23 she was the seventh highest scoirng player in the...

, Tipperary
Third round: Noeleen Lambert
Noeleen Lambert
Noeleen Lambert is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship of 2007, 2010 and 2011,-Other awards:...

, Wexford
Fourth round: Ann Marie Starr
Ann Marie Starr
Ann Marie Starr is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford,-Other awards:All Ireland Club Championship 2011. Minor club title, Connacht schools medal 2009....

, Galway
Fifth round: Ann Dalton
Ann Dalton
Anne Dalton is a camogie player and student, winner of a camogie All Star award in 2009. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final.-Career:...

, Kilkenny
Sixth round: Jill Horan
Jill Horan
Jill Horan is a camogie player, an All Star winner and captain to the Tipperary team in 2011, when she was the player of the second and sixth rounds of the championship and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. With a total of 1-23 she was the seventh highest scoirng player in the...

, Tipperary
Seventh round: Elaine Aylward
Elaine Aylward
Elaine Aylward is a camogie player and a bank official, winner of a camogie All Star award in 2009. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final.-Career:...

, Kilkenny
Semi-final round: Ursula Jacob
Ursula Jacob
Ursula Jacob is a camogie player, winner of All Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011, when she scored a dramatic 52nd minute goal which changed the course of the All Ireland final and secured victory for Wexford. She was player of the match in Wexford’s...

, Wexford
Final: Kate Kelly
Kate Kelly (camogie)
Kate Kelly is a camogie player, winner of winner of five All-Star awards in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011. In 2007 she helped Wexford win their first All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 32 years...

, Wexford

Group Stage

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Cross table

Team	Cl	Co	D	G	K	O	T	W	Pts
Clare Clare GAA The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. The county board is also responsible for the Clare inter-county teams....	–	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4
Cork	2	–	2	2	0	2	2	0	10
Dublin Dublin GAA Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0
Galway Galway GAA The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...	2	0	2	–	2	2	2	2	12
Kilkenny Kilkenny GAA The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...	2	2	2	0	–	2	2	0	10
Offaly Offaly GAA The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly...	2	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	4
Tipperary Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	0	4
Wexford Wexford GAA The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams.-History:Hurling has been played in...	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	–	12

Table

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Galway Galway GAA The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...	7	6	0	1	9-107	6-60
12
Wexford Wexford GAA The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams.-History:Hurling has been played in...	7	6	0	1	13-95	5-68
12
Cork	7	5	0	2	17-108	3-69
10
Kilkenny Kilkenny GAA The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...	7	5	0	2	15-86	7-72
10
Clare Clare GAA The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. The county board is also responsible for the Clare inter-county teams....	7	2	0	5	8-70	13-81	–28	4
Tipperary Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...	7	2	0	5	8-75	14-89	–32	4
Offaly Offaly GAA The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly...	0	2	0	5	11-75	18-130	–76	4
Dublin Dublin GAA Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...	7	0	0	7	2-55	17-100	–90	0

Final stages

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center>	WEXFORD:
GK	1	Mags D'Arcy (St Martin's)
RCB	2	Claire O'Connor Claire O'Connor Claire O’Connor is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship of 2007, 2010 and 2011 and an All Star award winner in 2010 and 2011. She was a member of the 2011 Team of the Championship.-Other awards:... (Rathnure)
FB	3	Catherine O’Loughlin Catherine O'Loughlin (Wexford camogie player) Catherine O’Loughlin is a camogie player, winner of five All-Star awards in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 and twice winner of All Ireland medals in 2007 2010 and... (Monageer-Boolavogue)
LCB	4	Karen Atkinson Karen Atkinson (camogie) Karen Atkinson is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship medals in 2007 2010 and 2011. She was an All-Star nominee in 2010.-Other awards:... (Oulart-The Ballagh)
RWB	5	Noeleen Lambert Noeleen Lambert Noeleen Lambert is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship of 2007, 2010 and 2011,-Other awards:... (St Martin's)
CB	6	Mary Leacy Mary Leacy Mary Leacy is an Irish sportsperson. She won camogie All Star awards in 2004 and 2007. She plays camogie with her local club Oulart the Ballagh and has been a member of the Wexford senior inter-county team since 2001... (Oulart-The Ballagh)
LWB	7	Aoife O'Connor Aoife O'Connor Aoife O’Connor is a camogie player, Winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011 and captain of the Wexford team that won the National Camogie League in 2009 on the week that she married.-Marriage:... (Rathnure)
MF	8	Deirdre Codd Deirdre Codd Deirdre Codd is a camogie player, winner of All Ireland senior medals in 2007 in 2010 and 2011. Deirdre's father, John, is a camogie referee. Her family are heavily involved in greyhound racing and coursing.-Other awards:... (Duffry Rovers)
MF	9	Josie Dwyer Josie Dwyer Josie Dwyer is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in in 2010 and 2011 She famously delivered the pass to Ursula Jacob which secured the 2011 All Ireland title for Wexford... (Ferns) 0-1
RWF	10	Kate Kelly Kate Kelly (camogie) Kate Kelly is a camogie player, winner of winner of five All-Star awards in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011. In 2007 she helped Wexford win their first All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 32 years... (St Ibar’s)
CF	11	Una Leacy Una Leacy Una Leacy is a camogie player, winner of two All-Star awards in 2007 the year her two early goals helped Wexford win their first All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 32 years and 2011. She won further All Ireland medals in 2010 and 2011.... (Oulart-The Ballagh) 1-0 (penalty)
LWF	12	Michelle O'Leary Michelle O'Leary Michelle O’Leary is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007 , 2010 and 2011. She was an All Star nominee in 2008.-Career:... (Rathnure)
RCF	13	Lenny Holohan Lenny Holohan Elaine ‘Lenny’ Holohan is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, in 2010 and 2011.-Other awards:National Camogie League medals in 2009, 2010 and 2011; Leinster Championship 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2011; Winner of All-Ireland Senior club medal in 1995; three... (Rathnure) 0-1
FF	14	Ursula Jacob Ursula Jacob Ursula Jacob is a camogie player, winner of All Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011, when she scored a dramatic 52nd minute goal which changed the course of the All Ireland final and secured victory for Wexford. She was player of the match in Wexford’s... (captain) (Oulart-The Ballagh) 1-5 (4 frees)
LCF	15	Katrina Parrock Katrina Parrock Katrina Parrock is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011 and an All Star award winner in 2010 and 2011. She was an All Star nominee in 2006 and 2009 and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011.-Other awards:... (St Ibar’s)
Substitutes:
MF		Fiona Kavanagh Fiona Kavanagh Fiona Kavanagh is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2010 and 2011,-Other awards:National Camogie League medals in 2010 and 2011; National League Division two 2009; Leinster Championship 2011 2010 2009; Leinster Senior Colleges with FCJ Bunclody 2000. Fiona joined the Senior... (Oulart-The Ballagh) for Deirdre Codd Deirdre Codd Deirdre Codd is a camogie player, winner of All Ireland senior medals in 2007 in 2010 and 2011. Deirdre's father, John, is a camogie referee. Her family are heavily involved in greyhound racing and coursing.-Other awards:...
RCF		Evelyn Quigley Evelyn Quigley Evelyn Quigley is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011.-Family Background:Evelyn is daughter of Dan Quigley, Wexford's All-Ireland winning Senior hurling captain of 1968. She spent some time in London where she lined out with the Fr. Murphy's club, and also... (Rathnure Rathnure GAA Rathnure St. Anne’s is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rathnure, County Wexford, Ireland. Rathnure's most famous players are the Rackards and Quigley brothers.-First AGM:... ) for Lenny Holohan Lenny Holohan Elaine ‘Lenny’ Holohan is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, in 2010 and 2011.-Other awards:National Camogie League medals in 2009, 2010 and 2011; Leinster Championship 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2011; Winner of All-Ireland Senior club medal in 1995; three...
LCB		Ciara Storey Ciara Storey Ciara Storey is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2010 and 2011.-Family background:Ciara is daughter of Martin Storey, Wexford's All-Ireland winning Senior hurling captain of 1996. -Other awards:... (Oulart-The Ballagh) for Karen Atkinson Karen Atkinson Karen Atkinson is an English international netball player. Atkinson has represented England in netball since 1994, and was selected for the senior England team in 1997. During her international career, she has won bronze medals at three Commonwealth Games , as well as in the 1999 Netball World...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> Galway: | GK 1 Susan Earner

Susan Earner

Susan Earner is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford, She won a Camogie All Star Award in 2011.-School and College:...

(Meelick Eyrecourt) RCB 2 Therese Manton

Therese Manton

Therese Manton is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford,-Other awards:All Ireland Club Championship 2011, Senior Gael Linn Cup 2008...

(Mullagh) FB 3 Sinéad Cahalan

Sinéad Cahalan

Sinéad Cahalane is a camogie player. She won camogie All Star awards in 2005 and 2008 and played in the All Ireland final 2008, 2010 and 2011-Other Awards:...

(Mullagh) LCB 4 Lorraine Ryan

Lorraine Ryan

(Killimordaly) RWB 5 Ann Marie Hayes

Ann Marie Hayes

Ann Marie Hayes is a camogie player. She won camogie All Star awards in 2004, 2009 and 2011, and played in the 2008, 2010 and 2011 All Ireland finals...

(Killimor) CB 6 Therese Maher

Therese Maher

(Athenry) LWB 7 Heather Cooney

Heather Cooney

Heather Cooney is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford,-Other awards:All Ireland Intermediate medal 2009.-External links:...

(St Thomas) MF 8 Niamh Kilkenny

Niamh Kilkenny

(Pearses) 0-1 MF 9 Ann Marie Starr

Ann Marie Starr

Ann Marie Starr is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford,-Other awards:All Ireland Club Championship 2011. Minor club title, Connacht schools medal 2009....

(Killimor) RWF 10 Noreen Coen

Noreen Coen

Noreen Coen is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford,-External links:* Official Camogie Association Website...

(Athenry) 0-1 CF 11 Martina Conroy

Martina Conroy

Martina Conroy is a camogie player, a member of the Galway team that contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011,-Other awards:All Ireland Club Championship 2011, All Ireland Intermediate 2009, Junior Gael Linn Cup 2007, All Ireland Minor 2004....

(Killimordaly) 0-1 LWF 12 Aislinn Connolly

Aislinn Connolly

(Castlegar) 0-2 RCF 13 Tara Ruttledge

Tara Ruttledge

(Portumna) 1-1 FF 14 Brenda Hanney

Brenda Hanney

(captain) (Killimor) LCF 15 Veronica Curtin

Veronica Curtin

Veronica Curtin is a camogie player. She won camogie All Star awards in 2006 and 2007 and played in the 2008, 2010 and 2011 All Ireland finals and 2009 All Ireland club final. With a total of 5-15 she was the sixth highest scoirng player in the Senior Championship of 2011...

(Kinvara) 0-1 Substitutes: LCF Orla Kilkenny

Orla Kilkenny

Orla Kilkenny is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford and winner of an All Star award in 2010.-Other awards:...

(Pearses) 0-1 for Veronica Curtin

Veronica Curtin

MATCH RULES

60 minutes
Replay if scores level
Maximum of 5 substitutions>

Top Scorers

- Ursula Jacob
  Ursula Jacob
  Ursula Jacob is a camogie player, winner of All Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010 and 2011, when she scored a dramatic 52nd minute goal which changed the course of the All Ireland final and secured victory for Wexford. She was player of the match in Wexford’s...
  
  Wexford 4-59
- Elaine Dermody Offaly 1-42
- Jennifer O'Leary
  Jennifer O'Leary
  Jennifer O’Leary is a camogie player, winner of five All-Star awards in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011. She won All Ireland medals with Cork in 2002, 2005 and 2006 and National League medals in 2002, 2006 and 2007, when her late point secured victory for Cork...
  
  Cork 2-38
- Michelle Quilty
  Michelle Quilty
  Michelle Quilty is a camogie player and student. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final and was a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. With a total of 5-26 she was the fourth highest scoring player in the Championship in 2011....
  
  Kilkenny 5-26
- Claire McMahon Clare 0-38
- Veronica Curtin
  Veronica Curtin
  Veronica Curtin is a camogie player. She won camogie All Star awards in 2006 and 2007 and played in the 2008, 2010 and 2011 All Ireland finals and 2009 All Ireland club final. With a total of 5-15 she was the sixth highest scoirng player in the Senior Championship of 2011...
  
  Galway 5-16
- Jill Horan
  Jill Horan
  Jill Horan is a camogie player, an All Star winner and captain to the Tipperary team in 2011, when she was the player of the second and sixth rounds of the championship and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. With a total of 1-23 she was the seventh highest scoirng player in the...
  
  Tipperary 1-23
- Alison Maguire
  Alison Maguire
  Alison Maguire is a camogie player for Dublin and UCD with whom she won an Ashbourne Cup medal in 2008 and an Ashbourne All Star award in 2010. She is a member of the St Vincent’s club. She won an All-Ireland Féile na nGael medal in 2003 and has two senior Dublin championship honours and four...
  
  Dublin 0-16

Championship statistics

Widest winning margin: 35 points
- Cork 6-27 : 0-10 Offaly
Most goals in a match: 6
- Kilkenny 4-17 : 2-11 Offaly
- Cork 6-27 : 0-10 Offaly
Most points in a match: 37
- Cork 6-27 : 0-10 Offaly
Most goals by one team in a match: 6
- Cork 6-27 : 0-10 Offaly
Most points by one team in a match: 27
- Cork 6-27 : 0-10 Offaly

External links

Camogie Association
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
Fixtures 2011.xls 2011 Fixture list download
Camogie ezine
County and provincial websites: Antrim Armagh Clare Connacht Cork Derry Down Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Leinster Limerick London Louth Meath Munster North America Offaly Tipperary Ulster Waterford Wexford Wicklow
Camogie on facebook
Camogie on GAA Oral History Project

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