Gael Linn Cup
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The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament in the Irish sport of 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....

 contested by Ireland’s fuur provincial teams. Currently played at senior and junior level on alternate years. The tournament has existed in various guides since 1956, is played at senior and junior level on alternate years. An inter-provincial colleges competition is also played at secondary school/high school level.
The 2011 Gael Linn Cup inter-provincial 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....

 championship was staged at St Jude’s, Tempelogue, Co Dublin, Ireland with semi-finals and finals played over one day, May 15. It was won by Munster (1-15) who defeated Leinster (2-11) in the final by one point.

2011 Junior Cycle Competition

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> MUNSTER:
GK 1 Aisling O'Brien (Waterford)
RCB 2 Emma Hannon (Waterford)
FB 3 Jennie Simpson
Jennie Simpson
Jennifer ‘Jennie’ Simpson is a camogie player, winner of Soaring Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and an All Ireland junior medal in 2011.-Other awards:...

 (Waterford) 0-1
LCB 4 Aideen McNamara (Limerick)
RWB 5 Kate Maire Hearne (Waterford) 0-1
CB 6 Charlotte Raher (Waterford)
LWB 7 Pauline Cunningham (Waterford)
MF 8 Grainne Kenneally (Waterford)
MF 9 Deirdre Fahey (Waterford)
RWF 10 Niamh Rockett (Waterford) 0-4
CF 11 Niamh Mulcahy
Niamh Mulcahy
Niamh Mulcahy is a camogie player, winner of the Young Player of the Year award in 2007. She was player of the match when Limerick won the All Ireland Senior B championship in 2007 on a team managed by Ciaran Carey, having secured a replay for Limerick with a long-range free in the final against...

 (Limerick) 0-3 (2f
2F
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LWF 12 Orla Curtin (Limerick) 0-1
RCF 13 Nicola Morrissey (Waterford)
FF 14 Patricia Jackman
Patricia Jackman
Patricia ‘Trish’ Jackman is a camogie player, winner of a Soaring Star Award in 2011, three Poc Fada titles, three National Camogie League medals, one All Ireland medal in 2011 and two runners up medals at Junior level in 2009 and 2010, one Munster medal, an Under 16 All Ireland title and a...

 (Waterford) 0-2 (2 45s)
LCF 15 Karen Kelly
Karen Kelly
Karen Kelly is a camogie player and teacher, winner of two Soaring Star awards in 2009 and 2011 and played in the 2009 All Ireland junior camogie final. The leading scorer in her side's impressive march to the final, Karen has won two National League medals, Munster titles in the Junior and...

 (Waterford) 1-3.
Substitutes:
FF Aoife Hannon (Waterford) for Morrissey
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> LEINSTER: | GK 1 Emily Mangan (Meath) RCB 2 Regina Gorman
Regina Gorman
Regina Gorman is a camogie player, winner of a Soaring Star award in 2010, a Nancy Murray Cup ,a Leinster and an All-Ireland Junior Title with Kildare in 2010. At underage level Regina played all her camogie in the forwards but was selected to play full back for the successful 2010 championship...

 (Kildare) FB 3 Aoife Thompson (Meath) LCB 4 Áine Keogh (Meath) RWB 5 Aoife Trant (Kildare) CB 6 Kristina Troy (Meath) LWB 7 Louise Donoghue
Louise Donoghue
Louise Donoghue is a camogie player, from the Kiltale club in Meath. She is the winner of a Camogie All Stars Awards#Soaring StarsSoaring Star award in 2009.-External links:* Official Camogie Association Website...

 (Meath) MF 8 Louise Mahony
Louise Mahony
Louise Mahoney is a camogie player, winner of a Soaring Star award in 2009.-Awards:She was player of the match when Harps won their third successive All Ireland junior club championship in 2008. She was UCD camogie player of the year for 2004...

 (Laois) 0-1 MF 9 Elaine Mahony (Laois) RWF 10 Pamela Greville (Westmeath) CF 11 Siobhán Hurley (Kildare) 0-1 LWF 12 Jane Dolan
Jane Dolan
Jane Dolan is a camogie player, winner of two Soaring Star Awards in 2010 and 2011. She also plays for DIT. Her injury time point secured the National League Division 3 title in 2011...

 (Meath) 0-3 RCF 13 Áine Mahony (Laois) 2-1 FF 14 Susie O'Carroll
Susie O'Carroll
Susie O'Carroll is a camogie player. She won a Soaring Star award in 2009 and won the 2009 Kildare camogie player of the year award. and Nancy Murray Cup with Kildare in 2010. She captained UCD to the Ashbourne Cup in 2008...

 (Kildare) 0-5 (2f 45) LCF 15 Fiona Trant (Kildare) Substitutes: FF Lizzie Oakes (Meath) for Fiona Trant  LWF Angela Lyons (Kildare) for Regina Gorman
Regina Gorman
Regina Gorman is a camogie player, winner of a Soaring Star award in 2010, a Nancy Murray Cup ,a Leinster and an All-Ireland Junior Title with Kildare in 2010. At underage level Regina played all her camogie in the forwards but was selected to play full back for the successful 2010 championship...

  MATCH RULES
  • 60 minutes
  • Extra Time if scores level
  • Maximum of 5 substitutions>

2010 Senior Competition

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> LEINSTER:
GK 1 Caitriona Ryan
Caitriona Ryan
Caitríona Ryan is a camogie player and an accountant, who played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. Catríona played in goal on the All-Ireland Senior final team in 2001 against Tipperary. An All-Ireland Colleges medal holder, she went on to capture a Junior title in 2002 and was a member of the...

 (Kilkenny)
RCB 2 Michaela Morkan
Michaela Morkan
Michaela Morkan is a camogie player and student. She won a Camogie All Stars award in 2008 having been nominated in 2006, a Soaring Star award in 2009 and won a 2009 All Ireland junior camogie medal. She won All-Ireland 'B' titles with Offaly in Under-16 and Under-18 , as well as three Senior...

 (Offaly)
FB 3 Catherine Doherty
Catherine Doherty (camogie)
Catherine Doherty is a camogie player and a purchaser, who played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. She played cornerforward on her first All Ireland final appearance in 2001. and her brother, Noel, who won an All-Ireland Intermediate medal in 2008...

 (Kilkenny)
LCB 4 Jacqui Frisby
Jacqui Frisby
Jacqui Frisby is a camogie player and an accounts assistant, winner of a camogie All Star award in 2009. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. An All-Ireland Junior medal winner in 2002, Jacqui added a National League medal in 2008. She holds Leinster titles in the Under- 14, Under-16,...

 (Kilkenny)
RWB 5 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...

 (Wexford)
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...

 (Wexford)
LWB 7 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)
MF 8 Denise Gaule
Denise Gaule
Denise Gaule is a camogie player and student. The winner of the Young Player of the Year award of 2009, she played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. She came to public attention during the 2009 All-Ireland semi-final against Galway when she scored three fine points, just one week after helping...

 (Kilkenny) 0-1
MF 9 Arlene Watkins
Arlene Watkins
Arlene Watkins is a camogie player and student. She won a Soaring Star award in 2009 and won a 2009 All Ireland junior camogie medal. Arlene has played with the county since 2005 and won two Purcell Cup medals with Athlone I.T. in 2007 and 2009...

 (Offaly) 0-1
RWF 10 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), captain
CF 11 Katie Power
Katie Power
Energizer , is a fictional character in Marvel Comics' universe. She first appeared in Power Pack #1 and was created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman.-Publication history:...

 (Kilkenny) 0-6
LWF 12 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) 1-1
RCF 13 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) 0-6
FF 14 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....

 (Wexford) 1-1
LCF 15 Elaine Darmody
Elaine Darmody
Elaine Dermody is a camogie player and insurance employee. She won a Soaring Star award in 2009 and won a 2009 All Ireland junior camogie medal. and a 2010 Intermediate Championship...

 (Offaly) 1-1
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> MUNSTER: | GK 1 Aoife Murray
Aoife Murray
Aoife Murray born 1984 in Dunmanway is a camogie player and quantity surveyor based in Cork, winner of All Ireland medals in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. All Star awards in 2004, 2006 and 2009, minor, Junior, Intermediate as well as her Senior All-Ireland medals and Munster championship honours in...

 (Cork) RCB 2 Grainne Kenneally (Waterford) FB 3 Cathriona Foley
Cathriona Foley
Cathriona Foley born 1986 in Cork is a camogie player and student, winner of All Ireland medals in 2006, 2008 and 2009. She won All Star awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009....

 (Cork) LCB 4 Jenny Duffy
Jenny Duffy
Jenny Duffy born 1983 in Cork is a camogie player, footballer and camogie development officer, winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 2009. A former student at Cork IT, Jenny is the Camogie Regional Development officer in South Leinster...

 (Cork) Captain RWB 5 Mary Ryan (Tipperary) CB 6 Sabrina Larkin (Tipperary) LWB 7 Julie McGrath (Tipperary) MF 8 Orla Cotter
Orla Cotter
Orla Cotter born 1988 in Cork is a camogie player and student, winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 2006, 2008 and 2009 and a camogie All Star award in 2006, 2008. Captained the Cork Minor team in 2006, having won an All-Ireland Under-16 medal three years earlier...

 (Cork) 0-1 MF 9 Anna Geary
Anna Geary
Anna Geary is a camogie player, winner of four All Star awards most recently in 2011. She previously won All-Star awards in 2005 and 2006. and All Ireland medals in 2005 and 2006...

 (Cork) RWF 10 Maria Walsh (Cork) 0-1 CF 11 Niamh Mulcahy
Niamh Mulcahy
Niamh Mulcahy is a camogie player, winner of the Young Player of the Year award in 2007. She was player of the match when Limerick won the All Ireland Senior B championship in 2007 on a team managed by Ciaran Carey, having secured a replay for Limerick with a long-range free in the final against...

 (Limerick) LWF 12 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) 0-2 RCF 13 Áine Lyng
Áine Lyng
Áine Lyng is a camogie player and sport science student. She won a Soaring Star award in 2009 and played in the 2009 All Ireland junior camogie final. Áine has been nominated for a senior All Star four times and has won Gael Linn medals with Munster in both Junior and Senior...

 (Waterford) 1-3 FF 14 Deirdre Murphy (Clare) LCF 15 Noreen Flanagan (Tipperary) Substitutes: FF 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) 0-4 LWF Patricia Jackman
Patricia Jackman
Patricia ‘Trish’ Jackman is a camogie player, winner of a Soaring Star Award in 2011, three Poc Fada titles, three National Camogie League medals, one All Ireland medal in 2011 and two runners up medals at Junior level in 2009 and 2010, one Munster medal, an Under 16 All Ireland title and a...

 (Waterford) LCF 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) 0-2 RCB Fiona Lafferty (Clare) 0-1
MATCH RULES
  • 60 minutes
  • Extra Time if scores level
  • Maximum of 5 substitutions>

History

Interprovincial 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....

 matches were played as part of the 1928 and 1932 Tailteann games
Tailteann Games
The Tailteann Games were an ancient sporting event held in Ireland in honour of the goddess Tailtiu. They ran from 632 BC to 1169-1171 AD when they died out after the Norman invasion....

 programmes and a further inter-provincial match was played in July 1954 in Navan as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of 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:...

. Munster beat Ulster by 8-3 to 5-3 in a match that was described as the best of the year. The teams who competed that day were:
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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> LEINSTER:
GK 1 Eileen Duffy
Eileen Duffy
Eileen Duffy-O'Mahoney was an Irish sportsperson who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1949 until 1957.-Background:Eileen Duffy was born in Dublin. She showed great skill at the game of camogie in her youth and quickly joined her local Celtic camogie club. It was with this club that Duffy...

 (Dublin)
FB 2 May Kavanagh (Dublin)
RWB 3 Ettie Kearns (Meath)
CB 4 Sheila Donnelly (Dublin)
LWB 5 Aggie Kavanagh (Wicklow)
MF 6 Aileen Kearns (Meath)
MF 7 Annette Corrigan (Dublin) (0-1)
MF 8 Kathleen Mills
Kathleen Mills
"Kay" Mills-Hill was an Irish sportsperson who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1941 until 1961. She is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time, winning a record 15 All Ireland Senior Medals "that no other player in Camogie, hurling or football has equalled."-Early & private...

 (Dublin) (2-1)
RWF 9 Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor was an Irish actress who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a notable character actress in film.-Life and work:...

 (Dublin) (3-0)
CF 10 Sheila Sleator (Dublin)
LWF 11 Eileen Bourke (Dublin) (2-0)
FF 12 Kay Douglas (Wicklow) (1-1).
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> ULSTER: | GK 1 Bernie Kelly (Down) FB 2 Moya Forde (Antrim) RWB 3 Teresa Halferty (Derry) CB 4 Carrie Rankin (Derry) LWB 5 Bernadette King (Armagh) MF 6 Maeve Gilroy
Maeve Gilroy
Maeve Gilroy is a former camogie player, winner of the Cuchulainn award in 1966 and of All Ireland medals in 1956 and 1967.-Career:She was already regarded as one of the country’s best players when she scored two goals for Antrim against Dublin in the historic 1956 All Ireland semi-final, a match...

 (Antrim) (1-0) MF 7 Nancy Danagher (Cavan) MF 8 Ita O'Reilly (Antrim) (1-0) RWF 9 Patsy McCloskey (Derry) (2-1) CF 10 Deirdre O'Gorman (Antrim) (1-1) LWF 11 Chris Hughes (Antrim) FF 12 Patsy O'Brien
Patsy O'Brien
Patsy O'Brien is an award-winning Irish songwriter.-Overview:Songwriter Patsy O'Brien has a penchant for genre-hopping as well as showing off his critically acclaimed songwriting skills....

 (Derry) (0-1).

Gael Linn Cup Senior

The enthusiasm generated by the match at Navan led to the establishment of an annual inter-provincial competition two years later, with the first final between Leinster and Ulster at Knockbridge
Knockbridge
Knockbridge is a small village within the townland of Ballinlough in County Louth, Ireland.-Facilities:The village is centred on a crossroads, where there is a pub and a shop...

, Co Louth. Leinster has dominated the series with 26 titles, followed by Munster with 20. Connacht won four titles in 1973, 1974, 2000 and 2008 and Ulster won two in 1967 and 2007.

Two Competitions

The series was played as a junior competition between 1974 and 1976. Senior and junior competitions were run concurrently from 1977. The competition format was moved to a single weekend in October/November during 1985-88 and again since 1999. The date was moved to June in 1995, back to October/November in 2004 and to May since 2008. As with the Railway Cups
Interprovincial Championship
The Interprovincial Championship or Railway Cup is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competetitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster teams are composed of the best players from the various counties in the province...

 in Gaelic Football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 and Hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

, the competition has been popular with players but survived several attempts to abolish the series since 1986.
Shwarzkopf hair products sponsored the competition from 1999 to 2004. In 2009, after the withdrawal of Ulster the series was played in a blitz format with 30 minute games .
In 2010 it was decided to alternate the competition between junior and senior status and the senior competition was restored to full match status with four provinces contesting the semi-finals. In the absence of Antrim players an all Derry side represented Ulster in the 2010 semi-final.

Players

Players who won Gael Linn Cup medals who never won All Ireland titles include Kathleen Griffin
Kathleen Griffin
Kate Griffin MEd, BSc, FRSA was the President of the International Confederation of Principals 2006-2008 , and was the first British holder of the office.-Biography:Kate Griffin was educated at South Shields Grammar-Technical School for Girls Kate Griffin MEd, BSc, FRSA (born as Kathleen Fenwick,...

, Lily Parle, Lilian Howlett, Nono McHugh, Claire Hanrahan
Claire Hanrahan
Clare Hanrahan is a former camogie player, winner of the Cuchulainn award in 1965. Having previously starred in attack for Kilkenny in their Leinster junior victories of 1959 and 1960 she burst on to the scene with four goals for Leinster in the 1960 Gael Linn Cup final and was Leinster’s most...

, Vera Mackey
Vera Mackey
-Career:The daughter of hurler John Mackey she played in two All Ireland club finals with Ahane. She won an All Ireland junior medal and two Gael Linn Cup inter provincial medals with Munster.-External links:* Official Camogie Association Website...

, Pat Crangle and Josie Kelly, affording them valuable recognition in the days before the Camogie All Star Awards were inaugurated.

Highlights

Semi-finals at Belfast in 1959 and Carrickmacross
Carrickmacross
Carrickmacross or Carrickmacros is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. The town and environs had a population of 4,387 according to the 2006 census, making it the second largest town in the county. The town won the prestigious European Entente Florale Silver Medal Award. It is a market town which...

 in 1963 were among the first camogie matches to be filmed. The 1997 final finished level Munster 2-8, Leinster 1-11 but Munster went on to win 5-15 to 1-14 in extra time. The biggest scoreline in the history of the tournament was the 7-38 scored by Munster against Leinster in the 1999 semi-final.

Gael Linn Cup Senior Inter-Provincial Finals

The first figure is the number of goals scored (equal to 3 points each) and the second total is the number of points scored, the figures are combined to determine the winner of a match in Gaelic Games
Gaelic games
Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...


  • 1956 Leinster 7-1 Ulster 3-1
  • 1957 Leinster 5-1 Munster 3-1
  • 1958 Leinster 5-2 Ulster 3-3
  • 1959 Leinster 6-0 Ulster 1-3
  • 1960 Leinster 4-6 Munster 3-1
  • 1961 Munster 5-2 Connacht 1-0
  • 1962 Leinster 7-2 Ulster 5-9
  • 1963 Munster 3-2 Leinster 2-2
  • 1964 Munster 2-8 Leinster 3-2
  • 1965 Leinster 4-3 Ulster 4-1
  • 1966 Munster 4-2 Leinster 1-3
  • 1967 Ulster 5-4 Leinster 5-1
  • 1968 Leinster 7-0 Ulster 2-5
  • 1969 Leinster 5-4 Munster 2-2
  • 1970 Leinster 12-2 Ulster 4-1
  • 1971 Leinster 6-4 Ulster 0-5
  • 1972 Leinster 7-7 Connacht 4-2
  • 1973 Connacht 4-4 Leinster 3-3
  • 1974 Connacht 3-7 Munster 3-0
  • 1974-76 Played at junior level
  • 1978 Leinster 4-8 Connacht 2-2
  • 1979 Leinster 1-5 Munster 0-4
  • 1980 Munster 2-5 Leinster 2-1
  • 1981 Leinster 3-10 Ulster 2-4
  • 1982 Munster 3-10 Leinster 2-12
  • 1983 Leinster 2-7 Munster 1-7
  • 1984 Leinster 3-9 Connacht 1-4
  • 1985 Leinster 4-9 Leinster 0-5
  • 1986 Leinster 4-10 Connacht 1-4
  • 1987 Leinster 8-11 Connacht 0-5
  • 1988 Leinster 2-9 Connacht 2-4
  • 1989 Leinster 5-12 Munster 3-6
  • 1990 Munster 10-10 Ulster 1-2
  • 1991 Leinster 5-12 Munster 0-7
  • 1992 Munster 1-18 Leinster 2-9
  • 1993 Leinster 6-14 Ulster 1-4
  • 1994 Munster 4-11 Ulster 2-7
  • 1995 Munster 4-13 Connacht 3-10
  • 1996 Munster 4-18 Ulster 6-10
  • 1997 Munster 5-15 Leinster 1-14 (extra time)
  • 1998 Munster 6-20 Leinster 1-11
  • 1999 Munster 1-18 Connacht 1-9
  • 2000 Connacht 1-10 Ulster 0-3
  • 2001 Munster 1-18 Connacht 1-8
  • 2002 Munster 7-23 Ulster 0-11
  • 2003 Munster 3-13 Ulster 1-9
  • 2004 Munster 1-16 Connacht 1-9
  • 2005 Munster 3-14 Connacht 2-8
  • 2006 Leinster 2-7 Munster 1-8
  • 2007 Ulster 2-12 Leinster 3-8
  • 2008 Connacht 1-14 Munster 2-10
  • 2009 Munster 0-7 Connacht 0-2
  • 2010 Leinster 3-17 Munster 1-14

Gael Linn Junior Inter-Provincial Finals

  • 1975 Munster 5-1 Ulster 2-0
  • 1976 Leinster 2-6 Munster 2-3
  • 1977 Munster 3-7 Connacht 3-1
  • 1978 Munster 2-2 Ulster 2-1
  • 1979 Ulster 0-4 Munster 1-0
  • 1980 Munster 1-9 Leinster 3-2
  • 1981 Connacht 2-3 Munster 2-2
  • 1982 Leinster 3-16 Connacht 2-8
  • 1983 Munster 1-12 Leinster 1-11
  • 1984 Leinster 3-6 Ulster 1-3
  • 1985 Munster 1-7 Ulster 2-3
  • 1986 Leinster 5-6 Connacht 4-3
  • 1987 Munster 2-6 Ulster 2-5
  • 1988 Munster 4-3 Leinster 3-5
  • 1989 Ulster 1-11 Leinster 2-3
  • 1990 Ulster 5-11 Munster 5-3
  • 1991 Ulster 4-5 Munster 0-6
  • 1992 Munster 6-11 Connacht 3-3
  • 1993 Ulster 4-5 Leinster 1-9
  • 1994 Munster 5-9 Ulster 2-12
  • 1995 Connacht 1-9 Connacht 0-10
  • 1996 Munster 3-17 Ulster 1-7
  • 1997 Munster 3-11 Leinster 2-10
  • 1998 Ulster 3-12 Leinster 1-12
  • 1999 Leinster 3-17 Connacht 4-6
  • 2000 Ulster 1-10 Munster 2-6
  • 2001 Leinster 1-14 Munster 1-11
  • 2002 Ulster 4-11 Leinster 1-13
  • 2003 Munster 4-7 Ulster 0-5
  • 2004 Munster 4-16 Leinster 1-4
  • 2005 Munster 2-14 Ulster 2-4
  • 2006 Connacht 3-12 Ulster 1-17
  • 2007 Leinster 3-16 Munster 0-11
  • 2008 Munster 3-17 Ulster 0-3
  • 2009 Connacht 4-4 Munster 2-2
  • 2011 Munster 1-15 Leinster 2-11

Leinster

Leinster won the first five competitions, have won five in a row and seven-in-a-row since then, and have fielded players from nine of the province’s 12 counties on victorious teams.
  • The first winning Leinster team:

Kathleen Woods (Louth), May Kavanagh (Wicklow), Claire Monaghan (Kildare), Ettie Kearns (Meath), May Kavanagh (Dublin), Lily Parle (Wexford), Annette Corrigan (Dublin), Kathleen Mills
Kathleen Mills
"Kay" Mills-Hill was an Irish sportsperson who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1941 until 1961. She is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time, winning a record 15 All Ireland Senior Medals "that no other player in Camogie, hurling or football has equalled."-Early & private...

 (Dublin), Fran Maher (Dublin), Mary O'Sullivan (Dublin), Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor was an Irish actress who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a notable character actress in film.-Life and work:...

 (Dublin), Kay Douglas (Wicklow), Subs: Kathleen Duffy (Louth), Madge Quigley (Louth), Brigid Judge (Kildare).

Munster

Munster won their first competition on a sodden field at Salthill in 1961, in the year Connacht surprisingly inflicted Leinster’s first defeat in the competition.
  • Honor Flynn (Tipperary), Josie McNamara (Waterford), Joan Clancy (Cork), Pat Doyle (Waterford), Bridie Scully (Tipperary), Kathleen Griffin
    Kathleen Griffin
    Kate Griffin MEd, BSc, FRSA was the President of the International Confederation of Principals 2006-2008 , and was the first British holder of the office.-Biography:Kate Griffin was educated at South Shields Grammar-Technical School for Girls Kate Griffin MEd, BSc, FRSA (born as Kathleen Fenwick,...

     (Tipperary, captain), Lil Coughlan (Cork), Tess Moloney (Tipperary), Kathleen Downes (Tipperary), Eithne Neville (Limerick).

Ulster

Maeve Gilroy was the star in Ulster’s first success in the 1967 at Parnell Park, achieved with ten players from Antrim and two from Down.
  • The team was: Teresa Cassidy (Antrim), Moya Forde (Antrim), Moira Caldwell (Down), Maeve Gilroy
    Maeve Gilroy
    Maeve Gilroy is a former camogie player, winner of the Cuchulainn award in 1966 and of All Ireland medals in 1956 and 1967.-Career:She was already regarded as one of the country’s best players when she scored two goals for Antrim against Dublin in the historic 1956 All Ireland semi-final, a match...

     (Antrim, captain), Kathleen Kelly (Antrim), Mairéad McAtamney
    Mairéad McAtamney
    Máiréad McAtamney-Magill is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie with her local club Portglenone and with the Antrim senior inter-county team from 1958 until 1983. McAtamney captained Antrim to the All-Ireland title in 1979...

     (Antrim), Sue Cashman
    Sue Cashman
    Sue Cashman is a former camogie player, winner of Caltex Player of the Year award in 1967, only the second of five camogie players in history to be awarded what would later become known as the Texaco Award...

     (Antrim), Pat Craigie (Down), Marion McFettridge (Antrim), Mairéad Quinn (Antrim), Eileen Collins
    Eileen Collins
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     (Antrim), Elizabeth “Lily’ Scullion (Antrim).

Connacht

Connacht’s breakthrough victory came in 1973, when an all Galway side defeated an all-Cork Munster side 1-6 to 1-1 in a replayed semi-final described in the Connacht Tribune as a “one of the best exhibitions of the game for many a year” and then beat Leinster in the final by a single point at Parnell Park
Parnell Park
Parnell Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Donnycarney, Dublin, Ireland with a capacity of about 11,500. It is the home of the Dublin GAA hurling, football, camogie and ladies' football teams at all levels of competition...

, Dublin.
  • The winning team was: Margaret Killeen, Mary Kilkenny, Claire Collins, Kathleen Quinn, Rosemary Divilly, Nono McHugh, Josie Kelly, Catherine Ward
    Catherine Ward
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    , Ann Donohue, Phil Foye, Jane Murphy, Margaret Murphy
    Margaret Murphy
    - Biography :Murphy was born and brought up in Liverpool where she gained a degree in Environmental Biology at the University of Liverpool and later an MA with Distinction in Writing at Liverpool JMU, a course on which she now lectures...

    .

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