2000 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
| Championship Details | ||
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| Dates | 3 June - 3 September | |
| Counties | 8 | |
| Sponsor | Foras na Gaeilge | |
| All-Ireland Champions | ||
| Winners | Tipperary (2nd title) | |
| Captain | Jovita Delaney | |
| Manager | Michael Cleary | |
| All-Ireland Runners-up | ||
| Runners-up | Cork | |
| Captain | Vivienne Harris | |
| Manager | ||
| Matches played | 7 | |
The 2000 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge (formerly Bórd na Gaeilge) All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2000 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who achieved a second successive title beating Cork by a five-point margin in the final. The attendance was 12,880, second highest in the history of the sport of camogie at that time.[1]
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 Tines.[2]
Early rounds
Cork beat Kilkenny by 2-10 to 1-12 in the qusrter-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.[3] 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
        Tipperary
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   Cork
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References
- ↑ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
- ↑ 2000 All Ireland final report in Irish Times
- ↑ Preview in Irish Independent
- ↑ 2000 All Ireland final report in Irish Times
External links
- Camogie Association
- All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
- 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
| Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1999 |
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1932 – present |
Succeeded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2001 |
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