- Group Stages
- Results Group stage Final stages
- References
- External links
{{Infobox Camogie All-Ireland
| year = 2008
| image =
| dates = 1 June — 14 September 2008
| teams = 7
| connacht =
| munster =
| leinster =
| ulster =
| matches =
| poty =
| team = Cork
| titles = 22nd
| captain = Caitriona Foley
| manager = Denise Cronin
| team2 = Galway
| captain2 = Sinéad Cahalan
| manager2 =Liam Donoghue
| totalgoals =
| totalpoints =
| topscorer =
| previous = 2007
| next = 2009
}}The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2008 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a five-point margin in the final.[1][2] The 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. Group StagesSubstitute Lourda Kavanagh’s late goal helped Galway spring a surprise against Cork in the group stages by 1-9 to 0-8 at Páirc Ui Rinn. Cork went on to gain revenge when the same teams med again in the All-Ireland final, the second time a group result had been reversed in the final in the three years since the round-robin format had been introduced into the championship in 2006. ResultsGroup stageThe cross table below summarises the group stages, which were played from June 1 to August 3, 2008. Away results are italicised. | Team | C | G | W | T | K | D | L | Pts |
|---|
| Cork | - | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | | Galway | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | | Wexford | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | | Tipperary | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | | Kilkenny | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | | Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | | Limerick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
Final stages{{footballbox |date = August 24
Semi-Final | team1 = Cork| score = 3–14 – 0–10 | team2 = Tipperary| stadium = Nowlan Park, Kilkenny }}
{{footballbox |date = August 24
Semi-Final | team1 = Wexford| score = 1–10 – 1–13| team2 = Galway | stadium = Nowlan Park, Kilkenny}}
{{footballbox |date = September 14
Final | team1 = Cork| score = 2–10 – 1–8| team2 = Galway| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _red_2 | pattern_b = _red | pattern_ra = _red_3 | leftarm = | body = FF0000 | rightarm = | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FF0000 | title = Cork
}} | {{Football kit | pattern_la= | pattern_b= | pattern_ra= | leftarm=800000 | body=800000 | rightarm=800000 | shorts=FFFFFF | socks=800000 | title = Galway
}} |
| CORK: | | |
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| GK | 1 | Aoife Murray (Cloughduv) | | RCB | 2 | Lynda O'Connell (St Finbarr's) | | FB | 3 | Cathriona Foley (Rockbán) (captain) | | LCB | 4 | Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv) | | RWB | 5 | Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) | | CB | 6 | Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) | | LWB | 7 | Sara Hayes (Courcey Rovers) | | MF | 8 | Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) 0-1 | | MF | 9 | Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) 0-1 | | RWF | 10 | 57}} | | CF | 11 | 47}} | | LWF | 12 | Eimear O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig) 0-1 | | RCF | 13 | Síle Burns (Rockbán) (captain) 2-0 | | FF | 14 | Rachel Moloney (Courcey Rovers) 0-7 | | LCF | 15 | Half time}} | | Substitutes: | | LCF | (half-time)}} | | CF | 47}} | | RWF | 57}} | |
| | | GALWAY: | | |
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| GK | 1 | Susan Earner ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120220041709/http://www.meelickeyrecourt.ie/ Meelick Eyrecourt]) | | RCB | 2 | Sandra Tannian (St Thomas) | | FB | 3 | Aibhe Kelly ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131213193729/http://tynaghabbeyduniryhurlingclub.com/index_main.htm Davitts]) | | LCB | 4 | Therese Manton ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120322164824/http://www.mullaghgaa.com/ Mullagh]) | | RWB | 5 | Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor) | | CB | 6 | Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh) (captain) | | LWB | 7 | Niamh Kilkenny (Pearses) | | MF | 8 | Aine Hillary (Pearses) 1-0 | | MF | 9 | Ahascragh-Caltra) {{suboff>48}} | | RWF | 10 | Half time}} | | CF | 11 | Therese Maher (Athenry) | | LWF | 12 | Veronica Curtin (Kinvara) | | RCF | 13 | Orla Kilkenny (Pearses) | | FF | 14 | Jessica Gill (Athenry) | | LCF | 15 | 58}} | |
| Substitutes: | | RWF | (half-time)}} | | MF | 48}} | | LCF | 58}} | |
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References 1. ^{{cite book | last = Moran | first = Mary | authorlink = Mary Moran (camogie) | title = A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie | publisher = Cumann Camógaíochta | year = 2011 | location = Dublin, Ireland | pages = 460}} 978-1-908591-00-5
2. ^2008 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Reaction in Irish Examiner
External links- Reports of 2008 All Ireland final in Independent, Irish Times Examiner, Reaction in Examiner
- Video highlights of 2008 championship [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsP8IDQ8KNM Part One], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFIBErQfZs Part Two] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp4bGToi-_E Part three]
- Video of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8nYmHPnOJw 2008 All Ireland finals preview]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GynuOxdI9yg Video of 2008 All Ireland semi-final Wexford v Galway]
- Results on camogie.ie (MS Excel document)
- Official Camogie Website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090618114951/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/camogieroh.html Review of championship in On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine]
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