Gael Linn Cup 1986
Winners
ChampionsLeinster (19th title)
Runners-up
Runners-upMunster
Other
Matches played3

The 1986 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Leinster, who defeated Munster in the final, played at Silver Park Kilmacud.[1][2]

Arrangements

Munster defeated Ulster by 5–10 to 0–1 in the semi-final at Kilmacud Crokes' ground in Glenalbyn. Goals from Angela Downey, Jo Dunne and Carmel O'Byrne gave Leinster a 4–6 to 1–6 victory over Munster in the final.[3][4][5][6][7] Leinster defeated Munster by two points in the trophy semi-final and Kildare's Miriam Malone scored the winning goal five minutes from the end of the final to give them a one-point win over Munster.

Final stages

Leinster4–10 – 1–4Munster

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Leinster:
GK1Marie Fitzpatrick (Killkenny)
FB2Marion Conroy (Dublin)
RWB3Tina Fitzhenry (Wexford)
CB4Bridie McGarry (Killkenny)
LWB5Biddy O'Sullivan (Killkenny)
MF6Cathy Walsh (Dublin)
MF7Ann Downey (Killkenny)
MF8Clare Jones (Killkenny)
RWF9Jo Dunne (Killkenny)
CF10Carmel O'Byrne (Dublin)
LWF11Angela Downey (Killkenny)
FF12Breda Holmes (Killkenny)
Munster:
GK1Marion McCarthy (Cork)
FB2Eileen Dineen (Cork)
RWB3Mary Spillane (Cork)
CB4Helen Clifford (Limerick)
LWB5Mary Ring (Cork)
MF6Anne Gleeson (Tipperary)
MF7Val Fitzpatrick (Cork)
MF8Sandie Fitzgibbon (Cork)
RWF9Colette O'Mahony (Cork)
CF10Pauline McCarthy (Limerick)
LWF11Linda Mellerick (Cork)
FF12Anne Leahy (Cork)

Junior Final

Leinster1–5 – 0–7Munster

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Leinster:
GK1Mary Doyle (Carlow)
FB2Geraldine Dwyer (Kildare)
RWB3Melanie Treacy (Kildare)
CB4Anna Dargan (Kildare)
LWB5Carmel Gray (Dublin)
MF6Esther Byrne (Wicklow)
MF7Kay Barry (Wicklow) (captain)
MF8Miriam Malone (Kildare)
RWF9Nuala Smithers (Carlow)
CF10Geraldine Dunne (Dublin)
LWF11Marianne Johnson (Kildare)
FF12Valerie Crean (Carlow)
Munster:
GK1Pauline O'Brien (Clare)
FB2Helen Cusack (Clare)
RWB3Patricia Rynne (Clare)
CB4Noeleen Quinn (Clare)
LWB5Niamh Coughlan (Cork)
MF6Karen Mellerick (Cork)
MF7Carmel Wall (Clare)
MF8Sheila O'Halloran (Clare)
RWF9Catherine O'Loughlin (Clare)
CF10Maura McNicholas (Clare)
LWF11Catherine Molloy (Clare)
FF12Paula Carey (Cork)

References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, 13 October 1986
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, 13 October 1986
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, 13 October 1986
  6. Report of final in Irish Examiner, 13 October 1986
  7. Report of final in Irish News, 13 October 1986
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