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. 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 stages

Substitute Lourda Kavanagh’s late goal helped Galway to 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 was introduced into the championship in 2006.

Results

Group stage

The cross table below summarises the group stages, which were played from June 1 to August 3, 2008. Away results are italicised.

TeamCGWTKDLPts
Cork-02222210
Galway2-210229
Wexford00-22228
Tipperary010-2227
Kilkenny0200-226
Dublin00000-22
Limerick000000-0

Final stages

Cork3–14 – 0–10Tipperary
Wexford1–10 – 1–13Galway
Cork2–10 – 1–8Galway
CorkGalway
CORK: GK 1 Aoife Murray (Cloughduv) RCB 2 Linda O'Connell (St Finbarr's) FB 3 Cathriona Foley () (captain) LCB 4 Joanne Callaghan (Cloughduv) RWB 5 Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) CB 6 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) LWB 7 Sarah Hayes (Courcey Rovers) MF 8 Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) 0-1 MF 9 Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) 0-1 RWF 10 Amanda Regan (Douglas) 57' CF 11 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) 47' LWF 12 Emer O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig) 0-1 RCF 13 Sile Burns () (captain) 2-0 FF 14 Rachel Maloney (Courcey Rovers) 0-7 LCF 15 Elaine Riordan (Milford) Half time' Substitutes: LCF Emer Farrell (Sarsfields) for O'Riordan (half-time)' CF Rena Buckley (Inniscarra) for O'Donoghue 47' RWF Linda Dorgan (Inniscarra) for O'Regan 57'GALWAY: GK 1 Susan Earner () RCB 2 Sandra Tannian () FB 3 Aibhe Kelly () LCB 4 Therese Manton () RWB 5 Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor) CB 6 Sinéad Cahalan () (captain) LWB 7 Niamh Kilkenny () MF 8 Aine Hillary () 1-0 MF 9 Sarah Noone () 48' RWF 10 Molly Dunne () Half time' CF 11 Therese Maher (Athenry) LWF 12 Veronica Curtin () RCF 13 Orla Kilkenny () FF 14 Jessica Gill (Athenry) LCF 15 Brenda Kerins () 58' Substitutes: RWF Lourda Kavanagh () for Dunne (half-time)' MF Catriona Cormican ( for Noone 48' LCF Deirdre Burke () for Kerins 58'
CORK:
GK1Aoife Murray (Cloughduv)
RCB2Linda O'Connell (St Finbarr's)
FB3Cathriona Foley () (captain)
LCB4Joanne Callaghan (Cloughduv)
RWB5Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's)
CB6Mary O'Connor (Killeagh)
LWB7Sarah Hayes (Courcey Rovers)
MF8Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) 0-1
MF9Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) 0-1
RWF10Amanda Regan (Douglas) 57'
CF11Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) 47'
LWF12Emer O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig) 0-1
RCF13Sile Burns () (captain) 2-0
FF14Rachel Maloney (Courcey Rovers) 0-7
LCF15Elaine Riordan (Milford) Half time'
Substitutes:
LCFEmer Farrell (Sarsfields) for O'Riordan (half-time)'
CFRena Buckley (Inniscarra) for O'Donoghue 47'
RWFLinda Dorgan (Inniscarra) for O'Regan 57'
GALWAY:
GK1Susan Earner ()
RCB2Sandra Tannian ()
FB3Aibhe Kelly ()
LCB4Therese Manton ()
RWB5Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor)
CB6Sinéad Cahalan () (captain)
LWB7Niamh Kilkenny ()
MF8Aine Hillary () 1-0
MF9Sarah Noone () 48'
RWF10Molly Dunne () Half time'
CF11Therese Maher (Athenry)
LWF12Veronica Curtin ()
RCF13Orla Kilkenny ()
FF14Jessica Gill (Athenry)
LCF15Brenda Kerins () 58'
Substitutes:
RWFLourda Kavanagh () for Dunne (half-time)'
MFCatriona Cormican ( for Noone 48'
LCFDeirdre Burke () for Kerins 58'

External links

  • Reports of 2008 All Ireland final in , ,
  • Video highlights of 2008 championship , and
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Preceded byAll-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2007All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1932 – presentSucceeded byAll-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009