All Ireland Senior Camogie Final:
St Patrick’s College, Maghera 0-10
Loreto, Kilkenny 2-8
A brave effort by Ulster champions St Patrick’s, Maghera was not enough to halt Loreto’s march to a 10th Allianz Corn Sceilge All-Ireland senior title in Grangegorman.
The Kilkenny school also made it a third successive title, beating Maghera on the way to each crown, this time thanks to Ona Kennedy’s goal in the 29th minute and a second which came from a deflection off Ciara Dunne whose grandmother had passed away a day earlier.
Although Ona Kennedy picked up the Player of the Match award, Maghera’s free-taker Emma Quinn, who will face Presentation Kilkenny in the Corn Gobnait Junior final on March 1, was for many the star of the game with eight points for her side, seven from frees from all distances and angles.
But, in the final analysis, Maghera still await a first title despite an excellent defensive performance in which Aoife McWilliams, Ellie Griffin and Branna Brolly excelled. However the experience of Doheny, Dunne and Kennedy, all collecting a third successive medal, saw the Leinster champions home once more.
Scorers for Loreto: O Kennedy (1-5, 0-5 f), C Dunne (1-00, A Doheny (0-1f), H Ryan and A Shealy (0-1 each).
Scorers for St Patrick’s: E Quinn (0-8, 7 f), MT McCullagh and K McCloskey (0-1 each).
LORETO: E Walton, S Doheny, A Carroll, G Brennan, E Murphy, A Doheny, E Smith, L Gilmore, S Kehoe, S Mahoney, O Kennedy, H Ryan, A Shealy, C Dunne, L Boyd.
Sub: E Doheny for Lucy Boyd (42)
ST PATRICK’S: O Johnston, O McCartney, E Griffin, A McWilliams, R Doherty, E Murray capt, B Brolly, C Conway, MT McCullagh, G Kelly, K McCloskey, L Cassidy, A Mulholland, C Chambers, E Quinn
Subs: B Donaghy for A Mulholland (59), E Conway for E Murray (60)
Referee: L Bannon (Cavan).
