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The 2005 National Camogie League is a competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Galway, who defeated Cork in the final, played at Thurles.

Background

Galway were without star players Lourda Kavanagh and Áine Hilary due to injury, and their victory was more remarkable for the fact they failed to win a single league match in 2004, but under the new management team of former player Sharon Glynn, former U21 hurler Damian Coleman and former All-Ireland winner PJ Molloy.

Final

Galway's match-turning goal came two minutes into injury-time of the first half when Brenda Kerins found the waiting Veronica Curtin who scored to put Galway 1–4 to 0-3 ahead. Galway started nervously and had to wait 23 minutes before their opening score, a point from full-forward Veronica Curtin who was to marry to selector Damian Coleman. After Emer Dillon and Curtin exchanged points early in the second half, Cork closed the gap with two Jennifer O'Leary frees, the second which came 12 minutes into the half was Cork's last score of the day. Galway too failed to score again until the 20th minute when Veronica Curtin sent over her fifth point.

Goalkeeper misses penalty

Galway had a chance to wrap it up with seven minutes to go when they were awarded a penalty. Goalkeeper Stephanie Gannon, the 2004 young player of the year, ran the length of the pitch to take the penalty, but it was saved on the line.

Aftermath

Galway manager Damian Coleman said:

"We came determined to compete and win. Those girls did everything that was asked of them, I am so proud of them.

Division 2

The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Cork intermediates who defeated Galway intermediates in the final.

Final stages

Galway

Cork

Galway: GK 1 Stephanie Gannon (Athenry) RCB 2 Regina Glynn (Athenry) FB 3 Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh) LCB 4 Nicola Gavin (Ahascragh-Caltra) RWB 5 Lorraine Lally (Pearses) CB 6 Therese Maher (Athenry) (captain) LWB 7 Aibhe Kelly (Davitts) MF 8 Shauna Murphy (Loughrea) MF 9 Collette Glennon RWF 10 Aoife Lynskey (Ardrahan) CF 11 Brenda Hanney (Killimor) LWF 12 Orla Kilkenny (Pearses) RCF 13 Brenda Kerins (Ardrahan Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine) FF 14 Veronica Curtin (Kinvara) LCF 15 Emma Kilkelly (Kinvara) Substitutes: RWF Katherine Glynn (Athenry) for Glennon  43' MF Aislinn Connolly (Castlegar) for Hanney  52' LCF Jessica Gill (Athenry) for Lynskey  58' LCF Fiona Healy (Mullagh) for Shauna Murphy  62'

Cork: GK 1 Aoife Murray (Cloughduv) RCB 2 Jennifer Browne FB 3 Stephanie Dunlea (Cloughduv) LCB 4 Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv)  54' RWB 5 Amanda O'Regan (Douglas) CB 6 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) LWB 7 Nora Ahern (Fr O'Neill's MF 8 Rachel Moloney (Courcey Rovers) MF 9 Briege Corkery (Cloughduv)  Half time' RWF 10 Angela Walsh (Killeagh) CF 11 Emer Dillon (Ballygarvan) 0–2 LWF 12 Jennifer O'Leary (Barryroe) 1–3 RCF 13 Colette Desmond (Newcestown)  43' FF 14 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) 0–1 LCF 15 Ciara Healy  58' Substitutes: MF Vivienne Harris (Bishopstown) for Corkery  Half time' RCF Elaine Burke (Valley Rovers) for Desmond  43' LCB Rosarie Holland (Barryroe) for O’Callaghan  54' LCF Paula O'Connor (Newtownshandrum) for Healy  58'

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. National Camogie League on Camogie.ie
3. Report of final in Evening Echo, May 30, 2005
4. Report of final in Irish Independent, May 30, 2005
5. Report of final in Irish Times, May 30, 2005
6. Report of final in Irish Examiner, May 30, 2005
7. Report of final in Irish News, May 30, 2005

External links

• Camogie Association

• 2005 in camogie
• National Camogie League seasons