All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1966
| Championship Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates | ||
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| Sponsor | ||
| All Ireland Champions | ||
| Winners | Dublin (25th title) | |
| Captain | Kathleen Ryder | |
| Manager | ||
| All-Ireland Runners-up | ||
| Runners-up | Antrim | |
| Maeve Gilroy | ||
| Manager | ||
| Matches played | 2 | |
The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1966 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Antrim by a two-point margin in the final. The semi-final between Dublin and Tipperary ranks 1alongside the disputed semi-final of 1947 between Dublin and Galway as the most controversial in camogie history.
Most Tipperary people believed that the All Ireland semi-final between Tipperary and Dublin at Cahir had finished as a one-point victory for Tipperary, although because of a disputed point by Ann Carroll from a free eight minutes into the second half some others thought it was a draw. The referee said it was a one-point victory for Dublin. Tipperary appealed against the result but their objection failed and the referee’s score of Dublin 5–0, Tipperary 3–5 was confirmed. Dublin had two goals each from Úna O'Connor and Kit Kehoe and a fifth from Judy Doyle while Tipperary had two goals from Kathleen Griffin, 1-1 from Peggy Graham (one of three sisters on the Tipperary side), three or four points (depending on your interpretation) from Ann Carroll and two points from and Margo Loughnane. Some of the Tipperary supporters acted in an unruly manner for which the county received a six-month suspended sentence. The Irish Press commented that the game was “The game was very fast and often spectacular but unfortunately was betimes robust..” The Irish Press reported
There was considerable confusion at the end of this tremendously exciting All Ireland camogie semi-final at Cahir yesterday and only after an emergency meeting of the central Council in the Galtee Hotel after the game was it announced by the President, Miss Lil O’Grady (Cork) that Dublin the holders had got through to yet another final, by a single point.
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