Gael Linn Cup 1986

Gael Linn Cup 1986

Winners
Champions	Leinster (19th title)
Runners-up
Runners-up	Munster
Other
Matches played	3

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.

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. 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

12 October
Final

Leinster	4–10 – 1–4	Munster

Silver Park Kilmacud

Leinster

Munster

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Leinster: GK 1 Marie Fitzpatrick (Killkenny) FB 2 Marion Conroy (Dublin) RWB 3 Tina Fitzhenry (Wexford) CB 4 Bridie McGarry (Killkenny) LWB 5 Biddy O'Sullivan (Killkenny) MF 6 Cathy Walsh (Dublin) MF 7 Ann Downey (Killkenny) MF 8 Clare Jones (Killkenny) RWF 9 Jo Dunne (Killkenny) CF 10 Carmel O'Byrne (Dublin) LWF 11 Angela Downey (Killkenny) FF 12 Breda Holmes (Killkenny)

Munster: GK 1 Marion McCarthy (Cork) FB 2 Eileen Dineen (Cork) RWB 3 Mary Spillane (Cork) CB 4 Helen Clifford (Limerick) LWB 5 Mary Ring (Cork) MF 6 Anne Gleeson (Tipperary) MF 7 Val Fitzpatrick (Cork) MF 8 Sandie Fitzgibbon (Cork) RWF 9 Colette O'Mahony (Cork) CF 10 Pauline McCarthy (Limerick) LWF 11 Linda Mellerick (Cork) FF 12 Anne Leahy (Cork)

Junior Final

Final

Leinster	1–5 – 0–7	Munster

Silver Park Kilmacud

Leinster

Mun ster

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Leinster: GK 1 Mary Doyle (Carlow) FB 2 Geraldine Dwyer (Kildare) RWB 3 Melanie Treacy (Kildare) CB 4 Anna Dargan (Kildare) LWB 5 Carmel Gray (Dublin) MF 6 Esther Byrne (Wicklow) MF 7 Kay Barry (Wicklow) (captain) MF 8 Miriam Malone (Kildare) RWF 9 Nuala Smithers (Carlow) CF 10 Geraldine Dunne (Dublin) LWF 11 Marianne Johnson (Kildare) FF 12 Valerie Crean (Carlow)

Munster: GK 1 Pauline O'Brien (Clare) FB 2 Helen Cusack (Clare) RWB 3 Patricia Rynne (Clare) CB 4 Noeleen Quinn (Clare) LWB 5 Niamh Coughlan (Cork) MF 6 Karen Mellerick (Cork) MF 7 Carmel Wall (Clare) MF 8 Sheila O'Halloran (Clare) RWF 9 Catherine O'Loughlin (Clare) CF 10 Maura McNicholas (Clare) LWF 11 Catherine Molloy (Clare) FF 12 Paula Carey (Cork)

External links

• Camogie Association