1999 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
| Championship details | |
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| Dates | 3 June — 5 September 1999 |
| Teams | 8 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winners | Tipperary (1st win) |
| Captain | Meadhbh Stokes |
| Manager | Biddy Phillips |
| All-Ireland runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Kilkenny |
| Captain | Gillian Dillon |
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The 1999 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1999 season and the first final to be played with 15 players a side. The championship was won by Tipperary who defeated Kilkenny by a single point margin in the final. It was Tipeprary’s first success after seven previous final losses. The attendance, a then record of 15,084, included President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern
After Tipperary’s humiliating 9-19 to 2-4 defeat to Kilkenny in the National Camogie League final in Thurles in May, Biddy Phillips called in Michael Cleary and Colm Bonnar as team coaches to help rebuild the team’s confidence. They bounced back with a 1-18 to 1-6 championship opening round victory over Clare.
Winners of the All-Ireland intermediate championship in 1998, Donna Greeran‘s Down were heavily defeated in the semi-final against Tipperary at Parnell Park. The second 15-a-side semi-final between Cork and Kilkenny at Nowlan Park was one of the best in the game’s history and a great advertisement for the 15-a-side game. Cork held the lead until seconds from the final whistle. Sinéad Millea sent a fifty-five metre free through three Cork defenders into the net to give Kilkenny a two-point victory.
Sinead Millea created the only goal in the final, four minutes before half-time, that, unjustly, had Tipp behind at the interval (1-5 to 0-7). Her free was blocked by a cluster of bodies, and in the scramble, 16-year-old Lizzie Lyng managed to guide the sliotar to the net.
In first half injury time, Niamh Harkin's drive was inches away from the Kilkenny net. Eleven minutes into the second period, as Kilkenny led by two points 1-7 to 0-8 Kilkenny introduced Ann Downey who was seeking her 13th All-Ireland medal. Tipperary were again denied a goal after 43 minutes when Emer McDonnell's strike came back off the bar.
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