All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1949
| Championship Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates | December 4 | |
| Counties | ||
| Sponsor | ||
| All Ireland Champions | ||
| Winners | Dublin (9th title) | |
| Captain | Doreen Rogers | |
| Manager | ||
| All-Ireland Runners-up | ||
| Runners-up | Tipperary | |
| Madeline Bowers | ||
| Manager | ||
| Matches played | ||
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1949 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated London by a 22-point margin in the final ‘proper’ at Croke Park having earlier defeated Tipperary by a 17-point margin in a poorly attended home final in Roscrea. They were to play London in a final “proper” on December 4 which fell through.
It was clear that CIÉ clubmates Kathleen Cody and Sophie Brack had hit their top form together throughout the championship. When Dublin beat Wexford 8-7 to nil in the Leinster final at New Ross the Sophie Brack scored six goals and Kathleen Cody scored 0-7, Doreen Rogers and Pat Rafferty scoring the other goals. They then beat Down by 3-4 to 1-3 at Kilclief, with the help of an own goal by a Down defender and goals by Kathleen O’Keeffe and Sophie Brack. Dublin had just two surviving players from their controversial 1948 side, Kathleen Cody and Sophie Brack Tipperary beat Galway 3-2 to 1-3 in the All Ireland semi-final at Roscrea before 1,000 spectators and a match described as “the best in many years.”
The game was one of the best seen in the championship this year and the net minding of Kathleen Griffin for the visitors won rounds of applause.
Of particular note was the exchange of goals midway through the first half by May Hynes of Tipperary| and Scully of Galway.
Kathleen Cody scored a soft goal in the opening minute of the final at St Cronan’s Park in Roscrea and ended up scoring a total of 6-7 for Dublin, all but two goals of Dublin’s total of 8-7. The Irish Independent reported:
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