All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1976
| Championship Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates | Sept 19 | |
| Counties | ||
| Sponsor | ||
| All Ireland Champions | ||
| Winners | Kilkenny (2nd title) | |
| Captain | Mary Fennelly | |
| Manager | ||
| All-Ireland Runners-up | ||
| Runners-up | Dublin | |
| Captain | Sheila Wallace | |
| Manager | ||
| Matches played | 2 | |
The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1976 camogie season in Ireland. The championship was won by Killkenny who defeated Dublin by a one-point margin in the lowest scoring final for 34 years. The match drew an attendance of 6,000. It was the first time that two counties from the same province met in the final of the All-Ireland championship.
Champions Wexford made their exit to Dublin at the first hurdle, trailing four goals to two at half time and losing to a Dublin team that did not score a single point but had two goal each from Fleming and McManus and one each from Byrne and Sutton. Galway’s Therese Duane pointed a late free and goalkeeper Margaret Killeen saved a great shot in the last minute to secure victory over Tipperary. Clare had the better of exchanges and an early goal from Eleece Fitzgibbon against Kilkenny in their quarter-final before succumbing to Kilkenny by seven points, Anne Carroll and Angela Downey scoring Kilkenny’s goals.
The ability to get greater distance into their deliveries out of attack or from the middle of the field was the main difference between the teams in a low scoring final. Dublin got the inspiration of good starts to both haves but Kilkenny played as though they knew they had the measure of their opponents. The scoring started with two Dublin points (Mary Mernagh), before a pointed free from Helena O’Neill, Dublin started the second half with a goal from Maura Sutton from a Mary Mernagh cross 40 seconds into the second half but it was their last score of the match. Kilkenny equalised 17 minutes into the second half with a long range free from Helena O'Neill and Helena then shot the winning point nine minutes from time. They shot nine wides in the second half. Pádraig Puirséil wrote in the Irish Press:
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