2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2019 camogie season.^[2]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2019

Championship details
Dates	15 June – 8 September 2019[1]
Teams	11
All-Ireland champions
Winners	Galway (3rd win)
Captain	Sarah Dervan
Manager	Cathal Murray
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Captain	Meighan Farrell & Anna Farrell
Manager	Ann Downey
Championship statistics
Matches played	30
← 2018 2020 →

The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. The championship began on 15 June.^[3] It was won by Galway, who defeated Kilkenny in the final.^[4]

Teams

Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.

Format

Group stage

The eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays each other team in its group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knock-out stage

• The two group runners-up and the two third-placed teams play in two quarter-finals.
• The two group winners and the two quarter-final winners play in two semi-finals.
• The semi-final winners contest the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Relegation

• The two teams that finish last in their group play each other in a relegation playoff; the losers are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.

Group stage

Key to colours

	Advance to semi-finals
	Advance to quarter-finals
	Relegation playoff

Group games took place 15 June – 24 July 2019.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
Kilkenny	4	4	0	0	+74	12
Galway	4	3	0	1	+51	9
Limerick	4	2	0	2	–12	6
Offaly	4	1	0	3	–28	3
Wexford	4	0	0	4	–85	0

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
Cork	5	5	0	0	+83	15
Tipperary	5	4	0	1	+5	12
Waterford	5	3	0	2	+11	9
Dublin	5	1	1	3	–21	4
Clare	5	1	1	3	–30	4
Meath	5	0	0	5	–48	0

Relegation playoff

Meath	4-9 – 4-13	Wexford
	Report

31 July 2019
Relegation Playoff

19:00 IST

Conneff Park, Clane

Meath are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship for 2020.

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Limerick	1-5 – 1-9	Tipperary
N Mulcahy 1-2; C Costelloe 0-2; L Stack 0-1	Report	C Devane 0-7(6fs, 1 45); N Treacy 1-0; E Fryday, O O'Dwyer, M Campion 0-1 each

3 August 2019
Quarter-Final

17:30 IST

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee: Ray Kelly (Kildare)

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Galway	2-16 – 2-8	Waterford
C Dolan 0-10fs; A Donohue, A O’Reilly 1-0 each; N Kilkenny, N Coen 0-2 each; C Murphy, R Hennelly 0-1 each	Report	B Carton 1-4(0-2f, 0-1 45, 1-0 pen); S Curran 1-0(f); A Lyng 0-2; F Morrissey, N Rockett 0-1 each

3 August 2019
Quarter-Final

19:15 IST

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee: Owen Elliott (Antrim)

Semi-finals

Kilkenny	2-21 – 3-12	Tipperary
M Quilty 1-9 (0-7fs); D Gaule 0-6(1f); A Dalton 1-1; K Power 0-2; E Keane, A Farrell, K Doyle 0-1 each	Report	C Devane 0-6(fs); E McDonald 0-3; A McGrath (free), O O’Dwyer, K Kennedy 1-0 each; Megan Ryan, N Treacy, E Fryday 0-1 each

17 August 2019
Semi-Final

17:30 IST

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: John Dermody (Westmeath)

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Cork	1-10 – 0-14	Galway
A O’Connor 0-4; O Cotter 0-3(fs); J White 1-0; O Cronin, K Mackey, L Collins 0-1 each	Report	C Dolan 0-5(3fs); N Kilkenny 0-3; A Donohue, C Cormican 0-2 each; N Hanniffy, A O’Reilly 0-1 each

17 August 2019
Semi-Final

19:15 IST

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: Liz Dempsey (Kilkenny)

Final

Main article: 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

Kilkenny	0-17 (17) – (23) 3-14	Galway
(HT: 0-10 – 3-07)
Pts: Michelle Quilty 8 (7f), Denise Gaule 3 (1f), Anne Dalton 2 (1f), Miriam Walsh 1, Davina Tobin 1, Anna Farrell 1, Aoife Doyle 1		Gls: Ailish O'Reilly 2, Niamh Hannify 1 Pts: Carrie Dolan 6 (5f, 1 '45), Niamh Kilkenny 4, Sarah Healy 1, Catherine Finnerty 1, Sarah Spellman 1, Noreen Coen 1

Kilkenny v Galway

RTÉ 2 Sky Sports

8 September 2019 16:15 IST Final

Report

Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Ray Kelly (Kildare) Attendance: 24,730