A majestic performance by Anne Dalton gave Kilkenny a 0-12 to 0-9 victory over rivals Cork in the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 semi-final in Carriganore.

Dublin's Premier Junior manager Shane Plowman joins Paudie Murray (Cork) and Angela Downey (Kilkenny) as the nominees for Manager of the Year.

Thank goodness for September Sundays. Even though the hurling championship, in its new compressed, more efficient form, no longer involves a September day out, we still have camogie. 

The pain of losing last year’s All-Ireland final has been the driving force behind the Kilkenny senior camogie team’s quest to reach this year’s decider.

Cork moved to the top of Group 2 of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship with a 4-15 to 2-3 win over Dublin at Páirc Uí Rinn that will strike fear in the hearts of future opposition.

Julia White was Cork’s All-Ireland hero as she scored the winning point in last September’s camogie final. Having just returned from a series of injuries in time for the semi-final, she’s hoping this weekend for a first All-Ireland series start since 2015.

This year’s All-Ireland camogie final, in which Julia White played a game-changing cameo, had the quality of an inspirational sports movie.

Tipperary hurler Brendan Maher described this initiative perfectly when explaining that this evening’s Gaelic voices for change sleep-out is no act of rebellion or political statement.

Cork camogie goalkeeper Aoife Murray is undecided about whether or not she will extend her inter-county career into a 17th season.

THE couple standing in front of me both wore red coats against the blustery evening. No accident, I’m sure; even their terrier sported a red and white collar. 

Cork camogie keeper Aoife Murray described Sunday’s one-point win in the All-Ireland senior final as “the best drug ever — if you could bottle it we’d be very rich people”.

Therese O’Callaghan looks at the five things we learned from yesterday’s All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final.

The drama came late in Croke Park yesterday, the old promise issued by B-movie producers coming back into vogue at the very end of this camogie All-Ireland senior camogie final.

CORK rubber-stamped their place in the semi-finals of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship as Group 2 winners with a hard-earned victory over Offaly, while Wexford took a big step towards securing a place in the quarters by holding off Tipperary.

Kilkenny and Cork progressed to the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 final on April 23 after overcoming the challenges of Galway and Limerick respectively.

All-Ireland senior champions Cork produced a power-packed second half performance to return to the semi-finals after a 2-17 to 0-10 victory over Tipperary in Thurles on Saturday.

Munster Senior Camogie final

Galway 2-15  Cork 2-12: Galway defeated All-Ireland champions Cork to claim their first National Camogie League Division 1 title in 10 years at Semple Stadium.

Cork 1-12 Limerick 0-10: Cork, aided by key substitutions, regrouped sufficiently in the closing stages to qualify for the National Camogie Division 1 league final against Galway, after seeing off a persistent Limerick at Charleville yesterday.

University of Limerick 3-16 Dublin City University 0-9

University of Limerick 3-16

Limerick remain top of the Division One Group One table with a comprehensive 12-point victory over Wexford in Bruff yesterday.

Camogie: Waterford IT were crowned queens of third level camogie after a thrilling Centenary Ashbourne Cup final victory over the University of Limerick at DCU yesterday.

Pace was the key ingredient in Cork’s second-half comeback and resultant All-Ireland victory at Croke Park yesterday, according to former Galway hurling boss Cyril Farrell.

Cork 2-12 Kilkenny 1-09

Cork 2-12 Kilkenny 1-09

Cork 1-09 Wexford 1-09

Julia White from Douglas in Co Cork was named O'Connor Cup player of the match in UL’s victory over Queen’s University Belfast on Saturday despite the advice of her teammates not to kick the ball.

University of Limerick finally ended Waterford Institute of Technology’s long reign as Ashbourne Cup champions, having a point to spare after a hard-fought final at Queen’s University.

Kilkenny 2-12 Cork 2-11

Kilkenny 2-12 Cork 2-11

Cork and Offaly face a straight shoot-out for a place in the Liberty Insurance senior camogie semi-finals in a fortnight, after maintaining their 100% records with victories over Dublin and Tipperary.

Kilkenny laid down a strong marker for the Liberty Insurance senior camogie championship, recording a 1-10 to 1-8 away win over Galway in the opening round.

Cork 0-12 Wexford 1-7

Cork produced an outstanding second-half performance to blitz Derry at Bray Emmetts GAA club and retain their 100% record in Division One of the National Camogie League.

Cork manager Paudie Murray isn’t placing too much store in the team’s previous national final appearance against reigning All-Ireland champions Wexford.

Jenny O’Leary converted a 60th-minute free to snatch a 0-16 to 2-9 victory for league champions Cork over Clare in the opening round of the All-Ireland senior camogie championship.

Jenny O’Leary converted a 60th minute free to snatch victory for league champions Cork over Clare in the opening round of the All-Ireland senior camogie championship.

Cork marked their return to the big time with a deserved victory to scupper Wexford’s four-in-a-row Camogie League Division 1 title bid at Semple Stadium.

Cork 1-8 Wexford 0-9