Gael Linn Cup 1983

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ChampionsLeinster (16th title)
Runners-upMunster
Matches played3
Gael Linn Cup 1983
Winners
ChampionsLeinster (16th title)
Runners-up
Runners-upMunster
Other
Matches played3

The 1983 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Leinster, who defeated Munster in the final, played at Ballinlough.[1][2]

Gael Linn Trophy

Leinster defeated Connacht by 5–8 to 1–2 at Mobhi Road. Joan Gormley then scored a goal in the dying seconds of the final against Munster at Ballinlough to win by 2–7 to 1–7. Angela Downey scrambled Leinster's first goal in a goalmouth melee in the first half and Tipeprary's Deirdre Lane had a goal for Munster in the opening minutes.[3][4][5][6][7]

In the Gael Linn Cup trophy Ulster defeated Munster at Ballymacward by 2–12 to 3–5., Leinster defeated Connacht 4–6 to 1–4 at Mobhi Road. The sides were level on 12 occasions in the final and the match went into extra time before Munster won by 1–12 to 1–11.

Final stages

Leinster2–7 – 1–7Munster
Leinster:
GK1Yvonne Redmond (Dublin)
FB2Anne O'Brien (Dublin)
RWB3Geraldine Wynne (Wexford)
CB4Bernie Toner (Dublin)
LWB5Ann Downey (Killkenny)
MF6Biddy O'Sullivan (Killkenny)
MF7Mary Mernagh (Dublin)
MF8Edel Murphy (Dublin)
RWF9Anna Condon (Dublin)
CF10Elsie Walsh (Wexford)
LWF11Angela Downey (Killkenny)
FF12Joan Gormley (Dublin)
Munster:
GK1Marian McCarthy (Cork)
FB2Eileen Dineen (Cork)
RWB3Miriam Higgins (Cork)
CB4Cathy Landers (Cork)
LWB5Martha Kearney (Cork)
MF6Clare Cronin (Cork)
MF7Helen Collins (Limerick)
MF8Sandie Fitzgibbon (Cork)
RWF9Mary O'Leary (Cork)
CF10Deirdre Lane (Tipperary)
LWF11Bridie Stokes (Limerick)
FF12Mary Geaney (Cork)

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