2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
Introduction The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the '''Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship''' for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2008 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a five-point margin in the final. The championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008.The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals.
Group stages Substitute Lourda Kavanagh’s late goal helped Galway spring a surprise against Cork in the group stages by 1-9 to 0-8 at Páirc Ui Rinn. Cork went on to gain revenge when the same teams med again in the All-Ireland final, the second time a group result had been reversed in the final in the three years since the round-robin format had been introduced into the championship in 2006.
Results ===Group stage===The cross table below summarises the group stages, which were played from June 1 to August 3, 2008.Away results are italicised.TeamCGWTKDLPtsCork - 0 ''2''2 ''2'' ''2''  2'''10'''Galway''2''  - 2 ''1'' ''0'' 2 2'''9'''Wexford0 ''0''  - ''2'' 2 2  ''2'''''8'''Tipperary''0'' 1 0  - ''2'' 2  ''2'''''7'''Kilkenny0 2 ''0'' 0  - ''2''  ''2'''''6'''Dublin0 ''0'' ''0'' ''0''0  -  2'''2'''Limerick''0'' ''0'' 0 0 0 ''0''  - '''0'''===Final stages===--------'''CORK:''' GK '''1'''  Aoife Murray (Cloughduv) RCB '''2'''  Lynda O'Connell (St Finbarr's) FB '''3'''  Cathriona Foley (  Rockbán) (captain)LCB '''4'''  Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv) RWB '''5'''  Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) CB '''6'''  Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) LWB '''7'''  Sara Hayes (Courcey Rovers) MF '''8'''  Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) 0-1MF '''9'''  Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) 0-1RWF '''10''' Amanda O'Regan (Douglas) CF '''11''' Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) LWF '''12''' Eimear O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig) 0-1RCF '''13''' Síle Burns (  Rockbán) (captain) 2-0FF '''14''' Rachel Moloney (Courcey Rovers) 0-7LCF '''15''' Elaine O'Riordan (Milford) '''Substitutes:''' LCF   Emer O'Farrell (Sarsfields) for O'Riordan CF   Rena Buckley (Inniscarra) for O'Donoghue RWF   Linda Dorgan (Inniscarra) for O'Regan GALWAY: GK '''1'''  Susan Earner ( Meelick Eyrecourt)RCB '''2'''  Sandra Tannian ( St Thomas)FB '''3'''  Aibhe Kelly ( Davitts)LCB '''4'''  Therese Manton ( Mullagh) RWB '''5'''  Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor) CB '''6'''  Sinéad Cahalan ( Mullagh) (captain)LWB '''7'''  Niamh Kilkenny ( Pearses)MF '''8'''  Aine Hillary ( Pearses) 1-0MF '''9'''  Sarah Noone ( Ahascragh-Caltra) RWF '''10''' Molly Dunne ( Meelick Eyrecourt) CF '''11''' Therese Maher (Athenry) LWF '''12''' Veronica Curtin ( Kinvara) RCF '''13''' Orla Kilkenny ( Pearses) FF '''14''' Jessica Gill (Athenry) LCF '''15''' Brenda Kerins ( Ardrahan) '''Substitutes:''' RWF   Lourda Kavanagh ( Davitts) for Dunne MF   Catriona Cormican ( Cappataggle for Noone LCF   Deirdre Burke ( Meelick Eyrecourt) for Kerins
References
External links * Reports of 2008 All Ireland final in   Independent,  Irish Times   Examiner,  Reaction in Examiner* Video highlights of 2008 championship  Part One,   Part Two and  Part three* Video of  2008 All Ireland finals preview*  Video of 2008 All Ireland semi-final Wexford v Galway* Results on camogie.ie (MS Excel document)*  Official Camogie Website*   Review of championship in On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine