Division 1A Round 5: Galway v Cork

March 21, 2026

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2026 Centra Camogie League Division 1A – Round 5

Galway v Cork
Date: 21 Mar 2026, 2pm
Venue: Kenny Park
Referee: Ray Kelly

FT: Galway 0-18 Cork 1-9
Player of the match: Niamh McPeake

Watch: Match highlights

Match Report

by Kevin Egan (for Camogie Association)

Galway and Waterford will be the two sides making their way to UPMC Nowlan Park for the Centra National Camogie League Division 1A final on Sunday April 12, after the Tribeswomen overcame Cork by 0-18 to 1-9 at Athenry this afternoon.

With Waterford already qualified on the back of four successive wins, Déise manager Michael Boland could afford to make a handful of changes, resting some key players for their game at The Ragg. This helped Tipperary to pick up their second win of the campaign.

That meant that Antrim needed to beat Kilkenny at UPMC Nowlan Park to salvage their place in the top tier after a very competitive campaign that saw them record an historic win over Cork, but despite giving themselves some hope with a Cliona Griffin goal after 53 minutes, they were unable to bild on that and the Cats rattled off 1-3 to win by nine points.

To most neutral observers however, the game of the day was at Kenny Park, where last year’s All-Ireland finalists reunited for a contest that had massive connotations at both ends of the table, the pair having lost their two opening games in the competition.

It was certainly nervy fare in the early stages when Carrie Dolan hit three points and almost had a fortuitous goal, with Amy Lee just about recovering to clear the ball off the line after she fumbled the Galway freetaker’s long ball.

Orlaith Cahalane has been in superb form after rejoining the Rebels on foot of her exploits with St Finbarr’s in the club championship and she shot two from play as Cork found their feet to draw level at 0-5 each early in the second quarter. That quarter proved to be decisive, however, as Galway hit six on the trot, two each from Dolan, Niamh McPeake and Aoibheann Barry, with Lee called into action again to deny Barry a goal from a speculative angled shot.

The second half was scrappy fare, with just five points scored in the first 20 minutes after the restart in benign conditions. Galway kept nudging that bit further in front, McPeake bringing her tally to four from play, meaning Cahalane’s late scrambled goal was of relevance to the scoring difference, but little else.

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