Munster Wheelchair Hurling Camogie Club are 2024 All-Ireland Champions

Munster Wheelchair Hurling Camogie Club are 2024 All-Ireland Champions

Munster Wheelchair Hurling Camogie Club crowned 2024 All-Ireland Champions

Sunday the 22nd of September was the culmination of what has been, without a doubt, the best year that the Munster Wheelchair Hurling/Camogie Senior panel has produced in the 13 years they have been hurling together.

Having won the 2024 Wheelchair Hurling League in Mohill Community College on the 24th of August, all eyes turned to the All-Ireland Final day.  Retention of the M. Donnelly Interprovincial Wheelchair Hurling/Camogie All-Ireland Title was the aim and the venue was again SETU Carlow.  

The Clár Oifigiúl showed that the day would be played out in exactly the same format as the 2023 Final day with the first game for Munster being Ulster who came with a 17 strong panel to choose from.  The psychological advantage that a win here would bring was not lost on anyone in the venue. The intensity and team effort put into this game was just superb and the victory was Munster’s with a 6 – 1 to 5 – 0 victory.

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With a five-minute reprieve before taking on Leinster, a win here was not lost on the Munster panel, a repeat of the 2023 loss to Leinster in this same pairing was not an option.  The first half was a very evenly matched game with a lot of defending and some furious hurling.  There was still so much more in the tank for Munster and they produced a double score victory of 8 – 0 to 4 – 0.

The last game for Munster was Connacht, a team who have proven to be the dark horse of this entire year.  They pulled off some remarkable wins in the league and would not sit back for this game either.  With what was a very high-speed game, the result of 4 – 1 to 1 – 0 does not reflect the intensity of the game and Munster’s victory here ensured a place in the 2024 Final.

The game between Leinster and Ulster would determine the opposition for Munster in the Final and this game proved a step too far for Ulster with Leinster coming out on top of this pairing.

There was a 15 minute break for Leinster to catch their breath.  Munster were hoping to do the League and Championship double for 2024 and Leinster had not won a League or Championship title since 2018, so this was not going to be an easy game for either team.

In a game that was focused and strategically played on the court and on the sideline, this game was never going to be a cliff-hanger or go extra time. There was only going to be one winner.  A valiant effort by Leinster was not enough to overcome the Munster team.  The clock and the crowd counted down the last 10 seconds of play, the whistle went and history was made. Munster 5 – 0, Leinster 1 – 0.  The M. Donnelly Interprovincial Wheelchair Hurling Camogie Trophy will be staying in Munster for the next 12 months and it will now join the Ardagh Chalice as the most famous cup to ever reside in Ardagh, Co. Limerick with Captain Darren Dineen.

Munster Team:- Kieran Bennis, Steven Casey, Darren Dineen, Cormac Downey, Sean Hassett, Cian Horgan, Sultan Kakar, Paul Kelly, James McCarthy, Edel Morrissey, Maurice Noonan, Caroline O’Halloran, Gary O’Halloran and Ellie Sheehy.

Coach:  John Carey, Dave Fitzgerald