The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with St Rita’s and St Ibar’s winning the championships of the other two provinces.
The winners deserved the honours because they were always that shade faster to the ball, bur Deirdre, now runners-up in an All Ireland final for the second successive year, went down fighting magnificently. St Patrick’s had the star of the game in their captain, Anne Carroll, a wizard at midfield.
