There was considerable confusion at the end of this tremendously exciting All Ireland camogie semi-final at Cahir yesterday and only after an emergency meeting of the central Council in the Galtee Hotel after the game was it announced by the President, Miss Lil O’Grady (Cork) that Dublin the holders had got through to yet another final, by a single point.

Elation, disappointment, despair, absolute exasperation, these are al the words that could be used to describe the feelings of the Tipperary camogie team after last Sunday’s All Ireland semi-final against Dublin in Cahir. The excitement and the cheering when the referee announced after the game that Tipperary had own by a point was tremendous, and the exhausted Tipperary girls jumped for joy. But amid fantastic confusion there were doubts as to whether one of Tipperary’s points had been allowed or not. Despite this disappointment that the game could possibly be a draw, the absolute bombshell that was dropped when it was announced in the Galtee Hotel that Dublin had won by a point really completed a day of frustration. That a referee in an All Ireland semi-final could forget to mark down scores of one of the team is really inexplicable. All the Tipperary girls and officials were simply stunned that such a thing could happen. It was like a nightmare come true. How the referee could change so quickly from Tipperary winning by one point to the impossibility of Dublin actually winning is beyond comprehension. Margo Loughnane coolly tapped over the equalizer and seconds before the final whistle, Ann Carroll pointed to break the Dublin bogey for Tipperary camogie players for ever, no mater what the referee says. It was their tremendous spirit and determination that brought Tipperary to victory in the end. They moved as a unit with one purpose in mind, and even a deficit of eight points did not deter them from attaining the purpose, and they succeeded as far as flagged scored were concerned.