Kilkenny had a massive 21-point victory over Galway and Cork defeated Wexford by seven points in the All-Ireland semi-finals.
Ann Leahy scored after just 12 seconds in one of the quickest goals in a final of the All Ireland camogie championship;.
Pat Roche complained in the Irish Times: Nobody on a losing side wishes to be easily identified but this was stretching it too far.
Cork’s challenge may not have faded into obscurity like the numbers of their backs, but they were held at bay long enough for Kilkenny to record their fourth successive triumph..
That Cork’s chances were alive playing into the teeth of a strong downfield breeze in the closing stages was due to their persistence around the Kilkenny posts and the probings of Linda Mellerick.