The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament, representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, contested by Ireland's four provincial teams with competitions at senior and junior level on alternate years.
The enthusiasm generated by the match at Navan led to the establishment of an annual inter-provincial competition two years later, with the first final between Leinster and Ulster at Knockbridge, Co Louth.
As with the Railway Cups in Gaelic Football and Hurling, the competition has been popular with players but survived several attempts to abolish the series since 1986.
Players who won Gael Linn Cup medals who never won All Ireland titles include Kathleen Griffin, Lily Parle, Lilian Howlett, Nono McHugh, Claire Hanrahan, Vera Mackey, Pat Crangle and Josie Kelly, affording them valuable recognition in the days before the Camogie All Stars Awards were inaugurated.
Maeve Gilroy was the star in Ulster's first success in the 1967 at Parnell Park, achieved with ten players from Antrim and two from Down.