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|name            = Gael Linn Cup 1976
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|winners         = [[Leinster GAA#Camogie|Leinster]] (1st junior title)
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|runnersup       = [[Munster GAA#Camogie|Munster]]
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|matches         = 3
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The 1976 [[Gael Linn Cup]], the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of [[camogie]], was played at junior level only in the three years 1975-7. It was won by [[Leinster GAA#Camogie|Leinster]], who defeated [[Munster GAA#Camogie|Munster]] in the final, played at [[Adare GAA#Adare Camogie Club|Adare]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Moran | first = Mary | authorlink = Mary Moran (camogie) | title = A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie | publisher = Cumann Camógaíochta | year = 2011 | location = Dublin, Ireland | pages = 460}} 978-1-908591-00-5</ref><ref>[http://www.camogie.ie Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie]</ref>
==Arrangements==
Munster defeated Connacht by 3–1 to 1–3 at Roscommon, while a late rally by Leinster earned a 4–5 to 1–3victory over Ulster at Mayobridge. Kay Barry snatched a late winning goal for Leinster in the final against Munster at Adare, 2–6 to 2–3.
===Final stages===
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score = 2–6 – 2–3 |
team2 = [[Munster GAA#Camogie|Munster]]|
stadium = [[Adare GAA#Adare Camogie Club|Adare]] }}
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|colspan="4"|'''[[Leinster GAA#Camogie|Leinster]]:'''
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|GK ||'''1''' || [[Ann Butler (camogie)|Ann Butler]] ([[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]])
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|FB ||'''2''' || [[Terry Lynch]] ([[Kildare GAA#Camogie|Kildare]])
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|RWB ||'''3''' || [[Geraldine Duggan]] ([[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]])
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|CB ||'''4''' || [[Martina Cousins]] ([[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]])
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|LWB ||'''5''' || [[Bernie Whistler]] ([[Dublin GAA#Camogie|Dublin]])
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|MF ||'''6''' || [[Fiona Cousins]] ([[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]])
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|MF ||'''7''' || [[Mary O'Loughlin]] ([[Wicklow GAA#Camogie|Wicklow]])
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|MF ||'''8''' || [[Miriam Miggan]] ([[Kildare GAA#Camogie|Kildare]])
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|RWF ||'''9'''|| [[Ann O'Neill]] ([[Wicklow GAA#Camogie|Wicklow]])
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|CF ||'''10'''|| [[Monica O'Leary]] ([[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]])
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|LWF ||'''11'''|| [[Kathleen O'Neill]] ([[Wicklow GAA#Camogie|Wicklow]])
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|FF ||'''12'''|| [[Kay Barry (camogie)|Kay Barry]] ([[Wicklow GAA#Camogie|Wicklow]])
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|colspan="4"|'''[[Munster GAA#Camogie|Munster]]:'''
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|GK ||'''1''' || [[Helen Butler (camogie)|Helen Butler]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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|FB ||'''2''' || Mary Roche ([[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]])
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|RWB ||'''3''' || [[Betty Joyce]] ([[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]])
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|CB ||'''4''' || [[Geraldine O'Brien (camogie)|Geraldine O'Brien]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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|LWB ||'''5''' || [[Margie Neville]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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|MF ||'''6''' || [[Vera Mackey]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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|MF ||'''7''' || [[Marion Doyle]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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|MF ||'''8''' || [[Bernadette O'Brien (camogie)|Bernadette O'Brien]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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|RWF ||'''9'''|| [[Brigid Darcy]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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|CF ||'''10'''|| [[Carrie Clancy]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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|LWF ||'''11'''|| [[Ger Ring]] ([[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]])
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|FF ||'''12'''|| [[Brid Stokes]] ([[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]])
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==References==
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{{Reflist }}
==External links==
* [http://www.camogie.ie Camogie Association]
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{{succession box|title=[[Gael Linn Cup]]|before= [[Gael Linn Cup 1975]] |after= [[Gael Linn Cup 1977]]|years=1954 – present}}
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