Camogie (in Irish, camógaíocht) is a Celtic team sport, organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland, the women's variant of hurling. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Modern Celts are those peoples who are speakers of Celtic languages, or who consider themselves or have been considered by others to participate in a Celtic culture Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively The Camogie Association of Ireland organise and promote the sport of Camogie in Ireland and across the world Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic The rules are almost identical to hurling with a few exceptions. One is that goalkeepers wear the same colours as outfield players and a player in camogie can handpass a score, which is not allowed in the men's game. All games last 60 minutes (senior inter-county hurling games last 70), and dropping the camogie stick to handpass the ball is permitted. A hurley, also known as a camán (the Irish word and lesser known as hurl, a hurley stick, shtick (jocular Eye dialect The All-Ireland Final is held every year in Croke Park during September, usually the week between the hurling final and Gaelic football final. Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh in Dublin, Ireland is the largest sports Stadium in Ireland (fifth largest in Europe) and the principal stadium Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football There are two main competitions; the National League which is staged during the winter-spring months and is used as a warm-up to the All-Ireland Championships during the summer.
It is played mainly in Ireland, the most successful counties being Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny and in more recent times, Tipperary. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of For more details of Cork GAA see Cork Senior Football Championship or Cork Senior Hurling Championship. The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association ( Kilkenny GAA) (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Cill Channaigh is one of the 32 county boards For more details of Tipperary GAA see Tipperary Senior Club Football Championship, Tipperary Senior Club Hurling Championship, Tipperary Senior Club Hurling
Counties compete to win the O'Duffy Cup, awarded to the team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The O'Duffy Cup is the prize presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is the premier round-robin and knock-out competition in the game of Camogie played in Ireland. Dublin have won the most Camogie All-Ireland titles with 26, the last being in 1984. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Kilkenny hold the record for the most successive Camogie titles with 7 victories between 1985 and 1991, their last title to date was won in 1994. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
The reigning champions are Wexford.
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The name "camogie"
Camogie/hurling is unique in that it uses a different name for the version played by men and women. Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic The reason is complicated: men play using a curved stick called in Irish a camán. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Women would use a shorter stick, called by the diminutive form camóg. The suffix -aíocht was added to both words to give names for the sports: camánaíocht (which became iománaíocht) and camógaíocht. When the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1884 the English-origin name "hurling" was given to the men's game. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year When an organisation for women was set up in 1904, it was decided to Anglicise the Irish name camógaíocht to camogie. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on
Notable players
Team of the Century
Picked in 2004
- Eileen Duffy-O'Mahony (Dublin)
- Liz Neary (Kilkenny)
- Marie Costine-O Donovan (Cork)
- Mary Sinnott-Dinan (Wexford)
- Bridie Martin-Mc Garry (Kilkenny)
- Sandie Fitzgibbon (Cork)
- Margaret O Leary-Leacy (Wexford)
- Mairead McAtamney-Magill (Antrim)
- Linda Mellerick (Cork)
- Sophie Brack (Dublin)
- Kathleen Mills-Hill (Dublin)
- Una O Connor (Dublin)
- Pat Moloney-Lenihan (Cork)
- Deirdre Hughes (Tipperary)
- Angela Downey-Browne (Kilkenny)
Roll Of Honour
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
National Senior Camogie League
| County | Winners | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|
| Cork | 14 | 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 |
| Kilkenny | 9 | 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008 |
| Dublin | 3 | 1979, 1981, 1983 |
| Galway | 3 | 1994, 2002, 2005 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 1977, 2004 |
| Wexford | 1 | 1978, |
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
Clubs
- Tara Camogie Club, West London New players welcome
- Green Isle Camogie Club London Active London Camogie Team, Uptodate news from London Camogie Leagues and Competitions
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