35-502: The Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is an annual club competition in Connacht . The Connacht Intermediate Championship was introduced in 2005 for teams deemed not eligible for the senior grade . It forms second tier of Connacht club hurling. Prior to 2008, county champions competed in the senior grade , but since then the senior champions from Mayo, Roscommon and London (since 2018) compete at intermediate level along with
70-490: A "goal", the team earns three points. The name was invented by Tadhg Ua Donnchadha (Tórna) at meetings in 1903 in advance of the first matches in 1904. The term camogie is derived from the name of the stick used in the game. Men play hurling using a curved stick called a camán in Irish. Women in the early camogie games used a shorter stick described by the diminutive form camóg . The suffix - aíocht (originally "uidheacht")
105-500: A couple of days. Though camogie is played predominantly in its native homeland of Ireland, it has spread to other countries, largely among the Irish diaspora due to immigrants and the immigrant population. The sport is known to have arrived in places in such as Great Britain, North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina. Southeast Asia has teams in Vietnam, Thailand, and Kuala Lumpur. In North America camogie
140-575: Is Gaelic Games Canada (GGC) a.k.a. Canadian GAA (CGAA) where camogie can be found. Canada and the CGAA are home to a number of camogie clubs . Canada has sent a number of camogie teams from Canada to compete in the GAA World Games in 2016 and 2019 . Cork have won the most Camogie All-Ireland , winning their 30th championship in 2024. Cork have won the most National Camogie League titles with 16. Eleven counties competed for
175-582: Is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities . A variant of the game " hurling " (which is played by men only), it is organised by the Dublin-based Camogie Association or An Cumann Camógaíochta . The annual All Ireland Camogie Championship has a record attendance of 33,154, while average attendances in recent years are in
210-581: Is an inter-provincial competition played at senior and junior level. The sport is closely associated with the Celtic Congress . Two former Camogie Association presidents Máire Ní Chinnéide and Agnes O'Farrelly were also presidents of Celtic Congress and exhibition matches have been held at the Celtic Congress since 1938. The first such exhibition match, on the Isle of Man in 1938, marked
245-410: Is not of a fixed size, but must be 130 to 145 metres (142 to 159 yd) long by 80 to 90 metres (87 to 98 yd) wide. The length of the stick, called a " hurley ", varies depending on the player's height. H-shaped goals are used. A team achieves a score by making the ball go between the posts. If the ball goes over the bar for a "point", the team earns one point. If the ball goes under the bar for
280-653: Is played in the United States, Canada, and in parts of the Caribbean. Camogie has also been included as a part of the GAA World Games . Renault GAA World Games - Camogie (Native Born) Camogie teams in North America have existed for at least a century. The national organizing body for Gaelic Games in the United States, with the exception of New York City , is the USGAA where camogie can be found. It
315-609: Is the governing body which promotes camogie in the United States along with other Gaelic sports. The USGAA also maintains a close relationship with other GAA groups in North America including Canada ( Gaelic Games Canada ), the New York GAA , and the Caribbean. The United States has sent a number of camogie teams from the US to compete in the GAA World Games in 2016 and 2019 . The national organizing body for Gaelic Games in Canada
350-545: Is the unit of structure in elite competition, responsible for organising club competitions within the county unit and for fielding inter-county teams in the various grades of the All-Ireland championships and National Camogie League . The All Ireland Club Championship is staged at Senior, Intermediate and Junior level, usually reaching the final stages in November–December or the following March. London competed in
385-419: The 2024 Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship : Note: Bold indicates title-holders. 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Provincial winners are shaded in gold. This hurling article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Connacht GAA Connacht GAA (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Chonnacht) or formally
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#1732793965716420-518: The All Ireland senior final in the past. The National League is staged during the winter-spring months, with four divisions of team graded by ability. Provincial championships take place at all levels, independent of the All Ireland series which has been run on an open draw basis since 1973. Ireland plays a camogie-shinty international against Scotland each year. The Gael Linn Cup
455-624: The Connacht Senior Football Championship . The Connacht provincial football team represents the province of Connacht in Gaelic football. The team competes in the Railway Cup . Players from the following county teams represent Connacht: Galway , Leitrim , Mayo , Roscommon and Sligo . The Connacht provincial hurling team represents the province of Connacht in hurling. The team competes in
490-524: The Railway Cup . The Connact provincial team usually consists of 14 or 15 Galway players and perhaps one or two from the other counties. There is currently no Connacht hurling championship but the Connacht GAA board has had Senior and Junior Hurling Championships in the past. The game is very strong in Galway but much weaker in the other four counties of the province. The Connacht camogie team won
525-631: The Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht , Ireland . It performs a supervisory and appeal role for the five County Boards within the province (listed below). Anomalously, it also exercises its functions for an additional two county boards that are not located in the province: London and New York . Teams from these administrative areas play in
560-737: The Galway intermediate champions, who receive a bye to the final. In its current format, the Connacht Intermediate Championship begins in November following the completion of the four County Championships. The 4 participating teams compete in a single-elimination tournament . The winner of the championship qualifies to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship . The competition has been won by 11 teams, 5 of which have won it more than once. Tooreen are
595-937: The Irish counties except Fermanagh , Leitrim and Sligo ), with the number of clubs ranging from 58 in Cork to one in Leitrim . There are four provincial councils and affiliates in Asia , Australia , Britain , Europe , New York , New Zealand and North America . There are 538 camogie clubs, of which 513 are based on the island of Ireland, 47 in Connacht , 195 in Leinster , 160 in Munster , and 110 in Ulster . There are 47 camogie teams in Connacht . There are 195 camogie teams in Leinster . There are 160 camogie teams in Munster . There are 110 camogie teams in Ulster . The county
630-657: The National Camogie League in the 2010 season, but not in 2011 . Counties compete for the elite All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in which the O'Duffy Cup is awarded. The All-Ireland Final is held every year in Croke Park during September, usually on the week between the hurling final and Gaelic football final, and attracts attendances of up to 33,000. There are age-graded All Ireland championships at Minor A , Minor B , and Minor C , and Under-16 A , B and C level. Six teams contest
665-459: The elite All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 2018: Clare , Cork , Dublin , Galway , Kilkenny , Limerick , Meath , Offaly , Tipperary , Waterford , and Wexford . Eleven teams contested the second-tier Jack McGrath Cup in 2018 (All Ireland intermediate championship): Antrim , Carlow , Derry , Down , Kildare , Laois , and Westmeath , and the second teams of Cork , Galway , Kilkenny , and Tipperary . Seven teams contested
700-480: The elite players who have performed best in each of the 15 positions on a traditional camogie team. Player of the year and other achievement awards have also been awarded to leading players for several decades. Picked in 2004 Partly due to biological and physiological differences between men and women, some argue that Camogie lacks the physical drama found in the male equivalent sport, hurling . You can't ... deny what you've seen, you can't pretend you don't notice
735-651: The female game by Máire Ní Chinnéide , Seán (Sceilg) Ó Ceallaigh , Tadhg Ó Donnchadha and Séamus Ó Braonáin . The Official Launch of Camogie took place with the first public match between Craobh an Chéitinnigh (Keatings branch of the Gaelic League ) and Cúchulainns on 17 July at a Feis in Navan. The sport's governing body, the Camogie Association or An Cumann Camógaíochta , was founded in 1905 and re-constituted in 1911, 1923 and 1939. Until June 2010 it
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#1732793965716770-399: The field were shorter than their hurling equivalents. Matches were 40 minutes, increased to 50 minutes in 1934, and playing fields 125–130 yards (114–119 m) long and 65–70 yards (59–64 m) wide. From 1929 until 1979 a second crossbar, a "points bar" was also used, meaning that a point would not be allowed if it travelled over this bar, a somewhat contentious rule through the 75 years it
805-401: The field. Within the 15 players the team must consist of one goalkeeper, three full back players, three half back players, two centre-field players, three half forward players and three full forward players. There is a minimum requirement of 12 players on the pitch at all times. The rules are almost identical to hurling , with a few exceptions. Under the original 1903 rules both the match and
840-403: The first appearance of Kathleen Cody , who became one of the stars of the 1940s. The Ashbourne and Purcell Cups and Father Meachair seven-a-side are the principal inter-collegiate competitions. There is also a programme of provincial and All Ireland championships at secondary schools senior and junior levels , differentiated by the years of secondary school cycle, with years 4–6 competing in
875-667: The fourth-tier Nancy Murray Cup (or Junior A championship), Carlow , Cavan , Monaghan , Tyrone , Westmeath , and the second team of Offaly . Three teams contest the fifth-tier Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup , (or Junior B championship), Wicklow , and the second teams of Kildare and Meath . Although six counties do not compete at adult level: Donegal , Fermanagh , Leitrim , Longford , Mayo and Sligo do not compete at adult level, clubs from Fermanagh , Kerry and Mayo have won honours and Donegal have contested divisional finals at under-14 Feile na nGael level. Both Louth (in 1934 and 1936 ) and Mayo (in 1959 ) have contested
910-545: The most successful team in the championships history, having won it 5 times. Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry are the title holders, defeating Tooreen by 0–19 to 1–14 in the 2024 final. Beginning with the 2018 championship, the London champions compete in the competition, entering at the semi-final stage. The competition has been won by the Galway representatives on each occasion, with the exception of Mayo club Tooreen 's 5 wins in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. 33 clubs will compete in
945-608: The only one to accept female and male members on an equal footing. An Cumann Camógaíochta has a similar structure to the Gaelic Athletic Association , with an Annual Congress every spring which decides on policy and major issues such as rule changes, and an executive council—the Ard Chomhairle—which deals with short-term issues and governance. The game is administered from a headquarters in Croke Park in Dublin. Each of 28 county boards takes control of its own affairs (all of
980-462: The outset, a small yet powerful male presence within its administrative ranks. It was no surprise that camogie emanated from the Gaelic League, nor that it would be dependent upon the structures and networks provided by that organisation during the initial expansion of the sport. Of all the cultural nationalist organisations for adults that emerged during the fin de siècle, the Gaelic League was
1015-558: The premier representative competition in the women's team field sport of camogie , the Gael Linn Cup on four occasions in 1973 , 1974 , 2000 and 2008 . The Connacht provincial junior camogie team has won the Gael Linn Trophy on four occasions in 1981 , 1995 , 2006 and 2009 . Camogie Camogie ( / k ə ˈ m oʊ ɡ i / kə- MOH -ghee ; Irish : camógaíocht [kəˈmˠoːɡiːxt̪ˠ] )
1050-508: The range of 15,000 to 18,000. The final is broadcast live, with a TV audience of as many as over 300,000. UNESCO lists Camogie as an element of Intangible Cultural Heritage . The game is referenced in Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett . The game consists of two thirty-minute halves. There is a half-time interval of 15 minutes. In event of extra time, halves must consist of 10 minutes each. Each team has 15 players on
1085-469: The senior competition, and years 1–3 competing at junior level. Cumann na mBunscoil organises competitions at primary school level. Camogie competitions for club teams featuring under-14 players are played in four divisions as part of the annual Féile na nGael festival. The county that is selected for a particular year, all their clubs host teams from all around the country representing their county. Host clubs get families to take in two or three children for
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1120-470: The third-tier Kay Mills Cup (All Ireland junior or 'Premier Junior" championship) in 2018: Armagh , Kerry , Roscommon , and the second teams of Clare , Dublin , Limerick , and Offaly . Only fourteen points were scored by the winning team in the 2018 senior final , and most points in the game followed the awarding of frees. Ten points was sufficient to determine the winner of the 2017 senior final . Camogie All Stars Awards are awarded annually to
1155-467: 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. When an organisation for women was set up in 1904, it was decided to anglicise the Irish name camógaíocht to camogie . The experimental rules were drawn up for
1190-403: Was in use. Teams were regulated at 12 a side, using an elliptical formation, although it was more a "squeezed lemon" formation with the three midfield players grouped more closely together than their counterpart on the half back and half-forward lines. In 1999 camogie moved to the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) field-size and 15-a-side, adopting the standard GAA butterfly formation. The field
1225-472: Was known as Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael. Máire Ní Chinnéide and Cáit Ní Dhonnchadha, two prominent Irish-language enthusiasts and cultural nationalists, were credited with having created the sport, with the assistance of Ní Dhonnchadha's scholarly brother Tadhg Ó Donnchadha, who drew up its rules. Thus, although camogie was founded by women, and independently run (although closely linked to the GAA), there was, from
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