46-679: The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie Final being played in Croke Park , Dublin . The prize for the winning team is the O'Duffy Cup . The men's equivalent tournament
92-628: 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 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
138-552: 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
184-419: A group series with the top teams progressing to the knock-out stages. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four in 2009 . In every other year the teams were placed in a single group of between six and eight teams. The first two championships were played on an open draw basis until in 1934 the championship was changed to the traditional quadro-provincial structure traditional to Gaelic games . Following
230-452: 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 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
276-533: A soft goal in the opening minute of the final at St Cronan's Park in Roscrea and ended up scoring a total of 6–7 for Dublin, all but two goals of Dublin's total of 8–7. The Irish Independent reported: A feature of the game was the outstanding individual play of Kathleen Cody , who several times went right through the Tipperary defence from midfield. Tipperary were not able to cope with Dublin in any section of
322-598: A twenty-year period from 1974 until 1994 the Kilkenny camogie team dominated the championship. Between 1999 and 2006 Tipp won five All-Ireland titles from eight consecutive final appearances. Since 1998 Cork have won ten All-Ireland titles, their latest coming in 2023. Six counties - Louth ( 1934 and 1936 ), Waterford ( 1945 and 2023 ), Down ( 1948 ), Derry ( 1954 ), Mayo ( 1959 ) and Limerick ( 1980 ) each appeared in All-Ireland finals without ever winning
368-575: 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
414-412: 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 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
460-672: Is administered from a headquarters in Croke Park in Dublin. Each of 28 county boards takes control of its own affairs (all of 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
506-581: 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
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#1732788040233552-653: 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
598-530: 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 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
644-722: Is the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship . Highlights and incidents through the history of the championship include: The county is a geographical region in Ireland, and each county organises its own camogie affairs. Twelve Counties currently participate in the Senior Championship following the promotion of Intermediate champions Down at the end of the 2020 season. These are Clare , Cork , Down , Dublin , Galway , Kilkenny , Limerick , Offaly , Tipperary , Waterford , Westmeath and Wexford . The counties participate in
690-609: 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
736-518: 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
782-498: The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) field-size and 15-a-side, adopting the standard GAA butterfly formation. The field 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
828-491: 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 the fourth-tier Nancy Murray Cup (or Junior A championship), Carlow , Cavan , Monaghan , Tyrone , Westmeath , and
874-413: The All Ireland semi-final at Roscrea before 1,000 spectators and a match described as "the best in many years". The game was one of the best seen in the championship this year and the net minding of Kathleen Griffin for the visitors won rounds of applause. Of particular note was the exchange of goals midway through the first half by May Hynes of Tipperary and Scully of Galway. Kathleen Cody scored
920-499: The O’Duffy Cup while London appeared in the All-Ireland final "proper", effectively a play-off between the All-Ireland champions and British provincial champions in 1949 and 1950 . Three counties, Kildare ( 1933 ), Cavan ( 1940 and 1941 ) and Clare ( 1944 , and 1978 ) have contested the All-Ireland semi-final without qualifying for a final. The following is a list of the top county teams by number of wins. The first numeral in
966-628: The championship. When Dublin beat Wexford 8–7 to nil in the Leinster final at New Ross the Sophie Brack scored six goals and Kathleen Cody scored 0–7, Doreen Rogers and Pat Rafferty scoring the other goals. They then beat Down by 3–4 to 1–3 at Kilclief, with the help of an own goal by a Down defender and goals by Kathleen O'Keeffe and Sophie Brack . Dublin had just two surviving players from their controversial 1948 side, Kathleen Cody and Sophie Brack Tipperary beat Galway 3–2 to 1–3 in
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#17327880402331012-423: The competition for the next thirty five years. Between 1948 and 1955 they won eight consecutive titles in-a-row. Two years later in 1957 Dublin began another great run of success which ended in 1966 with the capturing of their tenth consecutive All-Ireland title. Had it not been for defeats in 1947, 1956 and 1967 it is reasonable to assume that Dublin could have captured twenty-one All-Ireland titles in succession. For
1058-568: The crowds with some wonderful scores and delightful solo runs. Three Waters sisters played for London in the final. Dublin and London teams were entertained in the CIE hall in Phibsboro after the match on Sunday evening after the final. Agnes O'Farrelly sent a message to the teams: It is heartening to think of our kindred from England returning to the home of their people as trained athletes. The match had taken place less than eighteen months after
1104-465: The early camogie games used a shorter stick described by the diminutive form camóg . The suffix - aíocht (originally "uidheacht") 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
1150-459: 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
1196-480: 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
1242-551: The eventual champions in the group stages, only to eventually lose to the same opposition in the All-Ireland final: Cork have won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship the most times winning a 30th title in 2024 . Dublin are in second place in the roll of honour, they have 26 titles. After the 1966 All-Ireland final Dublin had 25 titles while Cork had 6 titles. Dublin won their very first All-Ireland title in 1932 and went on to dominate
1288-402: The expenses incurred in staging the event, including a large bill submitted by local stewards. Radio Éireann did not broadcast the final because of the expense of taking a unit to Roscrea. London defeated Lancashire "after a hard struggle" and Warwickshire to qualify for the All Ireland final as British champions, a match in which Dublin had a facile win over London. The Irish Press reported of
1334-441: The field and soft scores in the first half left Dublin ahead 7–4 to 1–1 at half time. The Irish Press reported, There was no denying that Dublin were the better side. They combined much better and were more accurate in shooting. They were vastly superior in the first half and had the game won at the interval. This time Sophie Brack scored six goals and Kathleen Cody scored 2–3. The gate receipts at Roscrea were wiped out by
1380-528: The fin de siècle, the Gaelic League was 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
1426-403: 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
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1472-552: 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 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
1518-450: The gulf in physical prowess. This applies across the board, internationally and domestically, where camogie and women's Gaelic football also suffer by comparison to the physical drama contained in the male versions. There are lower score tallies in the senior camogie championship finals than in comparison to men's hurling championships. 1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1564-657: 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 is the unit of structure in elite competition, responsible for organising club competitions within the county unit and for fielding inter-county teams in
1610-474: The match: Were it not for an obvious easing off on the part of the forwards in the second half their final score would have been a far more impressive one. The standard of play was not as low as the scores would seem to indicate and an otherwise uninteresting game was at times relieved by some bright passages of play. Chief interest centred on the brilliant individual displays of Noreen Collins of London and Kathleen Cody of Dublin, who, in particular, delighting
1656-422: 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 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
1702-482: The scoreline of each team is the number of goals scored (equal to 3 points each) and the second numeral is the number of points scored, the figures are combined to determine the winner of a match in Gaelic games . Match duration was raised from 40 minutes to 50 minutes for the 1934 championship and subsequent championships up to 1987, and from 50 minutes to 60 minutes for the 1988 and subsequent championships. The points bar
1748-546: 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
1794-469: 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
1840-470: 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
1886-620: 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 the National Camogie League in the 2010 season, but not in 2011 . Counties compete for the elite All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in which
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1932-438: The withdrawal of Connacht from the inter-provincial senior semi-finals the competition changed to an open-draw knockout system in 1974. The championship structure was changed from a knockout to a round-robin system in 2006. The system was retained despite some initial criticism. An anomaly occurred in four of the first six championships under the new format (2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011) with the defeated All-Ireland finalists beating
1978-505: Was founded by women, and independently run (although closely linked to the GAA), there was, from 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
2024-452: Was removed for the 1979 and subsequent championships. Teams were increased from 12-a-side to 15-a-side for the 1999 and subsequent championships. Camogie Camogie ( / k ə ˈ m oʊ ɡ i / kə- MOH -ghee ; Irish : camógaíocht [kəˈmˠoːɡiːxt̪ˠ] ) 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
2070-483: Was set up in 1904, it was decided to anglicise the Irish name camógaíocht to camogie . The experimental rules were drawn up for 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
2116-574: Was the high point of the 1949 season in Camogie . The championship was won by Dublin , who defeated London by a 22-point margin in the final "proper" at Croke Park having earlier defeated Tipperary by a 17-point margin in a poorly attended home final in Roscrea . They were to play London in a final "proper" on 4 December, which fell through. It was clear that CIÉ clubmates Kathleen Cody and Sophie Brack had hit their top form together throughout
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