72-452: 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 tournament has existed in various guides since 1956, currently the senior tournament is played in even years and the junior tournament in odd years. An inter-provincial colleges competition
144-486: A Leinster Senior Club Football Championship title in 1983. In 1991, former Kerry manager Mick O'Dwyer took charge of the county football team. Kildare lost two more Leinster finals to Dublin in 1992 and 1993, as well as the National League final of 1991. When Dublin came back for a draw in 1994 and won the replay, O'Dwyer was succeeded by Dermot Earley Snr for two years. He returned in 1997, and guided
216-490: 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")
288-454: A North Board and South Board. The current Kildare county board is structured as follows: Chairperson: Mick Gorman ( St. Laurence's ) Vice-Chair: Colm Farrell ( Johnstownbridge ) Secretary: Christine Murray ( Moorefield ) PRO: Lorraine O'Connor ( Naas ) Treasurer: Alan Dunney ( Caragh ) Oifigeach Gaeilge: Seamus Ó Midheach ( Ardclough ) Kildare is very much a footballing county, with 105 teams from 45 clubs competing in
360-500: 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
432-406: A four-point lead over eventual All-Ireland SHC finalists Wexford until the closing stages of the semi-final. That performance earned Johnny Walsh a replacement All Star award. The county's major hurling successes were four All-Ireland Senior B titles (last in 2004), an intermediate All-Ireland (1969), and two junior All-Irelands (1962 and 1966). The closest it came to playing in the top division of
504-599: A hurling match in Naas in 1699. A handball alley near Rathangan bears the date 1790, though the oldest known alley is located near Moone . A match at Timolin in February 1792, resulted in a riot that was reported in local newspapers. There is also a reference to an inter-county match between Kildare and Meath GAA in 1797 which was attended by Lord Edward Fitzgerald . Valentine Lawless , Lord of Cloncurry, describes how Wogan Browne, an 18th-century grandee, lost his Justice of
576-542: A score of 2–7 to 0–1. Kildare made a major contribution towards the evolution of rules and tactics in Gaelic football. The county was the first to abandon the tradition of playing 21 people on each team, using 16 on each team for a period. Kildare players invented the hand pass: a polished team tactic since 1903; The toe-to-hand was pioneered by the Roseberry (now Newbridge Sarsfields ) club. A team made up of players from
648-400: A single point by Donegal . Then in 2015 Cian O'Neill became manager after being with kerry gaa backroom . In 2017 kildare reached their first leinster final in 10 years . Only losing to dublin gaa by 9 points (Dublin 2-23 Kildare 1-17) . In recent years, the leading clubs have been Naas , Coill Dubh , Éire Óg/Corra Coill, Ardclough and Celbridge . Kildare's youngest club, Confey, became
720-526: A slow start but enjoyed the 2nd half as they ran out winning 2–17 to 1–12. to reach the All-Semi-final for the first time since 2000. On 29 August 2010 Kildare faced Down for the first time ever in the championship which turned out to be a very tense game but Down ran out winners 1–16 to 1–14 after a very frantic finish. 2011 saw Kildare advance to the Leinster semi-final after defeating Meath in
792-476: A sodden field at Salthill in 1961, in the year Connacht surprisingly inflicted Leinster's first defeat in the competition. 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. Connacht's breakthrough victory came in 1973, when an all Galway side defeated an all- Cork Munster side 1–6 to 1–1 in a replayed semi-final described in
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#1732801454513864-524: A two-year experimental period, as a prelude to the increase in team size form 12 to 15 in 1999 for all matches. The series was played as a junior competition between 1974 and 1976. Senior and junior competitions were run concurrently from 1977. The competition format was moved to a single weekend in October/November during 1985-88 and again since 1999. The date was moved to June in 1995, back to October/November in 2004 and to May since 2008. As with
936-575: 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
1008-596: Is also played at secondary school/high school level. Interprovincial camogie matches were played as part of the 1928 and 1932 Tailteann Games programmes and a further inter-provincial match was played in July 1954 in Navan as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Camogie Association . Munster beat Ulster by 8–3 to 5–3 in a match that was described as the best of the year. The enthusiasm generated by
1080-581: 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
1152-467: 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
1224-410: 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
1296-560: 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 the range of 15,000 to 18,000. The final
1368-653: 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
1440-609: 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
1512-545: 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
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#17328014545131584-518: 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
1656-563: The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) on four occasions in less than 25 years at the beginning of the 20th century and had accumulated ten Leinster Senior Football Championships by 1935; however, it then went into decline. It last reached an All-Ireland SFC final in 1998 after a gap of 63 years without an appearance in the decider. The Kildare crest had a serpent on it until 1993, reflecting that of Kildare County Council , itself based on
1728-580: The Camogie Association . Gloria Lee refereed the All Ireland senior final of 1963 and John Pender that of 2005. Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010–2015, "Our Game, Our Passion", five new camogie clubs were to be established in the county by 2015. For more details on this topic, see here The Kildare Ladies' County Board was set up in March 1992 under the Chairmanship of Catherine Donohoe. At that time there were two clubs playing in
1800-834: The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kildare GAA , is one of 12 county boards governed by the Leinster provincial council of the GAA in Ireland , and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Kildare . The Lillie's play in the second tier of county football. The County Board is responsible for preparing the Kildare county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football , hurling and camogie . The county football team won
1872-552: 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. Shwarzkopf hair products sponsored the competition from 1999 to 2004. In 2009, after the withdrawal of Ulster the series was played in a blitz format with 30 minute games. In 2010 it was decided to alternate the competition between junior and senior status and
1944-482: The 1927 final and Cavan in the 1928 final. Kildare became the first team to win the Sam Maguire Cup in 1928. They haven't won it since. Tactics such as the hand pass were perfected by those early Kildare teams, but they also developed what became traditional catch-and-kick football. Olympic high jumper Larry Stanley was regarded as one of the greatest fielders in the history of the game, and first winner of
2016-719: The 1960s). White was adopted as the county color in April 1963. Kildare won the Nancy Murray Cup in 2010, having previously won the Kay Mills Cup in 1987, 1989 and 1990, their best period in the game. They also won the second division of the National Camogie League in 2004. They had previously won the second division title in 1986, 1989 and 1990. Kildare contested senior finals in the Leinster championship, notably in 1939, and Ardclough contested
2088-422: The 21st-century, Kildare won five Christy Ring Cups : in 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024. Camogie was played in Kildare since the sport was first organised in 1904, although records are sparse. Athy Ladies Hurling Club advertised a members reunion in July 1909. Newbridge, Naas, Blacktrench, Prosperous and Ballymore applied unsuccessfully for affiliation to Kildare GAA board in 1921. Kildare sent delegates to
2160-548: The All-Ireland final; despite leading by three points at half time. Another Leinster followed in 2000, but Galway defeated them in the semi-final. Leinster Final defeats followed in 2002 and 2003, against Dublin and a Laois side back-boned by their All-Ireland MFC winning sides of the late 1990s. In (2005), Kildare enjoyed mixed success and finished in the top six in the National Football League , but
2232-485: The Connacht Tribune as “one of the best exhibitions of the game for many a year” and then beat Leinster in the final by a single point at Parnell Park , Dublin. The teams for the 1954 revival match at Navan were: 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
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2304-937: 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
2376-617: The Leinster Final only to suffer a defeat to Dublin. Kildare advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-final to play then All-Ireland champions Tyrone after beating Wicklow only to be knocked out by Tyrone. 2010 saw Kildare lose to Louth in the 2nd round. However Kildare had a great run through the qualifiers beating teams like Antrim , Leitrim , Derry and Monaghan to once again reach the All-Ireland Quarter-final to face Leinster champions Meath which they got
2448-494: The Leinster Junior championship in 2000, beating Laois by 2–13 to 2–5. Kildare contested three All Ireland junior finals before eventually beating Sligo to qualify for senior status in 2004. Grangenolvin dominated club competition in the sport, in which they won five in a row at the time the championship was elevated to senior status. Brianne Leahy became the first female All Star from Kildare in 1999. In 2015 Kildare took
2520-626: The Leinster Senior final in 1939 (which was hosted in Kill ), and 1947 at Inchicore . They last competed in the senior championship in 1992 and 1993 . After a series of successes at the junior level, Kildare was defeated by Cork in the National League semi-final of 1992, despite their best performance at senior level. Kildare teams played in navy and white (1930s), brown and white (1955–60) and blue and white (sporadically since
2592-411: The Leinster quarter-final only to be defeated by Dublin . Kildare had a good run in the qualifiers beating teams like Laois , Meath & Derry to advance to the All-Ireland quarter-final to face Ulster champions Donegal which turned to be a very poor performance but the 2nd half was a real contest from both sides with the sides finishing level to drag the game into extra-time only to be defeated by
2664-605: The Leinster senior club final in 1968. Notable players include Broadford players Miriam Malone , who played from the 1960s to the 1980s and won a Junior Player of the Year award in 1989, Gradam Tailte winner Bernie Farrelly , and scoring forwards Marianne Johnson , and Susie O'Carroll from Celbridge who captained UCD to Ashbourne Cup honours and won a Soaring Star award in 2009. Carbury Johnstownbridge and Celbridge all won divisional camogie honours at Féile na nGael . Joan O'Flynn from Celbridge served as president of
2736-657: 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
2808-517: The National Hurling League was when it lost a four-point lead in the last ten minutes of a Division 1B promotion play-off against Clare in 1971. Kildare defeated Waterford in the league in two successive years, was tied at half-time against Tipperary in the 1971 National League quarter-final, and lost to the same team by six points in the quarter-final of 1976. Kildare also lost a promotion play-off against Waterford in 1974. In
2880-621: The Peace status for kicking off a football match in the Clane area, also in 1797. Summer athletics meetings in Kildare predate the GAA. John Wyse Power , then editor of local newspaper The Leinster Leader , attended the foundation meeting of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Thurles in 1884. In February 1885, Sallins GAA , Straffan GAA , Naas GAA and the Suncroft GAA played in
2952-764: The Senior, Intermediate and Junior Football Leagues. The highest-achieving club is Sarsfields (Newbridge) with 25 (9 as their former name Roseberry). Clane won 17 titles. Raheens won 10; Carbury , 11; Round Towers from Kildare Town, 10 (counting three won as Kildare Town and one as St Patrick's); Naas , 9; Moorefield (Newbridge) , 8; Athy , 5; Kilcock , 5; Ellistown , 4 (counting 2 won as Mountrice); Johnstownbridge , 3; Caragh , 3; Monasterevin , 3; Maynooth , 2; and Allenwood , Ardclough , Ballymore , Celbridge , Curragh , Eadestown , Military College , Rathangan , Newbridge CYMS club St Conleth's (on objection) and St Laurence's won one each. Raheens and Moorefield are
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3024-566: The all-time All Star award. Despite winning a Leinster Senior Football Championship in 1956, reaching the National League final in 1958 and 1968, and winning the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 1965, Kildare footballers seemed to have difficulty maintaining their proud tradition. The county lost six Leinster finals in the twelve years between 1966 and 1978. Although the Raheens club won
3096-535: The camogie congress of 1932, and a county board was formed in 1934 with Fr Byrne CC of Caragh as president, Mrs B McCarthy as vice-president, William Fisher of Newbridge as secretary, and Polly Smyth of Newbridge as treasurer. Camogie was reorganized at a county convention in 1954, and has been played in Kildare continuously since. Kildare's contested the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship semi-final in 1933 and contested
3168-406: The county to victory over Laois with 13 players and a dramatic, twice replayed series of matches with Meath (which they lost) that captured the imagination of the public and steeled the side for further honors. In 1998, the Kildare team became the only team in 110 years of championship football to beat the previous three champions, Dublin , Meath and Kerry in turn only to lose to Galway in
3240-498: The county, Kilcock and Leixlip, and these were joined by the newly formed Eadestown club. Michael Delaney of Leixlip was elected chairman on 10 February 1993. Kildare's ladies' football is administered by a separate county board structured as follows (2013 Executive); Chairman: Arthur Corrigan ( Naas ) Vice-Chair: MJ Smith ( Carbury ) Secretary: Gillian Dunne ( St Laurences ), PRO: Jackie Whelan ( Castledermot ) Treasurer: Sharon Dooley( Suncroft ) Kildare Ladies' won
3312-478: The county. It is responsible for running all adult football competitions, the Under 21 championships, and minor leagues and championships. Every club sends one delegate. There is a separate board responsible for hurling, which is a subsidiary board to the county board. Juvenile hurling and football is administered by Bord na nÓg which runs Under 14, 15 and 16 competitions. Under 13 and younger grades are separated into
3384-569: The crest for the town of Naas . When Kildare County Council had the Heraldic Office of Ireland create a proper crest in 1991, and with Kildare fans regarding the serpent as a bad omen, the Kildare Supporters' Club requested a new one for their county teams; this featured acorns above a bunch of lilies (the county council one differed in that it had a Brigid's cross , a harp, a horse's head and acorns). Kildare still lost in
3456-497: The days before the Camogie All Stars Awards were inaugurated. Geraldine Callinan (2 Gael Linn Interprovincial Medals)Geraldine Callinan was the youngest ever Leinster player at 14 years of age. Scored 3 goals and was instrumental in winning the match after being 11 points down at half time. The first figure is the number of goals scored (equal to 3 points each) and the second total is the number of points scored,
3528-459: 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
3600-480: 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
3672-599: 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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#17328014545133744-399: 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
3816-401: 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
3888-756: The figures are combined to determine the winner of a match in Gaelic games . Leinster won the first five competitions, have won five in a row and seven-in-a-row since then, and have fielded players from nine of the province's 12 counties on victorious teams. Kathleen Woods ( Louth ), May Kavanagh ( Wicklow ), Claire Monaghan ( Kildare ), Ettie Kearns ( Meath ), May Kavanagh ( Dublin ), Lily Parle ( Wexford ), Annette Corrigan ( Dublin ), Kathleen Mills ( Dublin ), Fran Maher ( Dublin ), Mary O'Sullivan ( Dublin ), Una O'Connor ( Dublin ), Kay Douglas ( Wicklow ), Subs: Kathleen Duffy ( Louth ), Madge Quigley ( Louth ), Brigid Judge ( Kildare ). Munster won their first competition on
3960-403: 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
4032-481: The first four football matches governed under new GAA rules. A county committee was established in 1887. Kildare entered the second championships in 1888 and was represented by Clane GAA . Tommy Conneff from Clane, who went on to hold the world record for the mile, was among the first GAA athletic champions. The Kildare County Board, which meets once a month in St Conleth's Park, is the highest authority within
4104-670: The first round of the Leinster Senior Football Championship (SFC) for three years afterwards, from 1994 until 1996. Gaelic games predate recorded sporting history in Kildare. Hurling on Lyons Hill was featured in the Book of Leinster . The Curragh of Kildare was the venue for the fairs and festivals of ancient Ireland called the Aonach Colmáin . Local references to football go back to medieval times. An English traveller, John Dundon , described
4176-667: 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
4248-403: 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. Kildare GAA#Camogie The Kildare County Board of
4320-495: 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. Leinster has dominated the series with 26 titles, followed by Munster with 20. Connacht won four titles in 1973, 1974, 2000 and 2008 and Ulster won two in 1967 and 2007. In 1993 and 1994 the Gael Linn Cups were played with teams of 15-a-side for
4392-523: The only Kildare sides to win a Leinster club title (in 1981 and 2006 and Moorefield again in 2017 (year, winner, score, defeated finalists, score, venue) (Match played during Irish Civil War , St Conleth's awarded title on objection because one of the Caragh players C. McCarthy gave a false name as he was 'on the run' from Free State troops at the time) Kildare first entered the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1888, and lost to Dublin by
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#17328014545134464-608: 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
4536-462: 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
4608-408: The reigning Senior Hurling Championship in 2007, winning over Coill Dubh in the final. Ardclough beat Buffer's Alley in the 1976 Leinster club championship, following Ardclough player Johnny Walsh's replacement All Star award for his county heroics earlier that year (see below). Kildare hurlers came within minutes of reaching a Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) final in 1976, holding
4680-445: The senior competition was restored to full match status with four provinces contesting the semi-finals. In the absence of Antrim players an all Derry side represented Ulster in the 2010 semi-final. 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
4752-469: 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
4824-470: 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
4896-500: The two strongest clubs in the county, Roseberry and Clane, played Kerry three times for the All-Ireland Championship of 1903; the matches drew the first mass interest in a field sport in the country, had an aggregate attendance of 50,000, and were regarded as the games which "made the GAA." Kildare's four All-Ireland titles were won between 1905 and 1928: over Kerry in 1905, Galway in 1919, and Kerry again in
4968-467: 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
5040-403: 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
5112-519: Was knocked out of the championship by Sligo . In 2008 under the new management of Kieran McGeeney Kildare made a bit of unfortunate history by becoming the first team ever to lose a championship game to Wicklow in Croke Park , losing in the first round by 0–13 to 0–9. However Kildares season took a turn for the better after that by beating Cavan , Limerick and Fermanagh in the all- Ireland qualifiers to reach their first ever all-Ireland quarter-final. To date in 2009, an improved Kildare side reached
5184-472: 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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