Camogie in County Cork

Gaelic games in County Cork

Camogie in County Cork is administered by the Cork County Board of the Camogie Association.

History

Several people from County Cork, including Síle Horgan, Lil Kirby, Mary Moran, Mary O'Callaghan, Joan O'Flynn and Lil O'Grady, have served as presidents of the national Camogie Association.

The Cork county camogie team have won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship on 30 occasions. These include wins in 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017 2018, 2023 and 2024

Cork have also won the National Camogie League on 16 occasions. These include the 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2013 league competitions.[citation needed]

Notable Cork players have included team of the century members Marie Costine, Sandie Fitzgibbon, Linda Mellerick and Pat Moloney, player of the year recipients Briege Corkery, Claire Cronin, Marion McCarthy, Teresa Murphy, Aoife Murray, Mary O'Leary, Fiona O'Driscoll, Gemma O'Connor, Mary O'Connor and Deirdre Sutton, All Star award winners[1] Rena Buckley, Síle Burns, Orla Cotter, Emer Dillon, Lynn and Stephanie Dunlea, Cathriona Foley, Anna Geary, Rachel Moloney and Jennifer O'Leary, and Elaine Burke, Ann Comerford, Kathleen Cotter, Kathleen Delea, Denise Cronin, Hannah Dineen, Eithne Duggan, Renee Fitzgerald, Vivienne Harris, Cathy Landers, Pat Lenihan, Josie McGrath, Therése O'Callaghan, Nancy O'Driscoll, Irene O'Keeffe and Betty Sugrue.[citation needed]

Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",[2] five new camogie clubs were to be established in the county by 2015.[3][needs update]

Clubs

The premier club competition in the county is the Cork Senior Camogie Championship.

Glen Rovers (4) Killeagh (1980) and Milford GAA (3) 2013, 2014 and 2015 have won the All Ireland senior club championship.

County teams

The Cork senior camogie team represents Cork in the National Camogie League and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. There are also intermediate, junior, under-21 and minor teams.

References

  1. ^ "All-stars on camogie.ie". Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Final goal for camogie". Irish Independent. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ National Development Plan 2010-2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on camogie.ie Archived 2010-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, pdf download (778k) from Camogie.ie download site Archived 2011-09-16 at the Wayback Machine