This weekend’s Very Camogie League Fixtures

Round 2 of the 2023 Very Camogie League takes place this Saturday February 25th. In Division 1A: Cork take on Clare at 3pm in Páirc Uí Rinn, Tipperary travel to Parnell Park to face Dublin at 2pm, and All-Ireland Champions Kilkenny face Galway in UPMC Nowlan Park at 3pm. In Division 1B: Limerick face Antrim (Details TBC), Wexford travel to …

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Very Camogie League gets under way with Tipp coming out on top

Galway’s defence of their Very Camogie League Division 1A title got off to the bad start as they were beaten 4-9 to 1-9 by Tipperary at The Ragg on a day when last year’s runners-up Cork trounced Dublin by 3-17 to 0-5 at MTU Cork. The champions are certainly a side in transition, with the likes of Sarah Dervan and Niamh Kilkenny …

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Very Camogie League: Clare defeat All-Ireland champions Kilkenny

Just 24 hours after Tipperary had claimed the scalp of champions Galway, Clare concluded the opening round of the Very Camogie League’s Division 1A with a two-point victory over All-Ireland champions Kilkenny at Cusack Park. The 2-7 to 0-11 triumph, coming hot on the heels of Tipp’s three-goal defeat of Galway, means that the stakes are already increasing for a …

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Very Camogie League Opening Weekend Fixtures

This weekend (Feb. 18-19) sees the first Very Camogie League action, in Division 1 and 2. Details below so you can catch the action! Two division 1A matches will be played on Saturday the 18th at 2pm: Dublin will take on Cork at MTU Cork, and Galway will take on Tipperary at the Ragg. On Sunday the 19th Kilkenny will …

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Extra-time drama in the Ashbourne Cup Camogie Final

There was more drama in the Ashbourne Cup as TU Dublin were crowned Ashbourne Cup Champions for the first time in their history after a last minute free from Antrim’s Roisin McCormick in the depths of added time of  the extra time period. The battle between the colleges was always nail-bitingly close and McCormick had already brought the game to …

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Electric Ireland Third Level Camogie Championship honours Ashling Murphy

The CCAO Electric Ireland Third Level Camogie announced yesterday that the previously unnamed Division 5 Cup will officially be named the “Ashling Murphy Cup.” Ashling played camogie for her local club Kilcormac/Killoughey and represented Mary Immaculate College at collegiate level. Ashling’s passing shook the country to its core, especially women and girls who have often found themselves “just going for …

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“Over the Moon”: Brídíní Óga Win Historic Success for Antrim Camogie

  Report provided by Daragh Ó Conchúir. “We’re over the moon,” said coach Rodney Kerr. Brídíní Óga (Antrim) 2-7 Knockananna (Wicklow) 1-5 Rodney Kerr has lauded the first-half performance into the wind as providing the platform for his Brídíní Óga outfit to become AIB Camogie All-Ireland junior A club champions. The first Antrim team to secure honours at this level, …

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Our Top 5 Moments in Irish Sport 2022

2022 has been a phenomenal year for women in sport. Records have been smashed and history has been made, from Glasgow to Istanbul and from Cheltenham to Madison Square Garden, Irish women are consistently raising the bar and inspiring young and old all over. With such a historical and successful year in Irish sport it is near impossible to put …

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Clonduff claim Intermediate camogie crown in Croke Park

Clonduff (Down) 0-12 James Stephens (Kilkenny) 1-6 After scoring six points in last week’s elongated semi-final win over Clanmaurice, Sara-Louise Graffin fired over three more in Croke Park to bring Clonduff Shamrocks to a second AIB Camogie All-Ireland intermediate club crown. Graffin also won a number of frees in a player-of-the-match performance. Paula O’Hagan converted those frees and she and …

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