FIVE Things You Need To Know About The AIB Camogie All-Ireland Club Finals!

By Sunday evening, the season’s last sliotar will have been chased into a corner of Croke Park.  Here is what to keep in mind as the AIB Camogie All-Ireland Club Championship reaches its thrilling conclusion. Athenry’s return and the Barrs’ rise set up a heavyweight senior final On one side stand Athenry, back on the biggest camogie stage for the …

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FIVE Things You Should Know About The AIB LGFA All-Ireland Club Finals!

There is a particular kind of December light at Croke Park. Thin as tracing paper. Pale as breath on a cold window. It settles on the Hill and the Hogan the same way it settles on the clubhouses these teams have come from and it makes the place feel less like a stadium and more like a stage waiting for …

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‘Twin success’ – The Big Interview with Galway’s Louise Ward

By Daire Walsh   Almost 11 years on from triumphing in the competition during her debut campaign as a senior inter-county player, Galway’s Louise Ward will have another shot at Lidl National Football League Division 2 glory next weekend. Back on May 10, 2014 at Parnell Park, Ward started alongside her twin sister Nicola when Galway claimed a second-tier title …

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Cork Camogie boss Ger Manley : “We’re going to push on again if we can”

By Daragh Ó Conchúir, at Croke Park Cork 1-16 Galway 0-16 Two in a row for Cork, a first for Ger Manley as manager, having stepped into the vacancy left by last year’s successful boss, Matthew Twomey. The former Rebel hurler had been involved as a coach the previous two seasons and the transition was seamless. His satisfaction at overseeing …

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Emma Flanagan Relishing return to Croke Park with Dublin in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Emma Flanagan is thrilled to be back at Croke Park with Dublin, as part of a double-header with the All-Ireland hurling semi-final between Kilkenny and Clare. The Dubs get under way at 12.30pm against the Noresiders in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie quarter-final and if the opposition might have an advantage in support given the …

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Reaction: Tipperary, Dublin & Armagh triumph in the Very Camogie League finals

By Daragh Ó Conchúir  Tipperary v Galway Very Camogie League Division 1A Final – Famine is over but Tipp dream that the best is yet to come Tipperary 1-13 Galway 0-15 When you haven’t done it in so long and had blow after devastating blow delivered, this is the way to win, to end a hoodoo. Starting nervously, slowly. Falling …

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2023 AIB Camogie Club Championships Team of the Year unveiled : Who made it in?

AIB, proud sponsor of the Camogie Club Championships has today announced the players selected for the 2023 AIB Camogie Club Championships team of the year. An unforgettable season unfolded in 2023 featuring some matches where underdogs stood tall and old stalwarts showed us why they so often claim the biggest prizes in what was a fantastic season of AIB Camogie …

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This latest sucker punch for Taylor’s Croke Park dream could be a detrimental knockdown

Katie Taylor’s Croke Park dream may not come to be realised, with the Government clearing up some recent suggestions that they had engaged in preliminary talks to arrange her trilogy fight with Chantelle Cameron at the historic venue. Speaking at last week’s GAA Annual Report launch, Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna had mentioned that “Matchroom and Brian Peters, Katie’s …

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Chantelle Cameron challenges Katie Taylor: “Let’s get the trilogy on next”

Chantelle Cameron has taken to social media to urge Katie Taylor not to leave their rivalry 1-1. The Englishwoman suffered her first professional loss on November 25 as Taylor won by unanimous decision, finding redemption six months after Cameron gave her her own first professional loss. Now Cameron is calling for the trilogy. Had my break from boxing to clear …

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Defending champions Sarsfields of Galway book fifth straight All-Ireland senior club camogie final slot

Report by Daragh Ó Conchúir Sarsfields will face new opposition when they bid for a third consecutive AIB All-Ireland senior club camogie title and fourth in five seasons in a fortnight. The Galwegians booked a fifth straight final appearance with victory over their Cork namesakes, while Kilkenny’s Dicksboro got the better of last year’s runners-up Loughgiel Shamrocks from Antrim to …

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