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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Round-Up: Dublin beats Wexford as Kilkenny and Waterford draw

Report by Daragh Ó Conchúir Dublin came out on top of a crunch tie with Wexford at Parnell Park to place one foot in the quarter-finals of the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie championship. Gerry McQuaid’s crew had snatched the Very Division 1B title from the grasp of the Yellowbellies thanks to an injury time goal by Grace O’Shea but …

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Tipperary, Galway, and Cork all in fight to make Very Camogie League Division 1A final

Compiled by Daragh Ó Conchúir Tipperary are on the brink of a first appearance in a senior national camogie decider since 2009, with Galway and Cork also in contention as Division 1A of the Very Camogie League enters its final round of group games next week. Denis Kelly’s squad overcame border rivals Kilkenny by 2-12 to 1-6 at UPMC Nowlan …

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Cork beat Kilkenny by a point in Division 1A Very Camogie League opening round

Compiled by Daragh Ó Conchúir Eight points from Katrina Mackey was one of the features as All-Ireland champions Cork began 2024 with a hard-earned 1-17 to 1-16 win over a much-changed Kilkenny unit, after a pulsating opening round Division 1A Very Camogie League tie at UPMC Nowlan Park. Both sides are under new management since the Rebels overcame the then …

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Cork avenge 2022 loss against defending champs Kilkenny in All-Ireland quarter-final

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Cork 2-14 Kilkenny 2-13 For the first time since 2012, when Kilkenny also missed out, one of the long-established big three of camogie will not be in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland semi-finals, after Cork saw off their conquerors from last year’s final. The Rebels looked to be heading for a relatively comfortable conclusion but that was …

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All-Ireland Senior Championship: Wexford force Kilkenny to draw

by Kevin Egan The result will show that it finished all square in UPMC Nowlan Park in this evening’s Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior championship Group 2 clash between Leinster rivals Kilkenny and Wexford, but it will feel like a victory for Colin Sunderland’s Wexford side, as they rattled off the last 1-4 of the game, including 1-1 in stoppage time, …

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No Time For Sentiment As Returning Power Focuses On Job At Hand

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Katie Power has admitted that playing her first full game in almost two years for Kilkenny in last Saturday’s All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship quarter-final against Wexford was difficult but expects that it will stand to her if she gets the nod for Sunday’s televised semi-final against old rivals Cork (4pm throw-in, RTÉ 2).  “It was tough …

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Kellyann Doyle: “Everyone Was Celebrating After The Match… I Was Just In Floods Of Tears”

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Despite the setbacks, the All-Ireland final defeats and in particular, the significant injuries, there has never been cause for Kellyann Doyle to regret the path she took when meeting the fork in the road.  The tears she was captured shedding at the final whistle of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat of Cork, after making a near-miraculous …

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