Pat Rafferty
Patricia "Pat" Rafferty (Páidrigín Ní Reachtaire) was the 25th president of the Camogie Association, elected unopposed at the 2000 Congress. Playing career She played for Eoghan Ruadh, featuring in her club's Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ... three-in-a-row of 1966-68 and winning an All Ireland Club medal in 1967 and for Dublin in the 1967 and 1968 All Ireland Camogie finals. Administration She became Leinster provincial secretary in 1971 and was a candidate for secretary of the Camogie Association in 1975. Presidency During her presidency the All-Ireland Minor B Championship was inaugurated and won by Laois, and attendances at the annual All Ireland final started to climb form a level where they had been static for over thirty years. Uniquely i ...
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Miriam O'Callaghan (camogie)
Miriam O'Callaghan (Miriam Ní Cheallacháin) became the 26th president of the Camogie Association when she defeated Helen McAleevy of Down 39-27 at the 2003 congress in the Arklow Bay Hotel. Presidency Her presidency was distinguished by new marketing initiatives including a brash and high-profile centenary "‘chicks with sticks"‘ campaign. She renegotiated, with the assistance of Leinster Chairman Liam O'Neill Liam O'Neill is a Gaelic games administrator, who served as the 37th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He is from County Laois. Biography A former chairman of the Leinster Council, O'Neill initially sought the GAA presidency at t ..., the twinning of the camogie finals with the under-21 hurling final, an arrangement that lasted from 2006 to 2009. She initiated moves to integrate the camogie association and GAA. Centenary In 2004 she unveiled a plaque at Navan to celebrate the centenary of the Camogie Association. The Association celebrated 100 ye ...