The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is a competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of

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. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by

An Cumann Camógaíochta The Camogie Association (, formerly ) organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and around the world. The association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association, but is still a separate organisation. History The Camogie A ...

Trophy

The trophy for the competition was donated by Bill Carroll, whose daughter,

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was one of the outstanding players of the first decade of the competition, winning Championships with both St Patrick's, Glengoole and St Paul’s,

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History

The competition was established in 1964, six years before the equivalent competitions in hurling and Gaelic football. Between 1971 and 1978 and since 2010, it was concluded in the spring following the county championships. On other years, it was concluded within the calendar year in November and December. Teams from

have won the competition 13 times,

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12 times,

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9 times,

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8 times,

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and

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5 times each, Tipperary 4 times,

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3 times, and Antrim once. A junior club championship was introduced in 2004 and won by

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(

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). The intermediate club championship was introduced in 2010, and the first two titles were won by Eoghan Rua from

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Senior Wins Listed By Club

:''Click on the year for details and team line-outs from each individual championship.'' For the sake of consistency in this chart, champions are listed for the year in which the competition commenced, including those years 1970–78 when the closing stages of the competition were held over until the following spring. Hence, the March 1978 champions Athenry are listed as champions for 1977, and the November 1978 champions Ballyagran are listed as champions for 1978.

Titles by county

Intermediate Wins Listed By Club

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Highlights & Incidents

* The controversial replayed final of 1967, when members of the

Camogie Association The Camogie Association (, formerly ) organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and around the world. The association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association, but is still a separate organisation. History The Camogie A ...

council decided extra time should be played at the end of the drawn final between Eoghan Rua and Oranmore. Oranmore refused to play and were granted a replay after an investigation into whether the respective team captains had been notified of the extra time arrangement in advance. * Ann Carroll’s shooting seven of her team’s ten points for St Paul’s against Ahane in the 1969 final. She won a total of five club medals with both St Patrick's Glengoole and St Paul’s

. * Val Fitzpatrick’s performance in

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one point victory over St Paul’s in 1986. *

Ann Downey Ann Downey (born 1957 in Castlecomer, Ireland) is a retired camogie player, winner of 12 All Ireland inter-county medals, captaining the team in 1989 and 1994, and seven All-Ireland club medals with St Paul's and Lisdowney (1) – one more t ...

’s late goal to win the 1988 title for St Paul’s the year her sister was suspended after a controversial all Ireland semi-final between St Paul’s and

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on 23 October.

Angela Downey Angela Downey-Browne (born 1957, Kilkenny) is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie with her local clubs, St Paul's based in Kilkenny city and Lisdowney, and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 to 1995. D ...

and Breda Kelly of

were reported for striking in the match, although neither was sent off. It led to a six-month suspension for both. If the final with St Mary's, Glenamaddy had not been called off 24 hours before it was due to start, she would have collected a seventh club medal. * Emer Hardiman’s three goals for Mullagh in their 1991 demolition of

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, who had pulled off one of the shocks of the century in defeating

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of Dublin in the All Ireland semi-final, having earlier defeated

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in the Ulster final by 3-7 to 2-4. *

’s four goals for Lisdowney in her last club final appearance in 1994 * Claire Grogan’s dramatic injury time equaliser for

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, followed by Carmel Hannon’s equally dramatic injury time winning point, and Patricia Burke’s goal line clearance at the end of the 2001 final.

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Finals

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All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie Finals

All-Ireland Junior Club Camogie Finals

All-Ireland Junior B Club Camogie Finals

References

External links

''An Cumann Camógaíochta''
{{Ladies' Gaelic games Camogie competitions 1964 establishments in Ireland Recurring sporting events established in 1964