The origins of camogie date back to 1903 when the Keating club in Dublin applied rules to their game. For example, “stopping the ball with the skirt” was deemed a foul. The first public camogie match took place in Dublin in 1904 and soon after, the Camogie Asso-ciation was formed. Its aim was to provide a Gaelic games outlet for the ladies of Ireland.
It wasn’t until 1932 that Camogie had
it’s own All-Ireland with Dublin beating Galway by 3-2 to 0-2 to win the very first O’Duffy Cup.
Dublin have won the All-Ireland 26 times, including an amazing 10-in-a-row. Cork are not far behind on 20 titles and Kilkenny have 12 titles. Antrim have won 6 titles whilst Derry, Down and Mayo have also appeared in All-Ireland finals.
One of the greats of the game was Kathleen Mills winning 15 All-Ireland medals with Dublin. Sisters, Angela and Ann Downey of Kilkenny, have both won 12 All-Ireland medals.
Cork and Tipperary are the masters of camogie at the moment and have won 5 of the last 10 All-Irelands each. In 2002, Cork beat Tipperary in the All-Ireland final, stopping them from winning a 4-in-a-row. Tipp won the next 2 titles in 2003 and 2004 and in 2005 Cork bounced back to lift The O’Duffy Cup.
In 2006 Cork looked red-hot, winning the National League and beating Tipp in convincing fashion in the All-Ireland final to win their 22nd title.
In 2002, cork beat
Tipperary in All-
Ireland final, stopping
Tipp from winnning a
4-in-a-row
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