Celtic Camogie Club
Encyclopedia
Celtic is a camogie
club that won the All Ireland club championship
in its first year 1964. Dublin did not send a representative in 1965, so they did not defend their title.
. Camogie Team of the Century member Kathleen Duffy recalled in 2004 cycling to Coolock to training, “sometimes pulling the lawnmower behind us all the way because we used to cut it ourselves. Those were different days, we cycled everywhere and actually got great coverage in the papers. People would recognise you around town and shout over 'well done yesterday, Eileen!'"
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Notable players included Eileen Duffy
, Kit Kehoe, Kitty Murphy, Mary Moran (later to become a President of the Camogie Association
), Mary Fennelly
and Brid Fennelly.
, D Dunne, Mary Moran, M Casey, C Heffernan, M O’Keeffe, Úna O'Connor
, C Crowe, B Hanbury, Subs: Kit Keogh and A McGarry.
Wikipedia List of Camogie clubs
Camogie
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....
club that won the All Ireland club championship
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is the most important competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.-Trophy:...
in its first year 1964. Dublin did not send a representative in 1965, so they did not defend their title.
Grounds
The Celtic pitch was in CoolockCoolock
Coolock is a large suburban area, centred on a village, on Dublin city's Northside in Ireland. Coolock is crossed by the Santry River, a prominent feature in the middle of the district, with a linear park and ponds...
. Camogie Team of the Century member Kathleen Duffy recalled in 2004 cycling to Coolock to training, “sometimes pulling the lawnmower behind us all the way because we used to cut it ourselves. Those were different days, we cycled everywhere and actually got great coverage in the papers. People would recognise you around town and shout over 'well done yesterday, Eileen!'"
All Ireland champions
Celtic won ten Dublin championships in their heyday and were the first All Ireland club champions when the competition was introduced in 1964 thanks to a great display by Alice Hussey at centre back and three goals from Úna O'ConnorÚna O'Connor
Úna O'Connor is a former Irish sportsperson who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1953 until 1975. She is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time, a member of the team of the century. the first camogie player to win a Caltex award in 1966, and the Gaelic Weekly all-star award...
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Notable players included Eileen Duffy
Eileen Duffy
Eileen Duffy-O'Mahoney was an Irish sportsperson who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1949 until 1957.-Background:Eileen Duffy was born in Dublin. She showed great skill at the game of camogie in her youth and quickly joined her local Celtic camogie club. It was with this club that Duffy...
, Kit Kehoe, Kitty Murphy, Mary Moran (later to become a President of the Camogie Association
Camogie Association
The Camogie Association organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and across the world. The Association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association.-History:...
), Mary Fennelly
Mary Fennelly
Mary Fennelly was the 19th president of the Camogie Association.-Family Background:She is first cousin of the Fennelly family from Ballyhale, of whose seven brothers four played together to win the 1989 Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship and four played together in the All Ireland hurling...
and Brid Fennelly.
1964 champions
The team which won the inaugural all-ireland club title was: Ethna Leech, H Walsh, A Gill, Alice HusseyAlice Hussey
Alice ‘Ally’ Hussey is a former camogie player winner of six All Ireland medals and a Cuchulainn All Star award in 1965.-Career:She first played for Dublin against Wexford in the Lienster championship of 1959, winning All Ireland medals in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966. She...
, D Dunne, Mary Moran, M Casey, C Heffernan, M O’Keeffe, Úna O'Connor
Úna O'Connor
Úna O'Connor is a former Irish sportsperson who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1953 until 1975. She is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time, a member of the team of the century. the first camogie player to win a Caltex award in 1966, and the Gaelic Weekly all-star award...
, C Crowe, B Hanbury, Subs: Kit Keogh and A McGarry.
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
Wikipedia List of Camogie clubs