Old Aloysius is a camogie

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:...

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Notable players included Lil Kirby

Lil Kirby

Elizabeth ‘Lil’ Kirby was a camogie player who won six All Ireland medals and became fifth president of the Camogie Association.-Early life:She was the daughter of DW Kirby and Carrigpeter, Model Farm Road, Cork...

, Kathleen Buckley

Kathleen Buckley

Kathleen ‘Kitty’ Buckley is a former camogie player, five time All Ireland senior medalist and captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1941. In the final of that year she scored a record six goals of Cork’s seven...

, Renee Fitzgerald

Renee Fitzgerald

Renee Fitzgerald is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1939, scoring four of Cork’s six goals in the final.-Career:...

 and Mary Moran (both later to become Presidents 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:...

),

Colours

Cork wore the Old Aloysius colours green and grey instead of their red and white tunics in the 1939 All Ireland final to avoid a clash of colorus with Galway.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website

Wikipedia List of Camogie clubs