St Paul’s Camogie Club
Encyclopedia
St Paul’s is a former camogie
club based in Kilkenny city. Ireland
, one of the most successful in the history of the game. It won the All Ireland club championship
in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1987, 1988, and 1989.
clubs in Kilkenny, the club was founded in 1963, and although based out of Kilkenny city, fielded players from all around the county. The club played its matches originally in St John’s Park and later in Larchfield.
, Liz Neary
(both later to become a Presidents of the Camogie Association
), Ann Carroll
, Mary Connery
, sisters Angela
, Ann
, and Marina Downey
, Ursula Grace
, Breda Holmes
, Claire Jones
, Helena O’Neill and Teresa O’Neill
.
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 based in Kilkenny city. Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, one of the most successful in the history of the game. It 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 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1987, 1988, and 1989.
Background
One of the first specialist camogieCamogie
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....
clubs in Kilkenny, the club was founded in 1963, and although based out of Kilkenny city, fielded players from all around the county. The club played its matches originally in St John’s Park and later in Larchfield.
Notable Players
Notable players included Mary FennellyMary 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...
, Liz Neary
Liz Neary
Liz Neary is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie at various times with her local clubs St. Paul's and Austin Stacks and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1987...
(both later to become a 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:...
), Ann Carroll
Ann Carroll
Ann Carroll is a camogie player. twice an All Ireland inter-county medalist and the outstanding personality in the first decade of the history of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winning medals with both St Patrick’s, Glengoole from Tipperary and St Paul’s from Kilkenny...
, Mary Connery
Mary Connery
Mary Connery is a former camogie player, winner of the Cuchulainn award presented by Gaelic Weekly magazine in 1965.-Career:She won Ashbourne Cup honours with University College Galway in 1964. In 1966 she captained St Paul’s in their first All Ireland club final.-Coaching & Administration:While...
, sisters Angela
Angela Downey
Angela Downey-Browne is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie at various times with her local clubs, St Paul’s camogie club based in Kilkenny city and Lisdowney, and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1994...
, Ann
Ann Downey
Ann Downey 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- one more than her famous sister Angela who was suspended for one final.-Family Background:Her father, Shem...
, and Marina Downey
Marina Downey
Marina Downey is a camogie player, winner of five All Ireland medals, captain of the Kilkenny team that won the National Camogie League in 1993 and the St Paul’s team that won the club championship.-Career:...
, Ursula Grace
Ursula Grace
Ursula Grace is a former camogie player, scorer of the winning goal in the 1974 All Ireland final that resulted in a breakthrough victory for Kilkenny.-Career:...
, Breda Holmes
Breda Holmes
Breda Holmes is a former camogie player, winner of the B+I Star of the Year award in 1987 and seven All Ireland medals in succession between 1984 and 1991, celebrating the seventh by scoring the match-turning goal from Ann Downey’s sideline ball against Cork in the 1991 final.-Career:She captained...
, Claire Jones
Claire Jones
Claire Jones is a former camogie player, winner of six All Ireland Camogie Championship medals with Kilkenny during their period of ascendancy in the 1980s.-Career:...
, Helena O’Neill and Teresa O’Neill
Teresa O’Neill
Teresa O’Neill is a former camogie player, captain of the Kilkenny All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1974, the first for the county at senior level. She won further All Ireland senior medals in 1976, 1977 and 1981...
.
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
- Kilkenny camogie website
Wikipedia List of Camogie clubs