TheAll-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is a competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport ofcamogie.[1] It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised byAn Cumann Camógaíochta.
The trophy for the competition was donated by Bill Carroll, whose daughter,Ann was one of the outstanding players of the first decade of the competition, winning Championships with both St Patrick's, Glengoole andSt Paul’s,Kilkenny.[2]
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.[citation needed]
A junior club championship was introduced in 2004 and won byCrossmaglen (Armagh). The intermediate club championship was introduced in 2010, and the first two titles were won byEoghan Rua fromColeraine inDerry.[citation needed]
The controversialreplayed final of 1967, when members of theCamogie Association council decided extra time should be played at the end of the drawn final betweenEoghan 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 Downey’s late goalto win the 1988 title forSt Paul’s the year her sister was suspended after a controversial all Ireland semi-final betweenSt Paul’s andKilleagh on 23 October.Angela Downey and Breda Kelly ofKilleagh were reported for striking in the match, although neither was sent off. It led to a six-month suspension for both. If the final withSt 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 intheir 1991 demolition ofEglish, who had pulled off one of the shocks of the century in defeatingCeltic of Dublin in the All Ireland semi-final, having earlier defeatedLoughgiel Shamrocks in the Ulster final by 3-7 to 2-4.
Claire Grogan’s dramatic injury time equaliser forCashel, followed by Carmel Hannon’s equally dramatic injury time winning point, and Patricia Burke’s goal line clearance at the end of the2001 final.
^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.
^Timing of club championship brought forward to the spring after the qualifiers’ respective county championships
^abcdefghSequence was changed in 1978 to bring camogie club championship within calendar year.
^Original match at Ballymacward on 5 Nov 2000 was abandoned after 28 minutes due to worsening weather and ground conditions with Swatragh leading by 0-1 to no score, report inIrish Times andIrish Independent 29 Nov 2000
Athenry (Galway) (2nd title)
St Paul’s (Kilkenny) (8 titles)
Kilkenny
Wexford
Cork
Limerick
Dublin
Tipperary
Clare
Tyrone
