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| Founded: | 1934 | ||||||||
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| County: | Dublin | ||||||||
| Colours: | Navy and red | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Coolock | ||||||||
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Celtic is acamogie club, winner of the Dublin Championship on 12 occasions and the inaugural winner of theAll-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship in1964. Celtic's colours include a navy gym tunic with a red bar around the skirt and a white blouse.[citation needed]
The Celtic Camogie Club was formed in theCoolock area of Dublin in 1929.[1]
Celtic won 10 Dublin championships in the mid-20th century, and were the first All-Ireland club champions when the competition was introduced in 1964. In the final of the1964 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship,Úna O'Connor scored three goals for Celtic. Also on the side were Angela Gill (daughter ofMick Gill who won All-Ireland hurling medals with Galway and Dublin), Mary Casey (a sister ofBill Casey who had won an All-Ireland football medal with Dublin in 1963) and Claire Heffernan (sister of Dublin footballer and later managerKevin Heffernan).[citation needed]
Six presidents of theCamogie Association have been associated with the club. These include: Eilish Redmond,Mary Lynch, Nell McCarthy,Mary Moran,Mary Fennelly andLiz Howard.
Kathleen Duffy was named on the "Camogie Team of the Century",[2] andEileen Duffy (who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1949 until 1957) was also a club member.[citation needed]
