Editing Camogie (section)

{{Short description|Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox sport
| image      = Garda V Defence Forces (8121575528).jpg
| imagesize  =  
| caption    = [[Garda GAA|Garda]] vs [[Defence Forces (Ireland)|Defence Forces]] match in 2012
| union      = [[Camogie Association]]
| nickname   = 
| first      = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1904}}<br />
*Ireland
| registered = Over 100,000
| clubs      = 536
| contact    = [[Contact sports|Contact]]
| team       = 15 player per side,<br />substitutes are permitted
| category      = 
{{Plainlist|
* Female
* [[Team sport]]
* [[Ball sport]]
* Some mixed-sex teams available
}}
| ball       = {{plainlist|
*[[Sliotar]] (ball)
*[[Hurley (stick)|Hurley/camán (stick)]]
*Helmet
*Shin guards}}
}}
'''Camogie''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|m|oː|g|i}} {{respell|kə|MOH|ghee}}; {{langx|ga|camógaíocht}} {{IPA|ga|kəˈmˠoːɡiːxt̪ˠ|}}) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among [[Irish diaspora|Irish communities]].<ref name="Moran 2011 460">{{cite book | last = Moran | first = Mary | author-link = Mary Moran (camogie) | title = A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie | publisher = Cumann Camógaíochta | year = 2011 | location = Dublin, Ireland | pages = 460}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = Arlott| first = John| title = Oxford Companion to Sports and Games| publisher = Flamingo| year = 1977| location = London, England| pages = 1024}}</ref>

A variant of the game "[[hurling]]" (which is played by men only), it is organised by the Dublin-based [[Camogie Association]] (An Cumann Camógaíochta).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.camogie.ie/about-camogie.asp|title=The Camogie Association : About Camogie|last=Vuepoint.ie|website=Camogie.ie|language=en|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/getting-involved/camogie|title=GAA.ie|website=Gaa.ie|date=9 December 2015 |language=en|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref> The annual [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship|All Ireland Camogie Championship]] has a record attendance of 33,154,<ref name="Irish Examiner">2007 All Ireland final reports in [https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-10042143.html Irish Examiner], [https://archive.today/20120802093242/http://www.independent.ie/other/wexfords-day-of-glory-1074735.html Irish Independent], [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2007/0910/1189076008095.html Irish Times] and [http://www.goreyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/leacy-goals-fire-wexford-to-emotional-victory-1079990.html Gorey Guardian] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219153020/http://www.goreyguardian.ie/sport/other-sports/leacy-goals-fire-wexford-to-emotional-victory-1079990.html |date=19 February 2012 }}</ref> while average attendances in recent years are in the range of 15,000 to 18,000. The final is broadcast live, with a TV audience{{when|citation|date=March 2022}} of as many as over 300,000.<ref>{{cite book | last = Corry | author-link = Eoghan Corry | first = Eoghan | title = Illustrated History of the GAA | publisher = Gill & MacMillan | year = 2005 | location = Dublin, Ireland | pages = 250 }}</ref>

[[UNESCO]] lists Camogie as an element of [[Intangible cultural heritage|Intangible Cultural Heritage]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/hurling-01263|title=Hurling - intangible heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO|website=ich.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}}</ref> The game is referred to in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' by Irish playwright [[Samuel Beckett]].