Editing Camogie

{{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]].

==Game and Rules==
The game consists of two thirty-minute halves. There is a half-time interval of 15 minutes. In event of extra time, halves must consist of 10 minutes each. Each team has 15 players on the field. Within the 15 players the team must consist of one goalkeeper, three full back players, three half back players, two centre-field players, three half forward players and three full forward players. There is a minimum requirement of 12 players on the pitch at all times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camogie.ie/files/Administration+Section/Playing+Rules+2014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004430/http://www.camogie.ie/files/Administration+Section/Playing+Rules+2014.pdf |archive-date=16 January 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The rules are almost identical to [[hurling]], with a few exceptions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/CamogievHurlingRuleDifferences/tabid/60/Default.aspx|title=Rule Differences on Camogie.ie website|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

*Goalkeepers wear the same colours as outfield players. This is because no special rules apply to the goalkeeper and so there is no need for officials to differentiate between goalkeeper and outfielders.
*A camogie player can hand pass a point over the bar from play (hand passing a goal is forbidden in camogie since 2021 and forbidden in hurling since 1980).
*Camogie games last 60 minutes, two 30-minute halves (senior inter-county hurling games last 70, which is two 35-minute halves). Ties are resolved by multiple 2×10-minute [[Sudden death (sport)|sudden death]] extra time periods; in these, the first team to score wins.
*A smaller [[sliotar]] (ball) is used in camogie – commonly known as a size 4 sliotar – whereas hurlers play with a size 5 sliotar.
*If a defending player hits the sliotar wide, a 45-metre puck is awarded to the opposition (in hurling, it is a 65-metre puck).
*After a score, the goalkeeper pucks out from the 13-metre line (in hurling, he must puck from the end line).
*The metal band on the camogie stick must be covered with tape (not necessary in hurling).
*Side-to-side charges are forbidden (permitted in hurling).
*Two points are awarded for a score direct from a sideline cut (since March 2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/ladies-sticking-with-skirts-as-oflynn-backs-rules-makeover-3066426.html|title=Ladies sticking with skirts as O'Flynn backs rules makeover - Independent.ie|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>
* Players can choose to wear [[skirt]]s, [[skort]]s or [[shorts]].

[[File:Garda V Defence Forces (8121574946).jpg|thumb|A camogie match in action]]
[[File:Garda V Defence Forces (8121567016).jpg|thumb|Players may catch the ball with their hand]]
Under the original 1903 rules both the match and the field were shorter than their hurling equivalents. Matches were 40 minutes, increased to 50 minutes in 1934, and playing fields {{convert|125|-|130|yard}} long and {{convert|65|-|70|yard}} wide. From 1929 until 1979 a second crossbar, a "points bar" was also used, meaning that a point would not be allowed if it travelled over this bar, a somewhat contentious rule through the 75 years it was in use. Teams were regulated at 12 a side, using an elliptical formation, although it was more a "squeezed lemon" formation with the three midfield players grouped more closely together than their counterpart on the half back and half-forward lines. In 1999 camogie moved to the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) field-size and 15-a-side, adopting the standard GAA butterfly formation.

===Field and equipment===
[[File:Garda 1255 (8121328116).jpg|thumb|A camogie helmet lies beside a [[hurley (stick)|hurley]]]]

====Field====
The field is not of a fixed size, but must be {{convert|130|to|145|m|yd}} long by {{convert|80|to|90|m|yd}} wide.

====Sticks====
The length of the stick, called a "[[hurley (stick)|hurley]]", varies depending on the player's height.

===Goals and scoring===
[[File:Scoring in Gaelic games - H shaped posts.png|thumb|Goalposts and scoring system used in camogie]]
{{Main|Scoring in Gaelic games}}
H-shaped goals are used. A team achieves a score by making the ball go between the posts. If the ball goes over the bar for a "point", the team earns one point. If the ball goes under the bar for a "goal", the team earns three points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/CamogiePlayingRules/tabid/59/Default.aspx|title=Rules of Camogie on Camogie.ie website|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726063641/http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/CamogiePlayingRules/tabid/59/Default.aspx|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
===Foundation===
[[File:Camogie Team, Waterford, 17 October 1915.jpg|thumb|A camogie team pictured in Waterford in October 1915]]
[[File:Lil Kirby.jpg|thumb|A camogie game in 1934]]
The name was invented by [[Tadhg Ó Donnchadha|Tadhg Ua Donnchadha]] (Tórna) at meetings in 1903 in advance of the first matches in 1904.<ref>{{cite book| last = Puirséil| first = Pádraig| title = Scéal na Camógaíochta| publisher = [[Camogie Association of Ireland|Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael]]| year = 1984| location = Dublin, Ireland| pages = 64}}</ref> The term camogie is derived from the name of the stick used in the game. Men play hurling using a curved stick called a ''camán'' in Irish. Women in the early camogie games used a shorter stick described by the diminutive form ''camóg''. The suffix -''aíocht'' (originally "uidheacht") was added to both words to give names for the sports: ''camánaíocht'' (which became ''iománaíocht'') and ''camógaíocht''. When the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] was founded in 1884 the English-origin name "hurling" was given to the men's game. When an organisation for women was set up in 1904, it was decided to anglicise the Irish name ''camógaíocht'' to ''camogie''.<ref name="Moran 2011 460"/>

The experimental rules were drawn up for the female game by [[Máire Ní Chinnéide]], [[Seán (Sceilg) Ó Ceallaigh]], Tadhg Ó Donnchadha and [[Séamus Ó Braonáin]]. The Official Launch of Camogie took place with the first public match between Craobh an Chéitinnigh (Keatings branch of the [[Gaelic League]]) and [[Cúchulainns]] on 17 July at a Feis in Navan. The sport's governing body, the Camogie Association or [[Camogie Association of Ireland|An Cumann Camógaíochta]], was founded in 1905 and re-constituted in 1911, 1923 and 1939. Until June 2010 it was known as Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael.

Máire Ní Chinnéide and Cáit Ní Dhonnchadha, two prominent Irish-language enthusiasts and cultural nationalists, were credited with having created the sport, with the assistance of Ní Dhonnchadha's scholarly brother Tadhg Ó Donnchadha, who drew up its rules. Thus, although camogie was founded by women, and independently run (although closely linked to the GAA), there was, from the outset, a small yet powerful male presence within its administrative ranks. It was no surprise that camogie emanated from the Gaelic League, nor that it would be dependent upon the structures and networks provided by that organisation during the initial expansion of the sport. Of all the cultural nationalist organisations for adults that emerged during the fin de siècle, the Gaelic League was the only one to accept female and male members on an equal footing.<ref>Ríona Nic Congáil “'Looking on for centuries from the side-line': Gaelic Feminism and the rise of Camogie", Éire-Ireland (Spring / Summer 2013): 168–192.[https://www.academia.edu/3324668/Looking_on_for_centuries_from_the_side-line_Gaelic_Feminism_and_the_rise_of_Camogie Gaelic Feminism and the rise of Camogie]</ref> Nonetheless, the creation of camogie was not universally supported - even by women - with leading figures such as president of the Irish Countrywomen's Association and Conradh na Gaeilge member, [[Kit Ahern]] (despite her support of GAA clubs for men) describing camogie as "too strenuous for girls".<ref>[https://www.dib.ie/biography/ahern-catherine-ita-kit-a9624 "Ahern, Catherine Ita ('Kit')"]</ref>

==Leagues==
Though the finals are given prominent TV slots and efforts to market the game are extensive, this has not stopped media descriptions of attendances of a few hundred at vast arenas like [[Croke Park]] (capacity of over 80,000) and [[Semple Stadium]] (capacity only 45,000) as "paltry and embarrassing".<ref>[https://www.sundayworld.com/sport/gaa/pat-spillane-rory-mcilroys-masters-glory-was-my-sporting-nirvana-gaa-served-up-a-pr-own-goal/a1581079640.html "Given the marketing and promotion of camogie and ladies' football, attendances are both paltry and embarrassing": 21 April 2025]</ref>

===Ireland===
[[Camogie Association|An Cumann Camógaíochta]] has a similar structure to the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]], with an Annual Congress every spring which decides on policy and major issues such as rule changes, and an executive council—the Ard Chomhairle—which deals with short-term issues and governance. The game is administered from a headquarters in [[Croke Park]] in Dublin. Each of 28 [[Gaelic Athletic Association county|county board]]s takes control of its own affairs (all of the Irish counties except [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]], [[Leitrim GAA|Leitrim]] and [[Sligo GAA|Sligo]]), with the number of clubs ranging from 63 in [[Cork GAA|Cork]] to one in [[Leitrim GAA|Leitrim]]. There are four provincial councils and affiliates in [[Asia GAA|Asia]], [[Australia GAA|Australia]], [[Britain GAA|Britain]], [[Europe GAA|Europe]], [[New York GAA|New York]], [[New Zealand GAA|New Zealand]] and [[North American GAA|North America]]. However, Ireland does not have as much local coverage of ladies' sport as other countries such as Australia.<ref>[https://dublinpeople.com/news/sport/articles/2024/07/18/my-first-introduction-to-camogie/ ''Dublin People'': 18 July 2024]</ref>

==Clubs==
===Ireland===
{{Update section|date=May 2022}}
There are{{When|date=January 2022}} 538 camogie clubs, of which 513 are based on the island of Ireland, 47 in [[Connacht GAA#Camogie|Connacht]], 195 in [[Leinster GAA#Camogie|Leinster]], 160 in [[Munster GAA#Camogie|Munster]], and 110 in [[Ulster GAA#Camogie|Ulster]].

====Connacht====
There are 47 camogie teams in [[Connacht GAA|Connacht]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"
|+
|-
! style=background:#CEF2E0 colspan=4| <span style="color:black;">Connacht</span>
|-
! Club
! Teams
! Website
|-
|[[Galway GAA#Camogie|Galway]]
|34
|
|-
|[[Leitrim GAA#Camogie|Leitrim]]
|1
|
|-
| [[Mayo GAA#Camogie|Mayo]]
| 4
|
|-
|[[Roscommon GAA#Camogie|Roscommon]]
| 7
|
|-
|[[Sligo GAA#Camogie|Sligo]]
|2
|
|}

====Leinster====
There are 195 camogie teams in [[Leinster GAA#Camogie|Leinster]].
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"
|+
|-
! style=background:#CEF2E0 colspan=4| <span style="color:black;">Leinster</span>
|-
! Club
! Teams
! Website
|-
|[[Carlow GAA#Camogie|Carlow]]
|6
|
|-
|[[Dublin GAA#Camogie|Dublin]]
|39
|
|-
|[[Kildare GAA#Camogie|Kildare]]
|19
|
|-
|[[Kilkenny GAA#Camogie|Kilkenny]]
|33
|
|-
|[[Laois GAA#Camogie|Laois]]
|7
|
|-
|[[Longford GAA#Camogie|Longford]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Louth GAA#Camogie|Louth]]
|6
|
|-
|[[Meath GAA#Camogie|Meath]]
|14
|
|-
|[[Offaly GAA#Camogie|Offaly]]
|12
|
|-
|[[Westmeath GAA#Camogie|Westmeath]]
|13
|
|-
|[[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]]
|33
|
|-
|[[Wicklow GAA#Camogie|Wicklow]]
|13
|
|}

====Munster====
There are 160 camogie teams in [[Munster GAA#Camogie|Munster]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"
|+
|-
! style=background:#CEF2E0 colspan=4| <span style="color:black;">Munster</span>
|-
! Club
! Teams
! Website
|-
|[[Clare GAA#Camogie|Clare]]
|26
|
|-
|[[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]]
|58
|
|-
|[[Kerry GAA#Camogie|Kerry]]
|7
|
|-
|[[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]]
|25
|
|-
|[[Tipperary GAA#Camogie|Tipperary]]
|32
|
|-
|[[Waterford GAA#Camogie|Waterford]]
|16
|
|-
|}

====Ulster====
There are 110 camogie teams in [[Ulster GAA#Camogie|Ulster]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"
|+
|-
! style=background:#CEF2E0 colspan=4| <span style="color:black;">Ulster</span>
|-
! Club
! Teams
! Website
|-
|[[Antrim GAA#Camogie|Antrim]]
|22
|
|-
|[[Armagh GAA#Camogie|Armagh]]
|18
|
|-
|[[Cavan GAA#Camogie|Cavan]]
|9
|
|-
|[[Derry GAA#Camogie|Derry]]
|23
|
|-
|[[Donegal GAA#Camogie|Donegal]]
|3
|
|-
|[[Down GAA#Camogie|Down]]
|21
|
|-
|[[Fermanagh GAA#Camogie|Fermanagh]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Monaghan GAA#Camogie|Monaghan]]
|4
|
|-
|[[Tyrone GAA#Camogie|Tyrone]]
|5
|
|}

===Overseas===
* {{flagicon|Europe}} [[Europe GAA#Camogie|Europe]] 4
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[London GAA#Camogie|London]] 7
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[New South Wales GAA#Camogie|New South Wales]] 5
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Toronto GAA#Camogie|Toronto]] 2
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[North American GAA#Camogie|United States]] 7
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australasia GAA#Camogie|Western Australia]] 1

==Competitions in Ireland==

===All-Ireland Championship===
{{update section|date=March 2022}}
[[File:Sean O’Duffy(c. 1885-1981) in his volunteer uniform from the 1916 Rebellion.png|thumb|The [[O'Duffy Cup]], named after [[Seán O'Duffy]], is the prize presented to the winners of the [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship]]]]

The county is the unit of structure in elite competition, responsible for organising club competitions within the county unit and for fielding inter-county teams in the various grades of the [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship|All-Ireland championships]] and [[National Camogie League]]. The [[All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship|All Ireland Club Championship]] is staged at Senior, Intermediate and Junior level, usually reaching the final stages in November–December or the following March. [[London GAA#Camogie|London]] competed in the National Camogie League in the [[National Camogie League 2010|2010]] season, but not in [[National Camogie League 2011|2011]].

Counties compete for the elite [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship]] in which the [[O'Duffy Cup]] is awarded. The All-Ireland Final is held every year in [[Croke Park]] during September, usually on the week between the [[hurling]] final and [[Gaelic football]] final, and attracts attendances of up to 33,000.<ref name="Irish Examiner"/>

There are age-graded All Ireland championships at [[All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship|Minor A]], [[All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship#All Ireland Minor B Finals|Minor B]], and [[All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship#All Ireland Minor C Finals|Minor C]], and [[All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship#All Ireland Under-16 Camogie Finals|Under-16 A]], [[All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship#All Ireland Under-16 B Finals|B]] and [[All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship#All Ireland Under-16 C Finals|C]] level.

Six teams contest the fourth-tier [[All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship#Nancy Murray Cup|Nancy Murray Cup]] (or Junior A championship), [[Carlow GAA#Camogie|Carlow]], [[Cavan GAA#Camogie|Cavan]], [[Monaghan GAA#Camogie|Monaghan]], [[Tyrone GAA#Camogie|Tyrone]], [[Westmeath GAA#Camogie|Westmeath]], and the second team of [[Offaly GAA#Camogie|Offaly]].

Three teams contest the fifth-tier [[All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship#Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup|Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup]], (or Junior B championship), [[Wicklow GAA#Camogie|Wicklow]], and the second teams of [[Kildare GAA#Camogie|Kildare]] and [[Meath GAA#Camogie|Meath]].

Although six counties do not compete at adult level: [[Donegal GAA#Camogie|Donegal]], [[Fermanagh GAA#Camogie|Fermanagh]], [[Leitrim GAA#Camogie|Leitrim]], [[Longford GAA#Camogie|Longford]], [[Mayo GAA#Camogie|Mayo]] and [[Sligo GAA#Camogie|Sligo]] do not compete at adult level, clubs from [[Fermanagh GAA#Camogie|Fermanagh]], [[Kerry GAA#Camogie|Kerry]] and [[Mayo GAA#Camogie|Mayo]] have won honours and [[Donegal GAA#Camogie|Donegal]] have contested divisional finals at under-14 [[Feile na nGael]] level. Both [[Louth GAA#Camogie|Louth]] (in [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1934|1934]] and [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1936|1936]]) and [[Mayo GAA#Camogie|Mayo]] (in [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1959|1959]]) have contested the [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship|All Ireland senior final]] in the past.

===National League===
The [[National Camogie League|National League]] is staged during the winter-spring months, with four divisions of team graded by ability.

===Provincial championships===
Provincial championships take place at all levels, independent of the All Ireland series which has been run on an open draw basis since 1973.

===International and inter-provincial===
Ireland plays a [[Composite rules shinty-hurling|camogie-shinty]] international against [[Shinty|Scotland]] each year. The [[Gael Linn Cup]] is an inter-provincial competition played at senior and junior level. The sport is closely associated with the [[Celtic Congress]]. Two former [[Camogie Association]] presidents [[Máire Ní Chinnéide]] and [[Agnes O'Farrelly]] were also presidents of [[Celtic Congress]] and exhibition matches have been held at the Celtic Congress since 1938. The first such exhibition match, on the [[Isle of Man]] in 1938, marked the first appearance of [[Kathleen Cody (athlete)|Kathleen Cody]], who became one of the stars of the 1940s.

===Inter-collegiate===
The [[Ashbourne Cup|Ashbourne]] and Purcell Cups and Father Meachair seven-a-side are the principal inter-collegiate competitions.

===Schools===
There is also a programme of [[All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship|provincial and All Ireland championships at secondary schools senior and junior levels]], differentiated by the years of secondary school cycle, with years 4–6 competing in the senior competition, and years 1–3 competing at junior level. Cumann na mBunscoil organises competitions at primary school level.

===Féile na nGael===
Camogie competitions for club teams featuring under-14 players are played in four divisions as part of the annual [[Féile na nGael]] festival. The county that is selected for a particular year, all their clubs host teams from all around the country representing their county. Host clubs get families to take in two or three children for a couple of days.

==International presence==

Though camogie is played predominantly in its native homeland of Ireland, it has spread to other countries, largely among the Irish diaspora due to immigrants and the immigrant population. The sport is known to have arrived in places in such as Great Britain, North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://montrealshamrocks.com/our-sports/what-is-camogie/ |title=MONTREAL SHAMROCKS {{!}} GAELIC ATHLETIC CLUB|website=montrealshamrocks.com |author= |date= |access-date=21 May 2022|publisher=Montreal Shamrocks GAA|language=en}}</ref>
Southeast Asia has teams in Vietnam, Thailand, and Kuala Lumpur.
In North America camogie is played in the United States, Canada, and in parts of the Caribbean. Camogie has also been included as a part of the [[GAA World Games]].

===GAA World Games===

====2019 Renault GAA World Games====
Renault GAA World Games - Camogie (Native Born)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gaa.ie/worldgames/teams |title=World Games {{!}} 2019 Renault GAA World Games Teams |website=gaa.ie|author= |date=2019 |access-date=22 May 2022|publisher=[[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] |language=en}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|+2019 Camogie (Native Born) final standings <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gaa.ie/worldgames/camogie-native/tables |title=World Games Camogie (Native) {{!}} Renault GAA World Games Camogie Native|author= |date=2019 |access-date=22 May 2022|publisher=[[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210210252/https://www.gaa.ie/worldgames/camogie-native/tables |archive-date=10 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!width=15|Pos
!Country / Team
!P
!W
!D
!L
!F
!A
!Pts
|-
!1
|{{flagicon|USA}} Twin Cities ([[USGAA]])
|10
|9
|1
|0
|119
|26
|19
|-
!2
|{{flagicon|USA}} The Warriors ([[USGAA]])
|10
|5
|3
|2
|56
|36
|13
|-
!3
|{{flagicon|USA}} Heartland ([[USGAA]])
|10
|5
|2
|3
|58
|35
|12
|-
!4
|{{flagicon|USA}} MidAtlantic ([[USGAA]])
|10
|4
|2
|4
|67
|42
|10
|-
!5
|{{flagicon|Europe}} Europe Rovers
|10
|2
|0
|8
|15
|95
|4
|-
!6
|{{flagicon|CAN}} Canada Native ([[Gaelic Games Canada|CAGAA]])<ref name="2019WGAA1">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUp1W6EXEHg |title=Renault GAA World Games - Canada GAA|website=youtube.com|author=[[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] |date=12 August 2019 |access-date=23 May 2019|publisher=OfficialGAA|language=en}}</ref>
|10
|1
|0
|9
|13
|94
|2
|}

==North American presence==
Camogie teams in North America<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playhurling.com/clubs/ |title=Play Hurling {{!}} Find A Club Near You |website=playhurling.com |author= |date= |access-date=22 May 2022|publisher=Play Hurling |language=en}}</ref> have existed for at least a century.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

===United States===
{{Main|United States GAA}}
The national organizing body for [[Gaelic Games]] in the United States, with the exception of [[New York City]], is the '''[[USGAA]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://usgaa.org/ |title=Welcome to the USGAA |website=usgaa.org |author= |date= |access-date=22 May 2022|publisher= |language=en}}</ref> where camogie can be found. It is the governing body which promotes camogie in the United States along with other Gaelic sports. The USGAA also maintains a close relationship with other GAA groups in North America including Canada ([[Gaelic Games Canada]]), the [[New York GAA]], and the Caribbean.

====GAA World Games====

The United States has sent a number of camogie teams from the US to compete in the [[GAA World Games]] in [[2016 Etihad Airways GAA World Games|2016]] and [[2019 Renault GAA World Games|2019]].

===Canada===
{{Main|Gaelic Games Canada}}
The national organizing body for [[Gaelic Games]] in Canada is '''[[Gaelic Games Canada]]''' (GGC) {{aka}} [[Canadian GAA]] (CGAA)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gaelicgamescanada.com/ |title=Gaelic Games Canada |website=gaelicgamescanada.com |author= |date= |access-date=21 May 2022 |publisher= |language=en}}</ref> where camogie can be found.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gaelicgamescanada.com/games/hurling-camogie/|title=Hurling and Camogie|website=gaelicgamecanada.com |author= |date= |access-date=21 May 2022|publisher= |language=en}}</ref> Canada and the CGAA are [[Gaelic Games Canada#Clubs|home to a number of camogie clubs]].

====Clubs====

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"
|+Canada
|-
! style=background:#CEF2E0 colspan=4| <span style="color:black;">Canadian Camogie Clubs</span>
|-
! Club
! City/Province
! Est.
! Website
|-
|[[Montreal Shamrocks GAC|Montreal Shamrocks]]<ref name="2019WGAA1" /><ref name="guardian2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/sports/gaelic-football-provides-opportunity-of-a-lifetime-for-three-west-prince-women-337424/|date = 26 July 2019 |access-date=2020-07-14|website=www.theguardian.pe.ca| title = Gaelic football provides opportunity of a lifetime for three West Prince women }}</ref>
|[[File:Coat of arms of Quebec.svg|20px]] [[Montreal, Québec]]
|1948
|[http://montrealshamrocks.com/ Montreal Shamrocks GAC]
|-
|Calgary Chieftains / Chieftainettes
|[[File:Coat of arms of Alberta.svg|20px]] [[Calgary, Alberta]]
|1977
|
|-
|Edmonton Wolfe Tones
|[[File:Coat of arms of Alberta.svg|20px]] [[Edmonton, Alberta]]
|
|
|-
| Le Chéile Camogie Club Toronto
| [[File:Arms of Ontario.svg|20px]] [[Toronto, Ontario]]
|
|[https://lecheilecamogie.com/ Toronto Camogie]
|-
|ISSC Camogie
| [[File:Arms of British Columbia.svg|20px]] [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]
|
|[http://www.isscvancouver.com/camogie-2/ ISSC Camogie]
|-
|ISSC Shamrocks
|[[File:Arms of British Columbia.svg|20px]] [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]
|2021
|[http://www.isscvancouver.com/camogie-2/ ISSC Camogie]
|-
|ISSC Pearse
|[[File:Arms of British Columbia.svg|20px]] [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]
|2021
|[http://www.isscvancouver.com/camogie-2/ ISSC Camogie]
|}

====GAA World Games====
Canada has sent a number of camogie teams from Canada to compete in the [[GAA World Games]] in [[2016 Etihad Airways GAA World Games|2016]] and [[2019 Renault GAA World Games|2019]].<ref name="2019WGAA1" />

==Records==
===Ireland===
====All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship====
Cork have won the most [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship|Camogie All-Ireland]], winning their 30th championship in 2024.

====National Camogie League titles====
[[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]] have won the most [[National Camogie League]] titles with 16.

==Results==
===2018 All Ireland Championship===
Eleven counties competed for the elite [[All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship]] in 2018: [[Clare GAA#Camogie|Clare]], [[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]], [[Dublin GAA#Camogie|Dublin]], [[Galway GAA#Camogie|Galway]], [[Kilkenny GAA#Camogie|Kilkenny]], [[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]], [[Meath GAA#Camogie|Meath]], [[Offaly GAA#Camogie|Offaly]], [[Tipperary GAA#Camogie|Tipperary]], [[Waterford GAA#Camogie|Waterford]], and [[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]].

Eleven teams contested the second-tier [[All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship|Jack McGrath Cup]] in 2018 (All Ireland intermediate championship): [[Antrim GAA#Camogie|Antrim]], [[Carlow GAA#Camogie|Carlow]], [[Derry GAA#Camogie|Derry]], [[Down GAA#Camogie|Down]], [[Kildare GAA#Camogie|Kildare]], [[Laois GAA#Camogie|Laois]], and [[Westmeath GAA#Camogie|Westmeath]], and the second teams of [[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]], [[Galway GAA#Camogie|Galway]], [[Kilkenny GAA#Camogie|Kilkenny]], and [[Tipperary GAA#Camogie|Tipperary]].

Seven teams contested the third-tier [[Kay Mills Cup]] (All Ireland junior or 'Premier Junior" championship) in 2018: [[Armagh GAA#Camogie|Armagh]], [[Kerry GAA#Camogie|Kerry]], [[Roscommon GAA#Camogie|Roscommon]], and the second teams of [[Clare GAA#Camogie|Clare]], [[Dublin GAA#Camogie|Dublin]], [[Limerick GAA#Camogie|Limerick]], and [[Offaly GAA#Camogie|Offaly]].

Only fourteen points were scored by the winning team in the [[2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final|2018 senior final]], and most points in the game followed the awarding of frees.<ref name=pain_of_defeat/> Ten points was sufficient to determine the winner of the [[2017 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final|2017 senior final]].<ref name=pain_of_defeat>{{cite news|first=Dermot|last=Crowe|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/camogie/dermot-crowe-breaking-new-ground-on-final-day-as-kilkenny-look-to-bury-pain-of-defeat-38477275.html|title=Breaking new ground on final day as Kilkenny look to bury pain of defeat|work=[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]]|date=8 September 2019|access-date=8 September 2019|quote=Recent finals have been without goals and scorelines have stayed relatively low compared to hurling. Ten points won the final two years ago. The winning total last year was 14 points. The majority of the scores in last year's final came from frees.}}</ref>

==Awards==
[[Camogie All Stars Awards]] are awarded annually to the elite players who have performed best in each of the 15 positions on a traditional camogie team. Player of the year and other achievement awards have also been awarded to leading players for several decades.

===Team of the Century===
Picked in 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/TeamoftheCentury/tabid/103/Default.aspx|title=Team of the century|website=Camogie.ie|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723221438/http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/TeamoftheCentury/tabid/103/Default.aspx|archive-date=23 July 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Div col|colwidth=15em}}
#[[Eileen Duffy|Eileen Duffy-O'Mahony]] ([[Dublin GAA#Camogie|Dublin]])
#[[Liz Neary]] ([[Kilkenny GAA#Camogie|Kilkenny]])
#[[Marie Costine|Marie Costine-O'Donovan]] ([[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]])
#[[Mary Sinnott|Mary Sinnott-Dinan]] ([[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]])
#[[Bridie McGarry|Bridie Martin-McGarry]] ([[Kilkenny GAA#Camogie|Kilkenny]])
#[[Sandie Fitzgibbon]] ([[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]])
#[[Margaret O'Leary|Margaret O'Leary-Leacy]] ([[Wexford GAA#Camogie|Wexford]])
#[[Mairéad McAtamney|Mairéad McAtamney-Magill]] ([[Antrim GAA#Camogie|Antrim]])
# [[Linda Mellerick]] ([[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]])
# [[Sophie Brack]] ([[Dublin GAA#Camogie|Dublin]])
#[[Kathleen Mills|Kathleen Mills-Hill]] ([[Dublin GAA#Camogie|Dublin]])
#[[Joni Traynor]] ([[London GAA#Camogie|Kilkenny]])
#[[Úna O'Connor]] ([[Dublin GAA#Camogie|Dublin]])
#[[Pat Moloney|Pat Moloney-Lenihan]] ([[Cork GAA#Camogie|Cork]])
#[[Deirdre Hughes]] ([[Tipperary GAA#Camogie|Tipperary]])
#[[Angela Downey|Angela Downey-Browne]] ([[Kilkenny GAA#Camogie|Kilkenny]])
{{Div end}}

==Criticism==

Partly due to biological and physiological differences between men and women, some argue that Camogie lacks the physical drama found in the male equivalent sport, [[hurling]].<ref name="sundayindependent080320">{{cite web|date=8 March 2020|title=Tide is rising but we are only at the beginning of a whole new ball game|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/womens-sport/tide-is-rising-but-we-are-only-at-the-beginning-of-a-whole-new-ball-game-39024348.html|access-date=18 March 2020|publisher=[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]]}}</ref>

{{Blockquote
|text=You can't ... deny what you've seen, you can't pretend you don't notice the gulf in physical prowess. This applies across the board, internationally and domestically, where camogie and women's [[Gaelic football]] also suffer by comparison to the physical drama contained in the male versions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cracked.com/article_15209_the-10-most-insane-sports-in-world.html |title=Tide is rising but we are only at the beginning of a whole new ball game |website=independent.ie|author=Tommy Conlon|date=8 March 2020|access-date=5 May 2022|publisher=[[Independent.ie]]|language=en}}</ref>

|title=Tide is rising but we are only at the beginning of a whole new ball game
|source=''[[Independent.ie]]''
|author=Conlon, Tommy (March 8, 2020)
}}

There are lower score tallies in the senior camogie championship finals than in comparison to men's hurling championships.<ref name=pain_of_defeat/>

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports}}
* [[Ashbourne Cup]]
* [[Camogie All Stars Awards]]
* [[Poc Fada]]
* [[Women's shinty]]
* [[Field Hockey]]
* [[Bando (sport)]]
* [[Shinty]]
* [[Hurling]]
* [[Lacrosse]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wiktionary|camogie}}
* [http://www.camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website]

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