Celtic Camogie Club
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| Founded: | 1934 | ||||||||
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| County: | Dublin | ||||||||
| Colours: | Navy and red | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Coolock | ||||||||
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Celtic is a camogie club, winner of the Dublin Championship on 12 occasions and the inaugural winner of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship in 1964. Celtic's colours include a navy gym tunic with a red bar around the skirt and a white blouse.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The Celtic Camogie Club was formed in the Coolock 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 the 1964 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship, Úna O'Connor scored three goals for Celtic. Also on the side were Angela Gill (daughter of Mick Gill who won All-Ireland hurling medals with Galway and Dublin), Mary Casey (a sister of Bill Casey who had won an All-Ireland football medal with Dublin in 1963) and Claire Heffernan (sister of Dublin footballer and later manager Kevin Heffernan).[citation needed]
Notable players
[edit]Six presidents of the Camogie Association have been associated with the club. These include: Eilish Redmond, Mary Lynch, Nell McCarthy, Mary Moran, Mary Fennelly and Liz Howard.
Kathleen Duffy was named on the "Camogie Team of the Century",[2] and Eileen Duffy (who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1949 until 1957) was also a club member.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
- ^ Irish Independent interview with Eileen Duffy, Mar 1 2004