The Ashbourne Cup is an

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tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college. The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie. The competition features many of the current stars of the game and is sometimes known as the 'Olympics of Camogie' because of the disproportionate number of All Star and

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elite level players who participate each year Since 1972 it has been administered by th
Higher Education
committee of the

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Format

Each of the 4 @3rdLevelCamogie competitions follow a group stage and knockout format. Teams are generally divided into 2 groups with the top 2 in each group advancing to the semi finals and 3rd place in both groups contesting the shield final. Each competition operates on a promotion and relegation basis.

History

The competition is the brainchild of

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(1874–1951), founder member (1914) and president (1914–51) of the UCD camogie club who later served as president of the Camogie Association of Ireland in 1941–2. In 1915 she persuaded her friend, Irish language activist

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, aka Liam Mac Giolla Bhríde (1868–1942), second Lord Ashbourne, to donate a trophy for the camogie intervarsity competition. The first game of intercollegiate camogie took place between

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and

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on 18 April 1915.

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(then University College, Galway) joined the competition in 1916, Queen's University Belfast in 1934, and

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(then St Patrick's College),

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, Coleraine, and

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, Dublin in 1972. Apart from 1934 to 1937, until 1960 the competition was played on a league basis, and since then the concluding stages have been played together on a single weekend in mid-February. There was no competition in 1943, due to war-time restrictions, and the competition remained unfinished in 1963, when University College Dublin fielded an ineligible player for the final, which was drawn and never replayed. University College Cork claimed the title. The Ashbourne Cup semi finals and finals are now played alongside the Purcell (2nd Division), Fr. Meachair (3rd Division) and Uí Mhaolagáin Cups (4th Division) on the second weekend of February.

Purcell Cup

The CCAO also oversees the Purcell Cup (Division 2), which has been contested since 1977. The Purcell Cup, was donated by

Úna Uí Phuirséil Úna Uí Phuirséil (Agnes Hourigan-Purcell) was the 17th president of the Camogie Association. Born Agnes Hourigan in Ballingarry, County Limerick, she had three brothers, Dan, Sean, Fr Jack Hourigan, and four sisters ncluding Maisie and Ell ...

, President of the

1976–78, and her husband

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, Gaelic games correspondent for the

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1954–78.

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defeated

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by 3–0 to 0–1 in the first final in St Patrick's. Drumcondra on 6 March 1977.

Fr Meachair Cup

Colleges who do not compete in the Ashbourne and Purcell Cups play for a cup named after Fr Gearóid Ó Meachair (Gerry Meagher, d1982), from

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, Co Tipperary, founder and popular trainer of the

camogie team. Inaugurated in 1986, the Fr. Meachair Cup is now competed by both college senior and intermediate teams.

O'Mhaolagáin Cup

The remaining teams not in the first three championships participate in the 4th division or Uí Mhaolagáin cup, with the format following the group and knockout stages implemented in the other competitions. The trophy is named for

President of 1991–4, Brídín Uí Mhaolagáin.

Ashbourne Cup Winners

Highlights & Incidents

Highlights and incidents of the championship history include: * The 1918 competition played before record crowds of up to 4,000 for each of three matches in Terenure over the weekend of Feb 16–18, Dublin beating Cork on Friday, Galway and Cork drawing one goal each on Saturday and Dublin beating Galway 2–0 to 1–1 on Sunday to secure the trophy when Nora Cleary's goal from a 60-yard shot proving the highlight of the weekend, Margaret McGrane scoring Dublin's second goal * Harry Diamond, member of

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, refereed the 1935 final, the first to be hosted by Queen's University * Some members of the UCG winning 1917 team refused to have their names engraved on the cup in the Irish language, something that brought their future selection into doubt. * The Galway, Antrim and Dublin county boards suspended UCG, Queen's and UCD for six months for taking part in the 1949 Ashbourne Cup as they had refused instructions not to play against UCC, affiliated to the Cork board which was disaffiliated from camogie's central body for the term of a complex eight-year split in the Association. * The inconclusive 1961 final when the Ashbourne Cup committee decided one of the UCD players was ineligible. The match was drawn 2-1 each and never replayed, with UCC claiming victory. * The 1962 competition when snow was cleared from the field, the semi-finals played on the following day and the final completed a fortnight later when Anne Duane's late goal gave Dublin a late victory in one of the best Ashbourne cup ties of the 12-a-side era. * Galway's breakthrough in 1965 powered by goalkeeper

Eileen Naughton Eileen Naughton was the star of Galway's All-Ireland final appearance against Dublin in 1962 and UCG's Ashbourne Cup win of 1968, she was short-listed for Cuchulainn all star awards in 1963 and 1964, despite missing part of the season through i ...

who held Queen's scoreless in the semi-final and Dublin could manage just one point in the final, * The 1966 semi-final in which Dublin beat Queen's by an astonishing 17–6 to nil, as

Ann Carroll Ann Carroll is a camogie player. twice an All Ireland inter-county medalist and the outstanding personality in the first decade of the history of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winning medals with both St Patrick’s, Gleng ...

inspired Dublin to victory in her first appearance in a competition where she was to become the outstanding personality over a five-year period. * The 1969 semi-finals played in four inches of snow on the Malone Road sports fields in Belfast. The final was eventually played in Athlone when Dublin won with the help of three goals from Joan Traynor. * In 1972 Trinity College, NUI Maynooth and the University of Ulster, Coleraine brought the number of teams competing in the Ashbourne Cup to seven * Margery Doohan's performance in the 1970 final, her five goals won her

sports personality of the week in a year when UCD won without their injured captain

* Cork's six in a row 1972–77 with players like Val O'Dwyer and Aideen McCarthy and three goal hero of 1977 Noreen McCarthy, their toughest contest in the period may have been the 1976 quarter-final 2–6 to 3–2 victory over Maynooth, one of the best matches in the 12-a-side era of Ashbourne history, in which Angela Downey scored 2-2. Maynooth came closest to winning the Fitzgibbon when it could draw on the services of the iconic Angela Downey between 1975 and 1979, appearing in two finals. * The 1974 first round match between UCG and Queen's played in perhaps the worst conditions ever for a camogie match - the ball became lodged in a mud pool for a considerable period * Dublin's nine victories in eleven years in the 1980s, launched by Edel Murphy's scores in a closely fought final against UCC in 1980 and spearheaded by players such as Germaine Noonan, Marie Connell and Breda Kenny in subsequent years. * Cork's eight goals in arctic conditions at Santry in 1985, decisively defeating UCD with great displays by Claire Cronin, Patsy Kenelry and three goal hero Norma Delaney. * The emergence of Queen's in 1991 led by Deirdre O'Doherty, Joan Tobin and Mary Black followed closely by

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in 1992 marking the high point of Colleges camogie in Ulster, followed by Limerick's victory over Waterford in an all-newcomers final in 1995 when Sinead Millea's prolific scoring gave Limerick victory. * Limerick's breakthrough in 1995 which led to six titles in 11 years including a treble in 2004-6 * The first 15-a-side final of a major camogie competition in 1999 when Waterford celebrated their first success and the first non-University success thanks to Mary Walshe's 39th minute winning goal. * Waterford's 2009-13 five in a row, powered by All Ireland stars from Cork and Wexford and Kilkenny, who supplied five of their forwards on the 2012 team

Ashbourne Cup Champion Colleges

* 1915 UCD * 1916 UCD * 1917 NUIG * 1918 UCD * 1919

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* 1920 NUIG * 1921 UCD * 1922

* 1923

* 1924

* 1925

* 1926

* 1927

* 1928 NUIG * 1929

* 1930 NUIG * 1931

* 1932

* 1933 UCD * 1934

* 1935 UCD * 1936

* 1937

* 1938 UCD * 1939 UCD * 1940 UCD * 1941 UCD * 1942 UCD * 1943 Not Played * 1944

* 1945

* 1946 UCD * 1947

* 1948 NUIG * 1949 NUIG * 1950 UCD * 1951

* 1952 UCD * 1953 UCD * 1954 UCD * 1955 UCD * 1956 NUIG * 1957 NUIG * 1958 UCD * 1959 UCD * 1960 UCD * 1961 UCD * 1962 UCD * 1963

* 1964 NUIG * 1965

* 1966 UCD * 1967

* 1968 NUIG * 1969 UCD * 1970 UCD * 1971 UCD * 1972

* 1973

* 1974

* 1975

* 1976

* 1977

* 1978 NUIG * 1979 NUIG * 1980 UCD * 1981 UCD * 1982 UCD * 1983 UCD * 1984 UCD * 1985

* 1986 UCD * 1987 UCD * 1988 UCD * 1989 NUIG * 1990 NUIG * 1991 QUB * 1992 UUJ * 1993 UUJ * 1994 NUIG * 1995 UL * 1996

* 1997 UUJ * 1998

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2003 final UCC 1-10 UCD 0-6 at the

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Purcell Cup Champion Colleges

* 1977

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* 1978

* 1979 Ulster Poly * 1980

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* 1981

* 1982 St Mary's, Belfast * 1983

* 1984 Ulster Poly * 1986

* 1987

* 1988

* 1989

* 1990

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* 1991

* 1992

* 1993 Athlone RTC * 1994

* 1995 Athlone RTC * 1996

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* 1997 Queen's Belfast * 1998

* 1999

Limerick IT The Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT; ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Luimnigh) was an institute of technology, located in Limerick, Ireland. The institute had five campuses that were located in Limerick, Thurles, Clonmel, as well as a ...

* 2000 UUJ * 2001

Cork Institute of Technology Cork Institute of Technology (CIT; ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Chorcaí) was an institute of technology, located in Cork, Ireland. Upon its dissolution, the institute had 17,000 students studying in art, business, engineering, music, dra ...

( CIT) * 2002

Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272. The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...

* 2003 UUJ * 2004

Athlone IT The Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT; ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Luain) was an institute of technology, located in Athlone, Ireland. Established in 1970, the institute's campus was located on University Road. A cons ...

* 2005

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* 2006 UUJ * 2007

* 2008 Queen's Belfast * 2009

* 2010 DIT * 2011 Queen's Belfast * 2012 DCU * 2013 DCU * 2014

* 2015

* 2016

Cork IT Cork Institute of Technology (CIT; ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Chorcaí) was an institute of technology, located in Cork, Ireland. Upon its dissolution, the institute had 17,000 students studying in art, business, engineering, music, dr ...

* 2017 DIT * 2018 NUIG * 2019

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* 2020 UCD * 2021 Not Played * 2022

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(formerly DIT)

Fr Meachair Cup Champion Colleges

* 2012

Mary Immaculate College Mary Immaculate College (Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál), also known as MIC and Mary I, is a College of Education and Liberal Arts. Founded in 1898, the university level College of Education and the Liberal Arts is academically linked with the Univ ...

, Limerick * 2013 St Patrick's College Drumcondra * 2014

IT Carlow The Institute of Technology, Carlow (IT Carlow; ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Cheatharlach) was an institute of technology, located in Carlow, Ireland. The institute had campuses in Carlow, Wexford, and Wicklow, as well as a part-time pr ...

* 2015

* 2016

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* 2017 St Patrick's College Drumcondra * 2018 * 2019

* 2020

* 2021 Not Played * 2022

Ashbourne Cup Finals

Until 1960 the series was played as a round robin over different weekends in the winter. The first figure in this table is the number of goals scored (equal to 3 points each) and the second total is the number of points scored, the figures are combined to determine the winner of a match in Gaelic Games. The results, dates and venues of finals since 1960 have been: * 1960 Feb 28 UC Dublin 4-03 UC Galway 1-01

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* 1961 Feb 11 UC Dublin 5-00 Queen's Belfast 0-00 Cherryvale * 1962 Mar 4 UC Dublin 6-01 UC Cork 5-01 Belfield * 1963 Feb 24 UC Cork 2-01 UC Dublin 2-01

* 1964 Feb 9 UC Galway 4-02 UC Cork 0-01

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* 1965 Feb 27 UC Cork 3-02 UC Dublin 0-02 Cherryvale * 1966 Feb 20 UC Dublin 3-05 UC Cork 2-04 Belfield * 1967 Feb 7 UC Cork 8-02 UC Dublin 4-02

* 1968 Feb 24 UC Galway 1-02 UC Dublin 0-02

* 1969 Mar 9 UC Dublin 6-02 UC Galway 0-01 Athlone * 1970 Feb 8 UC Dublin 6-02 UC Galway 1-00 Croke Park * 1971 Feb 14 UC Dublin 4-02 UC Cork 3-03

* 1972 Feb 20 UC Cork 1-09 UC Dublin 2-01

* 1973 Feb 25 UC Cork 3-06 UC Dublin 3-01 Belfield * 1974 Feb 17 UC Cork 5-06 UC Galway 1-08

* 1975 Feb 16 UC Cork 2-03 UC Dublin 1-02

* 1976 Feb 15 UC Cork 5-02 UC Galway 1-02

* 1977 Feb 13 UC Cork 6-02 UC Dublin 3-05

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* 1978 Feb 12 UC Galway 3-02

2-00

Corrigan Park Corrigan Park is a Gaelic games ground on the Whiterock Road in west Belfast that served as the main venue for GAA in Belfast until the opening of Casement Park in 1953. It is named in honour of Sean Corrigan, mentor of the Brian Óg club who w ...

* 1979 Feb 12 UC Galway 4-02

0-04 Coleraine * 1980 Feb 10 UC Dublin 3-04 UC Cork 3-01 Belfield * 1981 Feb 15 UC Dublin 1-04 UC Cork 0-05

* 1982 Feb 14 UC Dublin 3-01 UC Cork 0-03 Belfield * 1983 Feb 13 UC Dublin 2-05 UC Cork 1-07

* 1984 Feb 12 UC Dublin 4-06 Queen's Belfast 2-01

* 1985 Feb 10 UC Cork 8-00 UC Galway 0-06

* 1986 Feb 9 UC Dublin 5-08 Queen's Belfast 0-02 Coleraine * 1987 Feb 15 UC Dublin 5-05 UC Galway 0-03 Belfield * 1988 Feb 14 UC Dublin 2-03 UC Galway 2-01

* 1989 Feb 12 UC Galway 1-02 UC Dublin 0-02

* 1990 Feb 11 UC Dublin 3-01 UC Galway 0-06

* 1991 Feb 10 Queen's Belfast 3-06 UC Galway 1-3

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* 1992 Feb 9 UU

6-03 Queen's Belfast 3-04

* 1993 Feb 21 UU

3-02 Queen's Belfast 2-03 Belfield * 1994 Feb 13 UC Galway 3-05 UU

1-09 Coleraine * 1984 Feb 12 UC Dublin 4-06 Queen's Belfast 2-01

* 1995 Feb 12 U Limerick 0-13

1-05

* 1996 Feb 11 UC Cork 3-03 UU Jordanstown 1-05 Belfield * 1997 Feb 22 UUJ 1-10 UC Dublin 2-05

* 1998 Feb 22 UC Cork 1-07

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1-06

Walsh Park Walsh Park ( ga, Páirc Breathnach) is a GAA stadium in Waterford, Ireland named after Willie Walsh, a well-known referee and long time campaigner for Gaelic games in Waterford. It is one of the two homes of the Waterford Gaelic football and hu ...

* 1999 Feb 14

1-06 UC Cork 0-04

* 2000 Feb 20 UC Cork 2-03 UC Dublin 1-05 Dangan, Galway * 2001 Feb 17 U Limerick 2-06

1-08 Athlone * 2002 Feb 17 UC Cork 1-11

1-04

Ballinlough, Cork Ballinlough () is a mainly residential townland and suburb on the southside of Cork city, in Ireland. It is located between Ballintemple and the larger suburbs of Douglas and Blackrock. History Among the earliest written references to the tow ...

* 2003 Feb 16 UC Cork 1-10 UC Dublin 0-06

* 2004 Feb 15 U Limerick 6-5 UC Dublin 1-08

Crumlin * 2005 Feb 27 U Limerick 0-12 UC Dublin 1-04

Ballygunner Ballygunner ( ga, Baile Gunnair), is a civil parish in County Waterford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies on the southern outskirts of Waterford city. The placename is derived, in part, from the Old Norse masculine personal name ''Gunnarr' ...

* 2006 Feb 26 U Limerick 0-13 UC Dublin 1-09

* 2007 Feb 23 UC Dublin 2-10 UC Cork 1-04

Ballinderreen Ballinderreen () is a village located on the N67 route between Kilcolgan and Kinvara in south County Galway, in Ireland. Location and name Ballinderreen village is approximately 22 km south of Galway City and is a part of the townlan ...

* 2008 Feb 24 UC Dublin 5-09

0-09

* 2009 Feb 22

1-09 UC Dublin 1-06

* 2010 Feb 21

0-11 UC Cork 1-06

* 2011 Feb 20

2-10 UC Cork 2-02

* 2012 Feb 19

2-08 U Limerick 0-04 Carraiganore * 2013 Feb 17

3-13 U Limerick 2-15 North Campus, UL * 2014 Feb 16 U Limerick 0-12

1-08 QUB Grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast * 2015 Feb 15

2-12 U Limerick 0-12 DCU Sports Campus * 2016 Feb 14 U Limerick 3-12 UC Cork 4-07

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* 2017 Feb 12 U Limerick 2-08 UC Cork 1-07 Abbotstown * 2018 U Limerick 0-15

1-09 Mallow complex * 2019 February 10 U Limerick 3-08 UC Cork 0-08 Mallow complex * 2020 U Limerick 3-12

0-10 - WIT Arena * 2022 DCU DÉ 1-14 UCD 0-05 - WIT Arena *

Purcell Cup Finals

* 2004 Athlone IT * 2005 Garda College, Templemore * 2006 University of Ulster, Jordanstown * 2007 Athlone IT * 2008 Queen's University * 2009 Athlone IT * 2010 DIT * 2011 Queen's University 2-10 DCU 0-07 NUIG * 2012 DCU 4-07 Queen's University 0-04 Waterford IT Sports Campus * 2013 DCU 2-11 Mary I Limerick 1-09 North Campus, UL * 2014

1-11 DIT 0-07 QUB Grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast * 2015

1-12 DIT 0-08 (Replay) Ballykelly * 2016

1-12

0-04

* 2017 DIT 1-08

1-06 Abbotstown * 2018 NUIG * 2019

1-11 NUIG 1-10 Mallow complex * 2020 UCD 1-06

0-05 - WIT Arena * 2021 Not Played * 2022

0-12 NUIG 0-08 WIT Arena *

Fr Meachair Cup Finals

* 2012 Mary I Limerick 0-15 St Pats Drumcondra 0-03 Waterford IT Sports Campus * 2013 St Pats Drumcondra 2-05 Carlow IT 1-03 North Campus, UL * 2014 Carlow IT 1-09 St Pats Drumcondra 1-05 QUB Grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast * 2015 Carlow IT 2-10 St. Mary's 1-10 DCU Sports Campus * 2016

1-10

0-08

* 2017 St Patrick's College Drumcondra 3-08

1-03 Abbotstown * 2018 * 2019

1-11

1-04 * 2020

0-13 UCD 0-08 - WIT Arena * 2021 Not Played * 2022

1-09 UCD 0-08 - WIT Arena *

Ashbourne All-Stars

For many years a Combined Universities team was selected after the Ashbourne Cup event to play

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county team for the Cronin Cup. Later the Combined Universities played the Combined Colleges. In 2004 th

Higher Education] committee of Camogie Association of Ireland, Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael instituted Ashbourne All-Stars for the best players in each position at the end of the tournament.

2006

Rosanna Kenneally ( WIT &

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), Catherine O'Loughlin ( UCD &

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Angela Walsh Angela Walsh (born 1986) is an Irish sportsperson. She plays ladies' Gaelic football with her local club Inch Rovers and has been a member of the senior Cork county ladies' football team since 2004. Walsh captained Cork to a fourth consecutiv ...

( UL &

Rena Buckley Rena Buckley is an Irish sportswoman who played at senior level for both the Cork county ladies' football team and the Cork county camogie team. She has also represented Munster in the Gael Linn Cup and Ireland at international rules. Betwee ...

( UCD &

), Jenny Duffy (

Anna Geary Anna Geary (born 28 July 1987) is a camogie player and television personality from Milford, County Cork, Ireland. Sporting career She is a winner of four All Star awards, most recently in 2011. She previously won All-Star awards in 200 ...

( UL &

), Michelle Shortt (

Louise Mahony Louise Mahoney is a camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 communities. A variant of the game of hur ...

( UCD &

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), Colette Desmond (

), Laura Linnane ( NUIG &

), Rachel Moloney (

), Cora Hennessy (

), Marie O'Connor (

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Amanda O'Regan Amanda O'Regan (born 1982 in Douglas) is a camogie player and secondary school teacher based in Kanturk, winner of All Ireland medals in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. She scored a crucial goal in the 2005 final when her speculative 45 found its ...

( UL &

), Sharon Daly ( UCD &

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)

2007

Mags Darcy ( UCD &

), Clodagh Flanagan ( UCD &

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), Jennifer Browne (

), Mairead Luttrell ( UCD &

Mary Leacy Mary Leacy (born March 2, 1986 in Oulart, County Wexford) is an Irish sportsperson. She won camogie All Star awards in 2004, 2007 and 2010. She plays camogie with her local club Oulart–The Ballagh and has been a member of the Wexford s ...

( UCD &

), Fionnuala Carr (

& Down),

Cathriona Foley Cathriona Foley (born 1986 in Cork) is a Lecturer in University College Cork and camogie player and winner of All Ireland medals in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. She won All Star awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Cathriona captained Cork to the All- ...

(

( UCD &

), Julianne Woodcock ( UCD &

), Claire McMahon ( NUIG & Clare), Brenda Hanney (

), Aine Lyng ( UL &

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Susie O'Carroll Susie O'Carroll is a camogie player. She has won an All Ireland Junior Camogie Championship with Kildare in 2013 as well as an All Ireland Junior A Camogie Title ( Nancy Murray Cup ) in 2010. She was also part of Kildare's victorious National L ...

( UCD &

Ursula Jacob Ursula Jacob is a camogie player, winner of Camogie All Stars Awards, All Star awards in Camogie All Stars Awards#2010, 2010, Camogie All Stars Awards#2011, 2011, Camogie All Stars Awards#2012, 2012 and Camogie All Stars Awards#2014, 2014. All-Ir ...

( WIT &

), Marie O'Connor (

)

2008

Rosanna Kenneally ( WIT & Wateford), Therese Shortt ( WIT &

( UCD &

), Michelle Casey (

& Liemrick), Sheila Sullivan ( UL &

), Fionnuala Carr (

& Down),

(

( UCD &

Ann Dalton Anne Dalton (born 22 May 1988) is a camogie player and student. She is an All-Ireland winning medalist 2016, winner of five camogie All Star awards in 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2017. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. Career ...

( UCD &

), Aine Lyng ( UL &

), Fiona Lafferty ( UL & Clare),

( WIT &

), Aoife McLoughney (

Una Leacy Una Leacy is a camogie player and winner of two All-Star awards. Leacy's first All-Star came in 2007, the year her two early goals helped Wexford win their first All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 32 years, and her second in 2011. She ...

(

) .

2009

Mags Darcy ( UCD &

Keeva Fennelly Keeva Fennelly (born 1987) is a camogie player and financial reporter. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. Career She won an All-Ireland Junior medal in 2002 and a National League medal in 2008. She was the 2009 Waterford IT Ash ...

( WIT &

), Mairéad Luttrell ( UCD &

Lorraine Ryan Lorraine Ryan is a camogie player, winner of an All Star award in 2011, a member of the Galway team which contested the 2010 and 2011 All Ireland finals and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. She is a teacher at Coláist ...

( NUIG &

( UCD &

), Kelly-Anne Cottrell ( WIT &

), Stacey Redmond ( WIT &

( UCD &

( WIT &

Collette Dormer Collette Dormer is a camogie player and student, who played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. Career An Ashbourne All Star in 2009 and 2010, two years in which she helped Waterford IT to glory, she has also won a Division 1 Colleges le ...

( WIT &

), Aoife McLoughney (

( UCD &

( WIT &

Michelle Quilty Michelle Quilty is a camogie player. She played in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final and was a member of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2011#Team of the championship, Team of the Championship for 2011. With a to ...

( WIT &

)

2010

Eleanor Mallon (

& Antrim), Mairéad Luttrell ( UCD &

), Sabrina Larkin ( UL &

), Gráinne Stapleton ( UCD &

( WIT &

), Fionnuala Carr (

& Down),

Jill Horan Jill Horan is an Irish camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 communities. A variant of the game of ...

(

Katrina Parrock Katrina Parrock (born 2 September 1990) is an Irish camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and an All Star award winner in 2010, 2011 and 2012. She was an All Star nominee in 2006, 2007 and 20 ...

( WIT &

), Alison Maguire ( UCD &

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), Gráinne Kenneally (

), Áine Lyng ( UL &

Patricia Jackman Patricia Jackman is a camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 communities. A variant of the game of ...

( WIT &

), Fiona Lafferty ( UL & Clare),

( WIT &

), Deirdre Twomey ( NUIG &

)

2011

Susan Earner (

)

( WIT &

Leann Fennelly Leann Fennelly (born 1990) is a camogie player and a student, who played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. Background Leann's father, Liam, gave distinguished service to Kilkenny in the forward line, whereas she has shown her mettle in t ...

( UCD &

), Julie Brien (

)

( WIT &

Michaela Morkan Michaela Morkan is a camogie player and student. She won a Camogie All Stars award in 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more th ...

( NUIG &

( WIT &

)

( WIT &

), Chloe Morey ( NUIG & Clare) Michaela Convery (

& Antrim), Katie Power ( WIT &

), Lisa Bolger ( UL &

)

Katriona Mackey Katrina Mackey (born 1992 in Cork) is a camogie player and scientist. winner of All Ireland Camogie medals in 2009, 2014, 2015 2017 and 2018 All Stars award winner in 2012, 2014, 2016 2017and 2018 She is twin sister of Pamela, who is also ...

(

Denise Gaule Denise Gaule (born 1991) is a camogie player and student. The winner of the Young Player of the Year award of 2009, she played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. She came to public attention during the 2009 All-Ireland semi-final against Ga ...

( WIT &

)2011 All-Star teams on CCAO.ie
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2012

Emma Staunton ( UCD &

), Ruth Jones ( WIT &

), Sarah Anne Fitzgerald ( WIT &

), Shonagh Curran ( UL &

( WIT &

), Susan Vaughan ( UL &

), Niamh O'Dea ( UL &

), Lisa Bolger ( UL &

), Maria Walsh ( UL &

), Joanne Casey (

) Sara Louise Carr (

& Down),

( WIT &

Marie Dargan Marie Dargan is a camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 communities. A variant of the game of hurl ...

( WIT &

), Katie Power ( WIT &

( WIT &

),2012 All-Star teams on CCAO.ie
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2020

Edel McNamara ( WIT & Clare), Róisín Phelan (

), Aisling Brennan ( WIT &

), Ciara Doyle ( WIT & Clare), Kerrie Finnegan (

), Karen Kennedy ( UL &

), Sibéal Harney (

), Mairéad Burke ( UL &

), Chloe Sigerson (

), Beth Carton ( UL &

), Orla Cronin (

), Laura Stack (

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), Chloe Foxe( UCD &

), Áine ní Chrothaigh ( Marino &

), Siobhán McGrath ( UL &

)

2021

Competitions not Played due to COVID19.

2022

Sarah Ahern (

), Ciara O'Shea ( DCU &

), Sorcha Ryan ( UCD &

), Sarah Delaney ( UCD &

), Jane Cass ( DCU &

), Niamh Deely ( DCU &

), Issy Davis ( UCD &

), Ciara O'Connor ( DCU &

), Jody Couch (

), Tiffanie Fitzgerald ( NUIG &

), Kate Kenny ( DCU &

), Steffi Fitzgerald ( DCU &

), Abby Flynn ( DCU &

), Emma Murphy (

), Megan Shields (

& Cavan)

Purcell All-Stars

Purcell All-Stars were first selected from the Purcell Cup participant teams in 2006, rewarding the best players in each position at the end of the tournament.

2010

Martina O'Brien ( IT Tralee); Karen Mullins ( DIT), Therese Lynn (

), Sarah Ryan ( DIT);

Rachel Ruddy Rachel Ruddy is a senior Dublin ladies' footballer. She was a member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2010, 2017 and 2019. In 2017 she received her second All Star award. Ruddy has also playe ...

(

Edwina Keane Edwina Keane (born 1990) is a camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 communities. A variant of the ga ...

( IT Tralee), Aileen O'Loughlin ( DIT);

Jane Dolan Jane Dolan is a camogie player, winner of Soaring Star Awards in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021. She also plays for DIT. Her injury time point secured the National League Division 3 title in 2011. With a total of 2-24 she was the ...

( DIT), Paula Kenny (

); Christine Kenny ( DCU), Keelin Bradley ( Queen's), Niamh Mulcahy (

); Shauna Jordan ( Queen's),

Colette McSorley Collette McSorley is a camogie player, national Young Player of the Year award winner in 2005, the first Armagh camogie player to win a major national award in the sport, and winner of a Soaring Star Award in 2011 and nominated for another in ...

( Queen's), Louise Walsh (

)

2011

Laura Quinn ( QUB & Derry); Gráinne Quinn ( DIT &

), Kate Lynch ( Mary I Limerick & Clare), Laura Twomey ( DCU &

); Mairead Short ( QUB & Armagh),

(

), Emma Brennan ( DCU &

);

( DIT & Meath), Keelan Bradley ( QUB & Derry); Cathy Bowes ( DIT &

( QUB & Armagh), Aoife Burke ( DIT &

); Sinead Cassidy ( QUB & Derry), Orlaith Murphy ( IT Tralee &

), Joeleen Hoary ( DIT &

);2011 All-Star teams on CCAO.ie
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2012

Gráinne Smyth ( DIT &

), Rebecca Cleere (

), Lisa Carey ( DCU &

), Danielle McCrystal ( QUB & Derry), Mairéad Power ( DCU &

), Emma Brennan ( DCU &

), Kristina Troy (

& Meath), Katie Campbell ( Mary I Limerick &

), Laura Twomey ( DCU &

), Orlaith Walsh ( St Pats, Drumcondra &

), Sinéad Cassidy ( QUB & Derry), Ciara Donnelly ( QUB & Armagh), Orla Durkan ( DCU &

Naomi Carroll Naomi Carroll (born 13 September 1992) is an Irish Olympian and Ireland women's field hockey international. In 2015–16 Carroll won a Women's Irish Hockey League title with Hermes. Carroll has also played both camogie and ladies' Gaelic foo ...

( Mary I Limerick & Clare), Denise Luby (

)

References

External links

History of the Ashbourne and Purcell Cups on camogie.ie

Official Camogie Website
* On The Ball Official Camogie Magazin

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issue 2
* College website
University College Dublin

* ttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2007/0219/1171575969487.html "2007: UCD land Ashbourne Cup for first time in 19 years," from the Irish Times
Ashbourne Cup semi-final 2008 from the Irish Times
{{Gaelic games at universities and third-level colleges Camogie cup competitions Gaelic games competitions at Irish universities 1915 establishments in Ireland