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The O'Duffy Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Dúbhthaigh) is the prize presented to the winners of the
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer m ...
. The cup is named after
Seán O'Duffy Seán O'Duffy (; 1886 – 20 October 1981) was an Irish sports administrator. For 40 years, he was heavily involved in the development of camogie in Ireland; coordinating it on a national level. O'Duffy's contributions to camogie have been widely ...
, a member and administrator of the
Kilmacud Crokes Kilmacud Crokes ( ir, Cill Mochuda Na Crócaigh) is a large Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Background Kilmacud GAA club was formed in 1959 following a historic public meeting in Saint ...
club in Dublin, who presented the trophy to the sport's governing body, the Camogie Association of Ireland (Irish :''Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael''), now the
Camogie Association The Camogie Association ( ga, An Cumann Camógaíochta, formerly ga, Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael) organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and around the world. The association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Associati ...
or an Cumann Camógaíochta in 1932. An updated cup, modelled on the
Ardagh Chalice The Ardagh Hoard, best known for the Ardagh Chalice, is a hoard of metalwork from the 8th and 9th centuries. Found in 1868 by two young local boys, Jim Quin and Paddy Flanagan, it is now on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. I ...
, was presented in September 2007, valued at €25,000 with Wexford captain
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 ...
the first player to lift it. Wexford were crowned champions for the first time since 1975.


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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Camogie cup competitions {{Camogie-competition-stub