National Camogie League
Current season or competition:
2024 National Camogie League
IrishSraith Náisiúnta Camógaíochta
Founded1976–1977; 47 years ago (1977)
RegionIreland (GAA)
TrophyAIB Cup
No. of teams36 (2023; includes several junior teams)
Title holdersGalway (7th title)
Most titlesCork (16 titles)
SponsorsVery Ireland
TV partner(s)TG4 and RTÉ Two
MottoStyle of Play
Official websitehttps://camogie.ie/fixtures-results/very-ireland-camogie-leagues/

The National Camogie League,[1] known for sponsorship reasons as the Very Camogie Leagues,[2] is a competition in the Irish team sport of camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in three divisions graded by ability. It was first played in 1976 for a trophy donated by Allied Irish Banks when Tipperary beat Wexford in a replayed final. Division Two (originally the National Junior League) was inaugurated in 1979 and won by Kildare.[3]

The first two National League competitions started in the autumn and finished in the spring of 1976–77 and 1977–78 respectively. Since then the competition has been completed within the calendar year. The 2001 final was not played until October because of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak earlier in the year. From 1980 to 2005 the National League was divided into two sections – Senior and Junior. Reserve teams from the leading counties were allowed enter the Junior League after 1982. The current structure with Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4 was introduced in 2006. A one-day blitz competition for fifth tier counties, Division 5, was organised in 2008 and 2009. The second division was known for a period as Division 1B and the third Division was Division 2, they have been reallocated for reasons of consistency in the records below.

The current holders are Galway who defeated Cork in the 2023 final.

Roll of honour

County Wins Years won Runners-up Years runners up
Cork 16 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 11 1977–78, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
Kilkenny 15 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 4 1991, 1997, 2010, 2019
Galway 7 1994, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023 7 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2021
Wexford 4 1977–78, 2009, 2010, 2011 8 1976–77, 1983, 1990,1992, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013
Dublin 3 1979, 1981, 1983 5 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Tipperary 2 1976–77, 2004 7 1980, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009
Limerick 0 3 1978, 1979, 2002
Armagh 0 1 1995
Clare 0 1 2014

National Camogie League Finals

Year Date Winner Score Runner-up Score Venue Captain
1976–77 Mar 3 Tipperary 2-01 Wexford 2-01 Rathnure Monica Butler
Replay Apr 10 Tipperary 4-02 Wexford 1-03 Thurles Monica Butler
1977–78 Mar 5 Wexford 6-04 Cork 1-02 Castleboro
1978 Nov 12 Kilkenny 2-04 Limerick 1-05 Adare Mary Fennelly
1979 Nov 18 Dublin 0-06 Limerick 0-00 Russell Park Anne O'Brien
1980 June 29 Kilkenny 3-08 Tipperary 1-03 Roscrea Bridie McGarry
1981 June 21 Dublin 1-07 Cork 1-04 Russell Park Síle Wallace
1982 May 24 Kilkenny 2-05 Cork 1-04 St Johns Park, Kilkenny Teresa O'Neill
1983 May 22 Dubin 4-08 Wexford 1-06 Russell Park Barbara Redmond
1984 June 17 Cork 1-08 Dublin 0-04 Ballinlough Sandie Fitzgibbon
1985 June 2 Kilkenny 4-07 Dublin 2-13 Parnell Park
Replay June 23 Kilkenny 4-07 Dublin 3-06 Nowlan Park Bridie McGarry
1986 May 18 Cork 3-08 Dublin 1-10 O'Toole Park Marion McCarthy
1987 June 7 Kilkenny 4-08 Dublin 1-06 Nowlan Park Bridie McGarry
1988 June 12 Kilkenny 3-10 Dublin 2-04 O'Toole Park Angela Downey
1989 June 18 Kilkenny 6-07 Cork 1-11 Nowlan Park Ann Downey
1990 June 10 Kilkenny 1-10 Wexford 2-04 Enniscorthy Breda Holmes
1991 June 30 Cork 2-13 Kilkenny 2-08 Ballinlough Therése O'Callaghan
1992 June 14 Cork 2-17 Wexford 0-11 Enniscorthy Sandie Fitzgibbon
1993 June 6 Kilkenny 4-07 Cork 1-13 Ballyragget Marina Downey
1994 June 12 Galway 1-13 Tipperary 1-08 Ballinasloe Deirdre Costello
1995 June 21 Cork 5-16 Armagh 3-04 St Finbarrs Denise Cronin
1996 June 2 Cork 3-16 Galway 1-07 Páirc Uí Rinn Therése O'Callaghan
1997 June 8 Cork 4-12 Kilkenny 0-09 Páirc Uí Rinn Linda Mellerick
1998 June 1 Cork 1-16 Galway 2-09 Ballinasloe Eithne Duggan
1999 May 22 Cork 9-19 Tipperary 2-04 Thurles Vivienne Harris
2000 May 20 Cork 3-07 Tipperary 1-10 Tullamore Vivienne Harris
2001 Oct 27 Cork 6-09 Galway 0-11 Nenagh Vivienne Harris
2002 May 24 Galway 4-09 Limerick 1-09 Tullamore Louise Curry
2003 May 11 Cork 3-10 Tipperary 1-12 Páirc Uí Rinn Stephanie Dunlea
2004 May 22 Tipperary 3-10 Wexford 2-09 Nowlan Park Joanne Ryan
2005[4] May 29 Galway 1-06 Cork 0-06 Thurles Therese Maher
2006 May 14 Cork 2-07 Tipperary 2-05 Thurles Joanne O'Callaghan
2007[5] May 6 Cork 3-08 Wexford 2-10 Nowlan Park Gemma O'Connor
2008 Apr 26 Kilkenny 3-11 Galway 0-17 Nowlan Park Marie O'Connor
2009 Apr 25 Wexford 2-12 Tipperary 0-11 Parnell Park Aoife O'Connor
2010 Apr 24 Wexford 1-07 Kilkenny 1-06 Thurles Una Leacy
2011[6] Apr 17 Wexford 3-10 Galway 0-10 Thurles[7] Ursula Jacob
2012[8] May 6 Cork 1-08 Wexford 0-09 Thurles Julia White
2013[9] May 5 Cork 0-12 Wexford 1-07 Nowlan Park Anna Geary
2014[10] May 4 Kilkenny 1-15 Clare 0-04 Thurles Leann Fennelly
2015[11] May 3 Galway 2-15 Cork 2-12 Thurles Niamh Kilkenny
2016[12] May 1 Kilkenny 2-07 Galway 0-07 Thurles Michelle Quilty
2017[13] April 23 Kilkenny 2-07 Cork 0-10 Limerick Meighan Farrell
2018[14] April 8 Kilkenny 0-15 Cork 1-11 Kilkenny Shelly Farrell
2019[15] March 31 Galway 0-16 Kilkenny 2-08 Croke Park Sarah Dervan
2020 Unfinished due to COVID-19
2021[16] June 20 Kilkenny 1-18 Galway 1-15 Croke Park Meighan Farrell
2022[17] April 9 Galway 2-14 Cork 1-13 Croke Park Sarah Dervan
2023[18] April 16 Galway 2-13 Cork 1-12 Croke Park Shauna Healy
2024 April 14 Croke Park

Lower division finals

Junior National League / Division 2

Dublin All-Ireland medal-holder, Eileen Bourke presented Corn de Búrca for the Junior National League in memory of her sister, Joan who served as secretary of Leinster Colleges Council.[19]

Division 3

Division 4

Division 5

Division 5 was run as a one-day blitz competition. It was discontinued in 2010 with the introduction of a championship structure for the All Ireland Junior B grade (Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup).

References

  1. ^ Pádraig Puirséil: Scéal na Camógaíochta (1984)
  2. ^ https://camogie.ie/fixtures-results/littlewoods-ireland-camogie-leagues/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
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  5. ^ 2007 final Cork 3-8 Wexford 2-10 report in 2007 Irish Independent
  6. ^ 2011 final Wexford 3-10 Galway 0-10 report on RTE Online
  7. ^ Attendance at the 2011 final was 4,180
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  20. ^ 2002 Div 2 Offaly 3-18 Laois 2-6 report in Irish Independent
  21. ^ 2004 Div 2 Kildare 2-11 Laois 2-6 report in Irish Independent
  22. ^ 2008 Div 2 Clare 4-8 Derry 3-9 in Blanchardstown report on camogie.ie
  23. ^ 2009 Div 2 Wexford 2-9 Antrim 0-11 report in Irish Independent
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  33. ^ 2008 Div 3 replay Antrim 6-11 Offaly 3-10 in Cooley report on camogie.ie
  34. ^ 2010 Div 3 Laois 2-10 Meath 2-5 Division 3 final report on Hogan Stand, Laois Nationalist Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine and Camogie.ie
  35. ^ 2011 Div 3 Final Meath 3-9 Kildare 2-11 Hogan Stand and Breakingnews.ie
  36. ^ 2012 Div 3 Final Kildare 1-8 Armagh 0-10 Camogie.ie
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  40. ^ "Dublin get over the line at last in Camogie League Division 3 final". Irish Examiner. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  41. ^ "Camogie: Kingdom revolution continues at expense of Roscommon". Hogan Stand. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  42. ^ "Johnson's penalty stop gives Kildare edge final". Irish Independent. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  43. ^ 2008 Div 4 Meath 5-7 Roscommon 1-5 report on camogie.ie
  44. ^ 2010 Div 4 Tyrone 3-12 Westmeath 1-9 report in Westmeath Examiner Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  45. ^ 2011 Div 4 Final Westmeath 4-6 Cavan 2-7 report on Breakingnews.ie
  46. ^ 2012 Div 4 Final Dublin 1-6 Carlow 0-5 Camogie.ie
  47. ^ "Doyle goal seals league for Carlow". The Nationalist. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  48. ^ 2008 Div 5 Tyrone 2-4 Cavan 1-3 report on RTE online
  49. ^ 2009 Div 5 Wicklow 2-7 Monaghan 1-1 report on Camogie.ie
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