Camogie

Camogie (in Irish, Camógaíocht) is a Celtic team sport; the female variant of hurling. The game is very similar to that sport, but is played with 12 instead of 15 players, and the goal has two crossbars limiting the goal area. Unlike the often violent hurling, unnecessary physical contact is forbidden in camogie. In addition, the referee is not responsible for timekeeping; there is an independent timekeeper.

The All-Ireland Final is held every year in Croke Park during September, usually the week between the hurling final and Gaelic football final. The National League is staged during the winter-spring months and is used as a warm-up to the All-Ireland Championships during the summer.

Camogie is played mainly in Ireland, the most successful counties being Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny and in more recent times, Tipperary.

Dublin have won the most Camogie All-Ireland titles with 26; the last being in 1986. Kilkenny hold the record for the most sucessive Camogie titles with 7 victories between 1985 and 1991, their last title to date was won in 1994.