Deirdre Camogie GAC

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Deirdre Camogie Club Belfast

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Full name	Deirdre Camogie Club

Deirdre is Belfast camogie club that played in the first two finals of the All Ireland club championship although without success. It was founded in 1929 forming the Senior Camogie league in South Antrim with Ardoyne, Gaedhil Uladh McKelvey's, O'Connell's and St Mary's Training college. They won their first Antrim championships back to back in 1937 and 1938.^[1]

Notable players[]

Prominent players included Nancy Mulligan (later as Nancy Murray to become a President of the Camogie Association), Sue Ward, Kathleen Bryne and Maura McKenna, Eileen McGrogan, Breige Gilmore, Babs McHugh, Lil Lanigan, Christine Wheeler, Kathleen Mc Cartan, Dolores Crawford Elsie Doran all of whom played in the first All Ireland club final in 1964 against Celtic from Dublin. They won the Antrim Championship on ten occasions, in 1937, 1938 and 1940 and seven-in-a-row 1962-8.

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External links[]

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
• Wikipedia List of Camogie clubs

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