University of Galway Camogie Club has fielded three teams since the 2024/25 season. Our first team competes in the Ashbourne Cup, off the back of Purcell Cup victory in 2024. Our second team will compete in the Purcell Cup in 2026/27, having won the Uí Mhaolagáin Cup in 2025, followed by the Fr Meaghair Cup in 2026. Our third team competes in the Ashling Murphy Cup. We are also proud to welcome Aerogen on board as our official sponsor for a fourth season in 2026/27. We have a level for everyone in our club and want to continue to bring camogie from strength-to-strength in the University and give it the platform it deserves. We are always looking for new members and people who want to help out, both on and off the pitch!
University of Galway Camogie Club is one of the oldest clubs on campus. We are fourteen-time winners of the famed Ashbourne Cup, with our last success coming in 1994. In recent years, camogie has seen a revival in the University and has enjoyed considerable success. In 2018 and 2024, we won the Purcell Cup, while we were runners-up in 2019, 2022 and 2023. We won the Purcell Shield in 2020. We have also appeared in the Uí Mhaolagáin Cup Final twice, in 2024 and 2025, bringing the cup home in 2025. We won the Fr Meaghair Cup for the first time in 2026, in our first year in that competition.
In the 2025/26 season, our club enjoyed continued success. Our senior team reached the semi-finals of the Division 1 League and quarter-finals of the Ashbourne Cup. They were defeated by eventual Ashbourne champions University College Cork in the latter, in a closely contested match. Off the back of Uí Mhaolagáin Cup success in 2025, our second team reached the Fr Meaghair Cup Final in their first year in the competition. They defeated Trinity College Dublin in the final to be crowned champions for 2026. This victory ensures the team promotion to the Purcell Cup for 2026/27. The intermediate team also captured the Division 3 League title in November 2025. Our junior team continued to go from strength to strength. They reached the semi-finals of both the Division 5 League and the Ashling Murphy Cup and were unfortunate to lose on both occasions.
Ashbourne Cup Winners: 1917, 1920, 1928, 1930, 1948, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1968, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1994
Ashbourne Cup Runners-Up (since 1960): 1960, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
Purcell Cup Winners: 2018, 2024
Purcell Cup Runners-Up: 2019, 2022, 2023
Purcell Shield Winners: 2020
Uí Mhaolagáin Cup Winners: 2025
Uí Mhaolagáin Cup Runners-Up: 2024
Fr Meaghair Cup Winners: 2026
Division 2 League Winners: 2023
Division 3 League Winners: 2025
Division 4 League Winners: 2022
Most Improved Club in University of Galway 2022/23 and 2024/25
Training times vary, but generally training is held on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Dangan. Communication is generally done via the club WhatsApp group - you will be added to this group upon registering. Training and match times are also regularly posted on the YourSpace dashboard - please ensure you have joined the Camogie Club on YourSpace to keep up to date and join our mailing list for training and events!
Please reach out us on our email camogie@clubs.universityofgalway.ie or on any of our social media channels - see links.
The interim GAA Officer in the college is Adrian Varley, contact email is gaelicgames@clubs.universityofgalway.ie.
