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. We have appeared in the Purcell Cup final 4 times in the past 5 years - in 2018, we won the Purcell Cup, while we were runners-up in 2019, 2022 and 2023. We also won the Purcell Shield in 2020. The 2022/23 season was the first in some time that we fielded two teams. Our first team reached the final of the Purcell Cup, while our second team won the Division 4 League Title and narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Uí Mhaolagáin Cup semi-finals.
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, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
Purcell Cup Winners: 2018
Purcell Cup Runners-Up: 2019, 2022, 2023
Purcell Shield Winners: 2020
Named Most Improved Club in the University for 2022-2023
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 signing up. 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 GAA Officer in the college is Michael O'Connor (call 087 984 0184), who can put you in contact with our committee.
