University of Galway Camogie Club fielded three teams in 2024/25 for the first time in our history. Our first team competes in the Ashbourne Cup, off the back of Purcell Cup victory in 2024. Our second team will compete in the Fr Meaghair Cup in 2025/26, having won the Uí Mhaolagáin Cup in 2025 for the first time. Our third team competes in the Ashling Murphy Cup. We are also proud to welcome Aerogen on board as our official sponsor for a third season in 2025/26. 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. We have appeared in the Purcell Cup final 5 times in the past 6 years, winning it twice. 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.
The 2024/25 season was our first season fielding three teams. Our first team reached the semi-finals of the Division One League and the Ashbourne Cup. They were defeated by eventual champions University of Limerick in the latter, in what was their first year back in the Ashbourne after winning the Division 2 League and the Purcell Cup in 2024. Our second team reached the Uí Mhaolagáin Cup Final for the second year in a row and defeated Ulster University Magee in a thrilling encounter to be crowned champions for 2025. This victory was especially sweet as the team were beaten by a single point in the 2024 final. We also fielded our first ever third team, who competed in the Ashling Murphy Cup and will do again in 2025/26. Furthermore, we once again hosted the CCAO Third Level Camogie Finals Weekend at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence in Co. Mayo for a second year running in 2025, such was the success of the weekend in 2024.
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
Named Most Improved Club in the University for 2022-2023 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.
