Ashbourne Cup Explained

Ashbourne Cup
Currentlyrunning:	2022 Ashbourne Cup
Caption:	Ashbourne Cup displayed in the GAA Museum
Irish:	Corn Ashbourne^[1]
Trophy:	Ashbourne Cup see 2nd Baron Ashbourne
First:	1915
Current:	Dublin City University
Currentordinal:	1
Super:	th
Most:	University College Dublin
Mostordinal:	35

The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college.^[2] ^[3] The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie.^[4] The competition features many of the current stars of the game and is sometimes known as the 'Olympics of Camogie' because of the disproportionate number of All Star and All-Ireland elite level players who participate each year^[5] Since 1972 it has been administered by the Higher Education committee of the Camogie Association. TU Dublin are the current champions, having won the Ashbourne cup in 2023.^[6]

Format

Each of the 4 @3rdLevelCamogie competitions follow a group stage and knockout format. Teams are generally divided into 2 groups with the top 2 in each group advancing to the semi-finals and 3rd place in both groups contesting the shield final. Each competition operates on a promotion and relegation basis.

History

The competition is the brainchild of Agnes O'Farrelly (1874–1951), founder member (1914) and president (1914–51) of the UCD camogie club who later served as president of the Camogie Association of Ireland in 1941–2. In 1915 she persuaded her friend, Irish language activist William Gibson, aka Liam Mac Giolla Bhríde (1868–1942), second Lord Ashbourne, to donate a trophy for the camogie intervarsity competition. The first game of intercollegiate camogie took place between University College Dublin and University College Cork on 18 April 1915. NUI Galway (then University College, Galway) joined the competition in 1916, Queen's University Belfast in 1934, and NUI Maynooth (then St Patrick's College), New University of Ulster, Coleraine, and Trinity College, Dublin in 1972. Apart from 1934 to 1937, until 1960 the competition was played on a league basis, and since then the concluding stages have been played together on a single weekend in mid-February. There was no competition in 1943, due to war-time restrictions, and the competition remained unfinished in 1963, when University College Dublin fielded an ineligible player for the final, which was drawn and never replayed. University College Cork claimed the title. The Ashbourne Cup semi finals and finals are now played alongside the Purcell (2nd Division), Fr. Meachair (3rd Division) and Uí Mhaolagáin Cups (4th Division) on the second weekend of February.

Purcell Cup

The CCAO also oversees the Purcell Cup (Division 2), which has been contested since 1977. The Purcell Cup, was donated by Úna Uí Phuirséil, President of the Camogie Association 1976–78, and her husband Pádraig Puirséil, Gaelic games correspondent for the Irish Press 1954–78. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick defeated Ulster Polytechnic by 3–0 to 0–1 in the first final in St Patrick's. Drumcondra on 6 March 1977.

Fr Meachair Cup

Colleges who do not compete in the Ashbourne and Purcell Cups play for a cup named after Fr Gearóid Ó Meachair (Gerry Meagher, d1982), from Cappawhite, Co Tipperary, founder and popular trainer of the NUI Maynooth camogie team. Inaugurated in 1986, the Fr. Meachair Cup is now competed by both college senior and intermediate teams.

O'Mhaolagáin Cup

The remaining teams not in the first three championships participate in the 4th division or Uí Mhaolagáin cup, with the format following the group and knockout stages implemented in the other competitions. The trophy is named for Camogie Association President of 1991–4, Brídín Uí Mhaolagáin.^[7]

Ashbourne Cup Winners

Team	County	Wins	Last win
University College Dublin (UCD)	Dublin	35	2008
University College Cork (UCC)	Cork	32	2003
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG, formerly UCG)	Galway	15	1994
University of Limerick (UL)	Limerick	11	2024
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)	Waterford	8	2016
University of Ulster, Jordanstown (UUJ)	Antrim	3	1997
TU Dublin (TUD GAA)	Dublin	1	2023
Queen's University Belfast (QUB GAA)	Antrim	1	1991
Dublin City University (DCU DÉ)	Dublin	1	2022

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Highlights & Incidents

Highlights and incidents of the championship history include:

The 1918 competition played before record crowds of up to 4,000 for each of three matches in Terenure over the weekend of Feb 16–18, Dublin beating Cork on Friday, Galway and Cork drawing one goal each on Saturday and Dublin beating Galway 2–0 to 1–1 on Sunday to secure the trophy when Nora Cleary's goal from a 60-yard shot proving the highlight of the weekend, Margaret McGrane scoring Dublin's second goal
Harry Diamond, member of Northern Ireland Parliament, refereed the 1935 final, the first to be hosted by Queen's University
Some members of the UCG winning 1917 team refused to have their names engraved on the cup in the Irish language, something that brought their future selection into doubt.
The Galway, Antrim and Dublin county boards suspended UCG, Queen's and UCD for six months for taking part in the 1949 Ashbourne Cup as they had refused instructions not to play against UCC, affiliated to the Cork board which was disaffiliated from camogie's central body for the term of a complex eight-year split in the Association.
The inconclusive 1961 final when the Ashbourne Cup committee decided one of the UCD players was ineligible. The match was drawn 2-1 each and never replayed, with UCC claiming victory.
The 1962 competition when snow was cleared from the field, the semi-finals played on the following day and the final completed a fortnight later when Anne Duane's late goal gave Dublin a late victory in one of the best Ashbourne cup ties of the 12-a-side era.
Galway's breakthrough in 1965 powered by goalkeeper Eileen Naughton who held Queen's scoreless in the semi-final and Dublin could manage just one point in the final,
The 1966 semi-final in which Dublin beat Queen's by an astonishing 17–6 to nil, as Ann Carroll inspired Dublin to victory in her first appearance in a competition where she was to become the outstanding personality over a five-year period.
The 1969 semi-finals played in four inches of snow on the Malone Road sports fields in Belfast. The final was eventually played in Athlone when Dublin won with the help of three goals from Joan Traynor.
In 1972 Trinity College, NUI Maynooth and the University of Ulster, Coleraine brought the number of teams competing in the Ashbourne Cup to seven
Margery Doohan's performance in the 1970 final, her five goals won her Irish Press sports personality of the week in a year when UCD won without their injured captain Ann Carroll
Cork's six in a row 1972–77 with players like Val O'Dwyer and Aideen McCarthy and three goal hero of 1977 Noreen McCarthy, their toughest contest in the period may have been the 1976 quarter-final 2–6 to 3–2 victory over Maynooth, one of the best matches in the 12-a-side era of Ashbourne history, in which Angela Downey scored 2-2. Maynooth came closest to winning the Fitzgibbon when it could draw on the services of the iconic Angela Downey between 1975 and 1979, appearing in two finals.
The 1974 first round match between UCG and Queen's played in perhaps the worst conditions ever for a camogie match - the ball became lodged in a mud pool for a considerable period
Dublin's nine victories in eleven years in the 1980s, launched by Edel Murphy's scores in a closely fought final against UCC in 1980 and spearheaded by players such as Germaine Noonan, Marie Connell and Breda Kenny in subsequent years.
Cork's eight goals in arctic conditions at Santry in 1985, decisively defeating UCD with great displays by Claire Cronin, Patsy Kenelry and three goal hero Norma Delaney.
The emergence of Queen's in 1991 led by Deirdre O'Doherty, Joan Tobin and Mary Black followed closely by Jordanstown in 1992 marking the high point of Colleges camogie in Ulster, followed by Limerick's victory over Waterford in an all-newcomers final in 1995 when Sinead Millea's prolific scoring gave Limerick victory.
Limerick's breakthrough in 1995 which led to six titles in 11 years including a treble in 2004-6
The first 15-a-side final of a major camogie competition in 1999 when Waterford celebrated their first success and the first non-University success thanks to Mary Walshe's 39th minute winning goal.
Waterford's 2009-13 five in a row, powered by All Ireland stars from Cork and Wexford and Kilkenny, who supplied five of their forwards on the 2012 team

Ashbourne Cup Champion Colleges

1915 UCD
1916 UCD
1917 NUIG
1918 UCD
1919 UCC
1920 NUIG
1921 UCD
1922 UCC
1923 UCC
1924 UCC
1925 UCC
1926 UCC
1927 UCC
1928 NUIG
1929 UCC
1930 NUIG
1931 UCC
1932 UCC
1933 UCD
1934 UCC
1935 UCD
1936 UCC
1937 UCC
1938 UCD
1939 UCD
1940 UCD
1941 UCD
1942 UCD
1943 Not Played
1944 UCC
1945 UCC
1946 UCD
1947 UCC
1948 NUIG
1949 NUIG
1950 UCD
1951 UCC
1952 UCD
1953 UCD
1954 UCD
1955 UCD
1956 NUIG
1957 NUIG
1958 UCD
1959 UCD
1960 UCD
1961 UCD
1962 UCD
1963 UCC
1964 NUIG
1965 UCC
1966 UCD
1967 UCC
1968 NUIG
1969 UCD
1970 UCD
1971 UCD
1972 UCC
1973 UCC
1974 UCC
1975 UCC
1976 UCC
1977 UCC
1978 NUIG
1979 NUIG
1980 UCD
1981 UCD
1982 UCD
1983 UCD
1984 UCD
1985 UCC
1986 UCD
1987 UCD
1988 UCD
1989 NUIG
1990 NUIG
1991 QUB
1992 UUJ
1993 UUJ
1994 NUIG
1995 UL
1996 UCC
1997 UUJ
1998 UCC^[9]
1999 WIT^[10]
2000 UCC^[11]
2001 WIT^[12]
2002 UCC^[13]
2003 UCC^[14]
2004 UL^[15]
2005 UL^[16]
2006 UL^[17]
2007 UCD^[18]
2008 UCD^[19]
2009 WIT^[20]
2010 WIT^[21]
2011 WIT.^[22]
2012 WIT^[23]
2013 WIT
2014 UL
2015 WIT
2016 UL
2017 UL
2018 UL
2019 UL
2020 UL
2021 Not Played
2022 DCU
2023 TUD
2024 UL

Purcell Cup Champion Colleges

1977 Mary I
1978 Mary I
1979 Ulster Poly
1980 Thomond
1981 Thomond
1982 St Mary's, Belfast
1983 Mary I
1984 Ulster Poly
1986 Thomond
1987 Thomond
1988 Thomond
1989 Mary I
1990 Waterford RTC
1991 Thomond
1992 Waterford RTC
1993 Athlone RTC
1994 UCC
1995 Athlone RTC
1996 Maynooth
1997 Queen's Belfast
1998 Mary I
1999 Limerick IT
2000 UUJ
2001 Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)
2002 Carlow
2003 UUJ
2004 Athlone IT
2005 Garda College
2006 UUJ
2007 Athlone IT
2008 Queen's Belfast
2009 Athlone IT
2010 DIT
2011 Queen's Belfast^[24]
2012 DCU^[25]
2013 DCU
- 2014 UCC 2015 Mary I
2016 Cork IT
2017 DIT
2018 NUIG
- 2019 Maynooth University 2020 UCD
2021 Not Played
2022 TU Dublin (formerly DIT)
2023 MTU Cork
2024 University of Galway

Fr Meachair Cup Champion Colleges

2012 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
2013 St Patrick's College Drumcondra
2014 IT Carlow
2015 IT Carlow
2016 Trinity College Dublin
2017 St Patrick's College Drumcondra
2018
2019 Athlone IT
2020 Trinity College Dublin
2021 Not Played
2022 UCC

Ashbourne Cup Finals

Until 1960 the series was played as a round robin over different weekends in the winter. The first figure in this table is the number of goals scored (equal to 3 points each) and the second total is the number of points scored, the figures are combined to determine the winner of a match in Gaelic Games. The results, dates and venues of finals since 1960 have been:

1960 Feb 28 UC Dublin 4-03 UC Galway 1-01 Galway
1961 Feb 11 UC Dublin 5-00 Queen's Belfast 0-00 Cherryvale
1962 Mar 4 UC Dublin 6-01 UC Cork 5-01 Belfield
1963 Feb 24 UC Cork 2-01 UC Dublin 2-01 Mardyke
1964 Feb 9 UC Galway 4-02 UC Cork 0-01 Pearse Stadium
1965 Feb 27 UC Cork 3-02 UC Dublin 0-02 Cherryvale
1966 Feb 20 UC Dublin 3-05 UC Cork 2-04 Belfield
1967 Feb 7 UC Cork 8-02 UC Dublin 4-02 Mardyke
1968 Feb 24 UC Galway 1-02 UC Dublin 0-02 Pearse Stadium
1969 Mar 9 UC Dublin 6-02 UC Galway 0-01 Athlone
1970 Feb 8 UC Dublin 6-02 UC Galway 1-00 Croke Park
1971 Feb 14 UC Dublin 4-02 UC Cork 3-03 Mardyke
1972 Feb 20 UC Cork 1-09 UC Dublin 2-01 Pearse Stadium
1973 Feb 25 UC Cork 3-06 UC Dublin 3-01 Belfield
1974 Feb 17 UC Cork 5-06 UC Galway 1-08 Mardyke
1975 Feb 16 UC Cork 2-03 UC Dublin 1-02 Maynooth
1976 Feb 15 UC Cork 5-02 UC Galway 1-02 Pearse Stadium
1977 Feb 13 UC Cork 6-02 UC Dublin 3-05 Santry
1978 Feb 12 UC Galway 3-02 Maynooth 2-00 Corrigan Park
1979 Feb 12 UC Galway 4-02 Maynooth 0-04 Coleraine
1980 Feb 10 UC Dublin 3-04 UC Cork 3-01 Belfield
1981 Feb 15 UC Dublin 1-04 UC Cork 0-05 Mardyke
1982 Feb 14 UC Dublin 3-01 UC Cork 0-03 Belfield^[26]
1983 Feb 13 UC Dublin 2-05 UC Cork 1-07 Pearse Stadium
1984 Feb 12 UC Dublin 4-06 Queen's Belfast 2-01 Casement Park
1985 Feb 10 UC Cork 8-00 UC Galway 0-06 Santry
1986 Feb 9 UC Dublin 5-08 Queen's Belfast 0-02 Coleraine
1987 Feb 15 UC Dublin 5-05 UC Galway 0-03 Belfield
1988 Feb 14 UC Dublin 2-03 UC Galway 2-01 Mardyke
1989 Feb 12 UC Galway 1-02 UC Dublin 0-02 Jordanstown
1990 Feb 11 UC Dublin 3-01 UC Galway 0-06 Maynooth
1991 Feb 10 Queen's Belfast 3-06 UC Galway 1-3 Turloughmore
1992 Feb 9 UU Jordanstown 6-03 Queen's Belfast 3-04 Casement Park
1993 Feb 21 UU Jordanstown 3-02 Queen's Belfast 2-03 Belfield
1994 Feb 13 UC Galway 3-05 UU Jordanstown 1-09 Coleraine
1984 Feb 12 UC Dublin 4-06 Queen's Belfast 2-01 Casement Park
1995 Feb 12 U Limerick 0-13 Waterford RTC 1-05 Mardyke
1996 Feb 11 UC Cork 3-03 UU Jordanstown 1-05 Belfield
1997 Feb 22 UUJ 1-10 UC Dublin 2-05 Casement Park
1998 Feb 22 UC Cork 1-07 Waterford IT 1-06 Walsh Park^[9]
1999 Feb 14 Waterford IT 1-06 UC Cork 0-04 Limerick^[10]
2000 Feb 20 UC Cork 2-03 UC Dublin 1-05 Dangan, Galway^[11]
2001 Feb 17 U Limerick 2-06 Waterford IT 1-08 Athlone^[12]
2002 Feb 17 UC Cork 1-11 Waterford IT 1-04 Ballinlough, Cork^[13]
2003 Feb 16 UC Cork 1-10 UC Dublin 0-06 Mardyke^[14]
2004 Feb 15 U Limerick 6-5 UC Dublin 1-08 O'Toole Park Crumlin^[15]
2005 Feb 27 U Limerick 0-12 UC Dublin 1-04 Ballygunner^[16]
2006 Feb 26 U Limerick 0-13 UC Dublin 1-09 Limerick^[17]
2007 Feb 23 UC Dublin 2-10 UC Cork 1-04 Ballinderreen^[18]
2008 Feb 24 UC Dublin 5-09 Waterford IT 0-09 Casement Park^[19]
2009 Feb 22 Waterford IT 1-09 UC Dublin 1-06 Páirc Uí Rinn^[20]
2010 Feb 21 Waterford IT 0-11 UC Cork 1-06 Cork IT^[21]
2011 Feb 20 Waterford IT 2-10 UC Cork 2-02 Pearse Stadium^[22]
2012 Feb 19 Waterford IT 2-08 U Limerick 0-04 Carraiganore^[23]
2013 Feb 17 Waterford IT 3-13 U Limerick 2-15 North Campus, UL^[27]
2014 Feb 16 U Limerick 0-12 Waterford IT 1-08 QUB Grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast^[28]
2015 Feb 15 Waterford IT 2-12 U Limerick 0-12 DCU Sports Campus^[29]
2016 Feb 14 U Limerick 3-12 UC Cork 4-07 Gort^[30]
2017 Feb 12 U Limerick 2-08 UC Cork 1-07 Abbotstown ^[31]
2018 U Limerick 0-15 UCC 1-09 Mallow complex
2019 February 10 U Limerick 3-08 UC Cork 0-08 Mallow complex^[32]
2020 U Limerick 3-12 UCC 0-10 - WIT Arena
2022 DCU DÉ 1-14 UCD 0-05 - WIT Arena
2023 TU Dublin 1-11 UCC 0-13 - UCD Sport
2024 U Limerick 6-11 TU Dublin 1-12 - University of Galway Connacht GAA Air Dome

Purcell Cup Finals

2004 Athlone IT
2005 Garda College, Templemore
2006 University of Ulster, Jordanstown
2007 Athlone IT
2008 Queen's University
2009 Athlone IT
2010 DIT
2011 Queen's University 2-10 DCU 0-07 NUIG^[33]
2012 DCU 4-07 Queen's University 0-04 Waterford IT Sports Campus
2013 DCU 2-11 Mary I Limerick 1-09 North Campus, UL
2014 UCC 1-11 DIT 0-07 QUB Grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast
2015 Mary I 1-12 DIT 0-08 (Replay) Ballykelly^[34]
2016 Cork IT 1-12 Maynooth University 0-04 Gort^[35]
2017 DIT 1-08 Maynooth University 1-06 Abbotstown ^[36]
2018 NUIG
2019 Maynooth University 1-11 NUIG 1-10 Mallow complex
2020 UCD 1-06 TU Dublin 0-05 - WIT Arena
2021 Not Played
2022 TU Dublin 0-12 NUIG 0-08 WIT Arena
2023 MTU Cork 2-10 University of Galway 0-12 Abbotstown
2024 University of Galway 5-27 SETU Carlow 1-09 University of Galway Connacht GAA Air Dome

Fr Meachair Cup Finals

2012 Mary I Limerick 0-15 St Pats Drumcondra 0-03 Waterford IT Sports Campus
2013 St Pats Drumcondra 2-05 Carlow IT 1-03 North Campus, UL
2014 Carlow IT 1-09 St Pats Drumcondra 1-05 QUB Grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast
2015 Carlow IT 2-10 St. Mary's 1-10 DCU Sports Campus
2016 Trinity College Dublin 1-10 Athlone IT 0-08 Gort^[35]
2017 St Patrick's College Drumcondra 3-08 Athlone IT 1-03 Abbotstown
2018
2019 Athlone IT 1-11 Trinity College Dublin 1-04
2020 Trinity College Dublin 0-13 UCD 0-08 - WIT Arena
2021 Not Played
2022 UCC 1-09 UCD 0-08 - WIT Arena

Ashbourne All-Stars

For many years a Combined Universities team was selected after the Ashbourne Cup event to play Cork county team for the Cronin Cup. Later the Combined Universities played the Combined Colleges.^[37] In 2004 the http://www.ccao.ie . Higher Education] committee of Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael instituted Ashbourne All-Stars for the best players in each position at the end of the tournament.

2006

Rosanna Kenneally (WIT & Tipperary), Catherine O'Loughlin (UCD & Wexford), Angela Walsh (UL & Cork), Rena Buckley (UCD & Cork), Jenny Duffy (Cork IT & Cork), Anna Geary (UL & Cork), Michelle Shortt (Garda College & Tipperary), Louise Mahony (UCD & Laois), Colette Desmond (UCC & Cork), Laura Linnane (NUIG & Galway), Rachel Moloney (UCC & Cork), Cora Hennessy (Cork IT & Tipperary), Marie O'Connor (Garda College & Kilkenny), Amanda O'Regan (UL & Cork), Sharon Daly (UCD & Offaly)

2007

Mags Darcy (UCD & Wexford), Clodagh Flanagan (UCD & Kildare), Jennifer Browne (UCC & Cork), Mairead Luttrell (UCD & Tipperary), Mary Leacy (UCD & Wexford), Fionnuala Carr (Jordanstown & Down), Cathriona Foley (UCC & Cork), Rena Buckley (UCD & Cork), Julianne Woodcock (UCD & Kilkenny), Claire McMahon (NUIG & Clare), Brenda Hanney (Cork IT & Galway), Aine Lyng (UL & Waterford), Susie O'Carroll (UCD & Kildare), Ursula Jacob (WIT & Wexford), Marie O'Connor (Garda College & Kilkenny)

2008

Rosanna Kenneally (WIT & Wateford), Therese Shortt (WIT & Tipperary), Mary Leacy (UCD & Wexford), Michelle Casey (Garda College & Liemrick), Sheila Sullivan (UL & Offaly), Fionnuala Carr (Jordanstown & Down), Cathriona Foley (UCC & Cork), Rena Buckley (UCD & Cork), Ann Dalton (UCD & Kilkenny), Susie O'Carroll (UCD & Kildare), Aine Lyng (UL & Waterford), Fiona Lafferty (UL & Clare), Ursula Jacob (WIT & Wexford), Aoife McLoughney (UCC & Tipperary), Una Leacy (UCC & Wexford) .

2009

Mags Darcy (UCD & Wexford), Keeva Fennelly (WIT & Kilkenny), Mairéad Luttrell (UCD & Tipperary), Lorraine Ryan (NUIG & Galway), Mary Leacy (UCD & Wexford), Kelly-Anne Cottrell (WIT & Kilkenny), Stacey Redmond (WIT & Wexford), Rena Buckley (UCD & Cork), Ann Dalton (WIT & Kilkenny), Collette Dormer (WIT & Kilkenny), Aoife McLoughney (UCC & Tipperary), Susie O'Carroll (UCD & Kildare), Ursula Jacob (WIT & Wexford), Michelle Quilty (WIT & Kilkenny)

2010

Eleanor Mallon (Jordanstown & Antrim), Mairéad Luttrell (UCD & Tipperary), Sabrina Larkin (UL & Tipperary), Gráinne Stapleton (UCD & Kilkenny), Collette Dormer (WIT & Kilkenny), Fionnuala Carr (UCC & Down), Jill Horan (UCC & Cork), Katrina Parrock (WIT & Wexford), Alison Maguire (UCD & Dublin), Gráinne Kenneally (UCC & Waterford), Áine Lyng (UL & Kilkenny), Patricia Jackman (WIT & Waterford), Fiona Lafferty (UL & Clare), Ursula Jacob (WIT & Wexford), Deirdre Twomey (NUIG & Cork)

2011

Susan Earner (UCC & Galway) Collette Dormer (WIT & Kilkenny), Leann Fennelly (UCD & Kilkenny), Julie Brien (UCC & Galway) Ann Dalton (WIT & Kilkenny), Michaela Morkan (NUIG & Offaly), Patricia Jackman (WIT & Waterford) Katrina Parrock (WIT & Wexford), Chloe Morey (NUIG & Clare) Michaela Convery (Jordanstown & Antrim), Katie Power (WIT & Kilkenny), Lisa Bolger (UL & Offaly) Katriona Mackey (UCC & Cork), Denise Gaule (WIT & Kilkenny), Michelle Quilty (WIT & Kilkenny)^[38]

2012

Emma Staunton (UCD & Kilkenny), Ruth Jones (WIT & Kilkenny), Sarah Anne Fitzgerald (WIT & Laois), Shonagh Curran (UL & Waterford), Patricia Jackman (WIT & Waterford), Susan Vaughan (UL & Cork), Niamh O'Dea (UL & Cork), Lisa Bolger (UL & Wexford), Maria Walsh (UL & Cork), Joanne Casey (UCC & Cork) Sara Louise Carr (Jordanstown & Down), Denise Gaule (WIT & Kilkenny), Marie Dargan (WIT & Kilkenny), Katie Power (WIT & Kilkenny), Katrina Parrock (WIT & Wexford),^[39]

2020

Edel McNamara (WIT & Clare), Róisín Phelan (UCC & Kilkenny), Aisling Brennan (WIT & Offaly), Ciara Doyle (WIT & Clare), Kerrie Finnegan (TU Dublin & Dublin), Karen Kennedy (UL & Tipperary), Sibéal Harney (UCC & Waterford), Mairéad Burke (UL & Galway), Chloe Sigerson (UCC & Cork), Beth Carton (UL & Waterford), Orla Cronin (UCC & Cork), Laura Stack (Trinity & Limerick), Chloe Foxe(UCD & Wexford), Áine ní Chrothaigh (Marino & Waterford), Siobhán McGrath (UL & Galway)

2021

Competitions not Played due to COVID19.

2022

Sarah Ahern (UCC & Cork), Ciara O'Shea (DCU & Kilkenny), Sorcha Ryan (UCD & Tipperary), Sarah Delaney (UCD & Tipperary), Jane Cass (DCU & Kilkenny), Niamh Deely (DCU & Kilkenny), Issy Davis (UCD & Dublin), Ciara O'Connor (DCU & Wexford), Jody Couch (TU Dublin & Dublin), Tiffanie Fitzgerald (NUIG & Kilkenny), Kate Kenny (DCU & Offaly), Steffi Fitzgerald (DCU & Kilkenny), Abby Flynn (DCU & Waterford), Emma Murphy (UCC & Cork), Megan Shields (TU Dublin & Cavan)

Purcell All-Stars

Purcell All-Stars were first selected from the Purcell Cup participant teams in 2006, rewarding the best players in each position at the end of the tournament.

2010

Martina O'Brien (IT Tralee); Karen Mullins (DIT), Therese Lynn (Maynooth), Sarah Ryan (DIT); Rachel Ruddy (Trinity), Edwina Keane (IT Tralee), Aileen O'Loughlin (DIT); Jane Dolan (DIT), Paula Kenny (Garda College); Christine Kenny (DCU), Keelin Bradley (Queen's), Niamh Mulcahy (Mary I); Shauna Jordan (Queen's), Colette McSorley (Queen's), Louise Walsh (Maynooth)

2011

Laura Quinn (QUB & Derry); Gráinne Quinn (DIT & Dublin), Kate Lynch (Mary I Limerick & Clare), Laura Twomey (DCU & Dublin); Mairead Short (QUB & Armagh), Cathriona Foley (Trinity & Cork), Emma Brennan (DCU & Cork); Jane Dolan (DIT & Meath), Keelan Bradley (QUB & Derry); Cathy Bowes (DIT & Galway), Colette McSorley (QUB & Armagh), Aoife Burke (DIT & Laois); Sinead Cassidy (QUB & Derry), Orlaith Murphy (IT Tralee & Cork), Joeleen Hoary (DIT & Dublin);^[40]

2012

Gráinne Smyth (DIT & Dublin), Rebecca Cleere (Maynooth & Kilkenny), Lisa Carey (DCU & Kilkenny), Danielle McCrystal (QUB & Derry), Mairéad Power (DCU & Kilkenny), Emma Brennan (DCU & Carlow), Kristina Troy (Maynooth & Meath), Katie Campbell (Mary I Limerick & Limerick), Laura Twomey (DCU & Dublin), Orlaith Walsh (St Pats, Drumcondra & Kilkenny), Sinéad Cassidy (QUB & Derry), Ciara Donnelly (QUB & Armagh), Orla Durkan (DCU & Dublin), Naomi Carroll (Mary I Limerick & Clare), Denise Luby (Cork IT & Cork)

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Student Life on the Outbreak of War / Saol an Mhic Léinn Nuair a Bhris an Cogadh Amach · NUI Galway Digital Exhibitions. exhibitions.library.nuigalway.ie.
Book: Moran, Mary . Mary Moran (camogie) . A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Cumann Camógaíochta . 2011 . Dublin, Ireland . 460.
Pádraig Puirséil: Scéal na Camógaíochta (1984)
Web site: Camogie Third Level Team of the Year named - HoganStand . 2024-04-28 . hoganstand.com.
Web site: Michael O'Leary:Ashbourne comes to Waterford.
Web site: Keaveney . Mal . 2024-02-17 . UL camogie sweep past TU Dublin to claim Ashbourne Cup . 2024-04-28 . Limerick Post Newspaper . en-GB.
Web site: CCAO IE: O'Mhaolagáin Cup . 17 February 2012 . 15 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315193715/http://www.ccao.ie/index.php/fixtures/championship-fixtures/omhaolagain-cup . dead .
News: Ashbourne Cup roll of honour . ccao.ie . ccao.ie . 19 September 2009 . 30 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721122859/http://www.ccao.ie/index.php/history . 21 July 2011 .
1998 final UCC 1-7 WIT 1-6, report in Irish Examiner
1999 final WIT 1-6 UCC 0-4, report in Irish Examiner
2000 final UCC 2-3 UCD 1-5 in Galway, report on RTÉ online
2001 final UL 2-6 WIT 1-8, report on RTÉ online
2002 final UCC 1-11 WIT 1-4 at Ballinlough, Cork, report on RTÉ online
2003 final UCC 1-10 UCD 0-6 at the Mardyke, report on UCC.ie
2004 final UL 6-5 UCD 1-8, O'Toole Park, Crumlin, report on RTÉ online
2005 final UL 0-12 UCD 1-4 at Ballygunner, report in Irish Independent and Hogan Stand
2006 final UL 0-13 UCD 1-9 at Limerick reports in Irish Independent and sportsfocus.com
2007 final UCD 2-10 UCC 1-4 at Ballinderreen, “UCD land Ashbourne Cup for first time in 19 years," Irish Times
2008 final UCD 5-9 WIT 0-9 at Casement Park, report on camogie.ie
2009 final WIT 1-9 UCD 1-6 at Páirc Uí Rinn, report in Wexford People Irish Times and RTÉ online
2010 final WIT 0-11 UCC 1-6, reports in Camogie.ie, Irish Independent and Irish Times
2011 final WIT 2-10 UCC 2-2, reports in Camogie.ie and Irish Independent
2012 final WIT 2-8 UL 0-4, reports in Camogie.ie and Irish Times
2011 final QUB 2-10 DCU 0-7, report on Camogie.ie
2012 final DCU 4-7 QUB 0-4, report on Camogie.ie
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Purcell Cup 2011 final 7 QUB 2-10 DCU 0-7, report on Camogie.ie
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