Camogie Association

The Camogie Association, known in Irish as An Cumann Camógaíochta, is the body that organises and promotes camogie, the Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women, in Ireland and around the world. It was founded in Dublin on 25 February 1904 with Máire Ní Chinnéide as president, was reconstituted in 1911, revived in 1923 and reconstituted again in 1939 under the name Cumann Camogaiochta na nGael, and a new constitution in 2010 shortened the name and accepted the English title Camogie Association on official documents. It has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association but remains a separate organisation. Policy and rule changes are decided at an annual congress, a council called the Ard Chomhairle deals with short-term governance, and the president is elected by the congress. The association runs the All-Ireland championships at senior, intermediate, junior and age-graded levels, the All-Ireland club championship and a national league.