Camogie

Camogie
	Garda vs Defence Forces match in 2012
Highest governing body	Camogie Association
First played	1904; Ireland;
Registered players	Over 100,000
Clubs	536
Characteristics
Contact	Contact
Team members	15 player per side,; substitutes are permitted
Type	Female; Team sport; Ball sport; Some mixed-sex teams available;
Equipment	Sliotar (ball); Hurley/camán (stick); Helmet; Shin guards;

Camogie (/kəˈmoʊɡi/ kə-MOH-ghee; Irish: camógaíocht [kəˈmˠoːɡiːxt̪ˠ]) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.^[1]^[2]

A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised by the Dublin-based Camogie Association or An Cumann Camógaíochta.^[3]^[4] The annual All Ireland Camogie Championship has a record attendance of 33,154,^[5] while average attendances in recent years are in the range of 15,000 to 18,000. The final is broadcast live, with a TV audience^[when?] of as many as over 300,000.^[6]

UNESCO lists Camogie as an element of Intangible Cultural Heritage.^[7] The game is referenced in Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.

^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
^ Arlott, John (1977). Oxford Companion to Sports and Games. London, England: Flamingo. p. 1024.
^ Vuepoint.ie. "The Camogie Association : About Camogie". Camogie.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ "GAA.ie". Gaa.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
^ 2007 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Gorey Guardian Archived 19 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Corry, Eoghan (2005). Illustrated History of the GAA. Dublin, Ireland: Gill & MacMillan. p. 250.
^ "Hurling - intangible heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[Moran_2011_460-1] Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.

[2] Arlott, John (1977). Oxford Companion to Sports and Games. London, England: Flamingo. p. 1024.

[3] Vuepoint.ie. "The Camogie Association : About Camogie". Camogie.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[4] "GAA.ie". Gaa.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[Irish_Examiner-5] 2007 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Gorey Guardian Archived 19 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Corry, Eoghan (2005). Illustrated History of the GAA. Dublin, Ireland: Gill & MacMillan. p. 250.

[7] "Hurling - intangible heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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