Adare Camogie Club

Colours: Red and Black

Address: Adare, Co. Limerick

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/AdareGAA https://twitter.com/AdareGAA https://www.instagram.com/adaregaa/

Adare Camogie Club | History

Adare Camogie Club was formed by a fantastic group of parents spearheaded by Lizzie O’Dea, Fr. Duggan and Fr. Moriarty. They held their first meeting on 1st February 1993. Our Club President Lizzie O’Dea celebrated her 81st birthday this year & is still coming to support our games! We will be celebrating 30 years of Adare Camogie in 2023

We are based primarily in the Manor Fields complex in Adare and are grateful to also have use of Scoil Naomh Iosaf field for our underage games and the Adare GAA field. We have great links with three primary schools in the Parish: Shountrade N.S., Our Lady’s Abbey and St. Nicholas.

We cater for girls from U5 to Adult (40+ years) and have teams competing at every level. Our club runs from Feb to Nov each year, with a great program of activities in between the various leagues & championships including the Kitty Cavanagh Parish League, a hugely successful parish league in the memory of our great club stalwart Kitty Cavanagh.

We are grateful for our amazing group of volunteers behind the scenes in our vibrant club. Thanks also to all the local businesses, sponsors, parents, schools, and club mentors.

Our club runs from Feb to Nov each year, with a great program of activities in between the various leagues &; championships including the Kitty Cavanagh Parish League, a hugely successful parish league in the memory of our great club stalwart Kitty Cavanagh.

Our club has competed well at underage level and have represented Limerick in the 1997 Féile competition in Waterford, the 1998 in Féile competition in Wexford and most recently the 2019 Féile Competition in Cork. Caoimhe Costello was the all-Ireland Féile skills competition runner-up in 2009 & overall winner in the 2010 Féile skills competition.

Adare Camogie has been a proud member of the 20 x 20 | Can’t See Can’t Be initiative. Our Adult team was re-formed in 2018, after a 3-year hiatus and has been growing in strength and in numbers since then. It is important to have an adult team in the club for young girls & future camogie all-stars to aspire to and we are grateful to the support from Limerick County Board & all of the clubs we have competed against since 2018 for matching the number of players on the field of play at times when we were struggling to make up numbers for a full 15 team.

New players are always welcome to join our club. Keep an eye out on the Adare GAA Facebook, Instagram & Twitter pages for updates on training & club events.

Adult Team Success:

2007 Runner Up - Senior B Championship (Na Piarsaigh was promoted to Senior A)

2010 Junior A League Runners Up (v Ballybrown)

2010 Junior A Champions (v Ballybrown)

2012 Intermediate League

2012 Intermediate Championship (Adare 0-10 to Ballybrown 1-3),

2012 - we represented Limerick in Munster Junior Club Championship V An Rinn (Waterford) on Oct 20th, 2012.

2018 Junior A League (v Templeglantine) - Niamh Foley was captain.

2021 Junior A County Champions

Junior A Championship (v Galbally) – earning Intermediate promotion.

2022: What a year!

2022 Intermediate County Champions - Intermediate County Cup County Final V Croagh-Kilfinny.

2022 Munster Junior A Champions - Munster Junior A Champions V Brickey Rangers (Waterford).

The first year in the history of the club that we have two adult teams competing in the championship with 40 players across Intermediate and Junior B (15 a-side).

We have also reached the Intermediate Shield County-Final V Killeedy (Yet to be Played), and Junior B Shield county-final v Monaleen.

We played in the first official game to be played on the re-developed GAA pitch in Adare.

County Roll of Honour

Caoimhe Costello:

All-Ireland Féile skills competition runner-up 2009, & Overall Winner 2010.

All-Star Nominee for 2022 & PWC/GPA player of the month in June.

Club Honours: Junior, Intermediate county titles, U16 and Minor A championship.

County Accolades: Intermediate League and Championship, Minor A & B All Ireland championship, U16B All Ireland.

Sophie O’Callaghan (Captain):

Two Ashbourne cups titles with UL.

Grace McNamara:

2007 All Ireland Senior B, County Senior Title with Ballyagran.

Aislinn Connolly:

2-time All-Star Winner 2010 and 2011with her native club, Renmore, Co. Galway.

County players 2023:

Senior: Caoimhe Costelloe, Sophie O’Callaghan.

Junior: Annie Giltenane & Ciara Dunne.

Minors: Amy Mullins, Carla Griffin, Ciara Dunne & Poppy Giltenane

U16: Emma Mullins

Limerick Development Squads: Aoibhin Houlihan, Emily Frost.

U15 - TBC

U14 - TBC

History & Achievements:

U11

2010 League

U12

2007 Community Games (Gold)

2010 League (v Bruff)

U12 A Plate Winners

U14

U14 Community Games Winner

U14B League (Runner Up)

2005/6 Win

2010 A Plate Championship (v Knockaderry)

2012 County B League

2018 Shield

Feile

1997 Féile Competition in Waterford

1998 Féile Competition in Wexford

2019 Féile Competition in Cork

Caoimhe Costello All-Ireland Féile skills competition runner-up 2009

Caoimhe Costello All-Ireland Féile skills competition Overall Winner 2010

U16

2005/6 Winner

2007 Championship (Adare 3-12 to Cappamore 5-5)

2010 League Final (v Galbally)

2010 Championship (v Cappamore)

2012 County A Shield Winners (Caoimhe Capt)

2022 U16A Plate Final Winners

2022 U16 League Champions v Bruff

Minor

2021 Minor Champions (v Cappamore)

Club Officers 2022