Cork landed back-to-back Glen Dimplex All Ireland Camogie titles in Croke Park yesterday in a game that stood up for itself in the maelstrom of alternative sport swirling around it.

An attendance of 27,811 was strong in the circumstances and well in line with the upward trend over recent years.

There was another important speech before the trophy presentation as well, with the new Camogie Association President Brian Molloy following in the footsteps of his GAA counterpart, Jarlath Burns, stating the case for a strong Camogie in and through the integration of garlic games taking place.

“120 years ago, before the foundation of the State, our association was founded by a group of strong-willed, independent women,” he said from the Hogan Stand.

“Our first uachtarán, Máire Ní Chinnéide, and her peers loved our game, they loved our culture, and they saw the need to protect the integrity of camogie by setting rules and structures for our game.”

“Twenty years earlier, the GAA hadn’t provided for camogie, so in 1904, camogie provided for camogie. Since then, our game has developed. Our players are top-level athletes who will never get boxed in.”

“We have more members, more clubs and more games than ever. ”

“We have a positive relationship with the GAA and are on the path to integration with them.”

“We will integrate our organisation, we will integrate our operations, but we will retain our game, we will retain our ethos. We are camogie, and we will remain camogie.”

You could feel the players who love the game swell with pride on a fine day for the sport.

 

 

 

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