National Camogie League

The National Camogie League,Pádraig Puirséil: Scéal na Camógaíochta (1984) known for sponsorship reasons as the Centra Camogie Leagues, is a competition in the Irish team sport of camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in three divisions graded by ability. It was first played in 1976 for a trophy donated by Allied Irish Banks when Tipperary beat Wexford in a replayed final. Division Two (originally the National Junior League) was inaugurated in 1979 and won by Kildare.

The first two National League competitions started in the autumn and finished in the spring of 1976–77 and 1977–78 respectively. Since then the competition has been completed within the calendar year. The 2001 final was not played until October because of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak earlier in the year. From 1980 to 2005 the National League was divided into two sections – Senior and Junior. Reserve teams from the leading counties were allowed enter the Junior League after 1982. The current structure with Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4 was introduced in 2006. A one-day blitz competition for fifth tier counties, Division 5, was organised in 2008 and 2009. The second division was known for a period as Division 1B and the third Division was Division 2, they have been reallocated for reasons of consistency in the records below.

The current holders are Galway who defeated Waterford in the 2026 final.

Roll of honour

Team Wins Years won Runner-up Years runner-up Cork 17 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2025 11 1977–78, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 Kilkenny 15 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 4 1991, 1997, 2010, 2019 Galway 8 1994, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026 9 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2021, 2024, 2025 Wexford 4 1977–78, 2009, 2010, 2011 8 1976–77, 1983, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013 Tipperary3 1976–77, 2004, 2024 7 1980, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 Dublin 3 1979, 1981, 1983 5 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Limerick 0 3 1978, 1979, 2002 Armagh 0 1 1995 Waterford 0 1 2026 Clare 0 1 2014

Tournament unfinished in 2020.

National Camogie League finals YearDateWinnerScoreRunner-upScoreVenueCaptain 1976–77Mar 3 Tipperary 2-01 Wexford 2-01 Rathnure Monica Butler Replay Apr 10 Tipperary 4-02 Wexford 1-03 Thurles Monica Butler 1977–78 Mar 5 Wexford 6-04 Cork 1-02 Castleboro 1978 Nov 12 Kilkenny 2-04 Limerick 1-05 Adare Mary Fennelly 1979 Nov 18 Dublin 0-06 Limerick 0-00 Russell Park Anne O'Brien 1980 June 29 Kilkenny 3-08 Tipperary 1-03 Roscrea Bridie McGarry 1981 June 21 Dublin 1-07 Cork 1-04 Russell Park Síle Wallace 1982 May 24 Kilkenny 2-05 Cork 1-04 St Johns Park, Kilkenny Teresa O'Neill 1983 May 22 Dubin 4-08 Wexford 1-06 Russell Park Barbara Redmond 1984 June 17 Cork 1-08 Dublin 0-04 Ballinlough Sandie Fitzgibbon 1985 June 2 Kilkenny 4-07 Dublin 2-13 Parnell Park Replay June 23 Kilkenny 4-07 Dublin 3-06 Nowlan Park Bridie McGarry 1986 May 18 Cork 3-08 Dublin 1-10 O'Toole Park Marian McCarthy 1987 June 7 Kilkenny 4-08 Dublin 1-06 Nowlan Park Bridie McGarry 1988 June 12 Kilkenny 3-10 Dublin 2-04 O'Toole Park Angela Downey 1989 June 18 Kilkenny 6-07 Cork 1-11 Nowlan Park Ann Downey 1990 June 10 Kilkenny 1-10 Wexford 2-04 Enniscorthy Breda Holmes 1991 June 30 Cork 2-13 Kilkenny 2-08 Ballinlough Therése O'Callaghan 1992 June 14 Cork 2-17 Wexford 0-11 EnniscorthySandie Fitzgibbon 1993 June 6 Kilkenny 4-07 Cork 1-13 Ballyragget Marina Downey 1994 June 12 Galway 1-13 Tipperary 1-08 Ballinasloe Deidre Costello 1995 June 21 Cork 5-16 Armagh 3-04 St Finbarr's Denise Cronin 1996 June 2 Cork 3-16 Galway 1-07 Páirc Uí Rinn Therése O'Callaghan 1997 June 8 Cork 4-12 Kilkenny 0-09 Páirc Uí Rinn Linda Mellerick 1998 June 1 Cork 1-16 Galway 2-09 Ballinasloe Eithne Duggan 1999 May 22 Cork 9-19 Tipperary 2-04 Thurles Vivienne Harris 2000 May 20 Cork 3-07 Tipperary 1-10 Tullamore Vivienne Harris 2001 Oct 27 Cork 6-09 Galway 0-11 Nenagh Vivienne Harris 2002 May 24 Galway 4-09 Limerick 1-09 Tullamore Louise Curry 2003 May 11 Cork 3-10 Tipperary 1-12 Páirc Uí Rinn Stephanie Delea 2004 May 22 Tipperary 3-10 Wexford 2-09 Nowlan Park Joanne Ryan 20052005 final Galway 1-6 Cork 0-6 report in Irish Independent May 29 Galway 1-06 Cork 0-06 Thurles Therese Maher 2006 May 14 Cork 2-07 Tipperary 2-05 Thurles Joanne O'Callaghan 20072007 final Cork 3-8 Wexford 2-10 report in 2007 Irish Independent May 6 Cork 3-08 Wexford 2-10 Nowlan Park Gemma O'Connor 2008 Apr 26 Kilkenny 3-11 Galway 0-17 Nowlan Park Marie Connor 2009 Apr 25 Wexford 2-12 Tipperary 0-11 Parnell Park Aoife O'Connor 2010 Apr 24 Wexford 1-07 Kilkenny 1-06 Thurles Una Leacy 20112011 final Wexford 3-10 Galway 0-10 report on Apr 17 Wexford 3-10 Galway 0-10 ThurlesAttendance at the 2011 final was 4,180 Ursula Jacob 2012 May 6 Cork 1-08 Wexford 0-09 Thurles Julia White 2013 May 5 Cork 0-12 Wexford 1-07 Nowlan Park Anna Geary 2014 May 4 Kilkenny 1-15 Clare 0-04 Thurles Leann Fennelly 2015 May 3 Galway 2-15 Cork 2-12 Thurles Niamh Kilkenny 2016 May 1 Kilkenny 2-07 Galway 0-07 Thurles Michelle Quilty 2017 April 23 Kilkenny 2-07 Cork 0-10 Limerick Meighan Farrell 2018 April 8 Kilkenny 0-15 Cork 1-11 Kilkenny Shelly Farrell 2019 March 31 Galway 0-16 Kilkenny 2-08 Croke Park Sarah Dervan 2020 Unfinished due to COVID-19 2021 June 20 Kilkenny 1-18 Galway 1-15 Croke ParkMeighan Farrell 2022 April 9 Galway 2-14 Cork 1-13 Croke Park Sarah Dervan 2023 April 16 2-13 1-12 Croke Park Shauna Healy 2024 April 14 1-13 0-15 Croke Park Karen Kennedy 2025 April 13 0-21 0-10 Semple Stadium Meabh Cahalane 2026 April 12 0-13 0-11 Nowlan Park Carrie Dolan

Lower division finals

Division IB 2023 Waterford 1-22 Wexford 1-06 2024 Dublin 2-10 Wexford 2-08 2025 Antrim 3-10 Clare 1-11 2026 Clare

Junior National League / Division 2 Dublin All-Ireland medal-holder, Eileen Bourke presented Corn de Búrca for the Junior National League in memory of her sister, Joan who served as secretary of Leinster Colleges Council.

1980 Armagh 2-05 Kildare 2-03 1981 Cavan 2-04 Louth 1-07 Replay Cavan 0-04 Louth 0-02 1982 Dublin 6-09 Tyrone 0-02 1983 Dublin 3-09 Westmeath 2-05 1984 Dublin 2-04 Armagh 1-03 1985 Galway 3-10 Kildare 3-03 1986 Kildare 2-03 Dublin 1-04 1987 Dublin 6-04 Kildare 1-07 1988 Armagh 1-09 Down 0-06 1989 Kildare 2-14 Armagh 3-08 1990 Kildare 2-13 Kilkenny 1-03 1991 Limerick 3-13 Roscommon 3-04 1992 Limerick 4-13 Down 2-06 1993 Armagh 3-08 Dublin 2-01 1994 Armagh 1-18 Cork 1-02 1995 Galway 4-13 Down 2-09 1996 Limerick 5-10 Down 3-07 1997 Antrim 5-12 Down 3-16 1998 Down 0-20 Cork 0-12 1999 Derry 3-07 Wexford 0-07 2000 Cork 3-09 Laois 1-05 2001 Cork 3-14 Derry 4-03 2002 Offaly 3-18 Laois 2-62002 Div 2 Offaly 3-18 Laois 2-6 report in Irish Independent 2003 Galway 2-10 Armagh 1-08 2004 Kildare 2-11 Laois 2-062004 Div 2 Kildare 2-11 Laois 2-6 report in Irish Independent 2005 Cork 2-10 Galway 2-07 2006 Kilkenny 2-08 Dublin 2-07 2007 Limerick 1-14 Cork 0-05 2008 Clare 4-08 Derry 3-092008 Div 2 Clare 4-8 Derry 3-9 in Blanchardstown report on camogie.ie 2009 Wexford 2-09 Antrim 0-112009 Div 2 Wexford 2-9 Antrim 0-11 report in Irish Independent 2010 Wexford 2-09 Offaly 1-092010 Div 2 Wexford 2-9 Offaly 1-9 report on camogie.ie 2011 Waterford 0-16 Antrim 2-09 2012 Derry 2-11 Meath 0-06 2013 Limerick 3-14 Kildare 0-10 2014 Cork 2-12 Down 2-06 2015 Waterford 3-10 Laois 2-05 2016 Meath 1-10 Galway 2-03 2017 Cork "B" 2-16 Derry 1-05 2018 Cork "B" 0-08 Westmeath 1-04 2019 Tipperary 0-14 Kilkenny 0-08 2020 Abandoned 2021 Down 3-08 Antrim 1-11 2022 Wexford 3-12 Antrim 0-14 2023 Kerry 0-14 Meath 0-13 2024 Westmeath 4-08 Derry 0-16 2025 Offaly 4-13 Derry 0-10 2026

Division 3

2006 Clare 1-14 Derry 3-07 2007 Waterford 1-18 Down 2-13 2008 Antrim 1-10 Offaly 1-102008 Div 3 Antrim 1-10 Offaly 1-10 report on camogie.ie Replay Antrim 6-11 Offaly 3-072008 Div 3 replay Antrim 6-11 Offaly 3-10 in Cooley report on camogie.ie 2009 Down 0-15 Laois 2-08 2010 Laois 2-10 Meath 2-052010 Div 3 Laois 2-10 Meath 2-5 Division 3 final report on Hogan Stand, Laois Nationalist and Camogie.ie 2011 Meath 3-09 Kildare 2-112011 Div 3 Final Meath 3-9 Kildare 2-11 Hogan Stand and Breakingnews.ie 2012 Kildare 1-08 Armagh 0-102012 Div 3 Final Kildare 1-8 Armagh 0-10 Camogie.ie 2013 Laois 0-09 Dublin 0-07 2014 Westmeath beat Dublin 2015 Carlow 0-12 Dublin 1-07 2016 Armagh 3-11 Roscommon 2-09 2017 Dublin "B" 0-12 Roscommon 0-07 2018Kerry 2-08 Roscommon 0-04 2019 Kildare 2-09 Limerick 0-11 2020 Abandoned 2021 Wexford 0-13 Armagh 1-08 2022 Cavan 2-05 Wexford 0-09 2023 Carlow 0-08 Armagh 0-07 2024 Armagh 0-14 Laois 2-07 2025 Laois 0-14 Roscommon 1-06

Division 4

2008 Meath 5-07 Roscommon 1-052008 Div 4 Meath 5-7 Roscommon 1-5 report on camogie.ie 2009 Kildare 3-07 Westmeath 1-10 2010 Tyrone 3-12 Westmeath 1-092010 Div 4 Tyrone 3-12 Westmeath 1-9 report in Westmeath Examiner 2011 Westmeath 4-06 Cavan 2-072011 Div 4 Final Westmeath 4-6 Cavan 2-7 report on Breakingnews.ie 2012 Dublin 1-06 Carlow 0-052012 Div 4 Final Dublin 1-6 Carlow 0-5 Camogie.ie 2013 Carlow 2-06 Tyrone 2-04 2014 Limerick 2015Kerry 1-12 Meath 1-04 2021 Cavan 3-16 Roscommon 0-07 2022 Mayo 2-14 Wicklow 1-06 2023 Tyrone 0-18 Mayo 2-09 2024 Tyrone 3-16 Wicklow 0-10

Division 5 Division 5 was run as a one-day blitz competition. It was discontinued in 2010 with the introduction of a championship structure for the All Ireland Junior B grade (Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup).

2006 Monaghan 2007 Monaghan 2008 Tyrone 2-04 Cavan 1-032008 Div 5 Tyrone 2-4 Cavan 1-3 report on RTE online 2009 Wicklow 2-07 Monaghan 1-012009 Div 5 Wicklow 2-7 Monaghan 1-1 report on Camogie.ie

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