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| Founded: | 1934 | ||||||||
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| County: | Dublin | ||||||||
| Club colours: | Navy and red | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Coolock | ||||||||
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| Full name | Celtic Camogie Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Celtic is a camogie club that won the All Ireland club championship in its first year 1964. Dublin did not send a representative in 1965, so they did not defend their title.
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The Celtic pitch was in Coolock. Camogie Team of the Century member Kathleen Duffy recalled in 2004 cycling to Coolock to training, “sometimes pulling the lawnmower behind us all the way because we used to cut it ourselves. Those were different days, we cycled everywhere and actually got great coverage in the papers. People would recognise you around town and shout over 'well done yesterday, Eileen!'"[1]
Celtic won ten Dublin championships in their heyday and were the first All Ireland club champions when the competition was introduced in 1964 thanks to a great display by Alice Hussey at centre back and three goals from Úna O'Connor. Notable players included Eileen Duffy, Kit Kehoe, Kitty Murphy, Mary Moran (later to become a President of the Camogie Association), Mary Fennelly and Brid Fennelly.
The team which won the inaugural all-ireland club title was: Ethna Leech, H Walsh, A Gill, Alice Hussey, D Dunne, Mary Moran, M Casey, C Heffernan, M O’Keeffe, Úna O'Connor, C Crowe, B Hanbury, Subs: Kit Keogh and A McGarry.
Celtic wore a navy gym tunic with a red bar around the skirt and a white blouse.