Camogie players, 1921
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Camogie players, 1921
Identifier
VH0021
Depiction
Seven young women holding camogie sticks, posed in front of a theatrical or photography studio backdrop
Description
Two of the camogie players pictured here have been identified: Margaret M. Carlos, known as Rita (seated, centre) and Mary J. Carlos, known as Nina (standing, left). In 1916 UCG competed for the Ashbourne Cup in the intercollegial camogie tournament which had been established the previous year. It was won by UCG in 1917 and 1920 and a further 13 times between then and 2022.
'Some members of the UCG winning 1917 team refused to have their names engraved on the cup in the Irish language, something that brought their future selection into doubt.' (Wikipedia). There are interesting anecdotes regarding the Ashbourne in later decades (including Siobhán McKenna’s prowess) in Jackie Uí Chionna's Oral History of University College Galway.
The camogie sticks at the time were differently shaped to those used today. It was, and is, usual to inscribe one’s name on the stick or camán. Nina's name is clearly visible on her stick, and ‘A’ can be seen on that of the young woman seated on the left.
'Some members of the UCG winning 1917 team refused to have their names engraved on the cup in the Irish language, something that brought their future selection into doubt.' (Wikipedia). There are interesting anecdotes regarding the Ashbourne in later decades (including Siobhán McKenna’s prowess) in Jackie Uí Chionna's Oral History of University College Galway.
The camogie sticks at the time were differently shaped to those used today. It was, and is, usual to inscribe one’s name on the stick or camán. Nina's name is clearly visible on her stick, and ‘A’ can be seen on that of the young woman seated on the left.
References
Personal communication: Patrick Larkin.
Published sources:
Wikipedia contributors, ‘Ashbourne Cup’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashbourne_Cup&oldid=1157565160.
Jackie Uí Chionna, An Oral History of University College Galway, 1930-1980 (Dublin, 2019).
Contributor
Patrick Larkin
Bibliographic Citation
P. Larkin, J. Conroy, S.G. Jennings, S. Mac Mathúna , 'Camogie players, 1921', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13660, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Unidentified location
Temporal Coverage
1921
Period
1920s
Category
black and white; group; location unknown; indoors
Subject
University of Galway
Sports
Sportswomen
Camogie
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
