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.
-
Camogie team, 1982
-
The victorious University College Galway team that won the Ashbourne Cup for camogie in 1916
-
UCG Camogie 1916
-
References
-
Personal communication: Patrick Larkin.
-
Published sources:
Jackie Uí Chionna, An Oral History of University College Galway, 1930-1980 (Dublin, 2019).
-
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
-
Period
-
1920s
-
Category
-
black and white; group; location unknown; indoors
-
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/
