Camogie Group, 1920

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Camogie Group, 1920

Identifier

VHG0040

Depiction

The picture shows thirteen young women, some wearing white tops with tie, holding camogie sticks, along with two youngish men wearing overcoats and ties

Description

The picture shows a group of thirteen camogie players which include Cissie Byrne and Rita O'Hara. Eight are wearing white tops, some with ties. The group includes two men, wearing overcoats and ties.

Mary Margaret (Rita) O’Hara came to University College Galway in 1918 and studied Science. She passed 1st Science in 1919. She retired from the B.Sc. Exmination in the Summer of 1921. She completed her B.Sc. Degree in the Autumn of 1922, following the examination in Mathematical Physics (Tortha na Sgrúdú,1918-23).

References

Tortha na Sgrúdú, Coláiste na Ollsgoile, Gaillimh 1918-1923, Archives & Special Collections, University of Galway Library

Contributor

Patrick Larkin

Bibliographic Citation

P. Larkin, S.G. Jennings, ‘Camogie Group, 1920’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14264, Archival Record Id VHRS

Spatial Coverage

Aula Maxima steps

Temporal Coverage

11th March 1920

Period

1920s

Category

colour

group

on-campus

outdoors

Subject

University of Galway

Sports

Camogie

Sportswomen

Keywords

Camogie outfits

Language

English

Irish

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/

Item sets

Visual History Retired Staff Collection IMAGES

Media

Camogie Group, 1920