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Format
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JPEG
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Title
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UCG Camogie Team with Professor Elizabeth (Nellie) Lee
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Identifier
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VHJ0015
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Depiction
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Group of 13 young sportswomen in a field, wearing team kit and holding hurls, accompanied by two older women in non-sporting dress. A sports trophy stands in front of the team.
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Description
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This is the 1968 Ashbourne Cup winning camogie team from UCG. There are 134 members of the team depicted, and they are accompanied by, on the left, Prof. Elizabeth (Nellie) Lee of the Chemistry Department, who mentored the team, and on the right of the photo Mrs. Mary O'Driscoll, the Lady Superintendent who normally accompanied the team to all matches. As of 2023 the Ashbourne Cup has been won by the UCG Camogie team on 15 occasions, the last in 1994.
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People
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Back row, l-r: Prof. E. Lee, Ollie Hanniffy. Bernadine Ottara, Ann Nestor, Eileen Naughton, Grace Divilly, Rita Hanniffy, Kathleen Pyne, Mrs. Mary O'Driscoll.
Front row, l-r: Jane Murphy, Mary Canavan, Kay McMahon, Barbara Glynn, Bridie Carr, Bernie Clarke.
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event
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Official photo of the victorious 1968 Ashbourne Cup winning team from UCG.
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Bibliographic Citation
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Uí Chionna, J., An Oral History of University College Galway, 1930-1980: A University in Living Memory, Four Courts Press Dublin, 2019.
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Period
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1968
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Category
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colour
landscape team photo
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Keywords
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UCG Camogie
Professor Elizabeth (Nellie) Lee
Mrs. Mary O'Driscoll
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Ashbourne Cup
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1968
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Professor Elizabeth (Nellie) Lee
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Creator
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Unknown
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Publisher
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University of Galway Library
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Rights
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This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Rights Holder
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The Library, University of Galway
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