Watch: Camogie champions visit patients in Temple Street
Cork came in as hot favourites to land a first three-in-a-row bid in 52 years but were pipped by a point by Galway at Croke Park yesterday.
This morning, the Galway players visited patients in Temple Street Hospital along with the O'Duffy Cup.
"It really puts things into perspective. We're so lucky to be able to go out and do what we do," said player Aoife Donohue. "It's a really special morning."
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Irish Times
8 hours ago
- Irish Times
Galway camogie win: ‘There was never a doubt ... we were always going to win,' says team captain Carrie Dolan
Thousands of fans turned out at two Co Galway venues on Monday evening to welcome home the winners of this year's All-Ireland camogie title. The squad and management group, a day after pipping Cork at Croke Park by a point to capture the county's fifth senior title, were greeted by a huge crowd when they stopped at Duggan Park GAA ground in Ballinasloe in the east of the county. There was another huge turnout later in Clarinbridge, the home village of captain Carrie Dolan, as the O'Duffy Cup was welcomed to Galway for the third time in seven years. The sunshine added to the feel good factor as the squad made its way across the county. READ MORE Dolan, who landed the winning point deep into stoppage time to deny Cork a third title in a row, said the group was thrilled to return with the cup, which she was always confident they would win. Carrie Dolan meets supporters who turned out in Duggan Park to welcome home the county team. Photograph: Inpho 'It was a very special day for my family and my club,' she said. 'There was never a doubt in my mind, we were always going to win. I said it to the girls on Saturday night that we had the work done and now let's go and take what's ours.' The squad, some of whom visited Temple Street Children's Hospital before leaving Dublin, stopped in Athlone and walked across the bridge over the Shannon with the O'Duffy Cup. Eight–year–old Abigail Egan and Galway players at Temple Street Hospital with the O'Duffy Cup. Photograph: Andres Poveda The first stop in Co Galway was at Duggan Park at 5.30pm and after being greeted by a maroon and white-clad crowd on the pitch, the squad went for a meal before departing for Clarinbridge, where people had travelled from all over for what promised to be a long night of celebrations. Three members of the squad have created their own piece of GAA history, joining the late Mattie McDonagh as the only Connacht player to win four All-Ireland senior intercounty medals. McDonagh was on the Galway team which won the All-Ireland senior football title in 1956 and was on the team which completed a three-in-a-row from 1964-1966. He has been joined in the records books by Aoife Donohue, Annmarie Starr and Ailish O'Reilly, members of the victorious Galway squads of 2013, 2019, 2021 and now 2025. Galway's Annmarie Starr celebrates with Róisín Black. Photograph: Inpho Sunday's victory was also a special day for two former Galway hurlers who battled for years but never got to taste All-Ireland glory. Joe Rabbitte and Pádraig Kelly were selected as all stars during their careers but never brought home the Liam McCarthy Cup. However, they got to celebrate on Sunday as each of them had two daughters on the squad – Olwen and Sabina Rabbitte and Caoimhe and Rachel Kelly – who were central to Galway's success during the year. Camogie Association president Brian Molloy, himself a native of Galway, said Sunday was a wonderful promotion for the sport, and he hailed Dolan for the way she clinched the win. 'The senior final could have gone either way and for Carrie Dolan to stand over that last free, and if any fella took that in a hurling game, people would be talking about it for years to come,' he said. Camogie Association president Brian Molloy alongside Galway's Aoife Donohue with her Player of the Match Award. Photograph: Inpho 'She's out on the line and knowing she has to score it to win the game. And she scores it, calm as you like, and then pops up the stairs and gives one of the best speeches I've heard in a long, long time.' Galway County Council chairman Cllr David Collins said the camogie squad had brought great honour and enjoyment to the county. 'What we witnessed in Croke Park was nothing short of remarkable,' he said. 'This Galway team have shown incredible resilience and fight, bouncing back from the heartbreak of last year's final and overcoming Cork in the most dramatic fashion ... I know every parish and community in Galway will be celebrating this historic win.'
Irish Independent
9 hours ago
- Irish Independent
Jubilant crowd welcomes Galway camogie heroes – ‘The heart they show is just unbelievable'
Well over 1,000 Galway supporters gathered on the pitch to greet their heroes, who celebrated with the O'Duffy Cup and posed with fans under the Galway evening sunshine. All 39 members of the squad were given a raucous reception from the sea of maroon as they entered the main stage, with signs and flags scattered across the homecoming crowd heightening the festival-like atmosphere. Among those who gathered at Duggan Park were Kai, Lucy, Chloe, Siofra, Mia, Saoirse, Ruairi, who had attended the match in Croke Park with their families and even managed to luckily touch the trophy as it was presented to the players in the Hogan Stand. They added: 'There were more Cork fans but even though there were less people there was more loudness from Galway.' The group were in Ballinasloe to support the team even further as they proudly showed their hand painted sign reading 'Congrats girls, we are so proud!' 'We made [our sign] 15 minutes before we came, the paint just dried,' Mia said. And the young fans are already looking forward to next year as when asked to give the winners a message, they said: 'You got this next year, you're gonna make it and win as well.' Niamh, Ruairi, Rod, Aoife, Niamh, Eanna and Aoibhinn were also at Duggan Park to support the Galway team who, they said, are their local heroes and role models. Rod said: 'We just want to support our local heroes, especially two local girls, Ciara Hickey and Katie Anna Porter. We just want to show our support to the girls and say well done. 'And it's great for the children here to see great heroes and role models to look up to, they might emulate them in the years to come.' Niamh proudly added: 'They did absolutely brilliant yesterday, they brought it to Cork in the first half in particular. They stuck with it in the second half, and then we just got it over the line. So fair play to them, they gave it everything they had to give.' The squad was represented by players from all corners of the county, with each player's name being greeted by a wave of cheers from the crowd. The last player to be presented was Galway captain Carrie Dolan, who received a rapturous cheer from the crowd when her named was announced, having scored seven points in the final. Addressing the spectators, she said it was an 'absolute honour' to captain the side and praised her teammates for their dedication and ability to recover from last year's All-Ireland final defeat to Cork. 'We have two mothers in the team; we have girls that are 18 years of age and the heart they show is just unbelievable. Twelve months ago, we lost the All-Ireland in Croke Park and sometimes you don't get those days back. Only the good teams come back and yesterday we came back. 'I want to thank you all for coming out and supporting this team. I've never seen [such] a crowd to get behind the Galway camogie team since I started playing. We've lost three of the last four finals we've been in, and you stayed coming up that road. I can't tell you how important you were yesterday in that victory. 'To all the young boys and girls down there, yesterday our dream came true and, in the future, that could be your dream too. Never give up on your dream if you want to be a Galway camogie or hurling player.' Last to address the crowd was Galway manager Cathal Murray, who spoke proudly of the group and praised the side for the hard work that ultimately sealed their first O'Duffy Cup since 2021. 'One of my earliest memories as young child is coming to Ballinasloe to see the '87 and '88 teams, and I think it put a love of hurling in me. I hope there's lots of young girls out there that look up to these girls and that they inspire you and I hope you go on and represent your county in Croke Park. 'We're here because of the team here on my left-hand side. I'm unbelievably honoured to have such an unbelievable group of players representing Galway. I think the performances that put up over the last number of years have been exceptional but yesterday topped it all off. 'For me as manager, I'm just unbelievably honoured and privileged to be involved with such a special group of players.'
Irish Independent
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- Irish Independent
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