Naomh Aoife Camogie Club

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Naomh Aoife Camogie Club
Founded:1934
County: Dublin
Colours:Navy and red
Grounds:Phoenix Park
Senior Club Championships
All IrelandLeinster
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Dublin
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Full nameNaomh Aoife Camogie Club
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Naomh Aoife is a camogie club that won the Dubin championship in 1966 and which was associated with many of the leading personalities in the game.

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Notable players

Notable players include Kathleen Ryder, Patricia Timmons Eithne Ryder Judy Doyle the Whelan sisters, Sally Blake, Phyllis Cambell, Doreen Rogers,

Colours

Naomh Aoife wore a navy gym tunic with two red bars around the skirt with a white blouse. When they played Celtic, Celtic being the younger had to take off their red bar

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