Old Aloysius Camogie Club

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Old Aloysius Camogie Club
Cumann Camogaiochta Old Aloysius
Founded:1934
County: Cork
Colours:Green and grey
Senior Club Championships
All IrelandMunster
champions
Cork
champions
Camogie: 0 0 16
Playing colours
Full nameOld Aloysius Camogie Club
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Old Aloysius was a camogie club in County Cork. Notable players included Lil Kirby, Peggy Hogg, Kathleen Buckley, Renee Fitzgerald and Mary Moran (both later to become Presidents of the Camogie Association).

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Colours

Cork wore the Old Aloysius colours green and grey instead of their red and white tunics in the 1939 All Ireland final to avoid a clash of colours with Galway. [1]

Achievements

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References

  1. Moran, Mary (2015). "Hogg, Margaret Mary ('Peggy')". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.