All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship
| All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobhchomórtas na n-Íarbhun Scoileanna |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Trophy | Corn Sceilge |
| Title holders | Seamount College, Kinvara (1st title) |
| Most titles | St Raphael’s, Loughrea (8 titles) |
The All-Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion secondary school or second level college.
Since 1969 it has been administered by the Secondary Education committee of the Camogie Association. The record holders are St Raphaels College, Loughrea, Co Galway with 8 senior titles in a row. The current holders of the cup are Seamount College, Kinvara. Seamount defeated near neighbours St. Flannan's College in a thrilling final played at Gort GAA. The scoreline was 1-5 to 0-6.
There are graded competitions for colleges at three different levels. In the 2011 All Ireland Senior B final Grennan College, Thomastown (4-10) defeated St Louis, Ballymena (3-3) in Trim. In the 2011 All Ireland Senior C final Castlecomer Community School (Kilkenny) (4-2) defeated St Pius X College Magherafelt (2-5) in Trim, Co Meath.
The trophy is the Corn Sceilge in honour of Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1872-1959) (known as Sceilg, an acronym of his name in Irish: Seán S. Ó Ceallaigh), one of the members of the Keating Branch of the Gaelic League that participated in the first Camogie matches in 1904. The shape of the cup is on the lines of the Ardagh Chalice.
There are 300 secondary schools participating in camogie competitions throughout Ireland and the Women in Sport projects run since 2004 have helped increase the number of secondary schools playing camogie. Competitions are run on a provincial basis with provincial winners progressing to All Ireland semi-finals and finals at both junior (1st - 3rd year) and senior (4th - 6th year) level.
Prior to the establishment of an All Ireland competition in 1969, colleges competitions had been organized in Cork in 1914 and Dublin in 1919. Dublin and Cork colleges played an annual inter-city fixture. Dublin schools teams also participated in the Dublin league against club sides.
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