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We know from the old sliotars on exhibition in the folk museum in Turlough near Castlebar that the game of hurling has been played for many centuries, but what of the game of camogie? Two prominent Irish language enthusiasts and cultural nationalists, Máire Ní Chinnéide and Cáit Ni Dhonchadha, were credited with having created the sport while a brother of Cáit, Tadg, was the person who drew up the rules in 1903. So there was always a male presence within the administrative ranks of the sport. The game emanated from the Gaelic League and was dependent on the structures and networks provided by that organisation during the initial expansion of the sport. It was also closely linked with the GAA.

Moycullen Basketball's u-16 girls are the new All-Ireland champions, two years after winning the u-14 crown.

The annual climax of Galway’s underage basketball, the A and B finals, took place in the new NUIG gym at the weekend.

Ballyhale Shamrocks and St Lachtain’s are among the 15 clubs from ten counties which will be involved in the closing stages of the AIB GAA All-Ireland Club Championships.

It’s semi-final time this weekend in the VHI Ladies’ Club Championships and three Mayo champions at every grade have made their way through the Connacht stages to be only one game away from their respective finals. Standing in their way are the three clubs from the Farney county, with two of the Mayo sides getting the advantage of staying at home while the other must make the trip to Ulster.

Seven of the clubs in contention for February’s AIB GAA Club Championship semi finals received a boost today with the news that a player from each club will be recognised with an AIB Provincial Player Award, to be presented in Dublin on Tuesday, February 9.