History was made on Saturday with the first ever senior inter county camogie match held in Clonmel Sports Ground. All in St Mary’s camogie and GAA club ensured that the pitch and grounds were in immaculate condition for Tipperary’s win in the Littlewoods Ireland division 1 clash with Waterford. St Mary’s Camogie Club are currently enjoying a revival with a new committee led by former All-Ireland hurling winner and Tipperary dual player Donnacha Fahy as chairperson. Donnacha along with Secretary Michael O’Reilly were delighted to host Saturday’s division 1 clash. Senior selector Carmel Bradshaw was full of praise for the club after the senior team was granted permission to train there before Saturdays game. “The pitch was in perfect condition and the club couldn’t have been any more helpful”. 

The club has worked closely with Tipperary Camogie development officer Grainne O’Leary in recent weeks to re-establish St Mary’s camogie club after it disbanded over 4 years ago. The response in the town has been brilliant with 45 girls joined up between U8 and U10. The enthusiasm and work from the committee thus far has been wonderful and they are looking forward to a busy summer ahead of camogie. There has always been a strong tradition of hurling in the town and St Mary’s camogie club was originally established back in the late 1980’s where it fielded juvenile and adult teams. The club was disbanded before reestablishing again in 2008. Mags Leahy was the driving force in the clubs’ early days putting in countless hours of work. However for a few years it struggled to field teams before disbanding again 4 years ago. But today it is well and truly back and what a great sight it is to see a revival of camogie in a large town such as Clonmel. The U8s and U10s train on Saturday mornings at 10am in St Mary’s GAA pitch opposite the hospital and new members are always welcome.