Ashbourne Cup

Ashbourne Cup
Current season or competition:
2022 Ashbourne Cup
Ashbourne Cup displayed in the GAA Museum
IrishCorn Ashbourne[1]
Founded1915
TrophyAshbourne Cup
see 2nd Baron Ashbourne
Title holdersUniversity of Limerick (11th title)
Most titlesUniversity College Dublin (35 titles)

The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college.[2][3] The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie.[4] The competition features many of the current stars of the game and is sometimes known as the 'Olympics of Camogie' because of the disproportionate number of All Star and All-Ireland elite level players who participate each year[5] Since 1972 it has been administered by the Higher Education Archived 31 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine committee of the Camogie Association. University of Limerick are the current champions, having won the Ashbourne cup in 2024.[6]

  1. ^ "Student Life on the Outbreak of War / Saol an Mhic Léinn Nuair a Bhris an Cogadh Amach · NUI Galway Digital Exhibitions". exhibitions.library.nuigalway.ie.
  2. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  3. ^ Pádraig Puirséil: Scéal na Camógaíochta (1984)
  4. ^ "Camogie Third Level Team of the Year named - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Michael O'Leary:Ashbourne comes to Waterford".
  6. ^ Keaveney, Mal (17 February 2024). "UL camogie sweep past TU Dublin to claim Ashbourne Cup". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 28 April 2024.