A Toast to the Girls By Gear6id 6 hUallachain

The name of Glen Rovers is associated with success o'Ver tlhe length and breadtih of this island and beyond. Playing no less a part than their hurling bro1thers in the achievement of this suc­cess are the girls of the Camogie teams. A speciGl place of honour to the "Glen Girls" must be given in recogndtion of their outstanding featls and triumphs during a period in excess of forty years.

When t:he senior hurlers made .their hiSitoric break-through to win their first senior cham­pionship in 1934 the Camo:g.ie CJurb took tihe headine and also brought the senior camogie

ch:amp:i.onship to Blackpool, thereby sealing a unique doulble. The 1934 camogie tefclm, cap­tained iby Mary Dovgan, was the spur and example for Glen Camogie teams to foUow, and particularlly those of !'he honour-laden years of the 'fiftie~ and 'sixties.

The camogie dUJb did lapse for a number of ye·ars. In 1947 that wonderful organiser Ghrissie DonovGn got together an e·nrthusiastic group of young girrls and they suoceeded in putting camogie on a s·o·und footing again. In their firtst year, 1947, this newly-organised team showed their paces and they won the Grade B dham-

CORK COUNTY CHAMPIONS, 1934 Front row (I. to r.) : Bob Barry, Eily Lyons, Lilian Griffin , Mary Dorgan ( Cap.t.), Eily O'Donovan , Kate O'Cal­laghan , Chris Mackey. Back row : Bella Sullivan , Kathleen Martin , Chris O'Leary, Kitty Burns, Maisie Sheehan,

Rita Hegarty, Chris O'Donovan , Essie Burns.

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CORK COUNTY AND LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, 1950 Front row (1. to r.) : Sheila Cahill , Bridie Lucey, Nancy O'Brien, Eva Dempsey, Siobhan O'Brien (Capt.), Noelle Deane, Bessie Lucey, Nora O'Brien. Back row : Peg Lucey, Kit O'Donovan, Breda Buckley, Mary Rose

Fitzpatrick, Eily O'Donovan, M:1ry Lucey, Chris O'Donovan.

VICTORY DINNER, 1964 Front row (1. to r.) : Bernie Deane, Pauline Deane, Noelle Deane, Crissie Buckley, Nora O'Brien , Crissie Donovan, Na.ncy O'Brien, Margaret Buckley, Noreen O'Callaghan. Middle row : Mary Sheridan, Kathleen Brown, Ann Crotty, Maura Brown, Tom Mur.phy, Peggy Dorgan, Kay O'Brien, Marie O'Neill. Back row : Teresa Mu rphy, Stephanie O'Connell , Nora O'Mahony, Deirdre Sutton , Carrie Buckley, Maud Moloney, Chrissie Dorgan.

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CORK COUNTY CHAMPIONS, 1951 Front (I. to r.) : Noelle Deane, Bernie Dean e. Back : Kit O'Donovan, Donie O'Brien, Br·eda Buckley, Mary Kelleher, Nancy O'Brien, Mary Rose Fitzpatrick, Eily O'Donovan , Bess·ie Lucey, Seila Cahill (Capt.) , Peg

Lucey, Siobhan O'Brien , Mary Lucey, Eva Dempsey, Nora O'Brien , Bridie Lucey, Chris O'Donovan.

CORK COUNTY CHAMPIONS, 1958 Front row (1. to r.) : Margaret Murphy, Peggy Dorgan, Nora O'Mahony, Teresa Murphy, Pauline Deane, Margaret Buckley, Chrissie Dorgan. Back row : Deirdre Sutton , Winnie White, Noreen O'Callaghan, Maura

Brown, Ann Cronin, Maude Moloney, Carrie Buckley, Stephanie O'Connell , Donie O'Brien.

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pionship at the first attempt. Promotion to Grade A followed in 1948. Their efforts in vhe A Grade could not long be thwarted and within two years, in 1950, the county championship was back again in Blackpool. The championship was re­tained in 1951, but eLuded the dub until 1957, when a talented and eager team beat aH opposi­ti-on and ltlhe rup was baok again.

A greart stol"y so far, but nothing in comparison to the glories which lay ahead in the 'si~ties. Plainly st'ated, the Glen Camogie Club won the Co-rk Semor Championship from 1962 to 1968 for a record seven years in succe-ssion. The worries, the storues and the glories of those seven wins have put the Glen Club in an unassailable position in Cork Camogie. We salute these gal­lant 'gi.rls, vhey are more rhan worthy of inclusion in the story of Glen Rovers.

Cmrenrtly the dulb is fie'lding two teams, an under-18 years team and an intermediate team. Those 't!Wo great north-'side camogie nurse·ries of St. Vincent's Convent and North Presentation Convent supply the bulk of today's teams. Given a year or two, success is bound to come, and Glen Rovers will be to the forefront of oamogie in Cork once more.

Many of rthe stars of former years are still happily associated with the running of the camogie dub and with the Glen Rovers Ladies' Committee. The Ladies' Committee is most active in tlhe organising of a variety of fund­raising ventures) both for dub development and for oharitaible purposes. They have particul~rly excelled however in the manner in which they organised and met the club's obligations to cater for the many disr<inguished guests and visitting teams to the club premises in re·cent years.

Go mai11fidh ar mna go deo !

LONG SERVING OFFICERS

John Lyons and Aodh 6 T:uama share 't'wenty­eight years' service as officers of St. Nicks.

John acted as oluib secretary from 1945 to 1958. A:odh .succeeded him an'cl held the post until 1966 and then took over as chairman for the next six years.

They have served the duib loyaHy.

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" THE GLEN CAMOGIE "

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Sheila Cahill who plays in goal She can puck from pole to pole Bridie Lucey, so sure and Noelle Deane There's no fear the Glen will fall When Kit Donovan's on the ball She's as rough and as tough as they come.

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With a hi-ho-he the Glen camogie Shout out your numbers loud and clear One, Two, Three W'here'er you go You will always know That Glen Rovers are best of them all.

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Teresa Murphy and her Da Gave the Glen girls all their crd There as fit and as keen as can be With camogie in our brains It it snows or if it rains Yes Glen Rovers are best of them aU.

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It was then we turned to Cobh Bernie Cashman who won't rove Anna Crotty who shoots like a star Kathleen Halloran, Maura Brown They won't play with any town 'Cause Glen Rovers are best of them all.

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Pego Lucey from Blackpool And Chrissie 'Don' who is no fool Eva Dempsey and young Bernie Deane Making sure to win the match They're afraid to even scratch Yes Glen Rovers are best of them all.

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