Camogue Rovers GAA Club celebrates centenary with special event this Friday night

LIMERICK club Camogue Rovers are hosting a special centenary banquet this Friday evening, February 13, at the Fitzgerald's Woodlands House Hotel in Adare.

The Camogue Rovers GAA Club was founded at the cross of Clorane in the summer of 1925, with William Sheehan, Jack Quaid, Tim Morey and Dinny Mulcahy serving as the club's first officers.

The name Camogue Rovers was selected as the majority of their first junior hurling team were from the banks of the Camogue river. In 1926 Camogue won the inaugural South Limerick hurling championship beating Hospital 2-01 to 1-03. Three years later, in 1929, the club again contested the final, this time losing out narrowly to Hospital 2-04 to 2-02.

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In1954, the Camogue Rovers club was revived after a lapse of 20 years in Meanus school, with Mike Quaid filling the role of Club President, Tom Mulcahy Chairman, Paddy Naughton Treasurer and Frank Greene Secretary.

For the first few years it was only a hurling club. In 1958 Camogue Rovers won the South junior B championship in Football defeating Knockainey 1-04 to 0-02.

In June of that year the Rovers acquired their own field through the land commission for £450 pounds, money was raised by house-to-house collections.

Then in 1959 they retained their south title defeating Garryspillane 1-08 to 0-09. Two years later, in 1961, all hurling went to Bruff and Gaelic football came under Camogue Rovers.

The following year, Rovers again fielded in both codes and in 1964 Rovers contested the South shield final in hurling where they won against Banogue 3-04 to 2-01. 

The club also fielded an U16 football team and won the South championship defeating Galbally 3-04 0-04. Again in '68 both teams joined for hurling.

Rovers won the south football final against Ballylanders 2-06 to 0-09 in 1970. Again in 1974 both Rovers and Bruff joined again, Bruff in hurling and Rovers in football.

In 1985, Camogue Rovers won their first South hurling title since 1929 beating Glenroe 2-09 to 1-04. Pat Murnane, South GAA Chairman and former Rovers chairman, presented the cup to Pat O’Rourke.

Rovers got to a County Novice hurling final in 1986 losing out to Ardagh 3-05 to 2-06.

Again in 1991, the club won the south final beating CTB 3-06 to 0-06. IThen four years later, Camogue Rovers won a South football final against Garryspillane 1-10 to 0-08, but lost out in the county final after a replay 1-10 to 0-11.

Four years ago, in 2022, the club won another South title beating Bruree 2-09 to 2-07, where Pat Murnane presented the cup to his son Ger. Camogue lost out in the county semi-final to GB 2-08 to 0-10. Again in 2003, Camogue won the south final in hurling beating Blackrock 2-10 to 1-04.

Camogue won South title in hurling in 2016 and football in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The club played at Junior A level in 2021 due to restructuring with CB.

Camogue lost out to Feenagh in the county final same year. In  2022 Camogue again won South and County League titles within four days of each other but lost out to Mungret in semi-final.

In the county final in 2023 Camogue suffered to defeat to Mungret St Paul's, before losing to Ahane in 2024. Then, last year, Camogue won their first county title, when overcoming Adare in Kilmallock in November.

Members of the victorious county final winning squad will receive their medals at Friday night's centenary celebration event.