Mary O'Callaghan

Mary O’Callaghan, Máire Ní Cheallacháin
21st President of Camogie Association
In office 1988–1991
Succeeded by	Mary Lynch
Personal details
Died	April 21, 1992 Dripsey

Mary O’Callaghan (Máire Ní Cheallacháin) was the 21st president of the Camogie Association. From Dripsey, County Cork she was attached to Inniscarra club, serving as a Cork selector and vice-chair before being elected chair of Cork County Camogie Board in 1980.^[1]

Presidency

The Intermediate championship was established at the end of her presidency, Counties were seeded for the 1992 championship on their 1991 performances, and four losing teams in the first round entered the new competition alongside the 1991 junior champions.^[2]

Personal Life and Death

She died on April 21, 1992 at her home in Dripsey.

References

1. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. pp. 460. 
2. ^ Irish Independent Mar 13 1991 Page 13

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
• On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine Issue 1 and issue 2
• History of Camogie slideshow. presented by Cumann Camógaíochta Communications Committee at GAA Museum January 25, 2010 part one, part two, part three and part four
• Camogie on official GAA website
• Timeline: History of Camogie
• Camogie on GAA Oral History Project
• County and provincial websites: Antrim Armagh Clare Connacht Cork Derry Down Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Leinster Limerick London Louth Meath Munster North America Offaly Tipperary Ulster Waterford Wexford Wicklow

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Name	O’Callaghan,Mary
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Date of death	April 21, 1992
Place of death	Dripsey