Josephine ‘Josie’ McGrath is a former camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

 player, three times All Ireland medalist and captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1935. She won three further All Ireland senior medals in 1934, 1936, when she scored the fifth of Cork’s six goals, and 1939.

Career

A member of the powerful Old Aloysius she won several county championships in Cork. Her daughter Deirdre Young played camogie for Cork and Munster.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website

Wikipedia List of Camogie players