Camogie

/kəˈmoʊɡi/ noun

Definition

An Irish team sport for women, similar to hurling but with modified rules, played with a wooden stick and small ball.

Etymology

From Irish camogie, formed from camóg (the stick used in hurling) with a feminizing suffix. Created in the early 1900s as a specifically women's version of the male sport hurling.

Kelly Says

Camogie was invented specifically because Irish women were banned from playing hurling—so they created their own sport, and now it's genuinely beloved with passionate fans, proving sometimes exclusion sparks something better!

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