New camogie cup named in Ashling's honour

The Camogie Association has announced today that one of the Electric Ireland Third Level Camogie Championships will honour the late Ashling Murphy, whose first anniversary was last month.

The previously unnamed CCAO Division 5 Cup will be officially named the Ashling Murphy Cup from now on.

An accomplished camogie player, Ashling played camogie not just for her local club Kilcormac/Killoughey, but also represented Mary Immaculate College, Limerick at collegiate level.

Ashling’s passing shook the country to its core, especially women and girls who have often found themselves “just going on a run”.

The Camogie Association hopes the renaming of this competition can be a celebration of Ashling’s life, her achievements and the sport she played and loved.

The association thanked the Murphy family for their approval and to Mary Immaculate College for their kind donation of the trophy.

Uachtarán an Cumann Camógaíochta, Hilda Breslin said Ashling’s tragic death was deeply felt by the camogie community, most especially by her teammates, club, county and Mary Immaculate College where she had played.

She paid tribute to the Murphy family, CCAO and Mary Immaculate College.

"Our thoughts will always be with Ashling’s family, friends, club and wider community. Since Ashling’s death her family with great courage and dignity have sought to raise both the issue of violence towards women but also celebrate the wonderful life of Ashling.

"Ashling’s accomplishments, her generosity of spirit and her love of Irish culture touched so many, the naming of the CCAO cup in her honour is a fitting tribute. It will also continue to highlight the responsibility of all of us within society to ensure a safe environment for women.

"We look forward to the CCAO Third Level Electric Ireland finals in UCD this weekend, it promises to be a wonderful weekend of skill, action, excitement with Third Level Camogie rightly taking centre stage in our national calendar,” she concluded.