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Personal Life:

“Born in 1921, ‘Lil’ grew up on the Model Farm Road, Cork and was educated at St. Aloysius School. Captain of U.C.C. Ashbourne Cup winning side of 1936, she enjoyed a distinguished playing career. A regular on the Cork team from 1934 to 1941, she collected six All-Ireland senior medals and led Cork to success in the 1940 campaign.” (1) “Cork’s Lil Kirby holds the record number of All-Ireland medals outside Cork, and if this county wins on Sunday then Pat Moloney and Marion McCarthy, will equal Lil’s six.” (2)

“‘Lil’ was the first woman to chair the Cork Camogie Board. The county benefited from her firm and capable leadership. She was elected President of the Camogie Association when the two sides came together following the split over the hockey ban. A commerce graduate, she married David Crowley and settled in Bandon.” (3) “She was the daughter of of DW Kirby and Carrigpeter. She went to University College Cork and played on Ashbourne Cup camogie teams, known as the ‘Olympics of Camogie’ and joined Sunday’s Well swimming club and won the Ocean Swim from Crosshaven to Roche’s Point in 1940. She also joined the Muskerry Golf Club and became captain of her local Reserve Defence Forces during The Emergency. She married David Crowley on 18th April 1941 in the Honan Chapel, University College Cork. After her husband died in 1975, she became involved in the Irish Countrywoman’s Association.” (4) “Miss Lil Kirby, who captained the Cork team which took All-Ireland Camogie honours at Croke Park, has now five All-Irelands to her credit.” (5) “Lil was a top class swimmer. She died in November, 1987 at the age of 66.” (6) “On November 14, 1976 (unexpectedly) Edward C. (late of Punch & Co.), darling husband of Lil Kirby, Mallaranny, Cross Douglas Road, and dear father of Carmel, Maureen, and Joan.” (7) “Lil Kirby’s zodiac sign was Aquarius. Lil Kirby’s religious background was: Catholicism. Lil Kirby died in Bandon, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.” (8) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lil_Kirby.jpg (Lil Kirby’s camogie playing match in 1934-1936 in the Camogie GAA club.) “Josie McGrath, Lil Kirby, Kitty Buckley, May McCarthy, Joan Cotter and Lena Delaney brought a hat-trick of titles to Cork in 1934-36. A new batch of stars, Peggy Hogg, Kathleen Coughlan, Eileen Casey, Mary Fitzgerald, Renee Fitzgerald and the Hegarty twins repeated the feat in 1939-1941.” (9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camogie_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Kirby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camogie_in_County_Cork

1(Grainger, n.d.) 2(Irish Examiner 1841-current, 1980) 3(Grainger, n.d.) 4(Hennessy, 2019) 5(Irish Independent 1905-current, 1940) 6(Presidents, 1934) 7(Irish Examiner 1841- current, 1976) 8(Viplag, n.d.) 9(The Camogie Association, 1934-1936)

Bibliography:

Grainger, J. (n.d.). UCC Website. Retrieved from UCC: https://gaa.ucc.ie/camogie/ Hennessy, A. (2019, April 17). WikiMili. Retrieved from Lil Kirby: https://wikimili.com/en/Lil_Kirby Irish Examiner 1841- current. (1976, November 15). Retrieved from Irish Newspaper Archive. Irish Examiner 1841-current. (1980, September 13). Retrieved from Irish Newspaper Archive. Irish Independent 1905-current. (1940, October 15). Retrieved from Irish Newspaper Archive. Presidents. (1934). Retrieved from The Camogie Association: http://www.camogie.ie/presidents.asp The Camogie Association. (1934-1936). Retrieved from About Camogie: http://www.camogie.ie/about-_camogie.asp Viplag. (n.d.). Lil Kirby. Retrieved from Lil Kirby: http://www.vipfaq.com/Lil%20Kirby.html