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It is played mainly in Ireland, the most successful counties being Dublin , Cork , Kilkenny and in more recent times, Tipperary . Counties compete to win the O'Duffy Cup , awarded to the team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship . Dublin have won the most Camogie All-Ireland titles with 26, the last being in 1984 . Kilkenny hold the record for the most successive Camogie titles with 7 victories between 1985 and 1991 , their last title to date was won in 1994 . The reigning champions are Cork. The All-Ireland championship is now sponsored by TG4 (an Irish television channel) on which the final is broadcast live. The name "camogie" Camogie/ was founded in 1884 the English-origin name "hurling" was given to the men's game. When an organisation for women was set up in 1904 , it was decided to Anglicise the Irish name ''camógaíocht'' to ''camogie''. NOTABLE PLAYERS NATIONAL CAMOGIE LEAGUE ROLL OF HONOUR EXTERNAL LINKS
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