Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
<h3>History will be made in Fitzgerald Stadium tomorrow (Saturday) when the venue hosts its first-ever inter-county camogie match.</h3>
The Kerry senior team will get their National League campaign underway against Westmeath.
While the famous stadium has hosted inter-club matches before &ndash; back in the 1960s and 1970s &ndash; this will be the first time that a National Camogie League game has been played there.
Camogie is a predominantly North Kerry-based sport but it has been growing particularly well in the Killarney area in recent years.
The Killarney Advertiser understands that a preferred venue in North Kerry became unavailable and that the opportunity fell to Fitzgerald Stadium.
Tomorrow&rsquo;s National League game will be a massive boost to grassroots camogie locally.
&ldquo;It is a big deal for the sport,&rdquo; Sarah Dineen, Chair of Killarney Camogie Club, told the Killarney Advertiser.
&ldquo;Camogie is booming in Killarney, we had 44 girls at Under 8 and 10 training last week which is unheard of.&rdquo;
The club&rsquo;s Under 13 team will play a demonstration match during half time of Saturday&rsquo;s fixture which is set for a 2pm throw-in.
Cillard&#8217;s Clodagh Walsh and Sara Murphy of Clanmaurice have been named as the joint Kerry captains for the year ahead.

Fitzgerald Stadium to host historic inter-county camogie match

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