Cork grouped with defending champions as Camogie Championship fixtures confirmed

Group 2 sees last year's beaten finalists Kilkenny pooled with Limerick, Waterford and Westmeath.

Rebecca Hennelly of Galway with her father Gerry and seveen-month old niece Anna O'Reilly following the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final match between Galway and Kilkenny at Croke Park last year. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Cork start their bid to regain the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship title against Offaly on the weekend of October 24/25, the Camogie Association have announced.

They are in Group 1 alongside defending champions Galway and Wexford, the 2017 and 2018 champions will have have to play six times in eight weeks if they are to regain the title.