The name was invented by Tadhg Ua Donnchadha (Tórna) at meetings in 1903 in advance of the first matches in 1904. It is derived from stick used in the game. Men play hurling using a curved stick called a "camán" in Irish. Women in the early camogie games used a shorter stick described by the diminutive form "camóg". The suffix -"aíocht" (originally "uidheacht") was added to both words to give names for the sports: "camánaíocht" (which became "iománaíocht") and "camógaíocht". When the Gaelic Athletic Association 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".