A skort is essentially a half-way house between shorts and a skirt – a divided skirt, a pair of shorts with a skirt over the top or, if you like, a skirt with a pair of shorts underneath, which some sportswomen wear instead of either a skirt or shorts.

"I've heard people say that for younger girls, who play football and camogie, they're deciding to play football because they can wear shorts," added Gannon.

Dublin camogie player Niamh Gannon has expressed disappointment and frustration at the decision of the association’s Congress recently not to allow There were two motions tabled at the gathering in The Westgrove Hotel earlier this month looking to change the rule which compels players to wear a skort,