Mary O'Connor (born 1977 in Killeagh, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. A dual player, she played both ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. As a footballer O Connor has played with her local clubs Donoughmore and Inch Rovers and was a member of the Cork county ladies' football team at senior level from 1994 until 2010. She has won five All-Ireland titles. As a camogie player O'Connor played for her local club Killeagh and was a member of the Cork county camogie team at senior level since 1996. Since then she has won seven All-Ireland titles. O'Connor is one of the most decorated players in the history of Gaelic games.[1] Winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 1997[2] (when her last point of the first half off her left side, scored as she was in full flight 50 yards out, is regarded as one of the best scores in the history of camogie [3]), 1998,[4] 2002,[5] 2005,[6] 2006,[7] 2008[8] and 2009[9][10] and All Star awards in 2005, 2006 and 2009.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Maire Ní Chonchúir | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | Full forward | ||
| Born |
1977 (age 46–47) Cork, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Killeagh (C) Donoughmore (F) Granagh-Ballingarry (F) | |||
| Club titles | |||
| All-Ireland Titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1994–2009 | Cork | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 12 | ||
| All Stars | 4 | ||
Career edit
She holds seven Senior All-Ireland and nine National League camogie medals as well as county, provincial and two All Ireland Club medals with Granagh-Ballingarry whom she played with while studying and working in Limerick.[citation needed]
Awards edit
She was the overall winner of the 96/103fm Rochestown Park Hotel award following her performances in the All-Ireland and National League finals in 2006. she received the vodafone camogie player of the year award in 2006, As well as her three All Star awards she was nominated for further awards in 2004,[11] 2008[12] and 2009,[13] and received an unofficial Lynchpin award in 2003.
Football edit
She captained Cork to a fifth successive All-Ireland football title in 2009[14] having won an All Star Award in ladies' football in 2006.
References edit
- ^ "Profile of Mary O'Connor". www.cul4kidz.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ 1997 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine and Irish Times.
- ^ Pat Roche (8 September 1997). The Irish Times. Dublin, Ireland. p. A5.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ 1998 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine and Irish Times
- ^ 2002 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, and Irish Times
- ^ 2005 All Ireland final reports in Examiner, Irish Times and Rebelgaa.com Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2006 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and YouTube video part one and part two
- ^ 2008 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Reaction in Irish Examiner
- ^ 2009 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Independent and Irish Times and YouTube Video Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final
- ^ "All Ireland final". Irish Times. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ 2004 All Star nominations Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2008 All Star nominations
- ^ 2009 All Star nominations Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ All Ireland camogie final programme 2009
External links edit
- Profile in Cúl4kidz magazine
- Official Camogie Website
- Fixtures and results for the 2009 O'Duffy Cup
- All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
- Video highlights of 2009 championship Part One and part two
- Video Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final
- Report of All Ireland final in Irish Times Independent and Examiner