Amy O'Connor

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Amy O'Connor
Personal information
Sport Camogie
Position Right Corner Forward
Born 1996or1997(age 27–28) [1]
Occupation Project manager
Club(s)
YearsClub
Club titles
Cork titles 2
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
2014-2018
 University College Cork
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2014-present
 Cork
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 5
All Stars 2

Amy O'Connor (born 1996or1997) [1] is an Irish camogie player who plays for her club, St Vincent's GAA, in Cork and at inter-county level with the Cork Senior camogie team. Since her senior inter-county debut in 2014, she has won five Senior All-Ireland Camogie Championships with Cork (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2023), captaining the winning team in 2023. [2] As of 2022, she had won six Munster Senior Camogie Championship medals. [3] She was the recipient of Camogie All-Star awards in 2019 and again in 2023. [4] [5]

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Sporting career

O'Connor played soccer at an international level, [2] and was a member of the Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team that reached the semi-final of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. [1]

She participated in the Cork County Camogie Championship in 2021, as a member of the divisional team Seandún which beat Inniscarra on a score of 2–11 to 0–13 - to which she contributed 2-1. [6] Seandún won the 2022 final against Sarsfields on a score of 2–16 to 1–17, with O'Connor contributing 2-8 and being awarded "player of the match" on the day. [7]

In the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final, O'Connor scored 3 goals in under two minutes with a final tally of 3-7 earning her the "player of the match" on the day and subsequently the PwC GPA "women's player of the month" award in August 2023. [8] In October 2023, she picked up the 96FM/C103 Rochestown Park Hotel Monthly GAA award. [9] She was then named overall winner (for the year) at the 96FM/C103 Cork GAA Sports Star of the Year awards in January 2024. [10]

Personal life and education

O'Connor, who is from Knocknaheeny, [11] attended St Vincent's Secondary School in Cork city. [12] She is a qualified pharmacist, with a bachelors degree in Pharmacy from University College Cork (UCC), which she attended on a Quercus Sports' Scholarship. [2] [13] She is also a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, with a Masters in Pharmacy. [14] As of 2023, she was working as a project manager at a software company. [15]

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  2. 1 2 3 Lanigan, Philip (6 August 2023). "Cork's Amy O'Connor On Why She Picked Camogie Over Soccer". evoke.ie. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Duffy, Emma (15 December 2022). "Four-time All-Ireland winner to captain Cork for 2023". The 42. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Galway lead All-Stars as Kilkenny wins players' award". rte.ie. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "PwC Camogie All Star Awards 2023 Winners". munster.gaa.ie. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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  7. ↑ O’Callaghan, Therese (23 October 2022). "O'Connor inspires as Seandún edge thrilling Cork camogie decider". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ↑ McMahon, James (24 August 2023). "O'Connor savours 'unbelievable' journey to final glory". rte.ie.
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