Anna Geary

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Anna Geary
Personal information
Irish name Áine Ní Ghadhra
Sport Camogie
Position Full Back
Born (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 37)
Cork, Ireland
Nickname Asumpta
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Milford
Club titles
All-Ireland Titles 4
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2003–2015
 Cork
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 4
All Stars 6

Anna Geary (born 28 July 1987) is a camogie player and television personality from Milford, County Cork, Ireland.

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Sporting career

She is a winner of four All Star awards, most recently in 2011. She previously won All-Star awards in 2005 and 2006 and 2010. [1] and All Ireland medals in 2005 [2] 2006, 2009 and 2014. [3] She was nominated for a further All-Star award in 2007. [4]

Geary was captain as Cork won the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. [5] Geary Is the winner of 3 All Ireland Club medals in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Three Munster camogie club medals and three county camogie medals with her club Milford. She also won a European camogie championship playing for GSC Luxembourg in 2008. [6] In May 2015, Geary announced her retirement from inter-county camogie at the age of 27. [7] [8] [9]

Television career

In 2015, she joined the coaching panel of the RTÉ One reality competition series, Ireland's Fittest Family . [10] In her first year on the series she made it to the final with her family, the Daverns, ultimately finishing in third place. She returned to the show in 2016, winning this time with the Cummins family from County Tipperary. [11] It was confirmed in May 2017 that Geary would return to the series for a third consecutive year alongside Davy Fitzgerald, returning coach Derval O'Rourke and new coach, Donncha O'Callaghan. [12]

In 2016, she hosted a weekly sport segment on TV3's The Seven O'Clock Show with Martin King and Lucy Kennedy. [13]

She was also a contributor on Marty Morrissey's weekly RTÉ Radio 1 show, The Marty Squad. [14]

In 2017, she was announced as the pitch-side presenter of eir Sport's Match Night Live. [15] She has regularly contributed as an analyst on RTÉ's The Sunday Game . [16]

In 2018, Geary competed in the second series of Dancing with the Stars and finished runner-up. [17] [18]

In June 2023, she announced that she would be stepping down from Ireland's Fittest Family, with Sonia O'Sullivan replacing her as coach. [19]

Writing

In 2024, Geary published a non-fiction book, Anna's Game Plan. [20]

Personal life

In October 2019, Geary married her long-time partner, Dublin man Kevin Sexton, in a ceremony at Castlemartyr, County Cork. [21] She gave birth to a baby boy in 2023. [22] [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "Camogie All Stars". Camogie.ie. Cumann Camógaíochta. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ↑ 2005 Cork 1-17 Tipperary 1-13 All Ireland final reports in Examiner Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Irish Independent, Irish Times and [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ 2006 Cork 0-12 Tipperary 0-4 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Irish Independent, Irish Times and Youtube Video highlights one and related part two
  4. ↑ 2007 All Star nominations
  5. ↑ "Anna Geary reveals career change prompted Cork exit". Irish Examiner. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Heneghan, Conor (2016). "Around the World in 80 Clubs: Gaelic Sports Club, Luxembourg (#15)" . Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "'My career has to become my priority' – Cork's All-Ireland winning captain Anna Geary announces shock retirement". Irish Independent. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "'The career has to become my priority' – Last year's All-Ireland-winning camogie captain retires at 27". The 42. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Anna Geary calls time on Cork career". RTÉ Sport. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Camogie champ Geary joins Ireland's fittest family". RTE.ie. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  11. ↑ Armstrong, Kathy (18 December 2016). "Ireland's Fittest Family 2016 has been REVEALED". irishmirror. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Derval O'Rourke Returns to Ireland's Fittest Family for New 2017 Series | The Irish Film & Television Network". iftn.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Ms Anna Geary – University of Limerick". University of Limerick . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  14. ↑ Doherty, Eoghan. "RTÉ's new GAA radio show will be co-presented by a man whose name rhymes with 'party'". JOE.ie . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Anna Geary Presents Match Night Live on eir Sport". NK Management . 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  16. ↑ Brennan, Colin (9 August 2021). "RTE viewers all say same thing about Anna Geary's outfit for Cork V Kilkenny All-Ireland hurling semi-final". Irish Mirror . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "A whole new ballgame: Anna Geary on Dancing with the Stars". Irish Examiner. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  18. ↑ Finn, Melanie (24 February 2018). "'You would have to question how good a liar they are' - DWTS star Anna Geary on contestants who 'don't want to win'" . Irish Independent . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  19. ↑ Zauers, Anja (9 June 2023). "Anna Geary shares sweet post after stepping away from Ireland's Fittest Family's". VIP Magazine . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  20. ↑ Shortiss, Eoin; O'Loughlin, Mikie. "RTE's Ray D'Arcy replaced by Anna Geary as he takes break from Radio 1 show". CorkBeo. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  21. ↑ "Anna Geary on fitness, wedding prep, and the new job". 20 October 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  22. ↑ "Anna Geary welcomes baby boy "ahead of schedule"". RTÉ News. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  23. ↑ Gorman, Sally; Glennon, Nicole (3 August 2023). "Anna Geary announces birth of baby boy". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
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