| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Áine Ní Chléirigh | ||
| Sport | Ladies' football | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Born | 1983 (age 41–42) Lavally | ||
| Nickname | Clarkie | ||
| Occupation | Garda [1] | ||
| Club | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Kilkerrin-Clonberne | |||
| Inter-county | |||
| Years | County | ||
1997–2016 [2] | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Annette Clarke (born 1983; married name Annette Collins [3] ) is an Irish sportswoman. She played ladies' Gaelic football with her local club, Kilkerrin-Clonberne, and with the Galway county team. [4] [5]
Clarke won the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship with Galway in 2002, and captained Galway to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2004. [6]
She suffered a near-career-ending injury in 2010 and was dropped from the Galway squad in 2012. Clarke, however, returned to the Galway squad, winning a second All Star in 2013 [7] and captaining her club to a Connacht Ladies Senior Club Football Championship in 2014. She retired in 2016. [8] [3]
She appeared on an episode of Laochra Gael on 17 April 2016. [9]
Annette Clarke is a member of Garda Síochána, the Irish police. [10] [11] She is married to Kieran Collins. [3]