Aoife Neary

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Aoife Neary
Personal information
Irish name Aoife Ní Náraigh
Sport Camogie
Position Corner forward
Born 1985 (age 3637)
Kilkenny, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
2000 – present
James Stephens
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2000 – present
Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
All Stars 2

Aoife Neary (born 1985) is a camogie player and works as a vascular physiologist in the south east.[ citation needed ] She lives in County Kilkenny. Winner of All Star awards in 2008 and 2009. Neary played in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009 and again in 2013. [1] Her father, Paddy, was a corner-back with Kilkenny in the early 1980s and went on to serve as an inter-county referee, while her aunt, Catherine Neary, is the Camogie Association president.[ citation needed ] Aoife Neary won a National League medal in 2008. Neary was on the Junior All-Ireland winning side of 2002 and holds Leinster titles in the Under-14 (two), Under-16 (three), Minor (three), Junior and Senior (three) grades. She has captured Gael Linn Cup Junior and Senior honours with Leinster, Under-16 (two), Junior and Minor titles with her club, and an All-Ireland Senior 'B' Colleges medal. [2]

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References

  1. "All Ireland final". Irish Times. Irish Times. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  2. All Ireland camogie final programme 2009