Bernie Murray

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Bernie Murray
Personal information
Sport Camogie
Position Midfield
Born 1985 (age 37–38)
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Club(s)*
YearsClubApps (scores)
 St Patrick's GFC, Cullyhanna ?
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
 Armagh ?
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)).
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)).

Bernadette "Bernie" Murray (born 1985) is a Northern Irish sportswoman. She is a camogie player for Armagh GAA. She is also a teacher. She made her inter-county debut in 2003. [1]

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History

Murray plays her club camogie for St Patrick's GFC, Cullyhanna. [2] She made her camogie debut for Armagh in 2003. [1] Until 2010, she had won two All Ireland Nancy Murray Cups, an Ulster senior championship and two Ulster intermediate championships. [2] In 2010, she was awarded a Soaring Star award by the An Cumann Camogaiochta (Camogie Association). [3] She was made captain of Armagh in 2011. [4] In 2014, the Camogie Association of Ireland announced they were establishing an award for longevity and each GAA county were entitled to nominate a camogie player for this award. The Armagh county board announced that they were awarding their "Camogie Player of the Decade" to Murray. [2] In 2015, she stepped away from county camogie for two months due to disillusionment. During her hiatus, she played gaelic football for Boston. [4]

Career

Murray is a teacher at St Patrick's High School, where she also taught Armagh teammates Ciara Hill, Catherine Beagan, Ella Mone, Eimear Smyth and Leah McGoldrick whilst playing alongside them in inter-county camogie. [1] Together they reached the 2016 All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship. [1] Though Armagh were unsuccessful in the final, Murray won a Junior Soaring Star. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Murray and pupils embody new Armagh spirit". hoganstand.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bernie Murray – Armagh's Camogie Player of the Decade". armaghi.com. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "An Cumann Camógaíochta: An Ghomádhail Bhilantúil 2011" (PDF). camogie.ie (in Irish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Murray and pupils embody new Armagh spirit". GAA. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Armagh were undoubtedly the success story of Ulster camogie in 2016". The Irish News. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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