Bridget Doyle

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Brigid Doyle
Personal information
Irish name Bríd Ní Dhubhghaill
Sport Camogie
Position Centre half back
Born Clonroche, Wexford, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Cloughbawn-Adamstown
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
Wexford
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 3

Brigid Kehoe Doyle is a former camogie player, winner of the B+I Star of the Year award and an All Ireland medal in 1968, 1969 and 1975 [1] and a National League in 1968.

Family background

She is one of three sisters from Clonleigh who won All Ireland medals together in 1975 alongside Kit Codd and team captain Gretta Quigley. Brigid captained the '69 team. Two other sisters, Annie and Josie both played on Wexford's 1968 All Ireland winning team, and two more, seven in all, also played inter-county for Wexford.

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References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.