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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Linn Ní Dhuinnshlé | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Born | 1974 Cork, Ireland | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
| Cloughduv and Glen Rovers | ? | ||
| Inter-county(ies)** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1990-2001 | Cork | ? | |
| * club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). | |||
Lynn Dunlea is a former camogie player, [1] scorer of three goals for Cork in their 1993 All Ireland final victory over Galway.
She scored a breath-taking goal deep in injury-time during the All-Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny earlier that season. [2]
She won four All Ireland senior medals in 1992, [3] 1993, 1997 [4] and 1998. [5] She won an All Ireland Club Championship medal with the Glen Rovers club in 1993, and seven National League medals.
For her club she scored 4-5 of their total of 6-12 in the 1993 club final and 0-14 of Glen Rovers 1-15 in their unsuccessful 1994 All Ireland club final against Lisdowney at Ballyragget,
She won a women's football club title with Donoughmore in 2001. [6]
She retired at the age of 28 after suffering shoulder and neck injuries in the drawn All Ireland semi-final of 2001. [2] [7] Having played in the first All Ireland final to be televised live she was a television analyst for RTÉ camogie coverage in the 2000s.[ citation needed ]
The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie Final being played on the second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. The prize for the winning team is the O'Duffy Cup.
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is the most important competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.
Síle Burns is a camogie player and a physiotherapist, winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 2008, when she scored two goals in the final, and 2009 and a camogie All Star award winner in 2008.
Veronica Curtin is a camogie player. She won camogie All Star awards in 2006 and 2007 and played in the 2008, 2010 and 2011 All Ireland finals and 2009 All Ireland club final. With a total of 5-15 she was the sixth highest scoring player in the Senior Championship of 2011. She was an All-Star nominee in 2010.
Elaine Burke is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 2005, remember for her catch-cry from the podium: "Rebels abú arís."
Denise Gilligan is a camogie player, scorer of two goals for Galway in their breakthrough 1996 All Ireland final victory over Cork.
Therése O'Callaghan is a camogie player, captain of the winning National Camogie League team in 1991 and again in 1996. She also captained her club Glen Rovers to the All Ireland club championship of 1990.
Sharon Glynn is a camogie player and manager, an All Ireland medalist in 1996 and the star of her county’s 2002 victory in the National Camogie League when she scored three goals in Galway’s 6-6 to 1-7 victory over Limerick. She was nominated for an All Star award in 2005.
The 1934 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1934 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Cork, who defeated Louth by an eight-point margin in the final.
The 1993 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1993 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a ten-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 5,400.
The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1995 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Killkenny by a four-point margin in the final, taking the lead for only the first time in the match with a goal by Linda Mellerick that dropped into the net from a long shot with just 30 seconds of normal time left. The match drew an attendance of 9,874, then the highest for a camogie-only final, beating the 52-year-old attendance record set for Dublin v Cork in 1943. Lynn Dunlea scored 4-20 in the championship.
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1996 season. The championship was won for the first time in the county’s history by Galway who defeated Killkenny by a two-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 10,235, then the highest in the history of camogie.
The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1998 season and the first All-Ireland Camogie Final to be televised live. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a four-point margin in the final. The match attracted an attendance of 10,436, a then record for the sport of camogie.
The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1997 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a four-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 10,212, then the second highest in the history of camogie.
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Pearses from the Ballymacward and Gurteen areas of Co Galway, who defeated Granagh-Ballingarry from Limerick in the final, played at Glen Rovers.
The 1992 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Glen Rovers, who defeated Rathnure from Wexford in the final, played at Glen Rovers.
The 1993 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Glen Rovers, who defeated Mullagh from Galway in the final, played at Ballinasloe.
The 1995 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Armagh in the final, played at St Finbarrs.
The 2001 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Galway in the final, played at McDonagh Park, Nenagh. Cork completed an unprecedented run of seven National League titles in a row. Vivienne Harris became the first person to captain three National League winning camogie teams in succession.
The 1998 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Galway in the final, played at Ballinasloe. It was the last National League to be played with 12-a-side.
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