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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Máirín Níc Charthaigh | ||
Sport | Camogie | ||
Position | defence, centre field, forward, goalkeeper | ||
Born | Ireland | ||
Club(s)* | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
SPSP Past Pupils Club | ? | ||
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). |
Marion McCarthy is a former camogie player whose positions ranged all over the field from defence, centre field, forward and goalkeeper when she was active for SPSP Past Pupils PP Camogie Club, and a former winner of a B+I of the Year award. [1] and Club Final medals in 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1983 and a winner also of camogie medals later as a player in ’84, ’86 and ’89. She is possibly unique in camogie history for winning camogie medals as an outfield player where she was in defence, centre field and forward and, then, after 1980, she took to the task of goalkeeper.[ citation needed ] Her father is the concertina player and uilleann piper player Tommy McCarthy and began playing the tin whistle as a child. [2] She was selected as her club's player of the year in 1980.[ citation needed ]
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