Nancy O'Driscoll

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Nancy O'Driscoll
Personal information
Irish name Áine Ní Dhrisceoil
Sport Camogie
Position centre field
Born Cork, Ireland
Club(s)*
YearsClubApps (scores)
Éire Óg & Valley Rovers ?
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
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)).

Ann 'Nancy' O'Driscoll is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1978 [1] and captain of the All Ireland junior winning team of 1973. She made her senior debut in 1974, played in that year's replayed All Ireland final and won a second All Ireland senior medal in 1980. [2] She played field hockey for Ireland and also excelled at badminton.

Career

One of six camogie playing sisters, she won five Cork county championships with Éire Óg and a Munster club championship in 1985 and played for Valley Rovers until 1995 when she appeared in the county Junior B final.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals