Vera Sheehan

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Vera Sheehan
Personal information
Irish name Fíora Ní Síocháin
Sport Camogie
Position Centre field
Born Limerick, Ireland
Club(s)*
YearsClubApps (scores)
Granagh-Ballingarry ?
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
Limerick ?
* 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)).

Vera Sheehan is a camogie player, winner of a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003. [1]

Career

She won club championship medals with Granagh-Ballingarry in 1999, 2000 and 2003. In 1997 she captained St Mary's Charleville to the secondary schools All Ireland championship. In 2003, she featured on the RTÉ programme Breaking Ball, along with her sisters Maureen, Deirdre and Aoife. When the All Star awards scheme was officially recognised, she was short-listed in 2004, [2] 2005, [3] and 2007, [4]

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References

  1. "Camogie All Stars". Camogie.ie. Cumann Camógaíochta. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. 2004 All Star nominations Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 2005 All Star nominations Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 2007 All Star nominations