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Mary Fennelly
Mary Fennelly (Máire Ní Fhionnalaigh) was the 19th president of the Camogie Association. Family background She is first cousin of the Fennelly family from Ballyhale, of whose seven brothers four played together to win the 1989 Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship and four (Kevin, Seán, Ger and Liam) played together in the All Ireland hurling final of 1987. Career She won three All Ireland medals with Kilkenny in 1974, 1976 (when she captained the team), and 1977 (when she won the Kilkenny camogie sports star award) and All Ireland club medals with St Paul's. She won colleges medals with Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny in the first two years of the competition, 1968 and 1969. In the early 1970s, while in Dublin, she played with Naomh Aoife. She retired as a player in 1980. Administration She first chaired the Kilkenny camogie board while still a player in 1976, seeing affiliations in the county grow at all levels and organising Féile na nGael in Kilkenny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lynch
Mary Kelly-Lynch (Máire Uí Loinsigh) was the 20th president of the Camogie Association. Playing career She was introduced to camogie at secondary school in her native Carrickmacross and played for the county while still at school. She joined Celtic club after moving to Dublin, and won All Ireland medals partnering Kathleen Cody at midfield. Administrator After marrying Willie Lynch she returned to Carrickmacross, reorganising camogie in the county as county chair and trainer manager for Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Letterken ... senior and junior teams. She continued to play and won a Monaghan Intermediate Championship medal with Carrickmacross in 1978. She served on the first primary schools committee, later chaired the fixtures committee and in 1985 was el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |