Eibhlín Lawlor (Eibhlín Uí Leathlóbhair) was the 29th president of the

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. Lawlor ascended to the presidency of the Association after beating Antrim's Catherine O'Hara at the 2011 congress held in Belfast's Wellington Park Hotel. Lawlor became president in March 2012.

Background

Eibhlín is from a particularly strong camogie background, which suits her role as Association leader. She was reared with several camogie-players in an emerging Crumlin club. She won a Club Championship with Crumlin. Lawlor went off to County Westmeath in 1988, became a member of St Munna's club in 1990. The club won 18 Senior County Championships over a period of 19 years, also would win the Leinster Junior B Club championship over the course of time.

Other roles

Lawlor has held various positions at the Westmeath County Camogie Board level including chair, vice-chair, treasurer. She refereed the 2002 Senior final, the 2004 Junior final, and inter-provincial, club and games in North America. Lawlor was a delegate to congress, referees tutor and Leinster League Coordinator, coordinating a league which has grown from 19 teams in its first year, 2007, to 36 teams in 2010. She became a member of the National Referees Committee in 2002, and pressed for improved refereeing Standards, as well as introducing fitness tests ensuring consistent fitness standards of

camogie Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...

referees and an assessment programme for Inter-County referees.

Personal life

She is married to Donal Lawlor with 4 children; a daughter and 3 sons, one of whom is named Colm.

Objective

An objective, announced when elected, was to get more female referees at national level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawlor, Alieen Living people Irish nurses Presidents of the Camogie Association Year of birth missing (living people) Health professionals from County Westmeath