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Ailish Considine (born 9 July 1992) is an Irish former
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er who played for
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and
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in the
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. After playing
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and
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 ...
for the Clare county teams in her native
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, Adelaide drafted Considine as a rookie signing. She made her debut in the one-point loss to the at
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in the opening round of the
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. She was the first Irish female to become a Premiership Player with the
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in 2019 when they defeated Carlton in the grand final at a full capacity
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. In December 2022, Adelaide delisted Considine after she was on the injury list all of
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. She joined ahead of the 2023 season as a replacement player for fellow Irishwoman Vikki Wall. After playing one game for the club, she retired at the end of the season.


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Personal life

Considine was born in Ireland. She grew up playing
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with her club Kilmihil and
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 ...
with
Kilmaley Kilmaley () is a village in County Clare, Ireland, west of Ennis. The name is from the Irish language or 'church of (Saint) Maley'. Geography The Kilmaley River runs through the village. Kilmaley is in the barony of Islands, much of whose lan ...
, while also representing Clare at the highest level as a
dual player Dual player or dual star is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling. The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays ...
. She studied Exercise & Fitness Science at the
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, and graduated in 2018. From January 2020 until April 2022, Considine wrote an occasional "Aussie Rules Diary" for RTÉ.ie, in which she discussed her experiences as a professional athlete in Adelaide. In that diary, she referenced being in a relationship with Adelaide teammate Anne Hatchard. Her sister Eimear plays international rugby for the Ireland women's team.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Considine, Ailish 1992 births Living people Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) players Clare ladies' Gaelic footballers North Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players Irish female players of Australian rules football Irish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Irish lesbian sportswomen Ladies' Gaelic footballers who switched code LGBTQ players of Australian rules football 21st-century Australian LGBTQ people 21st-century Irish LGBTQ people 21st-century Irish sportswomen Australian lesbian sportswomen