Aislinn Connolly is a

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 ...

player who was an All Star winner in

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and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. She played in the All Ireland finals of

and

Family background

She is the daughter of John Connolly, who featured in Galway’s breakthrough All Ireland victory of

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Career

She exploded on to the sporting scene in Galway’s All Ireland minor championship success of 2000. Having played as a sub in Galway’s narrowly unsuccessful team of 1999s she won player of the match as Galway beat Cork by 2-9 to 0-3 in Tullamore. She played on the

University of Limerick University of Limerick (UL) () is a Public university, public research university institution in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded in 1972, as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it became a university in Septemb ...

team that won three

Ashbourne Cup The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college. The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie. The competition features many of the ...

titles in a row in 2004, 2005, and 2006 She was nominated for an All Star award in 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Aislinn Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Galway camogie players UL GAA camogie players