Deirdre Duke (born 9 June 1992) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in

2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, England. Defending champions ...

final. Duke has also won Irish Senior Cup and

Women's Irish Hockey League The Women's Irish Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by Hockey Ireland that features women's teams from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league was first played for during the 2008–09 season. It replaced the A ...

titles with UCD. She has also captained the UCD team. Duke also won an

All-Ireland Under-14 Ladies' Football Championship The All-Ireland Under-14 Ladies' Football Championship is a "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played by women in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association The Ladies' Gaelic Footb ...

with

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

and represented the

Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team represents Republic of Ireland in international youth football competitions. FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The team has qualified in 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Previo ...

Early years and education

Duke is the daughter of Gretta Duke, née Carroll, who is originally from

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(see archival record ...

County Wexford County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

. She was educated at

Alexandra College Alexandra College () is an independent day and boarding school for girls in Milltown, Dublin, Ireland. The school operates under a Church of Ireland ethos. History The school was founded in 1866 and takes its name from Princess Alexandra of ...

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...

and

University College Dublin University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest ...

. Duke graduated from the UCD

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in September 2017 with a BCL with Social Justice degree. In addition to playing

women's field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goal ...

, Duke also played both

Ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football () is an Irish team sport for women. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a round ball toward ...

and

women's association football Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams partic ...

in her youth. She played Gaelic football for

Kilmacud Crokes Kilmacud Crokes () is a large Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland. Background Kilmacud GAA club was formed in 1959 following a public meeting in Saint Laurence's Hall, where Stillorgan shopping centre no ...

and was also a member the

team that won the 2005

, defeating Donegal 5–8 to 4–7 in the final. Duke also played association football for Alexandra College, where her teammates included

Emily Beatty Emily Beatty (born 18 August 1993) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Beatty has also won Irish Senior Cup and Women's Irish Hockey Le ...

, and represented the

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at schoolgirl level. Her international teammates included Ciara Grant,

Naomi Carroll Naomi Carroll (born 13 September 1992) is an Irish Olympian and Ireland women's field hockey international. In 2015–16 Carroll won a Women's Irish Hockey League title with Hermes. Carroll has also played both camogie and ladies' Gaelic foot ...

and Dora Gorman.

Clubs

Early years

Duke played

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with

. In 2011, along with

, she was a member of the Alexandra College team that won the Leinster Schoolgirls' Senior Cup. In the final they defeated a St. Andrew's College team that included Gillian Pinder. Duke also played for both Three Rock Rovers and

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UCD

Duke started playing for UCD in 2011–12. On 13 May 2012, together with Dora Gorman, Chloe Watkins and Anna O'Flanagan, Duke was a member of the UCD team that won the Irish Senior Cup, defeating Loreto 3–2 in the final. Duke was also in the squad when UCD won the Irish Senior Cup in 2014. In 2013–14, together with

Katie Mullan Kathryn "Katie" Mullan (born 7 April 1994) is an Ireland women's field hockey international player from Coleraine, Northern Ireland. She was captain of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Mullan has also won ...

, Gillian Pinder, Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan and

, Duke was a member of the UCD team that won their first

title. On 2 April 2017 Duke scored the winner in the 2017 Irish Senior Cup final as UCD defeated

Cork Harlequins Cork Harlequins Hockey and Cricket Club is a multi-sports club based in Cork City in Ireland. The club was founded in 1925. Although Harlequins is best known for its field hockey and cricket teams, during its history the club has also organised ...

in the final. She was also captain of the UCD team. She captained the UCD team again when they defeated

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4–0 to retain the cup in 2018. Duke also captained UCD to further Irish Hockey League titles in 2016–17 and 2017–18. In 2017 UCD completed a treble when they also won the EY Champions Trophy after defeating Hermes-Monkstown in a

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. Duke also helped UCD win five Chilean Cup titles and played for UCD in the

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and

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Northeastern Huskies

The 2012–13 season saw Duke attend

, where she played for

Northeastern Huskies The Northeastern Huskies are the athletic teams representing Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in thirteen varsity team sports: men's and women's hockey (in Hockey East); men's baseball, men's and women's basketball ...

. While in

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, Duke was watching the 2013 marathon when the event was interrupted by a

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. She was standing close to the spot where the second bomb went off but had left the area just half an hour before the explosions.

Düsseldorfer Hockey Club

Following her performance with

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

at the

, Duke announced she would be joining Düsseldorfer Hockey Club for the 2018–19 season.

Ireland international

Duke represented

at Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21 levels before making her senior debut against

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in June 2013. Duke was a member of the Ireland team that won the

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, defeating the

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5–0 in the final. Duke also represented Ireland at the

and was a prominent member of the team that won the silver medal. On 21 July 2018 she scored twice against the

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as Ireland won their opening pool stage game 3–1. She also featured in further pool games against

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and

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, in the quarter-final against India, in the semi-final against

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and in the final against the

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Occupation

Together with Lizzie Colvin, Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan and Gillian Pinder, Duke was one of five lawyers in the Ireland squad at the

. Duke is a trainee solicitor with A&L Goodbody.

Honours

Field hockey

;

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**''Runners Up'':

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*Women's EuroHockey Championship II **''Winners'':

* Women's FIH Hockey Series **''Runners Up'': 2019 Banbridge ; UCD *

**''Winners'': 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 * EY Champions Trophy **''Winners'': 2017 *Chilean Cup **''Winners'': 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 ;

* Leinster Schoolgirls' Senior Cup **''Winners'': 2011

Gaelic football

;

**''Winners'': 2005

References

External links

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at

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