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Emer Lucey is a
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 ...
player. During the early 2010s she was member of the Railway Union team that won three leagues titles. In 2012–13 Lucey was also captain of the
Railway Union The Railway Union (, RAU) is a trade union representing drivers, traffic controllers and office staff on the railways in Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the ...
team that won a national double, winning both the league and the Irish Senior Cup. Lucey has also played senior
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 Ballyboden St Enda's and
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.


GAA family

Lucey's great grandfather,
Séamus Gardiner Séamus Gardiner (1894 – 10 January 1976), was the 14th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1943–1946). Born in Clare, he played football for UCD while studying there, he trained to be a national school teacher in De La ...
, was President of the GAA from 1943 to 1946. Her father, Peter Lucey, was manager of the
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 ...
team that won the 2005
All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is a competition for third-tier county teams in the women's field sport of camogie and for second-string teams of first-tier counties. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term juni ...
. Her sister,
Ciara Lucey Ciara Lucey is a camogie player, winner of an All-Star award in 2005. One of just three Dublin players to win awards in the history of the scheme, she was play-maker as Dublin won the All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship in 2005 for the fi ...
has also played senior
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 Ballyboden St Enda's and Dublin.


Field hockey


Our Lady's, Terenure

Lucey captained the Our Lady's,
Terenure Terenure (), originally called ''Roundtown'', is a middle class suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It is located in the city's D6 and D6W postal districts. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Terenure was 17,972 as of the 2022 ce ...
team that won the 2005 Leinster Schoolgirls' Premier League. In the final they defeated a High School, Dublin team featuring Nicola Daly and Alison Meeke 2–0.


Railway Union

In 2009–10, together with
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and
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,
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and Nicola Evans, Lucey was a member of the
Railway Union The Railway Union (, RAU) is a trade union representing drivers, traffic controllers and office staff on the railways in Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the ...
team that won the
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 ...
title. Lucey also played for Railway Union in the 2010 Irish Senior Cup final as they lost to Loreto after a
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. In 2012–13 Lucey was captain of the Railway Union team that won a national double, winning both the Women's Irish Hockey League and the Irish Senior Cup. In the cup final Lucey scored Railway Union's opening goal as they defeated UCD 3–2.
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was also a member of this team. Lucey was also a member of the Railway Union team that finished as league runners up in 2013–14. Lucey has also represented Railway Union in
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club competitions, including the 2014 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.


Ireland A

Since 2008, Lucey has been included in Ireland A squads.


Camogie


Clubs

In 2008 Lucey scored the winning goal as Ballyboden St Enda's defeated
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in the Leinster Senior Club Camogie Championship final. Her team mates included her sister,
Ciara Lucey Ciara Lucey is a camogie player, winner of an All-Star award in 2005. One of just three Dublin players to win awards in the history of the scheme, she was play-maker as Dublin won the All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship in 2005 for the fi ...
, and Rachel Ruddy. Lucey has also won
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 ...
league and championship titles with Ballyboden.


Inter-county

In 2005 Lucey and her sister,
Ciara Lucey Ciara Lucey is a camogie player, winner of an All-Star award in 2005. One of just three Dublin players to win awards in the history of the scheme, she was play-maker as Dublin won the All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship in 2005 for the fi ...
, were members of the
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 ...
team that won the
All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is a competition for third-tier county teams in the women's field sport of camogie and for second-string teams of first-tier counties. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term juni ...
. She scored Dublin's opening goal as they defeated
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2–9 to 1–4. The team was managed by their father, Peter Lucey. Lucey also played for the Dublin senior camogie team.


Teacher

Lucey has worked as a primary school teacher at St. Mary's N.S. in
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.


Honours


Field hockey

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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 ...
**''Winners'': 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13 **''Runners Up'': 2013–14 * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 2012–13 **''Runners Up'': 2009–10


Camogie

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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 ...
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All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is a competition for third-tier county teams in the women's field sport of camogie and for second-string teams of first-tier counties. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term juni ...
**''Winners'': 2005 ; Ballyboden St Enda's *Leinster Senior Club Camogie Championship **''Winners'': 2008 *Dublin Senior Club Camogie Championships **''Winners'': 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 *Senior A Dublin Camogie League **''Winners'': 2009, 2010


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucey, Emer 1988 births Living people Ballyboden St Enda's camogie players Dublin camogie players Field hockey players from County Dublin Irish female field hockey players Irish schoolteachers Railway Union field hockey players Women's Irish Hockey League players 21st-century Irish sportswomen