Elizabeth Garvan 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, scorer of 3-6 of Cork's total of 5–7 in the
All Ireland final of 1970. She won further
All Ireland senior medals in 1971, 1972 and 1973.
Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
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Career
She was still at school when chosen to play for Cork in the Munster championship of 1968 and for Munster in the Gael Linn Cup
The Gael Linn Cup is a biennial tournament, representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, contested by Ireland's four provincial teams with competitions at senior and junior level on alternate ...
the following autumn, winning the Munster camogie player of the year award en route. She won 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 ...
medals with UCC in their 1971-4 three-in-a-row.
References
External links
Camogie.ie
Official Camogie Association Website
* Wikipedia List of Camogie players
Cork camogie players
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
UCC camogie players
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