Mary Geaney is an Irish sportswoman. She played senior ladies' Gaelic football for Kerry, senior

camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 of hurling (which is played by men onl ...

for Cork and is also a former Ireland women's field hockey international. In

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she captained Kerry when they won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and in

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she captained Cork when they won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. She was the first player to captain a team to both championships. As a field hockey international, she was a member of the Ireland team that won the 1983 Women's Intercontinental Cup. In 2010 she was inducted into the Irish Hockey Association Hall of Fame.

Early years, family and education

Mary Geaney is the daughter of Con Geaney, a member of the Kerry team that won the

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. Her brother, David Geaney, was a member of the Kerry team that won the same All-Ireland championship in

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. She was educated at the Ursuline Secondary School in

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Ladies' Gaelic football

Geaney began playing ladies' Gaelic football for Castleisland Desmonds. In 1973 she played for Kerry against Cork in one of the first ladies' Gaelic football games between the two counties. Kerry won by 5–10 to 4–11 with Geaney scoring 2–6. In

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she played for Kerry when they lost to Tipperary in the first

Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship The Munster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Munster. County boards *Cork *Clare *Kerry *Limerick *Tipperary *Waterfo ...

final. In

she captained Kerry when they won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, defeating Offaly by 4–6 to 1–5. With 3–2, Geany was also the top scorer in the final. She also scored the first ever hat-trick in a Ladies' All-Ireland final. Geaney also won the All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championship with Castleisland Desmonds. She also represented

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at interprovincial level.

Camogie

Geaney played

for Castleisland Desmonds and Éire Óg. Between

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and

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she also played for Cork in six All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship finals. Geaney finished on the winning side in 1978,

and

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. In six finals she scored 7–5. In the 1978 final she scored a hat-trick of goals and in 1980 she captained the winning Cork team. She also represented

at interprovincial level in the Gael Linn Cup.

Field hockey

Geaney played field hockey for Old Ursulines ( Cork), Munster and Ireland. She made her senior international debut in 1971 against England. She subsequently made 61 senior appearances for Ireland. She was a member of the Ireland teams that won the 1977 Triple Crown and the 1983 Women's Intercontinental Cup. In 2010, together with her former team mate,

Margaret Gleghorne Margaret Gleghorne, also known as Maggie Gleghorne, is a former women's field hockey player from Northern Ireland who represented both Ireland and Great Britain at international level. Domestic teams Ballymena Academy Between 1967 and 1974 Gle ...

, she was inducted into the Irish Hockey Association Hall of Fame.

Other sports

Geaney has also played squash, badminton and golf for Munster. She is a member of the Killarney Golf & Fishing Club.

Honours

Ladies' Gaelic football

; Kerry * All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship **''Winners'':

; Castleisland Desmonds * All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championship **''Winners'': 1980, 1983

Camogie

; Cork * All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship **''Winners'':

**''Runners Up'':

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* National Camogie League **''Winners'':

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**''Runners Up'': 1977–78,

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;

* Gael Linn Cup **''Runners Up'':

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; UCC * Ashbourne Cup **''Winners'':

Field hockey

; Ireland *Women's Intercontinental Cup **''Winners'': 1983 *Triple Crown **''Winners'': 1977

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Geaney, Mary 1954 births Living people Cork camogie players Kerry inter-county ladies' footballers Castleisland Gaelic footballers Irish female field hockey players Ireland international women's field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Sportspeople from County Kerry Dual camogie–football players UCC camogie players