Susan Earner is a

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player, a member of the

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senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of

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and 2011 against

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, She won a Camogie

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in 2011. She was part of the Galway team which won the 2013 All Ireland, defeating Kilkenny in the final.

School and College

Born in

Clonfert Clonfert () is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedral churches of the Church of Ireland ...

, Co Galway near where the

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forms the border between Galway and Offaly, she attende
St. Rynagh's

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, captaining the school team to the

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in 2004, and

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from where she graduated in 2008. More recently, Ms. Earner has graduated from University College Cork with her Higher Diploma in Education. She is now a qualified secondary school teacher in French and Geography and teaching locally. She is currently learning spoken and written Welsh. Now teaching in Ard scoil chiarain where she is very happy she trains the senior girls team, where they have reached a quarter final thanks to her hard work, time and patience

Other awards

National Camogie League The National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Very Ireland Camogie Leagues, is a competition in the Irish team sport of camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in three divisions graded by ability. It w ...

2005, Senior

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2008, All Ireland Intermediate medal 2004, Junior League 2003, Junior All Ireland 2003, All Ireland Minor 2000. Galway player of the year 2003, All Ireland senior Secondary school medal. Susan also holds the record for the donkey derby held each year at the Ballinasloe Horse Fair. In 2007 she rode "Bridges Bullet" to victory in a record time of 4 minutes 22 seconds.

References

External links

Camogie.ie
Official Camogie Association Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Earner, Susan 1986 births Living people Camogie goalkeepers Galway camogie players UCC camogie players