Veronica Curtin (born ) is a former inter-county

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player with . She played in the

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All Ireland finals. With a total of 5-15, she was the sixth highest scoring player in the 2011 Senior Camogie Championship. Curtin won camogie All Star awards in

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and was an All Star nominee in 2010.

Career

Curtin won the Junior All Ireland and Minor All Ireland camogie finals in 1994 - being awarded "Player of the match" in both finals. She was 16 when she was part of the Galway senior team that won Galway's first ever

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title in 1996. She scored 1-5 out of Galway's total of 1-6 when her county won the 2005 National Camogie League final. She scored two goals in Galway's All Ireland semi-final draw with Cork in the 2010 championship.

References

External links

"Curtin keen to add to Galway tally" - ''Irish Times'' - 21 August 2010
(archived 2012) {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtin, Veronica Living people Galway camogie players Year of birth missing (living people)