Gemma O'Connor (camogie)
Gemma O'Connor born 1985 in Cork is a camogie player, a soldier in the Irish Army, winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. She is a ten times camogie All Star award winner in which she won six awards in succession, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017. She was also a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011.
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Gemma Ní Chonchúir | ||
Sport | Camogie | ||
Position | half back, midfield, half forward | ||
Born |
1985 Cork, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
St. Finbarr's | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2002-Present | Cork | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands | 9 | ||
All Stars | 10 |
Career
Gemma captained the Cork Seniors in 2007, and is the holder of All-Ireland Minor and Senior championship honours along with National League Senior and Junior medals. She represented Cork in the Féile na nGael skills in 1998 and was camogie player of the year in 2005, as well as winning one Senior county title.
Family
Her brother, Glen, lined out with Cork in the 2009 National Hurling League while her uncle, Bill Geaney, captained Cork to Under-21 hurling honours.[1]
References
- All Ireland camogie final programme 2009
External links
- Official Camogie Website
- An Fear Rua profile
- Denise Cronin's championship diary in On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091228032101/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_camogie_oduffycup.html Fixtures and results] for the 2009 O'Duffy Cup
- All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
- Video highlights of 2009 championship Part One on YouTube and part two on YouTube
- Video Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final on YouTube
- Report of All Ireland final in Irish Times Independent and Examiner