Irish camogie player
Claire O'Connor is a camogie player for Wexford county, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships of 2007,[ 1] 2010 ,[ 2] and 2011 .[ 3] [ 4] O'Conner was an All Star award winner in 2010 and 2011 [ 5] She was also a member of the 2011 Team of the Championship .[citation needed ]
A gaeilgeoir, she has appeared on the analysis panels of Seó Spóirt, TG4 and reports for Radio na Gaelachta on sporting occasions.[ 6]
In 2022 she appeared in the Irish film, Róise and Frank .[ 6] [ 7]
Other awards and club memberships
National Camogie League medals in 2009, 2010 and 2011 .
Leinster Championship 2009, 2010, 2011.
All-Ireland Under-16 1995
Winner of All-Ireland Senior club medal in 1995
Three Leinster Senior Club 1995, 1996, 2000
Club Senior 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 (captain), 2008
Three Senior 'B' Club 2002, 2005 (captain), 2006;
Leinster Under-14 1993, 1994
Leinster Under-16 1995, 1996
Leinster Under-18 1997, 1998
Leinster Senior 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007
Junior Gael Linn Cup with Leinster 1999
Leinster Senior Colleges with Coláiste Bríde 1996, 1998, 1999 (captain)
Purple and Gold Star 2008.[citation needed ]
Personal life
O’Connor has two children.[ 8] She is also a primary school teacher.[ 5] [ 6]
O'Connor is the daughter of Teddy O'Connor, All-Ireland senior medal winner with Wexford in 1968;[ 5] her mother Ann also played at county level. Her sister, Aoife , was the senior team captain in 2010 and is married to Declan Ruth .[ 9] Three other sisters Niamh, Ciara and Eimear - all won National League Division two medals.[ 10] [ 11]
References
^ 2007 All Ireland final reports in
^ 2010 All-Ireland Final reports in:
^ "Wexford 2-07 Galway 1-08" . RTÉ Sport . 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011 .
^ 2011 final Wexford 2-7 Galway 1-8 Report in:
^ a b c Camogie Ireland website, O’Connor ready for challenge , article by Michael McCrea dated August 2012
^ a b c Irish Independent website, You Are Learning Every Day , article by Dean Goodison dated May 16, 2020
^ IMDB website, Róise and Frank
^ The 42 website, It brings back your identity you maybe lost , article dated February 18, 2020
^ Camogie Ireland website, Newlywed Wexford Captain Aoife O’Connor Ahead of Saturday’s NL Final , article by Michael McCrea
^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
^ Goodison, Dean (2010). I Gotta Feeling: Wexford 2010 All-Ireland Champions . Wexford, Ireland: Dean Goodison. p. 208.
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