Code: | Camogie |
Province: | Leinster |
Aoife O'Connor | |
Irish: | Aoife Ní Conchubhair |
Birth Place: | Wexford, Republic of Ireland |
Birth Date: | 1978 11, df=y |
Sport: | Camogie |
Position: | Back |
County: | Wexford |
Club: | Rathnure |
Clapps(Points): | ? |
Clposition: | Back |
Icapps(Points): | ? |
Counties: | Wexford |
Icposition: | Back |
Clupdate: | (16:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)) |
Icupdate: | (16:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)) |
Aoife O'Connor was a camogie player for Wexford County, Winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007,[1] 2010 and 2011 and captain of the Wexford team that won the National Camogie League in 2009 on the week that she married.[2]
A gaeilgeoir, she has appeared on the analysis panels of TG4 and Nemeton TV on sporting occasions.[3] [4]
O'Connor married RTÉ Sunday Game analyst Declan Ruth in 2009; she postponed her honeymoon in order to captain the Wexford senior camogie team who played Tipperary in the 2009 National League final.[5]
She is the eldest daughter of Teddy O'Connor, All-Ireland senior medal winner with Wexford in 1968.[6] Her sister, Claire, is a Senior team colleague, while their three other sisters - Niamh, Ciara and Eimear - all won National League Division two medal.
National League Division one 2009 (when she captained the team); Winner of All-Ireland Senior club medal in 1995; three Leinster Senior Club 1995, 1996, 2000; Club Senior 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2008; three Senior 'B' Club 2002, 2005, 2006; Leinster Senior 1999, 2000, 2001; Junior Gael Linn Cup with Leinster 1999; Leinster Senior Colleges with Coláiste Bríde 1996; Purple and Gold Star 2008.