Bridget Doyle Explained

Code:Camogie
Province:Leinster
Brigid Doyle
Irish:Bríd Ní Dhubhghaill
Sport:Camogie
County:Wexford
Club:Cloughbawn-Adamstown
Clposition:Centre half back
Counties:Wexford
Icallireland:3
Icposition:Centre half back
Clupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Icupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Birth Place:Clonroche, Wexford, Ireland

Brigid Kehoe Doyle is a former camogie player, winner of the B+I Star of the Year award and an All Ireland medal in 1968, 1969 and 1975[1] and a National League in 1968.

Family background

She is one of three sisters from Clonleigh who won All Ireland medals together in 1975 alongside Kit Codd and team captain Gretta Quigley. Brigid captained the '69 team. Two other sisters, Annie and Josie both played on Wexford's 1968 All Ireland winning team, and two more, seven in all, also played inter-county for Wexford.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Moran, Mary . A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Cumann Camógaíochta . 2011 . Dublin, Ireland . 460.