Denise Gilligan Explained

Code:Camogie
Province:Connacht
Denise Gilligan
Irish:Denís Nic Giollagáin
Sport:Camogie
County:Galway, London
Club:Tara Camogie London
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Counties:Galway and London
Clupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Icupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Birth Place:Galway, Ireland

Denise Gilligan (born) is a camogie player,[1] from Galway, who was part of the team that won the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.

Career

Gilligan scored two goals for Galway in their breakthrough 1996 All Ireland final victory over Cork. In 1998, she almost repeated the goal-scoring performance when Galway lost to Cork in the last 12-a-side final, sending a late goal chance inches wide.[2] A year later the goal would have counted under expanded goal measurements! She scored a goal and two points as Galway won a National League medal in 2002.[3]

After moving to London in 2008, Gilligan played with the London camogie team. She joined Tara Camogie Club of London and helped Tara win Senior Championships in 2009 and 2010. She has captained the team, won a Player of the Match Award in 2010, as well as a number of club awards. As of 2015, she was living in Ealing in London.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Camogie Archive . Camogie.ie . 30 June 2010 . 30 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120128172120/http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/ChampionshipHistory/tabid/61/Default.aspx%3DCamogie.ie . 28 January 2012 .
  2. 1998 All Ireland final Cork 2-13 Galway 0-15 reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent and Irish Times
  3. 2002 Galway 6-6 Limerick 1-7 report in Irish Independent
  4. Web site: Inspirational woman achieves driving ambition to crew frontline ambulance . ambulance-life.co.uk . 11 March 2015 . 11 August 2024 .