Madge Rainey Explained

Code:Camogie
Province:Ulster
Madge Rainey
Irish:Mairéad Ní Ráine
Sport:Camogie
Position:position
County:Antrim
Club:Dunloy
Clapps(Points):?
Icapps(Points):?
Counties:Antrim
Clupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Icupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Birth Place:Antrim, Northern Ireland

Margaret Rainey is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1956.[1] She played in the All Ireland senior final of 1951.[2]

Career

She gave an accomplished in All Ireland semi-final and final in 1951 and was a goalscorer on the Antrim team that shocked Dublin in the 1956 All Ireland semi-final. She played again on the Antrim team that narrowly won the 1957 semi-final against Mayo in Castlebar but was not on the team defeated in the 1957 final.

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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. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=1&aid=143043&id=217157391491 Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals