Nollaig Cleary Explained

Code:Ladies' Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Nollaig Cleary
Irish:Nollaig Ní Chléirigh
Occupation:Primary school teacher
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Clposition:Forward
Counties:Cork
Icposition:Right wing-forward
Icyears:2004–2015
Icprovince:10
Icallireland:9
Nfl:8
Allstars:3
Icupdate:22:13, 17 September 2016
Birth Date:1981
Birth Place:Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland

Nollaig Cleary-Uí Chróinín (born 1981) is an Irish retired ladies' Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-forward for the Cork county ladies' football team.

Born in Castlehaven, County Cork, Cleary first played competitive Gaelic football in her youth. She made her senior debut during the 2004 championship. Cleary immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won nine All-Ireland medals, ten Munster medals and eight National Football League medals.

At club level Cleary is a one-time All-Ireland medallist in the junior grade with Gabriel Rangers.

Cleary's brother, John Cleary, and her husband, Mícheál Ó Cróinín, also played with Cork.[1] [2]

After retiring from inter-county football in January 2013, Cleary later reversed her decision. She announced her second retirement from inter-county football on 4 June 2015.[3] [4]

Honours

Player

Cork

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cleary continuing family tradition. Cork Independent. 24 September 2014. 31 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Ó Cróinín has the grá for football to keep driving on. Evening Echol. 4 February 2014. 31 July 2015. Éamonn. Murphy.
  3. Web site: Nollaig happy the hunger returned. Irish Examiner. 28 September 2013. 31 July 2015.
  4. Web site: Exclusive: Nollaig Cleary announces football retirement. The Southern Star. 4 June 2015. 31 July 2015. Kieran. McCarthy.