Sue Cashman Explained

Code:Camogie
County:Antrim
Province:Ulster
Sue Cashman
Irish:Sú Ní Chiosain
Sport:Camogie
Position:Centre field
County:Antrim
Club:Deirdre
Clapps(Points):?
Clposition:Centre field
Icapps(Points):?
Counties:Antrim
Icposition:Centre field
Clupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Icupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Birth Place:Antrim, Northern Ireland

Sue Cashman is a former camogie player, winner of Caltex Player of the Year award in 1967, only the second of five camogie players in history to be awarded what would later become known as the Texaco Award.[1] She also won an All Ireland medal in 1967 when she was captain, play-maker and Player of the Match in Antrim's defeat of Dublin.

Career

She was among ten Antrim players who won the Gael Linn Cup for Ulster for the first time. She retired after Antrim were beaten by Cork in the 1973 All Ireland final, in which she scored a point. She played on the Deirdre teams defeated in the 1964 and 1965 All Ireland club finals.

Notes and References

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