Therése O'Callaghan explained

Code:Camogie
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Therése O'Callaghan
Irish:Treasa Ní Cheallacháin
Sport:Camogie
Position:centre back
County:Cork
Club:Glen Rovers
Clapps(Points):?
Clposition:centre back
Icapps(Points):?
Counties:Cork
Icallireland:3
Icposition:centre back
Clupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Icupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland

Therése O'Callaghan is a camogie player,[1] captain of the winning National Camogie League team in 1991 and again in 1996. She also captained her club Glen Rovers to the All Ireland club championship of 1990.[2]

Career

She won All Ireland medals in 1992, 1993 and 1995 and Gael Linn Cup inter-provincial medals with Munster in 1990 and 1992. She retired after playing in the last of her eight All Ireland finals with a heavily strapped Achilles tendon injury in 1996.[3] After her retirement she served as Public Relations officer for the Camogie Association and on the advisory committee on the proposed merger between the Camogie Association and Gaelic Athletic Association.[4]

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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=Camogie.ie . 28 January 2012 .
  2. News: Irish Press . 26 November 1990 . 14 . O’Callaghan the key.
  3. News: Gilligan's goals give Galway All Ireland win . Irish Times . Kathryn . Davis . 23 September 1996 . 1 July 2021 .
  4. News: Blueprint set up to recommend camogie merger with GAA. Irish Examiner . 17 November 1998 .