Ailish Considine (born 9 July 1992) is an Irish-born

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFLW). Considine was drafted by Adelaide as a rookie signing after previously playing

gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

and

camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...

for County Clare in

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. She made her debut in the one point loss to the at Norwood Oval in the opening round of the 2019 season. She was the first Irish female to become a Premiership Player with the

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in 2019 when they defeated

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in the ALFW Grand Final at a full capacity

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. In December 2022, Adelaide delisted Considine after she was on the injury list all of

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Personal life

Considine was born in Ireland. She grew up playing Gaelic Football with her club

Kilmihil Kilmihil () is a village in the Barony of Clonderlaw, west County Clare, Ireland. It is also a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gael ...

and Camogie with

Kilmaley Kilmaley ( ga, Cill Mháille) is a village situated west of the town of Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. The name "Kilmaley" came from the Irish language "Cill Mhaile" which translates to Church of (Saint) Maley. Location Kilmaley is in the b ...

while also representing Clare at the highest level as a dual player. She studied Exercise & Fitness Science at the

University of Limerick The University of Limerick (UL) ( ga, Ollscoil Luimnigh) is a Public university, public research university institution in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it beca ...

and graduated in 2018. Considine writes a RTE Weekly Diary] discussing her experiences as a professional athlete in Adelaide. Her sister Eimear Considine, Eimear plays international rugby for the Ireland women's team.

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* * 1992 births Living people Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) players Clare ladies' Gaelic footballers Irish female players of Australian rules football Ladies' Gaelic footballers who switched code Irish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Lesbian sportswomen LGBT players of Australian rules football Irish LGBT sportspeople 21st-century LGBT people {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub