Aislinn Connolly is a camogie player who was an All Star winner in 2010 and 2011 and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. She played in the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011.

Family background

She is the daughter of John Connolly, who featured in Galway’s breakthrough

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victory of 1980.

Career

She exploded on to the sporting scene in Galway’s All Ireland minor championship success of 2000. Having played as a sub in Galway’s narrowly unsuccessful team of 1999s she won player of the match as Galway beat Cork by 2-9 to 0-3 in Tullamore. She played on the

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team that won three

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titles in a row in 2004, 2005, and 2006 She was nominated for an All Star award in 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Aislinn Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Galway camogie players UL GAA camogie players