Aoife Neary (born 1985) is a

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 ...

player and works as a vascular physiologist in the south east. She lives in County Kilkenny. Winner of All Star awards in

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. Neary played in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009 and again in 2013. Her father, Paddy, was a corner-back with Kilkenny in the early 1980s and went on to serve as an inter-county referee, while her aunt, Catherine Neary, is the

Camogie Association The Camogie Association ( ga, An Cumann Camógaíochta, formerly ga, Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael) organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and around the world. The association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Associati ...

president. Aoife Neary won a National League medal in 2008. Neary was on the Junior All-Ireland winning side of 2002 and holds Leinster titles in the Under-14 (two), Under-16 (three), Minor (three), Junior and Senior (three) grades. She has captured

Gael Linn Cup The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament, representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, contested by Ireland's four provincial teams with competitions at senior and junior level on alternat ...

Junior and Senior honours with Leinster, Under-16 (two), Junior and Minor titles with her club, and an All-Ireland Senior 'B' Colleges medal.All Ireland camogie final programme 2009

References

External links

Official Camogie Website

Kilkenny Camogie Website

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1985 births Living people Kilkenny camogie players {{Kilkenny-camogie-bio-stub