Brigid Kehoe Doyle is a former
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, winner of the
B+I Star of the Year award and an
All Ireland medal in 1968, 1969 and 1975
and a
National League
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in 1968.
Family background
She is one of three sisters from Clonleigh who won
All Ireland medals together in 1975 alongside
Kit Codd and team captain
Gretta Quigley. Brigid captained the '69 team. Two other sisters,
Annie
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The ...
and
Josie both played on Wexford's 1968
All Ireland winning team, and two more, seven in all, also played inter-county for Wexford.
References
Living people
Wexford camogie players
Year of birth missing (living people)
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