Bridie Martin-McGarry from

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

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 selected on the camogie

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in 2004, and winner of nine All Ireland medals.

Background and early career

She first played Camogie when she went to

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where she won an All Ireland Senior Colleges title in 1969. She played with Thornbrack and

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before winning several county championships and three club All Ireland medals with St Paul’s.

Inter-county

She first played with

senior team in 1972 and went on to win nine All Ireland medals in what was the county’s most successful period in the game to date. She was captain in 1985 and again in 1987. She won seven

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medals with

and eight

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inter-provincial medals with

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. She later became involved in coaching the Development Squad in Kilkenny and is also a referee.

Awards

Apart from her selection on the camogie

in 2004, she won B&I Player of the Year in 1976, won the 1976 Kilkenny Sports Star award and an Irish Nationwide "Women in Sport" Award.

Citation

Her

citation read: "she made Camogie look easy, her range of skills a joy to watch. Her dainty physique belied her strength under the dropping ball. Always distributing the ball to best advantage she was an attacking centre-back."

Other sports

A talented soccer player she was chosen to play for Ireland but had to withdraw due to the clash of fixtures between Camogie and soccer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mcgarry, Bridie Year of birth missing (living people) Kilkenny camogie players Living people People from Kilkenny (city)