Bríd Reid 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, captain of the
All Ireland Camogie Championship-winning team in 1959 and, unusually (for the time), returned by air from her honeymoon in England to captain the team to victory.
Career
She won five
All Ireland senior medals in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957 and 1958.
Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
/ref> She scored a dramatic last minute winning goal for Dublin against Antrim in the 1957 final.
References
External links
Camogie.ie
Official Camogie Association Website
* Wikipedia List of Camogie players
Dublin camogie players
Year of birth missing
Possibly living people
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