Ciara Lucey is a camogie player, winner of an All-Star award in 2005. One of just three Dublin players to win awards in the history of the scheme, she was play-maker as Dublin won the

All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is a competition for third-tier county teams in the women's field sport of camogie and for second-string teams of first-tier counties. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term juni ...

in 2005 for the first time in 30 years. Lucey's great-grandfather,

Séamus Gardiner Séamus Gardiner (1894 – 10 January 1976), was the 14th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1943–1946). Born in Clare, he played football for UCD while studying there, he trained to be a national school teacher in De L ...

, was President of the GAA from 1943 to 1946. Her father, Peter Lucey, was manager of the

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

team that won the 2005

. Her sister,

Emer Lucey Emer Lucey is a Women's Irish Hockey League player. During the early 2010s she was member of the Railway Union team that won three leagues titles. In 2012–13 Lucey was also captain of the Railway Union team that won a national double, winnin ...

has also played senior camogie with Ballyboden St Enda's and Dublin.

References

External links

Profile in Cúl4kidz magazine

RTÉ radio interview with Ciara Lucey ahead of 2005 junior final
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucey, Ciara Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Ballyboden St Enda's camogie players Dublin camogie players UCD camogie players