Claire Cronin 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 the
Gradam Tailte award for skill tests in 1983 having previously won the
Levi Youth Sports Star award for
Young Player of the Year in 1976. She won All Ireland medals in 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1983.
Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
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Career
In 1976 she helped St Aloysius school bring the All Ireland colleges championship to Cork for the first time, and won All Ireland minor medals with Cork in 1976 and 1977. She won the first of her four All Ireland senior medals in 1978, and captained the team in 1981 when Cork lost to Kilkenny in the All Ireland senior final.
References
Living people
Cork camogie players
Year of birth missing (living people)
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