Deirdre Costello is a former camogie player, winner of an All Ireland senior medal when Galway won its first senior championship in 1996, and winner of the AIB Gaelic Star award for Camogie Junior Player of the year in 1985.

Award year

She won three All Ireland medals at different grades in 1985, scoring four goals for Galway in the All Ireland Junior final against Armagh in September, scoring 3–5 for St Raphael’s Loughrea whom she captained to victory against Loreto, in the All Ireland colleges final in March, and winning a National Junior League medal with Galway in May. She finished second in the Gradam Taillte skills competition and scored 2–1 in the All Ireland minor final against Cork, in which Galway were defeated. She played for Connacht in both the junior and senior finals of the

Gael Linn Cup The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament, representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, contested by Ireland's four provincial teams with competitions at senior and junior level on alternat ...

that year, scoring a goal in the senior final.

Career

She scored 3-3 for St Raphael’s Loughrea in the All Ireland colleges final of 1986.

References

External links

Camogie.ie
Official Camogie Association Website * Wikipedia List of Camogie players Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Galway camogie players {{Galway-camogie-bio-stub