Denise Gilligan is a
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, scorer of two goals for Galway in their breakthrough
1996 All Ireland final victory over Cork.
Career
In 1998 she almost repeated the goal-scoring performance when Galway lost to Cork in the last 12-a-side final, sending a late goal chance inches wide. A year later the goal would have counted under expanded goal measurements! She scored a goal and two points as Galway won a
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...
medal in 2002.
[2002 Galway 6-6 Limerick 1-7 report i]
Irish Independent
/ref> After moving to London in 2008 she played with the London camogie team.
Denise joine
Tara Camogie Club
of London and helped Tara win Senior Championships in 2009 and 2010. She has captained the team; won the Player of the Match Award 2010 as well as numerous Club Awards.
References
External links
Camogie.ie
Official Camogie Association Website
* Wikipedia List of Camogie players
- Tara Camogie London Website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Galway camogie players