Emer Lucey is a
Women's Irish Hockey League
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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
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The union was founded on 16 November 2018, when the Union of Locomotive Drivers merged with ...
team that won a national double, winning both the league and the
Irish Senior Cup. Lucey has also played senior
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 ...
with
Ballyboden St Enda's and
Dublin
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.
GAA family
Lucey's great grandfather,
Séamus Gardiner
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, was
President of the GAA from 1943 to 1946. Her father, Peter Lucey, was manager of the
Dublin
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team that won the 2005
All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship
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. Her sister,
Ciara Lucey
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 in 2005 for the fi ...
has also played senior
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 ...
with
Ballyboden St Enda's and Dublin.
Field hockey
Our Lady's, Terenure
Lucey captained the Our Lady's,
Terenure
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Location and transport
Terenure lies primarily in the administrative area of Dublin City ...
team that won the 2005 Leinster Schoolgirls' Premier League. In the final they defeated a
High School, Dublin team featuring
Nicola Daly
Nicola Daly (born 3 April 1988), also referred to as Nicci Daly or Nikki Daly, is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. In 2010 Daly was a mem ...
and
Alison Meeke
Alison Meeke (born 7 June 1991), also referred to as Ali Meeke, is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Meeke has also won Irish Senior Cup ...
2–0.
Railway Union
In 2009–10, together with
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and
Isobel Joyce
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,
Kate McKenna
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Field hockey
In 2009–10, together ...
and
Nicola Evans
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, Lucey was a member of the
Railway Union
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The union was founded on 16 November 2018, when the Union of Locomotive Drivers merged with ...
team that won the
Women's Irish Hockey League
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title.
Lucey also played for Railway Union in the 2010
Irish Senior Cup final as they lost to
Loreto after a
penalty shoot-out
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.
In 2012–13 Lucey was captain of the Railway Union team that won a national double, winning both the Women's Irish Hockey League
and the Irish Senior Cup. In the cup final Lucey scored Railway Union's opening goal as they defeated
UCD 3–2.
Grace O'Flanagan was also a member of this team.
Lucey was also a member of the Railway Union team that finished as league runners up in 2013–14.
Lucey has also represented Railway Union in
European
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club competitions,
including the
2014 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.
Ireland A
Since 2008, Lucey has been included in
Ireland A squads.
Camogie
Clubs
In 2008 Lucey scored the winning goal as
Ballyboden St Enda's defeated
Rathnure
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Place ...
in the Leinster Senior Club Camogie Championship final. Her team mates included her sister,
Ciara Lucey
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 in 2005 for the fi ...
, and
Rachel Ruddy
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.
Lucey has also won
Dublin
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league and championship titles with Ballyboden.
Inter-county
In 2005 Lucey and her sister,
Ciara Lucey
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 in 2005 for the fi ...
, were members of the
Dublin
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team that won the
All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship
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. She scored Dublin's opening goal as they defeated
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2–9 to 1–4. The team was managed by their father, Peter Lucey.
Lucey also played for the Dublin senior camogie team.
Teacher
Lucey has worked as a primary school teacher at St. Mary's N.S. in
Sandyford
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Sandyford Business District makes up much of the suburb and encompasses 4 business parks: Sandyford Business Park, Stillorgan Business Park, Central Park and ...
.
Honours
Field hockey
;
Railway Union
The Railway Union ( fi, Rautatiealan Unioni, RAU) is a trade union representing drivers, traffic controllers and office staff on the railways in Finland.
The union was founded on 16 November 2018, when the Union of Locomotive Drivers merged with ...
*
Women's Irish Hockey League
The Women's Irish Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by Hockey Ireland that features women's teams from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league was first played for during the 2008–09 season. It replaced the A ...
**''Winners'': 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13
**''Runners Up'': 2013–14
*
Irish Senior Cup
**''Winners'': 2012–13
**''Runners Up'': 2009–10
Camogie
;
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
*
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 ...
**''Winners'': 2005
;
Ballyboden St Enda's
*Leinster Senior Club Camogie Championship
**''Winners'': 2008
*Dublin Senior Club Camogie Championships
**''Winners'': 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
*Senior A Dublin Camogie League
**''Winners'': 2009, 2010
References
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1988 births
Living people
Ballyboden St Enda's camogie players
Dublin camogie players
Field hockey players from County Dublin
Irish female field hockey players
Irish schoolteachers
Railway Union field hockey players
Women's Irish Hockey League players