Gretta Kehoe-Quigley is a former

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player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1975, the day after she was married to Ray Quigley, the trainer of her club camogie team.

Career

She made her debut with the Wexford junior team in 1969 and played in the 1972 All Ireland final. She made her senior debut in the 1972 Leinster championship, in which Wexford were narrowly beaten 6-4 to 5–6 in the final by Kilkenny. She won a Leinster senior championship medal in 1974.

Family Background

She is one of three sisters from Palace,

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, who won All Ireland medals together in 1975, the others were Kit Codd and Bridget Doyle, winner of the 1975 B+I Star of the Year award. Two other sisters,

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and Josie both played on Wexford's 1968 All Ireland winning team.Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
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and Josie both played on Wexford's 1968 All Ireland winning team, and two more, seven in all, also played inter-county for Wexford.

References

External links

Camogie.ie
Official Camogie Association Website * Wikipedia List of Camogie players {{DEFAULTSORT:Kehoe-Quigley, Gretta Wexford camogie players Living people Year of birth missing (living people)