Kathryn "Katie" Mullan (born 7 April 1994) is an Ireland women's field hockey international player from

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, Northern Ireland. She was captain of the Ireland team that played in the

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final. Mullan has also won Irish Senior Cup and

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titles with UCD. Mullan has also played

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for CLG Eoghan Rua and helped them win the 2010 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie championship.

Early years and education

Mullan is originally from

County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...

, Northern Ireland. She has four siblings - two older brothers, Bernard and Aidan, and two younger sisters, Brega and Olivia. She attended Dalriada School in Ballymoney. Mullan completed a BSc in Engineering Science in 2017, and her Master's degree (ME) in Biomedical Engineering in 2018 at University College Dublin.

Camogie

Mullan played

for CLG Eoghan Rua. She was a member of the Eoghan Rua team that won the 2010 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie championship. She came on as a substitute in the semi-final against Lismore and scored the winning goal in a closely contested match. She also came on as a substitute in the final, a 3–8 to 2–3 win over Laois Harps. In 2013 Mullan scored two goals in the Derry Senior Camogie Championship final victory against Slaughtneil. She also scored 1–1 in the Ulster Senior Club Camogie Championship final against Rossa. Eoghan Rua retained the Derry Senior Camogie Championship title in 2014 and Mullan scored 1–4 in the final win over Slaughtneil.

Field hockey

Early years

Mullan began playing

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at Dalriada School where her PE teacher and hockey coach was Bridget McKeever, a former Ireland women's field hockey international. She also played for Ballymoney.

UCD

Mullan started playing for UCD in 2012. She was a member of the UCD teams that won the Irish Senior Cup in 2014, 2017 and 2018. She scored UCD's third goal in the 2018 final when they defeated

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4–0. Mullan was also a member of the UCD teams that won

titles in 2013–14, 2016–17 and 2017–18. In 2017 UCD completed a treble when they also won the EY Champions Trophy after defeating

Hermes-Monkstown Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club was a women's field hockey club based at St. Andrew's College in Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The club entered teams in the Women's Irish Hockey League, the Irish Senior Cup and the Irish Junior ...

in a penalty shoot-out. Mullan has also played for UCD in the

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and

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Ireland international

Mullan represented Ireland at Under-17 and Under-18 levels before making her senior debut against Wales in August 2012. Together with Roisin Upton and

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, Mullan represented Ireland at the

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. In March 2015 Mullan was a member of the Ireland team that won a

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tournament hosted in Dublin, defeating Canada in the final after a penalty shoot-out. She was also a member of the Ireland team that won the

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, scoring in the final as they defeated the Czech Republic 5–0. In January 2017 she was also a member of the Ireland team that won a

2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 was held from January to April 2017. A total of 24 teams competing in 3 events took part in this round of the tournament playing for 8 berths in the Semifinals, to be played in June and July 201 ...

tournament in Kuala Lumpur. She again scored in the final as Ireland defeated Malaysia 3–0. Mullan took over as Ireland captain from Megan Frazer, who was kept out of the side through injuries. She remained captain throughout Ireland's

campaign, leading them to the silver medal. She featured in all of Ireland's games throughout the tournament, including the pool games against the United States, India, and England, the quarter-final against India, the semi-final against Spain and the final against the Netherlands.

Honours

Field hockey

; Ireland * Women's Hockey World Cup **''Runners Up'':

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**''Winners'': 2015 Dublin, 2017 Kuala Lumpur *Women's EuroHockey Championship II **''Winners'':

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**''Runners Up'':

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* Women's FIH Hockey Series **''Runners Up'': 2019 Banbridge *Women's Four Nations Cup **''Runners Up'':

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; UCD *

**''Winners'': 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 **''Runners Up'': 2012–13 * EY Champions Trophy **''Winners'': 2017 *UCD Alumni Award in Sport 2019

Camogie

; CLG Eoghan Rua * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie **''Winners'': 2010 *Ulster Senior Club Camogie Championship **''Winners'': 2013 *Derry Senior Camogie Championship **''Winners'': 2013, 2014

References

External links

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