Lindsay Peat is an Ireland women's rugby union international. Peat represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Peat is an all-round sportswoman. In addition to representing Ireland at women's rugby union, she has also played for the Republic of Ireland women's national association football team at U-18 level, captained the

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and played senior

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for . Between

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and

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she played in three

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finals. She was a member of the Dublin team that won the All-Ireland title in

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and she scored two goals in the 2014 final.

Early years and education

Peat was raised in

Artane, Dublin Artane, sometimes spelt Artaine (), historically TartaineDublin, 1862: Thom's ''Almanac and Official Directory'' is a northside suburb of Dublin city, Ireland. Artane is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock. Neighbouring d ...

and attended Mercy College,

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. Between 2011 and 2015 Peat attended

Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its f ...

where she gained a

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in Physical Education and Biology.

Association football

In 1998 Peat represented the

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in qualifiers for the 1999 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship, playing against

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, the

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and the

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. Her teammates included future senior Republic of Ireland internationals Yvonne Tracy, Caroline Thorpe and Michelle Walsh as well as Elaine Harte, the future

Cork senior ladies' football team The Cork county ladies' football team represents Cork GAA in ladies' Gaelic football. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship an ...

goalkeeper.

Basketball

DCU Mercy

Peat began playing basketball at 13. Peat's mother, Marian, encouraged her to join a local basketball team in order to keep her occupied during the school summer holidays. Between 2005 and 2015 Peat played as a

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for DCU Mercy, helping them win the 2007 and 2011 Basketball Ireland Women's Superleague titles. She also captained DCU Mercy to two National Cup wins in 2010 and 2011 and represented the team at intervarsity level. In addition to playing for DCU Mercy, Peat has also served the club in various other capacities including club captain, coach, administrator and chairperson.

Ireland international

Peat has represented the

at various age groups from U-16 to senior level. She made her debut for the senior team in 2006 and was co-captain during the 2009–10 season. She has also represented Ireland in

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qualifiers.

Ladies' Gaelic football

Club level

Peat played

at club level for both

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and

Parnells GAA Parnells GAA or Parnells Gaelic Athletic Association club Gaelic football club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Coolock, Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1893, named after the recently deceased Charles Stewart Parnell, and at ...

. She was a member the DCU GAA team that won three O'Connor Cup between 2009 and 2011. Peat scored 0–4 as she helped Parnells win the 2015 Dublin Ladies Intermediate Championship.

Inter-county

Peat represented at senior inter-county level and played in three

finals, scoring 2–2. In

she scored 0–1 as Dublin lost 1–9 to 0–11 to . In

she scored 0–1 as Dublin defeated by 3–16 to 0–9. In

she scored 2–0 as Dublin lost 2–13 to 2–12 to Cork.

Rugby union

Club and province

Peat was encouraged to play

women's rugby union Women's rugby union is a full contact team sport based on running with the ball in hand. The same laws are used in men's rugby union with the same sized pitch and same equipment. Rugby was originally a men's sport, and women's rugby has become p ...

by Graham Byrne, the

Dundalk F.C. Dundalk Football Club ( ; ga, Cumann Peile Dhún Dealgan) is a professional association football club that competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of football in the Republic of Ireland. The club is based in Dundalk ...

trainer. He had also worked with Peat as a basketball strength and conditioning coach. Byrne's cousin, Shirley Corcoran, was the director of rugby union at Railway Union and in 2015 Peat eventually accepted a long-standing invitation to try out for the Sandymount club. Peat has also represented

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in the

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Ireland international

Within months of taking up women's rugby union, Peat was fast-tracked into the

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team by Tom Tierney. On 14 November 2015 she made her international debut when she came on as a replacement in an 8–3 defeat against

in an Autumn International at

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. This was only Peat's eighth ever rugby union match. She represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup and was voted Ireland Women's Player of the Year. Peat has played for Ireland in the

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and 2021 Women's Six Nations.

Personal life

Peat has works a clerical officer for the

Health Service Executive The Health Service Executive (HSE) ( ga, Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland, responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005 ...

. She is married and has one son, Barra, She is a vocal advocate for gay rights and was an ambassador for the 2019

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when she revealed that she only came out to her family and friends when she was 30. In 2020, the ''

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'' newspaper named her ninth in the Top 10 Most Influential Women in Irish sport.

Honours

Gaelic football

; *

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the premier inter-county competition in the game of ladies' Gaelic football in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and are played during the ...

**''Winners'':

**''Runners Up'':

;

* O'Connor Cup **''Winners'': 2009, 2010, 2011 **''Runners Up'': 2015 ;

*Dublin Ladies Intermediate Championship **''Winners'': 2015

Basketball

; DCU Mercy * Basketball Ireland Women's Superleague **''Winners'': 2007, 2011 *National Cup **''Winners'': 2010, 2011 *National Varsity Title **''Winners'': 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014

Rugby union

; Individual *Ireland Women's Player of the Year **''Winner'': 2017

References

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