Nollaig Cleary-Uí Chróinín (born 1981) is an

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retired

ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...

er who played as a right wing-forward for the

Cork county 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 ...

. Born in

Castlehaven Castlehaven () is a civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. It is located approximately 75 km south west of Cork City on the coast. The civil parish includes the town of Castletownshend and also contains the hamlets of Rineen and Tragumna. T ...

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

, Cleary first played competitive Gaelic football in her youth. She made her senior debut during the 2004 championship. Cleary immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won nine

All-Ireland All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) refers to all of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Ireland" is most frequently used to refer to sporting teams or events for the entire islan ...

medals, ten Munster medals and eight

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medals. At club level Cleary is a one-time

medallist in the junior grade with

Gabriel Rangers Gabriel Rangers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Ballydehob in County Cork, Ireland. The club fields team in both Gaelic football and hurling. Achievements * Cork Intermediate Football Championship Runners Up 20 ...

. Cleary's brother, John Cleary, and her husband, Mícheál Ó Cróinín, also played with Cork. After retiring from inter-county football in January 2013, Cleary later reversed her decision. She announced her second retirement from inter-county football on 4 June 2015.

Honours

Player

;Cork *

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 ...

(9): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship (10): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 *

Ladies' National Football League The Ladies' National Football League is an annual inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament, secondary to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. It is competed for annually by the county teams of Ireland. National League rol ...

(8): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cleary, Nollaig 1981 births Living people Cork inter-county ladies' Gaelic footballers Irish schoolteachers Winners of four All-Ireland medals (ladies' football)