Naomi Carroll (born 13 September 1992) is an Irish Olympian and Ireland women's field hockey international. In 2015–16 Carroll won a Women's Irish Hockey League title with

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. Carroll has also played both camogie and

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at senior inter-county level for Clare and represented the Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team.

Early years and education

Carroll is originally from

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. She completed her secondary level education at St Patrick's Comprehensive in Shannon. Between 2011 and 2015 she attended

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where she gained a BA in Maths and Irish. Between 2015 and 2017 she attended

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where she completed a Masters of Education in Maths and Irish. Since 2016 Carroll has worked as a Maths, Coding and Irish teacher at Gaelcoláiste Luimnigh.

Association football

In addition to playing gaelic games and

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, in her youth Carroll also represented the

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at schoolgirl level. Her teammates included Deirdre Duke and Dora Gorman. Carroll also played for

at intervarsity level.

Gaelic games

Clubs

Carroll initially played hurling with boys teams at

as the club did not have a camogie team. She subsequently played camogie with Na Piarsaigh and

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. She also played club

with Banner Ladies, helping them win the 2013 Munster Ladies Senior Club Football Championship.

Intervarsity

Carroll played both camogie and

at intervarsity level for

. She scored 2–1 as MIC ladies footballers defeated

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in the 2012 Giles Cup final. She also helped the MIC camogie team win both the 2012 Fr Meachair Cup and a league title. In 2015 she helped the MIC camogie team win the Purcell Cup

Inter-county

Carroll played camogie at minor inter-county level for both

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and Clare. In 2009 she was a member of the Limerick team that won the All-Ireland Minor B Camogie Championship. She scored 3–5 in the final against

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, including two injury-time goals, as Limerick won the game by a point. She then played for Clare in the

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final. In 2012 Carroll was a member of the Clare team that won the Munster Senior Camogie Championship. She was named player of the match as Clare defeated Cork by 0–9 to 0–7. Carroll has also played senior

for Clare.

Field hockey

Catholic Institute

Carroll played for Catholic Institute while still a student at St Patrick's Comprehensive. She was a Catholic Institute player when she made her senior debut for

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. Carroll helped Catholic Institute win Munster league and championship titles.

Hermes

In 2015–16, Carroll was a member of the

team that won the Women's Irish Hockey League title and the EY Champions Trophy. Other members of the team included

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and Nicola Evans. While playing for Hermes, Carroll also worked at

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as a student teacher.

Cork Harlequins

In the 2016–17 season Carroll was a member of the

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team that played in the Irish Senior Cup final. Other members of the team included

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and

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. In 2017–18 she helped Harlequins finish as runners up in both the Women's Irish Hockey League and the EY Champions Trophy.

Ireland international

Carroll made her senior debut for

on 24 August 2012 in a 4–0 win over

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. On 26 August 2012 in her second international, also against Wales, she scored two goals in a 3–1 win. On 17 March 2015 during a 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 match against

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, Carroll scored four goals in a 13–0 win. She subsequently helped Ireland win the tournament, defeating

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in the final after a

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. In July 2015 Carroll scored five goals, including one in the final against the

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, as she helped Ireland win the 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II. 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 tournament in

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, defeating

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3–0 in the final. In February 2018 Carroll made her 100th senior appearance for Ireland against

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. She was selected as a non-travelling reserve for the

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Honours

Field hockey

;

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**''Winners'': 2015 Dublin, 2017 Kuala Lumpur *Women's EuroHockey Championship II **''Winners'': 2015 * Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I **''Runners Up'':

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;Cork Harlequins * Women's Irish Hockey League **''Runners Up'': 2017–18 * Irish Senior Cup **''Runners Up'': 2016–17 * EY Champions Trophy **''Runners Up'': 2018 ;

* Women's Irish Hockey League **''Winners'': 2015–16 * EY Champions Trophy **''Winners'': 2015-16

Camogie

; Clare *Munster Senior Camogie Championship **''Winners'': 2012 *

All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship is a competition for under-18 teams in the women's field sport of camogie. Counties compete for the Síghle Nic an Ultaigh Cup. There are graded competitions at Minor B and Minor C level. History The ...

**''Runners Up'': 2010 ;

* All-Ireland Minor B Camogie Championship **''Winners'': 2009

Gaelic football

;Banner Ladies * Munster Ladies Senior Club Football Championship **''Winners'': 2013 **''Runners Up'': 2012

References

External links

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Naomi 1992 births Living people Alumni of Mary Immaculate College, Limerick Alumni of the University of Galway Women's association footballers not categorized by position Clare ladies' Gaelic footballers Clare camogie players Dual camogie–football players Female field hockey forwards Ireland international women's field hockey players Irish female field hockey players Irish schoolteachers Language teachers Limerick camogie players Mathematics educators Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Sportspeople from County Clare Women's Irish Hockey League players Ladies' Gaelic footballers who switched code Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Ireland Republic of Ireland women's youth international footballers