Pat Moloney-Lenihan is a former
camogie player selected on the camogie
team of the century
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in 2004, and winner of
All Ireland medals in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980 and 1982.
Club and collegiate career
She was educated at Presentation Convent,
Youghal
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. As a young player she was commended for continuing to play with her native village despite their status as a junior club, eventually helping
Killeagh
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club win six Cork Championships and one
All Ireland Club Championship. While a student in
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she won four successive
Ashbourne Cup
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inter-collegiate medals and played with the
Combined Universities.
Inter-county career
She was still a teenager when she won her first All Ireland medal in the first leg of what became a four in a row for
Cork
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, 1970–1973 and went on to collect three more senior All Ireland medals. She led
Cork
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* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
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***Wine cork
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* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
to All Ireland victory in 1982 and won her seventh All Ireland medal despite being forced to retire with a leg injury.
Awards
Apart from her selection on the camogie
team of the century
In team sport, team of the century and team of the decade are hypothetical best teams over a given time period. For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 ...
in 2004, she won the
B&1 “Player of the Year” award in 1978 and the Jury’s Hotel Award in 1982.
Citation
Her
team of the century
In team sport, team of the century and team of the decade are hypothetical best teams over a given time period. For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 ...
citation read: "an intelligent, confident and versatile player who played right hand below left she had skill, speed and style. She was difficult to mark, as she was usually a move ahead of the opposition. Her incisive runs stretched the defence. She played at midfield before moving to the attack where she proved to be a natural and outstanding forward."
Camogie.ie Team of the Century profiles by Mary Moran
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References
External links
Team of the Century on Camogie.ie website
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Cork camogie players
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
UCC camogie players