Síle Burns (born 1985 in
Cork
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) is a
camogie
Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.
A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
player and a physiotherapist, winner of
All Ireland camogie medals in
2008
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, when she scored two goals in the final, and
2009
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and a
camogie All Star award winner in
2008
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.
Family background
She is the daughter of former Cork Senior hurler Denis Burns, who won All-Ireland medals.
Career
Síle is the holder of All-Ireland Minor, Intermediate and Senior medals as well as Sciath na Scoil honours. She won a Senior county championship medal with divisional side Muskerry in 2007 and captured a Junior championship title with her club. She scored two late points to earn a dramatic draw for Cork in the 2010 All Ireland semi-final.
[Cork 1-17 Galway 3-11 Drawn semi-final report i]
Sunday Independent
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camogie.ie
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References
External links
Official camogie websiteDenise Cronin’s championship diary in ''On The Ball'' official camogie magazine* https://web.archive.org/web/20091228032101/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_camogie_oduffycup.html Fixtures and results] for the 2009
O'Duffy Cup
The O'Duffy Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Dúbhthaigh) is the prize presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.
The cup is named after Seán O'Duffy, a member and administrator of the Kilmacud Crokes club in Dublin, who present ...
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour* Video highlights of 2009 championshi
Part Onean
part twoVideo Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final* Reports of 2008 All Ireland final in which Síle Burns scored two goal
an
* Report of 2009 All Ireland final i
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1985 births
Living people
Cork camogie players
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