Therese Maher 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 winner of Five All Star awards

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. She finally got an All-Ireland Medal in 2013 after 16 years when her team defeated Kilkenny in the final 1-09 to 0-07 points. She plays for her club, Athenry. She was also a member of the

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of

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Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ...

. She was Galway camogie player of the year 1998 and 2008 and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. She was also an All-Star nominee in 2010.

Other awards

Two All Ireland Minor championships 1996 and 1997, Two

Gael Linn Cup The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament, representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, contested by Ireland's four provincial teams with competitions at senior and junior level on alternat ...

2000 and 2008, One National League, Galway Camogie Player of the Year, Two Kilmacud sevens in 2005 and 2007, One Ashbourne Shield, One

National Camogie League The National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Very Ireland Camogie Leagues, is a competition in the Irish team sport of camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in three divisions graded by ability. It wa ...

2005, Four Senior Club County titles. Therese Maher scored 1-3 in the 2009 Club Semi-Final She captained the Irish team in the 2004 centenary internationals. She featured in a programme dedicated to camogie in the BBC ''

Blue Peter ''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC Tel ...

'' series in 2001.

References

External links

Profile in Cúl4kidz magazine

Official Camogie Website

Galway Camogie website

, Review of 2009 championship in On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine
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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
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