Una Leacy
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Una Leacy 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 two All-Star awards. Leacy's first All-Star came in
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, the year her two early goals helped Wexford win their first
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer mo ...
in 32 years, and her second in
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. She won further All Ireland medals in
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and
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.


Family background

Her sister
Mary Leacy Mary Leacy (born March 2, 1986 in Oulart, County Wexford) is an Irish people, Irish sportsperson. She won Camogie All Stars, camogie All Star awards in Camogie All Stars#2004, 2004, Camogie All Stars#2007, 2007 and 2010. She plays camogie with ...
won two All Star awards with Wexford. She is a daughter of Margaret (née O'Leary) who was selected at left half-back on the camogie team of the century.Irish Independent Sept 10 2010: Camogie blueblood Una Leacy is looking to lead Wexford’s All-Ireland assault from the front
/ref> Margaret's successes include three All-Ireland Seniors with Wexford in 1968, '69 and '75; seven
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 ...
s with Leinster in 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1978; five All-Ireland Clubs, with Eoghan Ruadh (Dublin) in 1967 and with Buffers Alley (Wexford) in 1978, 1981, 1982 and 1983; Gaelic All Star award 1968; captain of the first Wexford team to win the
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 ...
in 1977-'78. She plays for Oulart–The Ballagh.


Other awards

National League Division one 2009; All Star 2007; five All-Ireland
Féile na nGael Féile na nGael (; Irish for "Festival of the Gaels") is an annual tournament comprising the sports of hurling, camogie and handball organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Its stated aim is to bond communities, forge friendships, provid ...
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 as captain (national record); Leinster Under-14 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002; Leinster Under-16 2002; Leinster and winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in Colleges wit
Coláiste Bríde
in 2003, 2004, 2005; All-Ireland Junior Colleges in 2004 (captain); Leinster Junior 2003, 2004; Club Senior 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009; Leinster Club Senior 2009;
Ashbourne Cup The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college. The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie. The competition features many of the c ...
2007, 2008; Leinster Senior 2007; shared 'Irish Independent/Jury's' sportstar of the week with her sister, Mary, after the 2007 Winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in final; Purple and Gold Star 2008.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leacy, Una Living people Wexford camogie players 1988 births UCD camogie players