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Úna Uí Phuirséil
Úna Uí Phuirséil (Agnes Hourigan-Purcell) was the 17th president of the Camogie Association of Ireland, Camogie Association. Born Agnes Hourigan in Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ballingarry, County Limerick, she had three brothers, Dan, Sean, Fr Jack Hourigan, and four sisters [including Maisie and Ellen]. Introduction to Camogie She played initially for Limerick GAA#Camogie, Limerick and won an Ashbourne Cup with UCD GAA, University College Dublin alongside another future camogie presidential candidate Inez Leonard, Inez O’Kelly and an All-Ireland medal with Dublin GAA#Camogie, Dublin in 1938 and later wrote on camogie for the Irish Press under her own name and simultaneously under the nom-de-plume "‘Taobh Line"‘ for the Irish independent. She became president of the All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship, colleges camogie council, CCLA, chair of Leinster Colleges Council (1964-73), and secretary of the Leinster Council.Obituary Irish Press 2 December 1983 Pádra ...
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Mary Moran (camogie)
Mary Moran, , was the 18th president of the Camogie Association of Ireland, Camogie Association, elected at the 1973 Congress in the Blarney Hotel in a run-off against Mary Lynch of Monaghan GAA#Camogie, Monaghan. Family and early life A native of Limerick city, she is the daughter of John and Frances Moran, fourth of a family of six. When she moved to Cork at the age of 11, she attended St Aloysius School (County Cork), St Aloysius School (a camogie nursery in those days) and was introduced to game for the first time. Camogie Moran won Cork Colleges senior and junior championship medals with St Aloysius and played with Cork colleges against Dublin. She played Ashbourne Cup with UCC, and won Cork senior and junior championship medals with Old Aloysius Camogie Club, Aloysians (confined to past and present pupils of St Aloysius School). On being appointed to AIB, Enniscorthy she played with Kilcarry GAA, Kilcarry and won a Carlow GAA#Camogie, Carlow County Championship medal. On ...
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UCD Camogie Players
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Gaelic Games Players From County Limerick
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Gaelic Games Players From County Dublin
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Alumni Of University College Dublin
Alumni (: alumnus () or alumna ()) are former students or graduates of a school, college, or university. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women, and alums (: alum) or alumns (: alumn) as gender-neutral alternatives. The word comes from Latin, meaning nurslings, pupils or foster children, derived from "to nourish". The term is not synonymous with "graduates": people can be alumni without graduating, e.g. Burt Reynolds was an alumnus of Florida State University but did not graduate. The term is sometimes used to refer to former employees, former members of an organization, former contributors, or former inmates. Etymology The Latin noun means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from the Latin verb "to nourish". Separate, but from the same root, is the adjective "nourishing", found in the phrase '' alma mater'', a title for a person's home university. Usage in Roman law In Latin, is a legal term (Roman law) to describe a child placed in foster ...
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1919 Births
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1983 Deaths
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Limerick Camogie Players
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