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Fiona O'Driscoll is a
camogie Camogie ( ; ) 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 "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...
player, winner of the National Camogie Player of the Year award in 2002 and a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003 and six All Ireland medals in 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2003.


Career

For much of her career she was free-taker and led the Cork attack. In the 2002 final she scored 3–2 against Tipperary. She won eight
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medals including seven-in-a-row between 1995 and 2001 and another in 2003. She scored 2-7 of Cork's 3-7 total in the 2000 final.


Football

She was a member of the All-Stars Football Team in 1995.


Ashbourne career

She played on the
University of Limerick University of Limerick (UL) () is a Public university, public research university institution in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded in 1972, as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it became a university in Septemb ...
team that won
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 ...
titles in 2004 and 2005. She played on three O'Connor Cup UL Football winning teams from 1993 to 1995.


Coach

She coached Cork to successful 2005 and 2006 All Ireland final against Tipperary and in their unsuccessful 2007 All Ireland final against Galway, becoming the first female Coach to all-Ireland camogie winners in over 20 years.UL Alumni website profile
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Administration

She was chair of National CCIA (th
, Higher Education
committee of the
Camogie Association The Camogie Association (, formerly ) organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and around the world. The association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association, but is still a separate organisation. History The Camogie A ...
) 1995-1998 and Chairperson of the National Camogie Coaching and Development Committee (2006–2008).


References

Living people Cork camogie players Year of birth missing (living people) Cork ladies' Gaelic footballers Dual camogie–football players Alumni of the University of Limerick UL GAA camogie players 20th-century Irish women 21st-century Irish sportswomen {{Cork-camogie-bio-stub