Ann 'Nancy' O'Driscoll is a former
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, captain of the
All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1978 and captain of the
All Ireland junior winning team of 1973. She made her senior debut in 1974, played in that year's replayed All Ireland final and won a second
All Ireland senior medal in 1980.
Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
/ref> She played field hockey for Ireland and also excelled at badminton.
Career
One of six camogie playing sisters, she won five Cork county championships with Éire Óg and a Munster club championship in 1985 and played for Valley Rovers
Valley Rovers GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Innishannon in County Cork, Ireland. The club was formed in 1919 when two teams in the parish, Innishannon and Knockavilla, came together. The club fields teams in hu ...
until 1995 when she appeared in the county Junior B final.
References
Cork camogie players
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Irish female field hockey players
Field hockey players from County Cork
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