Cathriona Foley born 1986 in Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

 is a camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

 player and student, winner of All Ireland medals in 2006, 2008

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2008

The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008. The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals...

 and 2009

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009

The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons— is the high point of the 2009 season in the sport of camogie. It commenced on June 20, 2009 and ended with the final on 13 September 2009...

. She won All Star awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Cathríona captained Cork to the All-Ireland Senior title in 2008

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2008

The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008. The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals...

 and is also the holder of an All-Ireland Minor medal as well as provincial honours at Minor, Junior, Intermediate and Senior. Holds a Junior 'B' county championship medal with her club and won a Senior championship title with divisional side Muskerry. Her father, Dan Joe, won a minor hurling All-Ireland with Cork. Cathriona is the holder of All Star awards and has lined out with UCC in the Ashbourne Cup

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 current stars of the game...

. Sisters Mairéad and Colleen and brother Daniel wore the Cork colours at under-age level.

External links

• Official Camogie Website
• Denise Cronin’s championship diary in On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine
• http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_camogie_oduffycup.html Fixtures and results] for the 2009 O'Duffy Cup
  O'Duffy Cup
  The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is the premier round-robin and knock-out competition in the game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie Final being played on the...
  
  
• All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
• Video highlights of 2009 championship Part One and part two
• Video Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final
• Report of All Ireland final in Irish Times Independent and Examiner