Gretta Kehoe Quigley is a former 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, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1975, the day after she was married to Ray Quigley, the trainer of her club camogie team.

Career

She made her debut with the Wexford junior team in 1969 and played in the 1972 All Ireland final. She made her senior debut in the 1972 Leinster championship, in which Wexford were narrowly beaten 6-4 to 5-6 in the final by Kilkenny. She won a Leinster senior championship medal in 1974.

Family Background

She is one of three sisters from Palace, Poulpeasty

Poulpeasty

Poulpeasty, officially Pollpeasty , is a small village in the west of County Wexford, Ireland.-History:The village and surrounding area were once part of the large estate of the Carew family of nearby Castleboro House .-Details:...

, Co Wexford

Wexford

Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network...

, who won All Ireland medals together in 1975, the others were Kit Codd and Bridget Doyle

Bridget Doyle

Bridget Kehoe Doyle is a former camogie player, winner of the B+I Star of the Year award and an All Ireland medal in 1968, 1969 and 1975 and a National League in 1968.-Family Background:...

, winner of the 1975 B+I Star of the Year award. Two other sisters, Annie and Josie both played on Wexford’s 1968 All Ireland winning team. Two other sisters, Annie and Josie both played on Wexford’s 1968 All Ireland winning team, and two more, seven in all, also played inter-county for Wexford.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website

Wikipedia List of Camogie players