Lynda O'Connell
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Lynda O'Connell is a camogie
player and an accountant, winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 2008
and 2009
. She captained Cork to the National League Junior title in 2005 and is a holder of two Ashbourne Cup
medals with UCC as well as Senior, Intermediate and Junior All-Ireland medals. Also holds Munster championship titles with Cork as well as a Senior county championship with her club and inter-provincial honours with Munster.
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 an accountant, winner of All Ireland camogie medals 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 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 captained Cork to the National League Junior title in 2005 and is a holder of two 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...
medals with UCC as well as Senior, Intermediate and Junior All-Ireland medals. Also holds Munster championship titles with Cork as well as a Senior county championship with her club and inter-provincial honours with Munster.
External links
- Official Camogie Website
- 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 CupO'Duffy CupThe 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