Margaret ‘Madge’ Rainey 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 1956. She played in the All Ireland senior final of 1951.

Career

She gave an accomplished in All Ireland semi-final and final in 1951 and was a goalscorer on the Antrim team that shocked Dublin in the 1956 All Ireland semi-final. She played again on the Antrim team that narrowly won the 1957 semi-final against Mayo in Castlebar but was not on the team defeated in the 1957 final.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website

Wikipedia List of Camogie players