Mags Darcy
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Margaret ‘Mags’ D’Arcy is a camogie
player, winner of two Camogie All Stars in 2007 and 2010, and All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 2007, in 2010
and 2011
. She was a member of the 2011 Team of the Championship.
medals in 2009 and 2010. She won an Ashbourne Cup
medal and Ashbourne All Star award while playing with UCD in 2007. At school she won a Leinster colleges title.; Leinster Senior Championships 2009, 2010, 2011; Leinster Under-14 1999, 2000; Leinster Under-16 2002; Leinster Senior 2003, 2004, 2007; Leinster Poc Fada runner-up 2007 and winner 2008, 2009; Club Senior 'B' 2003, 2007. She was a member of the 'Underdogs' football squad 2006. She is a daughter of Ornagh (nee O'Mahony), former Wexford player. Mags is also a Long Puck (poc fhada) competitor of notable ability. She has represented her county four times at Leinster level. In 2007, Mags finished in 2nd place, followed by two wins in 2008 and 2009, all on the Curragh course. The competition changed format in 2010 and Mags finished 4th when it was held in Nowlan Park Kilkenny.
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, winner of two Camogie All Stars in 2007 and 2010, and All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 2007, in 2010
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2010
The 2010 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—is the high point of the 2010 season in the sport of camogie. It commenced on June 13, 2010 and ended with the final between Galway and Wexford on 12...
and 2011
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2011
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in association with RTÉ Sport for sponsorship reasons— is the premier competition of the 2011 camogie season. It commenced on 11 June 2011 and ended with the final on 11 September...
. She was a member of the 2011 Team of the Championship.
Other awards
With Wexford she won National LeagueNational Camogie League
The National Camogie League is the second most important competition in the Irish team sport of Camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in four divisions graded by ability....
medals in 2009 and 2010. She won an 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...
medal and Ashbourne All Star award while playing with UCD in 2007. At school she won a Leinster colleges title.; Leinster Senior Championships 2009, 2010, 2011; Leinster Under-14 1999, 2000; Leinster Under-16 2002; Leinster Senior 2003, 2004, 2007; Leinster Poc Fada runner-up 2007 and winner 2008, 2009; Club Senior 'B' 2003, 2007. She was a member of the 'Underdogs' football squad 2006. She is a daughter of Ornagh (nee O'Mahony), former Wexford player. Mags is also a Long Puck (poc fhada) competitor of notable ability. She has represented her county four times at Leinster level. In 2007, Mags finished in 2nd place, followed by two wins in 2008 and 2009, all on the Curragh course. The competition changed format in 2010 and Mags finished 4th when it was held in Nowlan Park Kilkenny.