Marian Kearns 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, one of the stars of Antrim’s 1956 All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team.

Career

She scored the winning goal for Antrim against Dublin in the 1956 All Ireland semi-final with what was described as “a magnificent cross-shot which caught the defence out of position and their goalkeeper unsighted.” This was Dublin’s only defeat in an otherwise 19-year unbeaten run.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website

Wikipedia List of Camogie players