Niamh Coyle is a 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, winner of a Soaring Star award in 2009. The Soaring Star and Roscommon player of the year awards for 2009 commemorated her achievement in helping Roscommon achieve a historic victory in the Nancy Murray Cup

Nancy Murray

Anne ‘Nancy’ Mulligan-Murray from Antrim was the 16th president of the Camogie Association.-Playing career:From Deirdre club in Belfast, she won three All Ireland medals at full-back in 1945, 1946 and 1947 as Nancy Mulligan, playing her last match for the county in the All Ireland semi-final of...

 coming from five points down to defeat Armagh in the final by three points. She won a Roscommon intermediate football title in 2008 with Four Roads.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
• On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine Issue 1 and issue 2
• County and provincial websites: Antrim Armagh Clare camogie Connacht Cork Derry Down Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Leinster Limerick London Louth Meath Munster North America Offaly Tipperary Ulster Waterford Wexford Wicklow