Stephanie Dunlea
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Stephanie Dunlea is a camogie
player, winner of a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003 and of All Ireland medals in 2002 and 2005. She was nominated for the All-Star shortlist in 2004.
medal in 1964, and her brother Pat nipped a junior football medal in 2001. Her sister Lynn won five All Ireland medals and acted as camogie match analyst on RTÉ's 'Sunday Sport'.
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 Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003 and of All Ireland medals in 2002 and 2005. She was nominated for the All-Star shortlist in 2004.
Family background
Her grand-aunt Kate Dunlea captained Cork to the 1933 title. Her father John won an All-Ireland Junior Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Junior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition for junior gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland. The definition of what constitutes a junior player differs from county to county. In some, the junior team is the second team after the senior team...
medal in 1964, and her brother Pat nipped a junior football medal in 2001. Her sister Lynn won five All Ireland medals and acted as camogie match analyst on RTÉ's 'Sunday Sport'.