Síle Burns in Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

 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 and a physiotherapist, winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 2008

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2008

The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008. The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals...

, when she scored two goals in the final, and 2009

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009

The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons— is the high point of the 2009 season in the sport of camogie. It commenced on June 20, 2009 and ended with the final on 13 September 2009...

  and a camogie All Star award winner in 2008.

Family background

She is the daughter of former Cork Senior hurler Denis Burns, who won All-Ireland medals.

Career

Síle is the holder of All-Ireland Minor, Intermediate and Senior medals as well as Sciath na Scoil honours. She won a Senior county championship medal with divisional side Muskerry in 2007 and captured a Junior championship title with her club.. She scored two late points to earn a dramatic draw for Cork in the 2010 All Ireland semi-final.

External links

• Official Camogie Website
• Cronin’s championship diary in On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine
• http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_camogie_oduffycup.html Fixtures and results] for the 2009 O'Duffy Cup
  O'Duffy Cup
  The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is the premier round-robin and knock-out competition in the game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie Final being played on the...
  
  
• All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
• Video highlights of 2009 championship Part One and part two
• Video Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final
• Reports of 2008 All Ireland final in which Síle Burns scored two goals Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Reaction in Irish Examiner
• Report of 2009 All Ireland final in Irish Times Independent and Examiner