Briege Corkery

Briege Corkery
Personal information
Irish nameBríd Ní Chorcora
SportLadies' Gaelic football and Camogie
PositionLeft Half Back
Born16 December 1986
Cork, Republic of Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Cloughduv and St. Val's
Club titles
Cork titles3
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2006-Cork
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands13
All Stars13 (8 Ladies' Gaelic football All Star Awards, 5 Camogie All-Star Awards)

Briege Corkery (born 16 December 1986) in Cork is a camogie player, footballer, and stonemason, winner of five All Ireland camogie medals in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2014 as well as the winner of eight All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012,[1] 2013 and 2014 and camogie All Star awards in 2006, 2008 and 2009. In 2008 she became the sixth camogie player in history to be awarded the Texaco Player of the Year award.

Career

Briege is the holder of three county Senior championship medals as well as Minor, Intermediate and Senior All-Ireland and Munster honours. She is also a prominent footballer and scored a goal in Cork's 2009 All-Ireland semi-final win over Mayo. She was named as national female sports person of the year in 2005 following superb performances both in camogie and football. Briege is also a dual All Star, and won a monthly award from 96/103fm and the Rochestown Park Hotel following splendid displays in 2008.[2] Her brother Donal won a Cork County Junior A League with Cloughduv in 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "All Ireland final". Irish Times (Irish Times). 13 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  2. ↑ All Ireland camogie final programme 2009

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