Mary Connery

Mary Connery

Personal information
Irish name	Maire Ní Chonaire
Sport	Camogie
Position	Centre back
Born	Kilkenny, Ireland
Club(s)*
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
	St Paul’s	?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1957-1967	Kilkenny	?
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).

Mary Connery is a former camogie player, winner of the Cuchulainn award presented by Gaelic Weekly magazine in 1965.^[1]

Career

She won Ashbourne Cup honours with University College Galway in 1964. In 1966 she captained St Paul’s in their first All Ireland club final.

Coaching & Administration

While still a player, she was elected chair of Kilkenny camogie board in 1966. Although she had retired before Kilkenny won their breakthrough Leinster (1970) and All Ireland (1974) titles, she contributed substantially to the success as coach to the successful Presentation Kilkenny teams in the secondary schools championship of 1969 and 1970, on which Liz Neary, Helena O’Neill, Carmel Doyle and Theresa O’Neill featured. She became chair of Leinster colleges council in 1966.

References

1. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. pp. 460. 

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

Persondata
Name	Connery, Mary
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