Eimear McDonnell

Eimear McDonnell
Personal information
Irish name	Eimear Ní Dhomhnaill
Sport	Camogie
Position	Right corner forward
Born	County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)*
Years	Club
	Duharra
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County
	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	5
All Stars	1
	* 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)).

Eimear McDonnell is a camogie player, winner of an All-Star award in 2005, a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003,^[1] a Texaco award in 2003,^[2] and five All Ireland medals in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004. She was previously nominated for an All Star award in 2004.^[3]

Family background

She is a niece of Cork football manager Billy Morgan. Her sister Deirdre played on the University of Limerick team that won their second Ashbourne Cup in 2004.^[4] Her brother Brian is a well-known GAA journalist.

Career

She played in eight successive All Ireland finals for Tipperary. In 2001, she scored 1-2 in Tipperary’s All-Ireland final win and she was selected as the RTÉ Player of the Match.^[5] She scored a goal and had another controversially disallowed in 2002^[6] and was player-of-the-match despite finishing on the losing team in 2003.^[7] She had a penalty saved in 2004 when she laid off the match-winning goal for Joanne Ryan.^[8]

References

^ "Camogie All Stars". Camogie.ie. Cumann Camógaíochta. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
^ Irish Independent 12 November 2003: Sportstars' day of delight
^ 2004 All Star nominations Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2004 final UL 6-5 UCD 1-8, O'Toole Park, Crumlin, RTÉ online Archived 11 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2001 Tipperary 4-13 Kilkenny 1-6 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times
^ 2002 Cork 4-9 Tipperary 1-9 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, and Irish Times
^ 2003 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 1-11 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2 December 2012 at archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times
^ 2004 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 0-9 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent, [1] and 481 Rebelgaa.com Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Profile in Cúl4kidz magazine

[1] "Camogie All Stars". Camogie.ie. Cumann Camógaíochta. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

[2] Irish Independent 12 November 2003: Sportstars' day of delight

[3] 2004 All Star nominations Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[4] 2004 final UL 6-5 UCD 1-8, O'Toole Park, Crumlin, RTÉ online Archived 11 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[5] 2001 Tipperary 4-13 Kilkenny 1-6 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times

[6] 2002 Cork 4-9 Tipperary 1-9 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, and Irish Times

[7] 2003 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 1-11 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2 December 2012 at archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times

[8] 2004 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 0-9 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent, [1] and 481 Rebelgaa.com Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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Eimear McDonnell

Family background

Career

References

External links

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